Everyone's different but I have to agree with George here. While my 2012 GSA was a nice bike the new one is *much* nicer in almost every way. It's actually the first bike since my Harley FLHT that I may actually keep the stock seat on, it's pretty good and the downward forward slope is gone but it's maybe too soft. The 2012 seat was definitely too soft and sloped forward making it very uncomfortable, I ended up having it built up which helped a little but finally put a Corbin on it. The power, the ride, the handling, GPS integration, brakes, are all noticably improved. Cruise control is welcome and long overdue. The biggest improvement for me may be that vibration has been greatly reduced. I like that the upper gears are now a bit taller. That is what I have noticed in 950 miles, I'll know more after the next 10-12 days.