I wish that I still had my Norton. While my Vmax is way faster, it is also way heavier. Mr. Max just isn't a city bike by the time you're on the cam you're way over the speed limit and my Super Trapps tell every cop in the vicinity, not that those reverse cones on my Commando S weren't screaming loud too. The Vmax is great on mountain roads, but stop light to stop light no way. Just too heavy. I did engine mods on the Norton, I did handling mods on the Vmax. I also had a Royal Enfield that said Indian on it and my first bike, an Ariel 500 thumper (Red Hunter). Sometime before I die, I wouldn't mind a Harley (Hardly Abelson).