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Looking at the new SM I think it has lost quite a bit. I don't like the new look with no fork shrouds and single disc among a few other changes. The new wheels suck a$$ too, definately look like old Honda wheels.



Well Ian, I guess I can agree with ya about the loss of the second brake rotor on the new SM, however other than that, I'm still gonna disagree with ya about most of the changes on the 2011's. Once again, I think Bloor's Boys did the right thing by further differentiating the look of the Americas and the Speedmasters, because in essence there was never really much of a difference in the overall appearances between the two until now, other than that twin disc setup and the blacked-out engine on the SMs. And so, NOW the America looks even more like a "cruiser-ish American" machine with that heavier looking front end and new wheel, and NOW the Speedmaster looks more like a lightened "Power-Cruiser" with that bobbed rear fender and lack of fork shrouds.

(..though yes, yes, yes, I also think they should go back to putting knee in-dents on all the gas tanks, as yes, that always has made all the Hinckley air-cooled Twins look more "British")

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)