The fiberglass aesthetics was not a dig at sport bikes, rather an example between the two differing bike styles. Anyone who has read anything I have had to say on this forum knows I am not biased one way or another towards cruisers or sport bikes. So as far as that goes we’ll leave that be. There was no struggle at all in what I was saying only the way in which you decide to try and bend it. Why on earth would I refer to the 1200 cc version on a beginner bike forum?
Your initial post of excess was originally about ..Style, personality or whatever we agreed to disagree on. Now your trying to revert it to price tag. In which case. We could both carry this debate on for years on end. Name one bike on the road that wasn’t designed for said profit.
My point originally being is that “excess” is just as bad as one side of the coin as it is the other.Sport bikes -you have the ‘Busa crowd with the stretched out high volume chrome custom painted fairing or even the non ‘Busa peeps with the repli racer kits. On the cruiser side yes with the “butt jewelry” you will also find the said custom paint jobs and raked out front ends. As with pipes for both styles. So as to which bike is in excess….. depends on the ones you are comparing. And no you will not find it in the article you linked as I stand on my thoughts and knowledge on the learning of my experience, not the ideas thrusted by others with the need to feel like I have to have them back me up.