OK, then I believe you would find a CC beneficial. I know I cannot ride, say, 10 hours comfortably without it.
Just to continue the conversation a bit, I believe you have three choices:
1) a throttle lock. The easiest and usually least expensive to buy and install. NOT a true CC, they will still give the right hand a rest at least for a minute or two at a steady speed.
2) Rostra. Relatively inexpensive (> $200) but does require some skills and effort to install. Most 'mechanicy' people seem to be able to install one in a weekend. There are also a few people out there installing them for a fee, and the few I have seen are pretty reasonable IMO.
3) McCruise. Easier to install although certainly not what I would call 'easy' or 'no skill required'. Expensive at ~ $1,000 but by all reports, a high quality product that works very well, and the controls look very nice as compared to, say, the Rostra, which are a bit shoddy looking.
There is also the Audiovox vacuum system that <may> still be available but personally, I would recommend they not be used. As difficult to install as a Rostra and then some, they run on vacuum and have some attending problems because of it.
In my opinion, the C-14 is a great bike and more than worth the time, effort and cost to strap a CC onto. Even when figuring the cost of installing a CC, it beats the competition in value when all is done, again IMO of course.
Brian
You hit the nail right on the head, BDF. That is exactly what I am looking for. I haven't had a bike with cruise control for nearly 13 years, and I rarely used it on that one.