Dear Olivier
Good luck in changing to the GREEN MACHINE.
So far my dealers just knows nothing at all, when the Kryptonites will come to Switzerland.
He was also not willing to contact the sales manager for Europe, he said that in the past MOCO delivered all bikes which have been ordered at the dealer show in recent years. Therfore no need to ask the HQ. Strange behavior for a dealer I would say!!! They only run to take the money, otherwise they are lazybones.
As a customer I feel not taken for full, but we will see when the first green machines are coming to us and to the USA.
Aero8
Talking to my own dealer, they have very little control over what kind of bike they get into their inventory for sale. They are put on "allocation" for a certain number of bikes, typically based on their prior year's sales history. When it comes to CVO machine, I think they are mostly happy to get what ever shows up in the delivery crates. The dealer where I bought my Charcoal and Black Ultra Road Glide has yet to receive any more RGs either in standard Ultra or CVO. When they get a customer that wants something specific, like a Kryptonite bike, they have to try and make deals with other dealers. I don't know how many dealers there are in Europe but I would have to guess quite a few less than in the US.
As an example, my dealer recently made a trade on a specific color trike (sort of an orange) for a jet black one that included a TourPak and some other goodies in a headsup deal. That apparently is the exception and only worked because the dealer in TX had a customer who wanted that specific orange color on his trike.
I wish all of you well in obtaining your CVO dreams.
DesertHOG