They are both soft tails!
2000 FLSTS =
Heritage Springer Softail and
2003 FXSTDSEI =
Screamin Eagle Deuce, mine is a 100th Anniversary Edition CVO (hence the SE near the end, the I is for fuel injection)!! I hear you on the maintenance costs and costs in general, it is one of the reasons I have not ridden either of mine in years. That and where I live, this just ain't ridin' country IMO!!! I put over 100,000 miles on those two bikes in the first 6 years I owned them including three cross country tours, so you know that to me, ridin' ain't B to B, it's an all day affair (not that I have never engaged in two wheel B to B adventures, just not my go to ride path when on two wheels). Longest day ever was 1,028 miles (long story, even longer ride, but I had to GTFO of Nawlins). Average day for me was 200-300. When I bought them, I was living in California and had mega cool riding in every direction (although west bound ended only a couple of miles from the house, stupid ocean)!!! But yeah, if I was in ridin' country, I would have, like I said, a Road Glide or a Goldwing (maybe a BMW, but I don't know the current line up so I can't name one)! Something with hard bags and all the toys to keep me comfy and clued in while I stare at the beauty around me ;~)) And I don't do interstates either, two lane
country roads are my home!!! First tour was 9 weeks, 13,293 miles, coast to coast, north to south, covered a lot of America ;~)) That was 24 years ago ;~((