you are spot on WALLSXB in your opinion. I went for a ride today and met some new guys to have a fang with and 4 out of 5 guys came over asking me a lot of questions about my XB. They were intrigued and all of them made comment at how nice and different it looked . The other 1 gent knew what a Buell was and said i had great bike that would actually handle with a solid engine. He also thought that HD were dickheads in what they did to Buell but had no idea that Erik was still going . His comment was "ohh did he get all the fat typist to come with him " I said nah have a look at EBR on the net and get updated. I also gave him the web addy to Crotchrocket to see what Erik is up to. Erik if you are listening to the owners of Buells , mate you need to build a bike we can afford and soon . I am going to keep my XB but at the end of the year i am going to buy a new Vstrom for everyday use.