I get your point, but I’m not sure the relevance as to “apples to apples” within reasonable comparisons being made. I’m not mad at any OEM regardless their model(s) price point or intended audience and one should expect “all that and more” for any bike at almost 2X the money regardless OEM for these types of offerings. A BMW “M” version compared to the regular S bikes is similar and almost every OEM has done the same. Bottom line is buy what one likes and can afford and competition has made this a great time to enjoy motorcycling with so many incredible offerings to choose from. The “little people” sales keep the lights on and make payroll and that applies to BMW, Ducati and even Harley. They need revenue streams that these Bling models don’t provide. MV, Buell and Motus come to mind and only KTM’s last infusion is keeping MV above ground.The 2024 CVO Street/Road Glides feature fully up-to-date tech, upside-down forks, axially mounted front brake calipers, variable valve timing and a range of other improvements and tweaks trickling down from Bagger Racing, as well as electric windshields, brilliant lighting, etc. The regular ones are not far behind. We cannot blame H-D if we cannot afford CVOs. Ducati recently did a limited run of Diavels complementing a Bentley Model, selling between £46K and £71K. They sold out just over one month. Kramer regularly sells limited jacked-up KTM runs direct online for top dollar - they are generally all gone in one day. Russian Box-39 does spectacular Customs generally starting at $100K - they cannot build them fast enough, despite sanctions. There are a lot of people out there with lots of spare change.
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