bennetts talking BS. Its exactly the same as in the 70s....figures way influenced by commuter bikes.I see more bmw on roads these days
than hondas...
as for bikers image...FFS just when has the average biker been a hairy bad ass???...The last 15 yrs has been one of maturing middle class ownership of race reps now turning to adventure bikes in their early dotage. Hardly bad ass.....even Hardly riders are mostly doctors and dentists, about the only folk who can afford the damn things...
watch " wild hogs" comedy movie...to me that says it all !