Originally Posted by eviltwin

IMHO.........

Trouble with most H-D buyers is that it's all about image - otherwise they'd all ride Victory...

...and it's image that's killed the V-Rod - non H-D riders don't talk to you because you ride a Harley and H-D riders don't talk to you because you ride a V-Rod ("ooooh, liquid cooled and the wrong shaped V there mate, not a real Harley...")

You'd be surprised at the number of people who buy V-Rod, go to a rally and then go trade it in for a big twin just to fit in!

...if that all makes sense