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That was an unusual time. The Japaneses were making lots of affordable bikes to compete in the US market and over-produced at a time when the baby-boom generation was settling down with job and family and also when inflation hit the highest level of the second half of the century. I don't see any of those factors coming into play in the next 20 years.

 

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I think the Tokyo Show is where bikes are heading. High powered semi-automatic scooters with near total enclosure, some climate control, full sound system, air bags, even outriggers that deploy when a wheel begins to loose traction. That could attract a lot of new interest.