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[mjb765]

A $19K dealer mark up!!!

[Threephase]

Does the price include a jar of genuine HD vaseline?

[mark]

With the markup, that's the price of a 2020 mid-engine Corvette.  In what decade is that dealer living?

[scottt]

In the car business this is called "playing get lucky motors". The thinking is that if you hold out for crazy money, someone will walk in and pay it. They will buy the story.

There are folks that $60,000 is peanuts, it's all about having something hard to get and flashy.

In my opinion this is destroying  Harley Davidson. Often, customers that grossly overpay figure it out. Then a customer is lost.

At the same time traditional Harley customers are even more turned off. Once upon a time owning and riding Harleys ment more than just money. Nobody like to feel like a dollar sign when they enter a Harley dealership but they are moving in that direction.

Additionally, it's not like anyone could truthfully claim that any new Harley is really worth this kinda money. Not built using the best components, doesn't have competitive HP, ride, quality, handling or performance. Guess to each there own.

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[D-N-D]

WOW !!! They do not even try to hide it !!!

[Phreakyz]

Does the price include a jar of genuine HD vaseline?

Oh No,  for the extra 19 grand you get the 'Premium' KY!!

[Smoketown]

No Vaseline or KY here ... For that price, you get the HD Premium "copper-colored" anti-seize!

It seems to me that before the MOCO went to the Bass Pro/Cabelas type 'mega-shops', the customer service AND the repair services were of higher quality.

For those NOT old enough to remember, it was back when there were plenty of smaller, family-run dealerships that actually put the customer first.

Cheers,
Smoketown

[FLSTFI Dave]

I have seen some dealers mark them up, but never any where near to this much.  That is insane. 

[iski]

Now come on, when you consider how very extremely rare and special these bikes are and the extra care, the numerous cutting edge features that are rarely found on other bikes, Harley leading the world in professional design excellence,  & manufacturing precision with expert craftsmanship that goes into this highly desirable top line of performance customized motorcycles, then a $19k extra extra profit markup is ....beyond the ability of even the best salesman gibberish to move metal at that price unless the buyer is uneducated on MCs, gullible, and has more money than sense.

[grc]

Just further proof that Harley and many of it's dealers still don't have a clue.  Considering the fact the bikes are already seriously overpriced at MSRP, having a dealer add another 50% markup is ridiculous.   The saddest part, however, is that the odds are some fool will walk in and buy it.  We still have lots of people in this country who equate overpaying for things as some sort of a badge of honor they can flash to impress the easily impressed among us.  In parts of the country where the tech companies dominate the local economy this is probably common.  They already cause prices of housing to skyrocket beyond the reach of 98% of the populace, may as well do the same for vehicles and other items. 

Jerry

[bbrown]

Must be a New York thing.   

Here in the Midwest there are lots of CVO bikes sitting on show room floors at Suggested retail price..... Hoping to get sold....

[Fired00d]

Must be a New York thing.   

Here in the Midwest there are lots of CVO bikes sitting on show room floors at Suggested retail price..... Hoping to get sold....

Tag says "Huntington Beach Harley-Davidson"  15080 Goldenwest Circle Westminster, CA 92683

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Trapperdog]

Tag says "Huntington Beach Harley-Davidson"  15080 Goldenwest Circle Westminster, CA 92683

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Yup, pretty much the way everything is in Ca. Shop owner must have previously worked in Ca government or Ca tax board.

[scottt]

Yup, pretty much the way everything is in Ca. Shop owner must have previously worked in Ca government or Ca tax board.

Nope; they learned this from the car business. As a car salesman once told me "rather sell one and make myself $10,000 than sell ten making $1000 each" said it was much less stress. I think his view said it all. I just shook my head.

As others have said, gone are the days when Harley dealers were owned by motorcycle enthusiast families.

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[Ironhorse]

Nope; they learned this from the car business. As a car salesman once told me "rather sell one and make myself $10,000 than sell ten making $1000 each" said it was much less stress. I think his view said it all. I just shook my head.

As others have said, gone are the days when Harley dealers were owned by motorcycle enthusiast families.

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Just plain capitalist greed, that's all. The American way. Somebody with that kind of money will come along and buy it and have his people write it off as a company vehicle.