“I find the plethora of buttons and navigation system display on my thoroughly modern GL1800 almost a laughable waste.”

Came across this perfect comparison of riding the modern goldwing GL1800 and an old classic Royal Enfield chugging along on a rural county road. I can 100% relate to this experience. I still believe my 40,000 kms in 2 years of riding in India has made better memories than all the four different modern bikes I have ridden here in the US for 6 years. Last year we did our longest journey on the goldwing – CA to NY and back in 30 days covering 10,360 miles. Even that seems not a big deal now. We did not even write up our daily experiences in detail, maybe because there wasn’t much exhilarating details to remember, except for a few specific days.

http://www.royalenfields.com/2010/03/royal-enfield-ride-on-wisconsin-roads.html