Well I've had both. When I was out of high school I did the crotch rocket thing.
It was fun and exciting but kind of dangerous.
Then I got into harleys. Those are great cruisers. I found mine in a paper we have in Indiana calle the bargin finder. (used vehicles and motorcycles) But yamaha and kawasaki...ect with their shaft driven drives are really smooth rides. Belt drives are nice and pretty smooth too. The victory is a nice bike, and depending on what kind of cruiser you want, honda has a pretty good selection too.
It would also depend on what kind of money you want to spend.