I purchased my 2018, sight unseen from Texas, I live in Indiana. I had my buddy do the break in for me, so I can fly down there, and we could head out on a trip that day. He raved about his 7 month old Venture from the day he bought it. He picked up my GW on a friday and by monday he was trading his fork tuner in for his own DCT GW. What converted him over were the nimbleness and speed of the GW and the DCT. he liked the yamaha stereo and the bigger luggage.