Hate to see her (my beloved VTX) go

Thought it would be much harder, but once I rode the R3, thought about the reasons I liked the x, and how the r3 satisfied any benefit of the x, the x became, well, the x lol Kinda like the x wife situation. really hard at first, but then once well thought out, the "new model" is more what you want, it was a no brainer. You will be fine. I also had the GS 1200, sold that because I missed more power of the vtx. Missed handling and all kinds of goodies from the gs, but the power was a must for me. Like you I bought back my vtx! Then wanted a lower mileage cleaner one, which is the one I just let go. You will be fine. I don't know how similar your r3 is to the 2020 ones. Test drive the 2020 R3!!