I owned one of the Connie C14's. Decent bike, but it wasn't with me for long. I guess I just did not take to it.
One major issue in moving from a cruiser to a super sport tourer. On a cruiser, when you drive 60-65 mph you feel like you are doing 60-65 mph. It's a happy cruising speed. You feel the vibration, hear the engine, feel the wind, and generally are content cruising along. On the C14 this is dead boring. As in 'I feel like I could walk faster and get me off this totally frigging boring machine before I have a stroke" kind of boring. 65 mph on the C14 feels like 15 mph on the cruiser. I never got out of 3rd gear at that speed. This is a bike that will do 79 mph in 1st, a low to mid 90's in 2nd. No, you do not have to ride that way, but the bike simple does not 'come to life' until you hit mid-70's.
My first ride on the C14 I ran it up to what the seat of the pants told me was probably 55 mph. I looked down, and the speedo was 87 mph. And it felt like 55....
I ended up getting rid of the C14. I did not want to drive 75+ all the time, and found anything like 60-65 was boring. I'm limited to almost exclusively 55 mph roads here, so 65 is pushing the ticket envelope. The C14 is a great bike, but its one that begs either for a very aggressive rider (who does not give a shit about tickets) or one who does a lot of four lane super slab.
Other complaints: The Kawa OEM front brake rotors are garbage. Complete crap. Mine went at 7,000 miles (warped). They put new ones on. Those went about 6,000. A buddy has an identical c14. He wne throuhg several rotors on warranty too. Kawa knows they are trash, but keeps installing the same shit. Once its out of warranty, its your dime. My kawa also was a HOT mofo. On any day over 70 degrees, by right ankle would roast. Airflow coming through the panels/rad was channelled directly to my ankle. I'd be shifting my foot trying to find a position out of the heat.
OEM tires are COMPLETELY unsatisfactory. Mine had bridgestone 021's and the sidewalls were totally not up to the job. They gave the bike a vague, undefined, squidgy , uncertain sort of feeling, Michlein Road Pilot 2's took the bike up about 100% in terms of a secure planted feeling.
I replaced the connie with a BMW f650gs. Went from the c14's 158 hp to the bmw's 71 hp. totally happy now.