Red-Headed Stepchild or Black Sheep?

Pretty much universally, no matter where Vulcans are discussed, the 1700 Classic is (largely) absent from the discussion.  Even in dedicated Vulcan 1700 forums, the discussion focuses on the Nomad, Voyager and, now, Vaquero, almost to the exclusion of the Classic.  The paucity of Classics is very interesting...to me, anyway.  I've come up with some possible explanations:

• The economy has been in the gutter for several years.  The Vulcan 1700 was introduced during the worst of the slump.  The classic appeals to a younger demographic than do the Nomad and Voyager; a younger, less established, more vulnerable demographic that was hit hard by the decline in the economy.  Since that time, the people who could come up with $16000 to spend on a bike (Classic) didn't see it as being too much of a stretch to pony up the extra $2500 to get a loaded touring bike (Nomad) or even make the jump up to $21000 for a full-dress touring rig (Voyager).  For that reason, forums and bulletin boards were dominated by Nomad and Voyager owners.  Once the younger crowd started getting back on their feet and finding some disposable income for bikes again, they started purchasing 1700s.  They, like me, started visiting forums and, seeing much talk of Voyagers and Nomads, kept largely quiet.
• People who are looking at large-displacement bikes today are looking at them primarily for riding intermediate and long distances/touring.  This makes bikes such as the Nomad and Voyager (and now Vaquero as well) preferable to bare-bones bikes such as the Classic.  
• The trend a few years back was adventure riding but now that people are tired of falling off their bikes, they are moving towards touring, which makes bikes such as the LT (notice that Kawasaki still sells the V2K LT), Nomad, Voyager and Vaquero more appealing than the Classic.
• Salespeople are pushing the complete package bikes harder than the base model bikes, and people are willing to go that route because it's just easier to buy a bike that is already set up with bags and all, than to start from a base model and build it up.

Whatever it is, my goal is to do what I can to be a resource for the Classic owners of the world, haha.