This is probably not a popular opinion, but it's just that...an opinion. I don't know, I just think they keep getting uglier and uglier. First no more spokes, then the ugly tank, now the speedy has an ugly rear fender,(it just sticks up too high IMO) and wheels from a 1984 huffy, and I guess the America didn't look quite enough like a kawi vulcan 900 classic or a suzuki boulevard, so they went ahead and corrected that. Now it can be lumped right in with all the other jap bike harley wanna-be's. I do like the front forks on the speedy, and I do like that they're differentiating more between the models. I also think it's a great idea to sell the america with the touring package. However I'm no marketing genius and there are a lot smarter people than me making the decisions over there. I know also that change is imminent, they can't just keep rolling out the same looking bikes every year and expect them to sell. I mean nobody buys bonnevilles right? I know many don't agree with me, and that's ok, but if something happened to my bike I'd go find a nice used 07 or earlier speedy or 06 or earlier America before I bought one of these new models. Ok, running and hiding now.
