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Wow Mike! While I, and I'm sure almost everybody here knows EXACTLY what you're talkin' about here, I think you're confusing those folks WHO as you said know nothing about motorcycles at all, or as I prefer to say, "Those folks who didn't do their homework before they plunked down those big bucks of their on a Harley and maybe found out that owning a TRIUMPH is not ONLY as "cool" as owning a Harley BUT for the MONEY you get much more of a fun and enjoyable to RIDE kind of motorcycle TOO...WITH, the Harley-Davidson Motor Company, WHO, like ALL companies out there are JUST tryin' to make money by selling a product as best they can.

And, because H-D KNOWS what has attracted the buying public to their machines, and yes once again I agree with you that it's OFTEN that "lifestyle crap", I don't think one can or SHOULD blame them for trying AND succeeding in being as successful as they've been.

NOPE!!! It's more, MUCH more, as you FIRST surmised above...ALL THE MORONS WHO BOUGHT INTO ALL THAT LIFESTYLE CRAP THESE PAST 25 YEARS OR SO!!! And as I said...DIDN'T know SQUAT about motorcycling's rich history, 'CUZ once again, THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR FRIGGIN' "HOMEWORK" before their purchase!!! So DON'T BLAME HARLEY for supplying a product to an "UNDEReducated" american motorcycle purchasing public who BOUGHT INTO it all!!!

HOWEVER, as I said EARLIER above, I think Harley's decision much earlier in their joint collaboration with Erik to not work on more modern engine designs SO'S they could fit 'em into Erik's more modern and VERY innovative FRAMES, and at a time when they were rakin' in money hand-over-fist by sellin' all that "lifestyle" and thus HAD IT to INVEST in somethin' like that, was MAINLY the reason for this ultimate demise of Buell Motorcycles.

And sooooo, in THAT regard, YES, I "think" we can "blame" Harley for THAT anyway!!!