Were this someone other than Harley-Davidson we're talking about, I'd be inclined to look for something a little more radical, BUT being this IS the MoCo. My guess is we'll see the SEUC again and more than likely with a 6-speed standard. I expect that the CVO bagger might recieve the Street Glide's rear fender treatment vice the filler strips we've gotten for the past 6 years. MAYBE a larger rear tire. Seems like the feedback on the leather tour-pak is 50/50 like/dislike, so that could go either way. I'm thinking that the paint work will be a huge improvement over this year's models, but in order to accomplish that I expect it will be rather on the tame side. I would expect the engine option in the touring line-up to be a 103. All this is just a guess, and based on what I would do coupled with watching how slowly the MoCo moves over the past 35 years. If it were me, I would go at the imports head to head with a complete line-up of available options you can order on the bike as with Honda's VTX and Yamaha's Star series. However, the bean counters at H-D would see that as a profit loss since they have trained us to buy the bikes stock, spend another 5-10k on accessories and give away our stock parts. So that thought is just wishful thinking on my part. However, while I do think there's a chance they will offer an engine option I don't believe it would be a 113. Too many issues with that configuration and I honestly believe the next factory built motor to come down the line will be a water cooled something. The 103 has only been on the market for 3 years and only available on CVO models and as an aftersales item. Seems like they haven't even recouped their R&D costs on it yet. Also, no one has seen any filings with the EPA for certification on a production 113. There's enough people on this site that scour the net looking for any little hint about what the MoCO is doing that someone would have posted this as we've seen with the posts about the large displacement V-Rod config motor. So, IMO 2007 is not going to produce anything worth selling your first born for. I honestly like my salesman at San Diego H-D. He and his wife come over to my house for pool parties and he's a good guy, but at the end of the day he's a salesman. He's full of chit. That's why he's a salesman. I discount anything that comes out of his mouth by 1/2, divide that by 3 and ignore 90% of what's left. Which if you do the math, after all of the BS would leave me with the one true fact that yes there will be a 2007 model. I think I'd be willing to bet on that. Everything else is just bench racing. But hey, that's one of the things I love about this site is seeing what everyone daydreams about.
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