Really depends on what you want. I rode the T-Bird, nice bike decent balance etc, did not find it overly heavy but its heavier for sure, i am a mere 5 ft 8 and about 190 lbs but had not issues, the america is still for one up riding most of the time a very decent bike and with fuel injection now even more reliable. don't think you could go wrong with either, if i were replacing though, it would be the Bird.
