Thread: New cruiser vs second hand (motorcycle)

Thinking of getting a cruiser style motorcycle, I currently ride a 2008 cb900, and have a gb500 project under way. I'm thinking of selling the 900 and getting a cruiser for longer trips and having the gb for short weekend backroads/around town weekend blasts. Been riding dirt since I was 10, on the rd since 16 so plenty of experience just none on or with cruisers.

Wanting it for 2 up ( both of us are light probably 110kg comined) longer rides possibly multi day trips up to 6 hrs/day, lightweight luggage and tent. Hope to do rides like coromandel, forgotten highway, just find some campgrounds I have never been to.

Any way I talked to a mechanic at local bike shop as I was thinking of getting a sportster but he fairly quickly talked me out of that, he suggested a dyna (wide glide, super glide) due to my experience and size.

Looking on trademe I could only afford something in the 2007-2010 sort of age, a tidy low km's one seams to go for around 20k. My old man just bought a new triumph speedmaster for 21k. New bike has the pros of its new, warranty, etc but is it as good as a older dyna?

What does every one think, 10 year old dyna or new speedmaster?

Very interested in all input.

Obviously I will try to take a dyna for a ride etc I have riden the speedmaster and it was nice thats what got me thinking, heading to auckland in a couple of weeks to have a look around, but a test ride doesn't tell me what it's like to live with one, sometimes you can learn allot from someone that owned one for a year.