I have a 2007 Royal Star tour deluxe and I absolutely love it! Add a backrest and cruise in comfort all day long. I have 54k miles on my bike and take it on touring trips during the summer. I chose to go the louder exhaust route and added a set of Sharkroad megaphone pipes. They sound mean and I always get compliments.
Sadly sold the bike a few weeks ago. Enjoyed the bike very much, ended up riding to to Sturgis this year for the rally, which as well was my first... had a blast. Will have many great memories with it.
Great looking bike!! You have a lot of work ahead of you keeping all that chrome polished! LoL. Perfect color scheme too. Gotta say, you live in a very pretty area!