Did someone call ?
Yes, until recently I had a Victory Cross Roads which is the sort of Road King equivalent, hard luggage but a QD screen rather than a fairing. I had it for over three years, went to Spain, France and Italy as well as all over the UK, nothing went wrong, nothing fell off. Mine also had a VAST QD trunk, or topbox, large enough to swallow a small child, or take three slabs of beer without complaint.
Went well enough in stock form, but with the addition of a Stage 1 kit and a quarter turn throttle ring it went very well indeed. Stock suspension was USD non-adjustable front and air mono shock at the rear, fabulous ride even two up and loaded to the brim.
I tell a lie, the OEM horn failed, a new one was a tenner.
Finish wasn't great as the headstock had some creeping corrosion when I sold it, and the cylinders were painted which I always thought was a bad idea as some of the crackle finish was flaky at the cut edges. But that's about it, and I'm no fan of cleaning bikes. Paint on bodywork was A1 and all the body parts were proper metal with very little (side panels) plastic.
Dealers were universally inept, I'm still waiting a call back regarding some bits I fancied.
Servicing was very straight forward, hydraulic tappets meant you never touched the top end, everything else was industry standard stuff; easy enough for even a numpty like me. Cable clutch was a worry, but I carried a replacement inner, which went unused with the bike.
The bike was designed rather than evolved, and it showed. I've a very good book about the development process and engineering that went into the Victory range. Why did I sell it, I suppose you could call it a lack of involvement but I just fancied a bit less-is-more.
Depreciation is oft quoted as a downside, and while it's true I never met anyone who paid 'book' price for a new one either. Superb motorcycles that provide class leading handling and performance straight out of the box and in my opinion were entirely responsible for HD upping their game in the last decade.