When I lived near Boston I rode with a bunch of guys who had a good mix of Americas, Touring Series and a Saratoga or two. All of them were very beloved these gentlemen and saw serious mileage. They usually did a serious credit card tour (but usually had one bag with stuff for the day, camera, trunks, socks etc., once a year on those bikes I bet logged close to 1000 mi in that week alone. I know I did two days with them in Me once and we got nearly 230-250, beautiful country though
From my perspective of maintaining them, all were great bikes. But I liked the updated graphics of the Saratoga better.
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