Find out how much it would cost you to change the things you don't like about both bikes. I'm thinking it would be more expensive to Speedyize the America than it would be to Americanize the Speedy. But I don't know for sure.

Me personally, I chose the America because it's clearly the better machine.

Doesn't everybody's life revolve around food? "Remember, People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs."