gotta give harley props for trying, but theyre 15 years and everyone who ever admired eric buell too late. they are going into overseas markets trying to develop a customer base and survive all the boomer retirements that are upcoming. that fatazz (adventure) bike isnt gonna save them. they listened to the old guys too long and missed the next thing. i personally will not be sad to see them go. but it will hurt the rest of us A LOT when they go under or scale back to the vestige of what they were. as goes harley so go the rest of the american market, it practically is the american market with 50% of the marketshare. Personally i will forever hold the demise of buell against them, they crippled the brand with harley only dealership restrictions and refused to allow development or use of anything other than milwaukee powerplants till it was obviously too late. and even when the rotax motored bikes were getting up to speed they pulled the plug, closed the doors crushed the bikes, refused to sell it to anyone (cause it was tied too closely to our brand,like anyone who ever rode a buell wanted to be associated with harley) and then sold MV agusta back to the castigolini family for a dollar after wiping out hundreds of millions of their debt, best thing ever for MV, vs a death sentence for american sportbikes. no i will not be sad. the assless chap-wearing-pirate wannabees had their day and they are most likely done. barring a miracle they will be at 30% of current volume in another 15 years or less. thus endenth my harley rant. PS the assless chap wearing butt pirates cant ride worth crap as i have to go round them on practically every decent road.