I'm starting to do my homework on moving up to an H-D and the Wide Glide seems to be the choice, so far.

Harley-Davidson.com shows an MSRP "starting at" $15,799 for a 2015 Wide Glide.

Is that close to what one should expect to pay?

Thanks.

 

Where I live, it depends on the dealer. Most of them around here will not go below MSRP. I've heard that down south it's a little better because the riding season is much longer and they sell more bikes. Shop around though, just like you were buying a car. Just because one isn't willing to negotiate, doesn't mean the next guy won't.

 

Paying actual MSRP is very common for HDs, though some dealers will come off a little depending on time of year, etc. Also, some dealers charge MSRP but will throw in a gift card for parts/service or something like that. Talk to every dealer within a reasonable distance and see what they'll do.

 

Thanks for the replies. I'm hoping to get something done in the next few months.

 

Seems many HD dealers sell above msrp and call it fair market value ... LOL!


So you may find it hard to get below msrp unless they're trying to get rid of an old model or something. If they do, they're probably shave down your trade in if there's one. What you can do is ask for some goodies. I traded my 2014 XL883 for a 2015 Street Bob, so I got beat up a bit (expected) on my trade. I was able to get other stuff like a $600 gift card etc.


Also that msrp doesn't include admin fee, freight, dealer prep, sales tax. That adds up to over 2 grand... again some dealers will negotiate these, some won't. So try to get alternative stuff like free 1000 mile service, and gear/gift certificate.

 

Most dealers around my area take msrp then add dealer prep, delivery, tax tags doc etc etc and the final price of the bike ends up being somewhere in the 3-4k over msrp range. Then it's your job to try and work them back down as much as possible. We have a smaller dealer also local to me that does none of that and treats me fairly, and I'll continue to buy bikes from them. Every sticker on the bike is the total OTD price and it's usually about $500 over msrp, then they will immediately cut off at least $500 if you say you are interested. They gave me $7200 trade on my 1 year old 11k mile iron 883, and still got my low rider under msrp out the door with a $250 gift card thrown in. Hopefully you can find a dealer like that near you. I moved an hour and half away but still frequent them and will buy my next bike from them

 

It depends on the dealer and where you live. About 8 years ago I thought about getting a new nightster and looked on HD's website. The website said the MSRP was around $9,000. I went to a local dealer and with a $3,500 trade in, by the time everything was said and done they wanted to charge me $14,000 for a nightster. I said no thanks and left.

 

I just bought my third Harley this afternoon, a new 2014 Wide Glide, and it worked out like kngpn described. I got the dealer to knock $1500 off MSRP and he threw in the 1000 mile service. In addition to MSRP I paid freight, prep, and a doc fee, totaling $1400.

 

I know when I was shopping around me there were alot of "gold star" harley dealerships that woudnt budge on price at all. Went to a smaller dealership and got my 13 SB with hard candy paint for 12700 and 1k in store credit and no setup or freight fees. Just depends on where ya go.

 

Yeah there isn't much budging with the dealers. It's the perks you can get thrown in.