One big diff over the Jap bikes is "aftermarket" they have tons and tons of the crap we have very little, scho schmall they might say is our options that ppl are resorting to having things milled I can't imagine the cost in having all your parts made!! But my crap suzuki (not crappy at all but too small for me) had allll kinds of aftermarket support and the thing was not a big run bike the marauder was only made for 4 years I think and not exactly a huge seller but I still had 4 X as many aftermarket options I thought I would be happy with this bike forever, but I have a similar affliction to everyone on this board "I could make it just a little bit better, They have the technology" and it just keeps playing over and over in the back of my mind until I get it and then go So, what else they got?