Good point Ron, but some people prefer purchasing new. Bill here might be one of them.
Bill, while there may not be all that many used Americas and Speedmaster out there(I'm assuming these are the bikes that you're looking at), you might take Ron's advice and look into the used market, possibly on Ebay Motors.
These machines are basically pretty bullet-proof and shouldn't give you any problems for years if you'd decide to buy a bike with say 20-30k or even more miles on their clock. And you might be able to find a very nice example for as little as 4-Grand.
(you know...particularly that bike which belongs to that poor dude who's goin' through that divorce right now)
