MoCo to drop the Sport Glide 2022? This is a continuation from another thread that I thought deserved it’s own thread. Being more about MoCo than the Sport Glide model.

Actually its a recurring thing I’ve heard since early on. Many bought their Sport Glide to be able to use as a solo tourer and daily rider that isn’t the 100 plus pounds heavier hog to maneuver that the Street Glide etc is. Bonus low center of gravity low seat height and great handling. Unfortunately the factory windshield options suck & the mini fairing needs some functionality improvements.



I know MoCo has been struggling to get ABS systems which the SG unlike other softails has. This might be why MoCo hasn’t been sending enough and why dealerships struggle to get them. (Probably just short sighted management) The 5 dealerships in our area have always sold all that they were able to get despite minimal advertising or promotion by MoCo. Can you think of a Sport Glide ad? Many HD owners still ask, what is it.



I think if MoCo kills the SG it is a missed opportunity. The Sport Glide is selling well to women (an emerging motorcycle market) who don’t want the 883 or the girth of the other baggers. They love the bars low seat height great handling sit in it instead of on it and easy to ride low center of gravity feel. Ask them most female riders that own them love them and would recommend them to other female riders.



MoCo should offer the SG in two trims one with its current bars & chrome and female preferred or neutral colors maybe add small sexy boards. Then another trim with a T bar, blacked motor, and trim with manly appointments. Cleat pegs or black mini boards different grips etc dark windshield a lil more dyna bro. And yes a 114 & dual front disks.



If on the production line they can’t offer it with both motors promote some type of special incentive discount for a dealership installed stage 114 or other package if bought at bike purchase. No out of pocket, financed with your bike, includes full warranty etc. Be a win win win. For the customer the dealership and MoCo.



Plenty of buyers for this and the LRS. The LRS will stay the no 1 seller. The LRS is still going to appeal to those who prefer mid controls and its more aggressive riding position. Want to bad boy hooligan stunts & wheelies scrape your fender this will remain your go to.



The Sport Glide has sold well and is loved despite HD. If MoCo kills this bike it will be another misunderstood by management fuc up and cheaped out missed opportunity.



MoCo researches invests in develops and brings something good to the market. Then cheaps out & short sells on marketing continued investment and believing in the product & people who had the vision.



MoCo fails to track the buyers and missed buyers which causes them to fail to make the adjustments they need to make in order to allow for the long term success they were originally working toward.

 

It’s either one of two things. It’s not selling enough across the whole country, or it’s not making them enough money.

OR.. HD is still stupid and is shooting them selves in the foot lol

i think the main thing is that the low rider s is filling the gap the most people want with the sport glide . Pretty sure they’re going to release a new low rider s model with the SG Bags and a more usable fairing for touring. They’re just trying to make their production costs smaller by not making so many bikes

 

I agree, they dropped the ball just a little on the Sport Glide. The faring should had been a little larger, with good windshield options. Floorboards standard with a 114 option, and some cool colors. I have a 2020 and it's the best handling Harley I have had. Sometimes I wonder if the top design people ever ride one??

 

Harley seems to be lost, and has been for quite a while. They totally screwed up Buell, the Sport Glide, we’ll it’s been said, could have been a great bike but , they don’t seem to get it. The new Sportster, forward controls, seriously?
Now all that and quality is not what it was. Plastic pieces falling off, speedometer faces fogging, seats that fail, splitting on the seam, etc. I bought a new 103” engine for my Road Glide that came with bent valve stems (no extra charge)
‘I’ve been a life long customer but, I’m beginning to rethink my devotion.

 

Agreed you often wonder if some of the decision makers even ride (as in daily) or they would see & hear what riders want from a particular bike to make the needed changes for it to become it’s best success.

BTW I took the 20 percent discount at bike purchase stage 3 114ci kit. No out of pocket retained full warranty made 116 HP. 25 months & 20k miles later zero problems. Also had to get a Gustafson dark windshield black out the trim & club style it a bit to my tastes. Love the bike for commute, bar hopping, poker runs, and the Ohio to Sturgis ride. It gets thumbs ups and what is its.

 

Remember last year when there were rumours about the sport glide being cancled and event went so far that some dealerships were confirming the sport glide was canceled....
And then it ended up being not canceled and everyone had a foot in their mouth about it?

I think before making big discussions and making assumptions, we should wait until the actual model year comes around and we see what's actually is happening at HD.

 

Don’t understand why some are not happy when a model is discontinued. Hell I wish they would discontinue the LRS. Less chances I will run into someone with the same bike. I was going to a bike meet a couple years back on my vivid black with flames wide glide . A bike came up in back of me. In my mirror I saw it was the same bike as mine. I thought how gay is this. Lol!

 

The Sport Glide never received the credit it deserved. H-D must have let the Sportster S committee make the decision.

 

Harley is not interested in selling the bike riders want. HD will tell you what you want and what you will do with it and pay for it. HD is focused on what makes money the fastest and easiest way.

 

Personally, my feelings are pretty much opposite of yours on how HD missed the mark with the bike. It is called the SPORT Glide, a larger fairing belongs on a touring bike. It should have come standard with mid controls with forwards/boards optional. Also should have come fitted with dual front disc brakes. Rims are kinda bizarre...

I've said it several times, the Sport Glide needs a little more Sport, and a little less Glide.