Supposedly in four years they will release 10 new models with four new motors. They’re even planning an adventure tourer. Anyone think it will happen? 
I wonder if this will fit in an XS frame.
You’ve got that right! Add to that, it has to have a clutch that I operate myself. The same is true for cars. You cannot sell me on a sports car with an automatic transmission. I may be too old to matter, but baby boomers will be here for a while yet.
Glad to see Erik setting the record straight. I met him sometime in 2002-03 While I was student at MMI. At that time Beull was selling a lot of bikes and MMI had a Beull class as part of the HD curriculum I was lucky enough to go through the first Beull class offered. This was at that time the only school recognized by HD as providing "factory authorized" training and producing "factory authorized" techs. So the inaugural Beull class was a big enough deal to the company that they sent Erik to come spend 2 days with us as a brand ambassador and technical expert. He was super nice guy with lots of enthusiasm for motorcycles and fostering new techs entering the field. He could pontificate for HOURS on frame geometry, weight placement, and exhaust back pressure modulation. I have a Polaroid somewhere of Erik and I standing behind my 2000 Thunderbolt that he thought I should put the stock exhaust back on. I also met Jesse James as he was known to frequent MMI to recruit techs for his rapidly expanding business (at that time) but my mother always told me If I didn't have anything nice to say than I shouldn't say anything at all. So I'll just keep my mouth shut about Mr. James.
I always really liked the XB platform, to this day I still want a lightning. But I'm long out of my sport bike phase and probably wouldn't ride it much. But I think they were one of the sexiest looking modern bikes ever made.
