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FOCUS PSB V-twin Motorcycle www.PowersportsBusiness.com Powersports Business • April 4, 2016 • 15 motorcycles. The 2013 Victory Cross Country was up 6 percent in views from 2015, with the 2014 Indian Chieftain making its debut at No. 2. Unlike the list for Harley-Davidson, which was exclusively touring bikes, the "other" V-twin motorcycles top 10 list was equally split between street and touring motor- cycles. Indian and Victory bikes comprise the entire top 10 list. TOP 10 MODEL YEAR 2015 HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES After a year on the market, the Street 750 has rocketed onto the top 10 list at No. 8 for most-researched model year 2015 Harley- Davidson motorcycles. The motorcycle had a 73 percent increase in KBB.com hits for the first 41 days of 2016 compared to the last 41 days of 2015. Another newcomer for 2015, the FLTRXS Road Glide Special, was the second most popu- lar model year 2015 on KBB.com year-to-date for 2016. The FLHXS Street Glide Special earned its No. 1 spot by a significant margin. This year, the 2015 version of the same motorcycle gar- nered 71 percent more KBB.com hits than the No. 2 bike on the list. TOP 10 MODEL YEAR 2015 V-TWIN MOTORCYCLES (EXCLUDING HARLEY-DAVIDSON) Five manufacturers (Indian, Yamaha, Honda, Victory and Kawasaki) are represented on the top 10 model-year 2015 non-Harley- Davidson V-twin motorcycles list. Five of these model-year 2015 motor- cycles were also on the model-year 2014 top 10 list for the same category last year: the Yamaha Bolt and Bolt R-Spec, the Honda Shadow 750 Phantom, and the Victory Cross Country and Cross Country Tour. TOP AMERICAN V-TWIN MANUFACTURERS (EXCLUDING HARLEY-DAVIDSON) Harley-Davidson is the most-researched V-twin motorcycle manufacturer on KBB. com. The Japanese V-twin manufacturers also do quite well. It is interesting to look beyond thefive larger manufacturers to see who the top five most-researched other V-twin motorcycle manufacturers are and how popular they are on KBB.com. Victory has a commanding lead over all of the other V-twin manufacturers. For 2015, Victory recieved 65.5 percent of KBB.com hits for bikes in the smaller V-twin manufacturers catetory. PSB Lisa Pelissier is a senior powersports analyst at Kelley Blue Book. KBB CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 Change from 2015 (2) KBB Suggested Retail Value KBB Trade-In Value 1 2003 Honda Shadow 750 ACE Deluxe up 4% $1,980 $2,925 2 2007 Yamaha V Star 650 Classic down 25% $2,255 $3,310 3 2003 Honda Shadow 750 Spirit down 17% $1,810 $2,680 4 2005 Honda Shadow 750 Aero down 13% $2,180 $3,210 5 2007 Honda Shadow 750 Spirit down 7% $2,335 $3,430 6 2006 Suzuki C50 down 17% $2,325 $3,415 7 2006 Honda Shadow 750 Spirit down 3% $2,200 $3,235 8 2007 Honda Shadow 750 Aero down 24% $2,475 $3,620 9 2006 Honda Shadow 750 Aero down 15% $2,320 $3,400 10 2002 Honda Shadow 750 Spirit down 14% $1,700 $2,525 Year Make Model JAPANESE V-TWIN MOTORCYCLES UNDER 1000CC Change from 2015 (2) KBB Suggested Retail Value KBB Trade-In Value 1 2013 Victory Cross Country up 6% $10,425 $14,150 2 2014 Indian Chieftain N/A (3) $14,900 $19,190 3 2013 Victory Vegas 8-Ball down 6% $6,120 $8,760 4 2014 Victory Cross Country up 18% $10,900 $14,700 5 2014 Indian Chief Vintage down 29% $14,425 $18,665 6 2011 Victory Cross Country down 31% $9,480 $13,040 7 2013 Victory Cross Country Tour down 12% $11,650 $15,570 8 2004 Victory Vegas up 8% $3,520 $5,115 9 2012 Victory High-Ball down 20% $6,860 $9,770 10 2014 Indian Chief Classic down 1% $12,800 $16,860 Year Make Model OTHER V-TWIN MOTORCYCLES 1) Data based on KBB.com Web hits from Jan. 1 through Feb. 10, 2016. 2) Compared to KBB.com Web hits from Jan. 1 through Feb. 10, 2015. 3) Used values were not published until May 2015. Source: Kelley Blue Book 10 MOST RESEARCHED V-TWIN MOTORCYCLES ON KBB.COM: 2016 YTD (1)