The Triumph Daytona just won the Motorcyclist Magazine bike of the year. It was the innovative technology and design that really impressed them when they had their write up a few months back. With the exception of the Rocket III cruisers don't often blaze new trails.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.