This article by bureau of Transportation Statistics had to say, Because the
majority of motorcycles in use must be registered for operations on public
highways, registrations provide some indication of the number of motorcycles in
use on public roadways each year. Motorcycle registrations in the United States
have grown each of the past 10 years, from 3,826,373 in 1997 to 6,678,958 in
2006-a 75 percent increase overall.2 Sales of new street-legal motorcycles grew
even more sharply over the same period, from 260,000 in 1997 to 892,000 in 2006
(a 243 percent increase), but declined slightly to 885,000 in 2007. Also Motorcycle
engine sizes and motorcycle weights are increasing in the United States. While
new sales of motorcycles with engines of 750cc or more increased 54.0 percent
in 2003 compared to 1998, and those with midsized engines of 450-749cc
increased 16.6 percent, sales of motorcycles with smaller engine sizes
decreased during the same period, especially in the midsized 350-449cc
category, which declined 60.1 percent.
The bigger bike are whats in!? that's a good thing, let Harley make an even "bigger and badder" name for itself, with its better and sweeter motorc ycles there coming out with!
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