I like the jokes and don't necessarily want to take us back to the bike discussion, but you can find lighly used Dynas for what you might pay for a used metric cruiser; plus, too, and also, the Sportster line of bikes is very competitively priced and they've a new version, the 1200N that is pretty badass looking.
In all fairness, I bought a Harley for a couple of reasons: the desire to have a Harley (as irrational I suppose as the desire to have any type of premium vehicle that suffers from niggling "issues" - ever seen how well premium cars, even Porsches, do w/ said "issues"?); their motors have always impressed me aesthetically (torque and sound); their look is unmistakeably appealing (at least to my eye), and their depreciation tends to be only marginal.
To that end, I will be the first to admit that metric bikes are quieter, more reliable, less expensive to purchase and maintain, and in most cases faster than my DeLuxe. Still, wouldn't trade it for anything right now.
The other piece is that I've come to understand the need for different bikes for different reasons. Others on here will recall I'm lusting after a sport bike, the best of which remain from the land of the rising sun......
