VTX !!! Excellent Choice. I rented a HD Fatboy for a few days, and then rode my friends VTX 1300 Custom. The difference is night and day, the Harley is crude compared to the Honda. The Honda was a smooth as soft butter, I could rude that bike all day long and not get beat up like on the Harley. I'll pick up my VTX 1300 R in the spring of 2005.