This T Bird was the 1600, Blue w/white stripe, touring seat, big plexi shield, pillion back rest. The seat on the bike was actually very very good( I put about 125 miles on it), I liked the seat, not the positioning with pegs, nor the handlebars. The guys at the dealership pretty much all have similar thoughts. I will say the looks are nice, the quality everything looks really nice, I especially like the looks of the Storm in the flat graphite gray.
Really, with the power of the Strat, none of the T Birds will come close to matching it(I just burned through my second back tire, with only 11500 miles), it has 100 hp/125ftlbs torque at the wheel. The Strat would pale against the R III for the same reason(though I doubt it handles as nice as the Strat), that extra 400 cc is potent.
