I traded in a 2000 sportster 1200s for a 2009 road king police special and the RK had more lean angle which blew my mind, half my floorboards were ground down within a year and I dragged a knee a couple times. I now understand why people fucking hate sportsters after owning one. Small, under powered and don't handle. If I still had the sporty, instead of the RK, there were a couple situations I probably would've never made it through.
A bike is on my list of new toys next year. I'm thinking springer softail.