discontinue the Electra Glide Classic & Standard?

I know. Dumb question. Wasn't the Standard a
top seller? I remember when they 1st came out.
Mid to Late 90's right? 12K?
What a deal. They were all over the place.

 

It is now called the ultra classic

 

My guess is that the Moco decided that they could trade up those buyers to the more expensive UCs and Limiteds and put more $$$ on the bottom line.

 

Not too sure myself, since I'm new to Harleys, but maybe it has to do with how many they've been moving lately. Perhaps people are going with the Road Glides and Ultra Classics...or buying Street Glides and building them to what they want them to be?

 

upsell


you want CB with that?


I am on my 2nd FLHTC, an 09, the other was a 1995.

no rear speakers- they'd get in the way of my Tbag.

no cb, I'd never use it, no intercom

Cruise became an available option- I have that

fairing lowers, I added

some badges.

the Classic could be a saving of 2 or 3 thousand over the Ultra.



The FLHX was based on common owner mods to the FLHT Standard. HD deleted that model to drive sales upward.
The STD was stripped model, no radio, no tourpak, plain aluminum motor...and about $5K less expensive than the Ultra.
HD saw the touring bikes were being used more in town by younger riders rather than strictly by geezers on the interstates as the Ultra had

The roadking was based on owner mods to the FLHS

the superglide was based on common owner mods to the FL, adding an XL front end.

Harley follows the trends and responds where they can make a sale, as a shareholder I like that.

Some of us were around when total production numbers were about 25,000 units and there was a 2 year wait list for a new model.
production is now near 10 times that and has been as high as 420,000 units ( 2003*- a 15 month model year to take advantage of 100th anniversary marketing driven fever)

mike

 

I'm new to the Harley world, but I thought what used to be called the Electra Glide Standard is now the Ultra Classic and what used to be called the Electra Glide Classic is now the Ultra Limited?

 

........ we have a winner !!

...... that "saving of 2 or 3 thousand" is lost profit for the MoCo.
...... Street Glide becomes the new 'entry level' batwing & pricing goes up from that 'enhanced' price point.

...... the Std & Classic were completely different trim levels from the UC & LTD

 

..... duplicate

 

The Streetglide and the Classic were nearly the same price and the SG is a hot seller.

 

The MoCo does not even offer the EG Ultra Classic in many countries, but rather only the EG UL. Australia and New Zealand as an example.