[Mercutio57]

Let's face it, there is almost no market in the U.S. for mid-size motorcycles. We have a couple of 250s on one end of the spectrum, and the rest of the showroom is filled with 200 MPH crotch rockets and cruisers the size of SUVs. Lots of luck finding many choices in between, folks.

Back in ancient times, when I was a kid, there were all sorts of nice machines in the middle range-- 350s, 450s, 500s, 650s and 750s. Now everything is "supersized" to the point of absurdity. Just as the normal family house has been replaced by the ginormous (and pretentious) "McMansion," so too mid-sized motorcycles have gone the way of the Dodo.

Does anyone else out there remember when the Sportster, for example, was considered big and powerful?