#1 seller of bikes over 650cc to the 18-34 crowd?

[Rampant]

Seems to me that when I see sportbike riders here (in the south) it is mainly Hayabusas and R1s and such.  Only newbs and responsible people ride the smaller bikes and those are usually still sv650s, etc.  

I've been on a few group rides and I would say that Sport bikes predominate until people start doing pair riding, at which point they just aren't as comfy.  

In cities like DC, I see a LOT of sportbikes.  Outside the city, I see an ever increasing # of cruisers.  You just don't need nimble if you are doing highway riding at sane speed limits.  And harleys are 'cool' as are other cruisers.  They are personal.  Sportbikes look like every other sportbike by every other manufacturer (granted, cruisers are getting that way too).

But if i go to a biker bar and I see 10 harleys, they are all clearly distinct vehicles by different owners, etc.  

Having ridden a few types of bikes, I see either low center of mass cruisers or lightweight standards being the best city bikes.  

The real posers are the people running around with their tricked out R1 who have never done a track day.

[BobW]

When ice cream sales increase so does the murder rate; therefore ice cream is the cause of murder.

  I have been a little more surly as of late when those pesky kids eye me leaving the Baskin & Robbins with my flavor of the month in hand.  

 HD, #1 with the youngsters??

 

[ABStrommer]

I am pretty sure that Harley outsells all other brands (in all age groups) in the important 882-884 cc range.

"over 650cc" excludes the enormous amount of 600cc sportbikes sold to that demographic.