I'm over 69k miles on my Speedmaster now, first and only motorcycle I have ever ridden. I have done 600+ mile days. I have done several 400-450+ mile days two-up. I can't even tell she's back there, and she's not a small girl.
I have ridden to the Georgia Rally from Houston the last two years, stopping only to sleep (not because I was ready to get off). I rode home both years straight through, over 800 miles this year as it was Mother's Day so I stopped at her house 80 miles North of Houston, and over 900 miles last year in 16 hours (I waited out a bad storm and stopped for food and gas a few times, only). And even then, after riding 2500 miles in less than a week, and after a 800-900 mile ride home, I don't feel a thing, or would not have a single reservation about getting back on again the next day to ride another several hundred miles. She's as comfortable to me as any La-Z-Boy recliner.
Get the America for cruising, get the Speedmaster for riding more aggressively. It's all in the riding position/handlebars.
I ride the Triumph Touring seat, which I found real similar to the stock Gunfighter in rider position, and nothing more than a Flyscreen to protect me from the wind.
These are the perfect bikes! Light weight (500 lbs.), with all day torque and power (no T-Bird or Rocket III), enough to keep the grin on your face for every mile of it. Very dependable too, even now I won't hesitate to take off on another 2500 mile trip, and look forward to doing the same well after 100k miles.
But that issue about being a magnet - that is a problem. Every where I go, every time I stop....people just have to come up and gawk and ask questions.
Overall, I would replace her with the same exact bike in a heartbeat. If something ever happened to her, I would strongly consider buying another Speedmaster, but I would probably look to the secondary market for another 790cc engine, or at least for one with the old tank-style before they revised it to accommodate fuel injection.
I love my kneepads!
