I have had 3 heritages and many other HDs as well as a 1200 and 800 GS. I was living in Washington at the time and would ride the fire roads. I finally realized they were too heavy for this 68 year old if you drop it. I did it a couple times and repairs are costly. I found a 250 was perfect for that. I am riding a triglide now as my knees are shot.

In 2024 a used Suzuki c50, Vulcan 900, and Honda Shadows present an amazing value. A good low mileage bike all set up for cruising can be found for less than $3000! They aren’t great bikes in any particular regard, but they can haul 2 people and a weeks worth of stuff at highway speeds for as long as you want in a capable and relatively comfortable manner. My Vulcan 900 is not my favorite bike ever, but it is certainly my wife’s favorite to ride on. The roomy rear seat and ample leg room keep her happy for hours on end!

Driver back rest is awesome. Super great upgrade.

Test rode a 2021 F750GS recently. Liked it. Two things quickly came to mind. 1) Standard front shocks kinda soft. Not used to a diving front end compared to para-lever type suspension on their bigger bikes. Does yours have ESA? Just wondered how the rear suspension is working for you? 2) Surprised how throaty, rumbley, vibey the engine is. Don't know how to describe it, but I liked it. Plenty of power, even tho the motor is dumbed down compared to the F850GS. Did yours come with heated grips? I notice it doesn't have the enduro hand guards. Surprised.

How do you like the seat? Does it sit you up and forward and how is the reach to the handle bars

Would this work for someone 6'3 250lbs? Csnt decide between this or a full on touring bike like a road glide ultra

Buy the Yamaha FJR they much cheaper lower maintenance and the parts are half or less the price my 2012 with heated grips and cruise control has 168 thousand kilometres without any issues your Harley Davidson won't do half those miles

Love the mirrors 😊

Hey my friend, excellent quality footage! We are including the BOTD for our 2025 list, would you like to have some of this riding footage included?

Great Bike. I am looking to "build" almost the exact bike. This was so helpful.

Windshield is adjustable.

I just picked up a 2022 Triple Black version and it is a great bike so far. I am a little partial to your white one though, lol. Mine still has a bunch of warranty left, which is good because it does not want to start in 1st gear. Very annoying, but otherwise a wonderful riding experience. Thanks for the video!

The problem was tubed tires. A tubeless could have been plugged and pumped and youre on your way. I will never tour on a tubed bike again.

I have AAA motorcycle coverage also but they told me sorry nothing we can do for you and this was on a Saturday at 3PM. I had tubed tires also with Two hours of daylight left. Not a house or human within 5 miles. A 3 star General was out in his jeep and saved my butt. Spent 5 hours helping me

My 2008 C50 has a fuel gage. It doesn't work.

Gorgeous!

It should be good and broke in now. In my mid sixties now and just got my first ever Harley, a 2021 Heritage Classic. I chose a used one with 6k miles because it had engine and saddlebag guards already.

Any regrets on the Madstad windshield? How’s the buffeting? I recently picked up a 2023 to go with may 1250GSA. So far I am loving the light weight of the 750

Great review I’ve got the same bike. I’ve done quite a few modifications on mine really interested to see what you think. I think it is a brilliant bike and really pleased with mine. Well done really watching your reviews from here in the UK. 🇬🇧

I know the boxer engine is iconic, but I can’t get over how they sound. That bike looks like the love child of an Indian Scout and a Harley Nightster. It would probably easily outlast both of them. You sound like you have a cold. Take care, buddy.

Good to see you out and about again and hope you survived the recent hurricanes without damage.

Nice ride sir, thanks for the tour of your rig. She is a beaut and I like the mods you did. Getting ideas for my soon to be 'other woman'. No matter the other models I looked at to get that just right feeling, I was always comparing them to the Heritage. I have no plans (yet) to ride cross country (yet) and see no need to go bigger (yet). This is like the ex asking if she can have a couple chickens. 300 chickens later you begin to wonder where all the flies are coming from. Never seen a woman yet who could stick to 6 chickens, nor a man who could settle for only 1 Harley.

Beautiful bike.

Love it! Nicely done with the mods. I'm definitely looking into those heated grips and the sissy bar/luggage rack and bags. Big fan of the crash bars too, those are definitely a necessity for any bike.

Great video. Biggest downside to these is it’s a navigation unit with no navigation. More of a phone screen mirroring device. I’m a retired American, but I live in the Philippines. On my second GS now and spend most of my time touring the country on bikes. Used to use my phone but service in most of these mountains isn’t a thing, so stand alone Nav as a backup is a must! Sold my connected ride navigator with my 1250, then upgraded to a new 1300 after. Wish I’d kept my nav now because out of stock everywhere here haha.

I love my f750. I got a mount to move the navigation forward like the 1250's on Alli Express for 10.00 its super nice.

What seat is that on there? Is it comfy 🤔 mine hurts for 141 miles

8:29 Cruise control on a newer bicycle?

I love this bike..❤

Great info on this thing! Does it work on less modern bmw bikes like a nine T? And was the installation simple?

I'm currently 2+ years on a Kaw Vulcan 900 Classic LT (2009). You have the bike that I want! Nice job.

Thanks for the video--I have the same bike (2023 F750GS) and have a Chigee AIO 5 Play BMW on the way to me. Question: Do you have your phone connected to the Chigee, the helmet AND the bike, or just the Chigee and the helmet? Curious about what works best, I use BMW ConnectedRide right now (it is fun to review your ride), but it is not deal breaker if it confuses the electronics. I am all about no hassle!

