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[Jerry/MD]

You will be able to view the entire 2012 line up on July 20, 2011.

It's not just H-D...but I will never understand why an industry releases its new product line IN THE MIDDLE OF A SEASON! 

Okay, I'm better now.

[harley56]

It's not just H-D...but I will never understand why an industry releases its new product line IN THE MIDDLE OF A SEASON! 

Okay, I'm better now.

Harley will be changing this for, I believe, the 2013 model year. 

[Twolanerider]

Harley will be changing this for, I believe, the 2013 model year. 

Changing launch/delivery?  How?  Suggestion of change based on what or who? 

[RedDevil]

It's not just H-D...but I will never understand why an industry releases its new product line IN THE MIDDLE OF A SEASON!  

Okay, I'm better now.

The best time, IMO, for changing the model year of any motor vehicle, is in the peak of the riding season...motorcycles especially.  Launching the new models in January, when half of the country can't ride, would not be as effective as launching in July.  If you notice, the automobile industry traditionally launched their new model years in September, but now a lot of the Mfgrs, are moving their release dates up more into the summer; peak vacation/driving time of the year.  

[Twolanerider]

The best time, IMO, for changing the model year of any motor vehicle, is in the peak of the riding season...motorcycles especially.  Launching the new models in January, when half of the country can't ride, would not be as effective as launching in January.  If you notice, the automobile industry traditionally launched their new model years in September, but now a lot of the Mfgrs, are moving their release dates up more into the summer; peak vacation/driving time of the year. 

Just heard (from The Voices) that this will in fact be the year for the SE Servicar.

[spydglide]

Just heard (from The Voices) that this will in fact be the year for the SE Servicar.

Will they be making a CVO model?  Or at least a RED one?  spyder

[Twolanerider]

Will they be making a CVO model?  Or at least a RED one?  spyder

Yeah, it's an SE Servicar.  Not just some plain jane "classic" or "standard" model.  Color is going to be Burnt Auburn Maroon Cranberry Rust Metallic (two stage).

[spydglide]

Yeah, it's an SE Servicar.  Not just some plain jane "classic" or "standard" model.  Color is going to be Burnt Auburn Maroon Cranberry Rust Metallic (two stage).

Did the MoCo notify you and offer 1st refusal & a early-bird discount on the #000001 ?  spyder

[Twolanerider]

Did the MoCo notify you and offer 1st refusal & a early-bird discount on the #000001 ?  spyder

No.  Bastards.

[DesertHOG]

Just heard (from The Voices) that this will in fact be the year for the SE Servicar.

Servicar? Hmm.. looks like a trike with a dry ice chest in the back. I seem to remember traffic cops running around on something like this in the 60's in Gary, IN where I grew up.

[spydglide]

Servicar? Hmm.. looks like a trike with a dry ice chest in the back. I seem to remember traffic cops running around on something like this in the 60's in Gary, IN where I grew up.

Ohhhhh, nice one.  Red too, Don will get all hot  & bothered if he see's this one.  What's that apparatus on the handlebar?   spyder

[DesertHOG]

Ohhhhh, nice one.  Red too, Don will get all hot  & bothered if he see's this one.  What's that apparatus on the handlebar?   spyder

I don't know, maybe tools of the trade (ice cream scooper, other tools?). Here is a picture with the servicar and a pull cooler. So when someone asks you if you know chit from shinola, you can say you do!



Btw, it is/was for sale: http://www.lukesracing.com/luksr/bikes.html

[VaEagle]

I believe the metal stuff in front of the handlebars is the tow bar. Back in the day a mechanic could fix/tuneup someone's car and tow the bike behind their car to deliver the customer's car and ride the bike back to the shop or vice versa.

[Midnight Rider]

Birmingham Cops used to use them in the downtown area for parking meter violaters...this was back in the early 60's.  They could leave it idling, put the ticket on the windshield, hop back on and move to the next one.

[spydglide]

Birmingham Cops used to use them in the downtown area for parking meter violators...this was back in the early 60's.  They could leave it idling, put the ticket on the windshield, hop back on and move to the next one.

Yeah, I remember the local cops riding them downtown and using a piece of chalk on a stick to mark the cars tires as they rode down the line of parked cars so they could come back in a hour or whatever and see if any cars were still parked with the chalk mark on the tires indicating that they had violated the 1 hour parking limit (or whatever it was) and then giving them a parking ticket.  I remember that some were really adept at marking them at a pretty good clip.  Practice makes perfect in anything.  har.  spyder