Greetings and welcome Jay. You are in a very similiar position that I was in 3 months ago. I have been off two wheels for 7 years and was dying to get back to two. I looked at Triumphs, as I don't really like Hogs, and focused in on the America. Being 6'2" and 200 lbs I was hesitant that a 790 cc bike would work for me. My concerns were very quickly extinguished as I've had my scoot on the highways around here and topped over 160 km. At a recent meeting of Western RAT in Vancouver a bunch of Guzzi riders were drooling over my scoot and paying it the tribute it deserves. The America handles like a dream and it can move my carcass at a good clip through the mountain passes on the way to Whistler. Like the Reaperwear shirt says " Life is short, eat dessert first" as an America rider myself the America is the sweetest dessert on the Triumph menu. Live to ride and ride to live!
