BamaRider
Guy
I'll let y'all be the first to know- a new 2018 RT now occupies space in my garage. I'll post pictures on my website sometime tomorrow. Had eyes on this bike for 3 years. Dealer in Huntsville who also sells every metric bike plus Indian and BMW huge place.
I waited to to see the new GL before pulling the trigger. They had 2 in the showroom, and after checking it out, just wasn't me. Too big, and complicated, and after my due dilgence went with the BMW. The money was about the same, so it comes to what you like.
Both bikes have lots of technology, the RTs has been tested and tweaked the last 4 years. The GL not so much, but I don't expect any problems, it is a Honda. In the end I wanted the much lighter RT, and its class leading cockpit and do dads. Everyone told me, as good as my 2005 RT was, it is not in the same class as the 2018, and they were right.
I rode the bike home from the dealer, 200 miles non stop. I've never experienced a bike so well balanced, with every imaginable extra to take long riding to the next level. I only managed to one twisty on the way home, and the bike just falls into a lean. Smooth, light clutch action, slick transmission. After a 200 mile non stop ride, I didn't want to get off it when I pulled in my garage. It is that comfortable. It is still the finest cockpit and seat position in the sport touring world. It is a bunch of money, but if you demand the best, you gotta ante up. It is light, nimble, and leans like all get out. It is by far the most responsive bike I've ever owned.
I traded my 2005 RT.
I waited to to see the new GL before pulling the trigger. They had 2 in the showroom, and after checking it out, just wasn't me. Too big, and complicated, and after my due dilgence went with the BMW. The money was about the same, so it comes to what you like.
Both bikes have lots of technology, the RTs has been tested and tweaked the last 4 years. The GL not so much, but I don't expect any problems, it is a Honda. In the end I wanted the much lighter RT, and its class leading cockpit and do dads. Everyone told me, as good as my 2005 RT was, it is not in the same class as the 2018, and they were right.
I rode the bike home from the dealer, 200 miles non stop. I've never experienced a bike so well balanced, with every imaginable extra to take long riding to the next level. I only managed to one twisty on the way home, and the bike just falls into a lean. Smooth, light clutch action, slick transmission. After a 200 mile non stop ride, I didn't want to get off it when I pulled in my garage. It is that comfortable. It is still the finest cockpit and seat position in the sport touring world. It is a bunch of money, but if you demand the best, you gotta ante up. It is light, nimble, and leans like all get out. It is by far the most responsive bike I've ever owned.
I traded my 2005 RT.