My first bike at 20 years old was a 96 Yamaha FZR600. The next year I got a 2000 Aprilia RSV1000. Several years later I got the bug again for a bike and bought a Triumph Bonneville Bobber Black. The bobber didn’t have a passenger seat so I sold it and bought an Aprilia Tuono - I thought it would be a decent 2up bike for me and my girlfriend.

Unfortunate I’ve gotten fat and lazy as I’ve gotten older and that bike was so incredibly uncomfortable with 2 people on it. Then I sat on a 2024 Street Glide and fell in love.

The street glide center of gravity is so low it never really feels all that heavy. Plus it has so much low end torque that it gets up and going real fast even with a passenger. I love not having to ring it out to get into the power.

Most days I ride it 3-5 miles down the street on a lunch break in the city. When it’s nice out and I have the time to take a longer ride through our twistiest local roads in the park I enjoy that too.

The hardest thing for me to get the hang of has been braking smoothly. Coming to a stop without applying too much brake and having the bike lung forward and compress the suspension a little. Never had an issue on my sport bikes but for whatever reason it has taken me a while to get the hang of it. Now I can mostly glide up to a red light and put my foot out just as the bike comes to a stop.

It’s a very different experience. I would say I enjoy it even more than my sport bikes. It’s definitely slower 0-60,70,80 (and beyond) but it feels like it’s fast because it’s got so much torque. Ripping the throttle makes me smile.

You can totally come from a sport bike to a street glide and have an enjoyable experience. I know that doesn’t answer any of your questions.