John ,
This whole thread got started because some Buell (BG at for you Jim) rider
from california asserted that the reason HD builds low powered bikes was
because of money. The intent of my reply was that HD builds the bikes they
do because that's the way the want to build them, emphasis on style (form)
as opposed to function ( performance and handling). The comment about price
above MSRP was to make a point that the market would apparently be willing
to pay the extra couple of hundred bucks it might cost to improve the
function  (performance) of the bike.

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John said

The people that buy Buells are HD
people and buy it because it is powered by HD

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Maybe some, maybe not. John I'm not a HD fan, I bought a sportster anyway.
I like the big torquey
engine in a small frame. And the sportster still looks like a motorcycle
ought to, doesn't have a bunch spangley crap hanging off it, doesn't have a
a bunch of extra tin tacked on it for style points. Doesn't have all the
cool stuff wrapped in plastic.  Most of the big HDs and
for that matter, the Japanese"cruiser "styled bikes with the forward
controls and dished fenders are well, ugly in my book. ( You don't have to
read my book)
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 .John says

I don't care what you do to your bike, it is always
form over function!

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So how's the guy in the street gonna know about the racetech cartridge
emulators in the front fork, Hows he gonna tell a HQ wild head and a hot
cam. These have nothing to do with form(style) and everything with function
(performance).
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John said

 >(And for the new guys, IMO the V-rod proves this
 >point in spades )
The V-rod is HDs first attempt at performance.

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what about the original sportys.......

Ken 95XLH1200
Idaho falls, Idaho  (didn't get the Saturday morning digest, hope something
isn't broke again)