Thanks for the great welcome! I am originally from New York, a place called Poughkeepsie which is right on the Hudson river, a couple hours north of the city. I do plan on returning back to the Hudson Valley when my service is over and hope to find work at West Point or at Stewart. While I will be retiring from active duty, I still wish to serve but in a civilian capacity. It will be really nice to buy a house and not have to worry about moving in four years...
I like the America a lot but I do think that I am going to go with the Speedmaster. My Creamiscle has a ton of chrome and I think it would be nice to have a blacked out engine for a cruiser that I can run a hose over and wipe her down. Polishing chrome on one bike is enough for me. Plus, I like the aspect that the Speedmaster has the dual front brakes and a tach already on it. I have toured all over the UK on my Bonnie and will be roaming all around Japan here soon. The only difference is that my boy will be old enough to come with me once we return back to America and the Bonnie isn't the best of bikes to do long tours on when you are two up. I love this P-twin engine; great sound, solid, and reliable. Just makes sense to me to get another one but that is set up as a cruiser. I've been riding long enough to realize that I do not need a 25,000cc bike to travel down the highway. I have ridden a Speedy before and really got turned on by the engine to weight ratio. The bike went down the highway nicely and it is still light enough to have fun in the twisties. I am a roadster rider at heart and will always rubber neck for a set of twisties. So I will continue touring on my Bonnie seeing that I am by myself right now as a rider but plan on spending some time here and getting ready to put the Speedy in the shed alongside the Creamsicle...life is pretty hard sometimes
