We've already covered this.

It is called customer service if you don't know too much.
Airline style transportation services are a commodity and whatever brand can get you from A to B. Companies that have no clue on how to serve their customers are to die own in modern commerce.

Not even a picture of the beautiful 1968 original Road Runner? Never really liked those later models myself, but I love the B-bodies from 68-70. Always wanted one!

Everyone likes a list, right? In order of desirability (maybe not, maybe so)

In your defense 87.93% of Japan is unusable mountain.

Any pre -2004 S2000.

Dupont is a freak.

Sorry, but I never want to live in the sanitized utopian world you just envisioned.

Wes, All those years I rode RICE Burners... NObody on Harleys EVER gave me NO f'n shit!!!!!! I started out going to M/C events ~ 1%er Runs on a 500cc Suzuki Titan TWO-stroke for fruck's sakes... I got NO hassles from nobody!! Maybe because they could see YEAH I was young (16-19) ~ and I was just starting out.... the…

3 or 4 in the LA area

Uhh, well, I must admit that I am a baby boomer but that aside I have been riding continuously since 1964. At age sixty-five I still like to throw my leg over a crotch rocket on the track or on a back road in the canyon. I have a sport tourer for my every day, rain or shine, 100 mile commute and just plain enjoy…

I've been riding for 35 years now and had 31 bikes during that time. This sport is either in your blood, or it's not. For me, it was NEVER about the commute or an alternate mode of transportation. That's not to say that I haven't gotten bored with motorcycling from time to time - I just found new friends to ride…

Ok, so again America is the bad guy and to blame. Screw that. I'm a baby boomer and I love to ride. Have been on bikes since my Honda QA 50. There is nothing wrong with the way America rides or buys bikes or thinks about bikes. Period. I can bet dimes to donuts you vote democrat by the way you bash America and…

More than $500? Here in PA I haven't seen them for under $2000!

To be clear I am talking about the 1994-2003 VF750C.

really sad that your article leaves out the impact that Triumph is having on the American market and the rising popularity of classic styled vintage bikes like the Bonneville. They've been doing what you credit Ducati with for 15 years.

This is why I Street Triple. It does all of the things I want which is the American way....on a British bike.....made in India.....

Good article, and lots of great replies.

Don't blame the makers, they DO SELL reasonable, fun, economical motorcycles, BUT American riders DO NOT buy them. There are numerous bikes 300cc and below that are excellent everyday transportation, but they languish on dealer showrooms. I am a boomer who has been riding for 35 years. I have ridden and owned many…

As a rider myself I tend to resist stereotypes, although I have to chuckle at how well the stereotypes often do fit riders of specific bikes. The simple truth staring us right in the fact is that a scooter makes a lot of sense for a lot of people. Yes, there are DCT bikes, such as the Honda 700DCT, but most bikes…

I am a daily rider. I have been riding for almost 40 years. I love motorcycles. I have to ride everyday. I live in a city where a 13 mile commute in a car takes over an hour and parking is non existent. My commute is 13 minutes and there is always parking for me.