Turn on the news, you see a story on motorcycle accident, usually played up. So reality is a New NT is not needed for the bottom line of the manufacture. Honda made the motorcycle market with their slogan with a 50cc motorcycle, in the days of muscle cars. For the younger rider, you need to find a better way to make riding an enjoyable option and not a death option as seen on the news. Maybe a big push to outlaw the motorcycle: as it seemed to work for guns during the last administration saw an increase of gun ownership.
Why not have riders training more like they have for drivers training. Many areas are lucking to have a dealer offer training, twice a year.
A motorcycle like the NT, quite, easy to ride, with the ability to travel 1000's of miles with room for your needs. Maybe having a better link to your phone, the audio systems need to be easier for navigation, music, and yes to take calls (young people grew up with a device in their hands). As cars are showing us, there are too many distractions with the new farkles. For people my age a new NT is not needed, but if the manufacture would make on to appeal to a 30 year old who wants a little adventure. As the car manufactures are getting away from making a sedan, and going to larger SUV or crossovers: that never see any adventure other the Costco. Maybe Motorcycles Manufactures will have to entice the motorcycles for the adventure of riding.
But now and then the manufacturers get it wrong and build something really sensible that doesn't sell. Later, those models often develop a cult following.