Heads up if you're a fan of apple CarPlay. Chigee aio play for bmw. Locks right into the bmw gps prep.

You know the CCP is tracking you,🤣. I’ve thought about a nav system for my Tiger-Triumph’s sucks eggs-but I usually have a pretty good idea of where I’m going. I use the Waze app when I’m traveling in my truck, mainly for traffic info. I don’t like having my phone on my handlebars, but there’s a phone tray under the passenger seat with a charge port. It’s a pain to get to, so I’ve never used it. I just rely on my keen sense of direction 😂. Hopefully, that nav thingy can get you to Lake Lure USA next week! 😂 Take care, buddy.

Id love those mustang seats until you see the cost, $1,100. I paid $1500 for my 2007 C50.

Just like mine, i've noticed the speedo is about 5 mph higher then it really is compared to a speed phone app. This happens after about 40 mph.

That Milwaukee 8 was the worst engine ever made. The hard painted bags are the best. The lights aren't smoked. The guy really got clipped bad on the cost. Wow. Poor man. Glad he's happy. I threw my sissy bar and rear seat and luggage rack in the trash. We will remember the poor man in our prayers at church

Great video I fitted the Madstrad sceen to my 750 gs here in the uk and it’s fantastic and I also fitted the Sargent heated seat which i aquied through eBay highly recommend it.

Semi Retired in 2011 when Northwest GA Regional Hospital closed. My Wife worked there too and also retired then. I did some other things, but I played golf for about a year on a regular basis at least once a week. Later dabbled in other work, including manual labor at Lowes Distribution center (Which I loved), operating all the equipment they had there in my last job there---night shift, 4 days a week 10 hour shifts. When my Mom passed I retired for good, wrote a nice resignation letter thanking Lowes for hiring a 58 year old and giving me a chance. Hard work, but it reminded me of loading weapons onto fighter aircraft in the Air Force and there were great people there. Retirement is great if you stay busy. Medical issues catching up with me is no fun, but work like I had would probably not be good. Enjoying my time away from the grind. I miss working at Lowe's, but not the work I did for my career. I miss the people and clients I worked with, but the politics of the work I do not miss one bit.... especially the ORS surveys or Joint Commission accreditation Surveys. Such BS Dog and Pony Shows. I need to so some fishing if I can stay out of Doctor's waiting rooms long enough. Enjoy your videos too. Keep em coming and be safe.

Appreciate your insight. Thank you

All these mods and there is no bud light cooler. You could ride fully woke

Nice bike! Thanks for sharing. I’ve got a black 2019! 🤙

Nice video George! I have 2 more years…. Looking forward to it!

My take away from this video is that it's nice to see that Harley riders I finally realizing that their motorcycles handle about as well as if you put the church organ on two wheels, the windshield sucks, and the seat does too 😂

I did the same. I had a HD Heritage Softale Classic , sold it and bought a Honda NC750x. . It certainly isn't a big fancy bike but it's new , runs awesome and a very practical all around bike. It works for me and at 65 years old I just ride my ride. Thank you for you videos.

Good video and some interesting comments. I had a similar experience when going back to an old position. They moved on quickly. I’ll admit the smallest amount of ego hit, though. (Not retirement, but I expected to hear “come back we need you) ;) - also, when in WV you had to have been through my home town of Elkins on your way to Seneca Rocks! I’m heading up there next week. And btw, still hoping to take a ride someday. - keep enjoying that retirement!

I drove 18 wheelers for 43 years. The same company for the last 22 years. The company filed bankruptcy after I was Retired for about 4 years. I knew that company could not make it without me.😂😂😂😂😂

Good to hear you went to the dogs.😂😂

I George, I hope all is well! This is a subject I know a little about. I retired about a month ago after working as a State Prison Guard for 35 years. About a month prior to my retirement I bought a leftover 2023 Harley Davidson Heritage Classic. I love the bike and also have a 2015 Honda Shadow Aero that I love just as equally. I try to ride two to three days a week usually riding from my home in Buffalo, New York to my cabin in ski country Ellicottville New York about 60 miles south. Love to ride either solo or with a friend for coffee in Ellicottive and then to my cabin a few miles away to sit by the lake. I haven’t really adjusted yet to being retired I will enjoy the rest of summer and the riding season then look for a part time job this winter. My wife has a lot of things for me to do so I will no problem keeping busy. My part time job will be my money in other words my beer money and my motorcycle repair and maintenance money. I agree it different not working I also need to decide if I’m going to take my social security or wait. What’s your opinion on when to start taking your SS? I believe that I’m going to take it now because tomorrow isn’t promised. I have gotten up at 3:30 AM for the last 35 years to drive or ride 100 mile round trip to work each day and many of those days were doubles. Now I get up usually between 6-7 AM and ride my bike or workout hitting a heavy bag, push ups and then 1 hour walk to start my day. The wife said something to me the other day that I can’t forget she said let’s make the next ten years the best of our lives. Hopefully, gos will bless us with ten years. But George that was a WOW moment and I need to stop worrying about money and working and focus on what’s really important. In life we never stop learning! Take care and enjoy the ride!!! Go Bills!!!

Glad you like retirement I thought you would lol . If you ever get tired of a motorcycle clutch you might like the Honda nc750x DCT. Those are awesome motorcycles for the money with great luggage options. Good to see your videos again. Take it easy. 👍