[Neidermeyer]

The build quality is actually pretty good on current production,, I have only ridden 1 HD any great amount, a sporty ,, for about a week 10 years ago ,, yes the quality was atrocious ,, I returned it without buying,, right after the muffler support bracket cracked.. the rear tire caught the muffler in mid corner and spit it across the road. My Triumph Sprint RS was supremely fast , stable and trouble free.

Heres the XR

[Spktyr]

I recently stopped to assist a stranded Buell XB12R rider.

The bolts that held one of his front calipers on had sheared off. When discussing the matter with him, he revealed that despite the fact that his bike was less than two years old and had less than 20K on the clock, it had a long history of build quality failures. The immediately prior incident, I was told, was that the electrical system had pretty much had a total meltdown while he was riding.