street750
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From: Florida
Get a REAL Harley. Street ain't it. I'd rather have a Sportster that's on fire than a Street.
Dickey's predicition...Street will be gone soon. Nobody around here has bought any. Zero resale. Not a real Harley. Ugly, too. Looks as bad as a mental patient's haircut.
Dickey's predicition...Street will be gone soon. Nobody around here has bought any. Zero resale. Not a real Harley. Ugly, too. Looks as bad as a mental patient's haircut.
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From: Idaho
What you mean is that it doesn't look like an "old fashioned" Harley. You're right about that part.
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From: Idaho
The Street 750 is aimed at an entirely different rider demographic than either the Scout or Sportster, and is in an entirely different price/performance class than Scout or Sportster:
The two Scouts go head-to-head with the 883 and 1200 Sportsters. And I think the Sportster sales are going to take another hit with the new Scout 60. 1,000cc and more horsepower than a 1200 Sportster, for $8,999. Gonna be interesting.
The two Scouts go head-to-head with the 883 and 1200 Sportsters. And I think the Sportster sales are going to take another hit with the new Scout 60. 1,000cc and more horsepower than a 1200 Sportster, for $8,999. Gonna be interesting.
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From: NC/SC
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From: Vegas, baby!
That's an interesting outlook. With due respect to your comment, I think HD isn't targeting the old-school bikers with a "REAL" Harley. Street is made for urban young demographic and will be a huge success overseas as well due to the low price point and smaller size. It will not be gone. It will simply be sold in other markets than US. Plain and simple
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From: Illinois
The dealer when I got mine says that they sold all of them that they receive and not to "new riders" but older already HD owners adding an easier to run around on bike.
I got my 750 for one reason and that was to ride to the 75th anniversary of Sturgis at 75 miles an hour going over 750 miles in one day and stopping at a DQ for lunch as it was their 75th also. I was my 75th year on earth.
That took up 2,000 miles. The other 2,000+ miles on it was for the sheer fun factor of a great handling bike.
Dickey would never have one but it seems that there is a lot that he has missed out on other than a good mid sized Harley.
Now it sets in my museum with all the other families of HD bikes.
I have Sportsters, Dyna's, Softails, Vrod, touring, trike and CVO's and ride them 30 to 40 thousand miles a year. I would suggest that I am a Harley guy and I believe that the Street is a great addition to the family. But what do I know I only started riding in March of 1956 and had over 70 bikes in my life.
I got my 750 for one reason and that was to ride to the 75th anniversary of Sturgis at 75 miles an hour going over 750 miles in one day and stopping at a DQ for lunch as it was their 75th also. I was my 75th year on earth.
That took up 2,000 miles. The other 2,000+ miles on it was for the sheer fun factor of a great handling bike.
Dickey would never have one but it seems that there is a lot that he has missed out on other than a good mid sized Harley.
Now it sets in my museum with all the other families of HD bikes.
I have Sportsters, Dyna's, Softails, Vrod, touring, trike and CVO's and ride them 30 to 40 thousand miles a year. I would suggest that I am a Harley guy and I believe that the Street is a great addition to the family. But what do I know I only started riding in March of 1956 and had over 70 bikes in my life.
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From: Manassas, VA
I like the Street and I'm real glad to see Harley try something to get younger riders on board. Buells were innovative and fast, but the competition was far more attractive to the people interested in the super-sport end of the spectrum. It seems that many road racers view a Harley as poison. Something their Dads and Grandfathers would ride. The Street is more in line with a UJM (Universal Japanese Motorcycle) and a CBR600R is not its direct competition. While I admire the riding position and do-all qualities of a UJM, I'm a Harley person. I wish the Street models had been around 25-30 years ago. I totally enjoyed my 1980 XS650 Special, my '81 V45 Sabre, '83 CB650 and '87 Shadow 1100 (all purchased used), but I would have rather had a Harley (my first new vehicle purchase, of any kind, was my Softail). Now, I wouldn't take the depreciation hit on a new Street, but I can see myself looking for a used unit as a commuter in a couple-few years. They're not air-cooled, they're not a 45 degree V-twin and they have a bit of plastic, especially the rear-end, but I consider them a full-on Harley. No damn tank seam, either!
I think I'll try a test ride on one in the Spring, just for the fun of it. If a riding buddy had one, I'd gladly swap my Sportster with him/her for an afternoon.
I think I'll try a test ride on one in the Spring, just for the fun of it. If a riding buddy had one, I'd gladly swap my Sportster with him/her for an afternoon.
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From: Martinsburg, WV
Good thing some of those REAL old Harley riders will be dead or too old to ride soon and HD can maybe start innovating instead of stagnating.
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I don't know whether Dickey is in a totally rural area but the Street was designed to be a city bike. I think we'd have to ask city dealerships how their Street sales are doing.
The Ft Lauderdale dealer has none for sale as they have all sold including used ones. If I was commuting within Miami I could see the attraction of a small Harley. I had a Suzuki 550cc bike in the mid 80s (and thought it was a big bike) so I don't see the issue of learning on a 500 or 750 Street and keeping it a couple years or using it as a city daily rider.
The Ft Lauderdale dealer has none for sale as they have all sold including used ones. If I was commuting within Miami I could see the attraction of a small Harley. I had a Suzuki 550cc bike in the mid 80s (and thought it was a big bike) so I don't see the issue of learning on a 500 or 750 Street and keeping it a couple years or using it as a city daily rider.
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Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Raleigh, NC
The dealer when I got mine says that they sold all of them that they receive and not to "new riders" but older already HD owners adding an easier to run around on bike.
I got my 750 for one reason and that was to ride to the 75th anniversary of Sturgis at 75 miles an hour going over 750 miles in one day and stopping at a DQ for lunch as it was their 75th also. I was my 75th year on earth.
That took up 2,000 miles. The other 2,000+ miles on it was for the sheer fun factor of a great handling bike.
Dickey would never have one but it seems that there is a lot that he has missed out on other than a good mid sized Harley.
Now it sets in my museum with all the other families of HD bikes.
I have Sportsters, Dyna's, Softails, Vrod, touring, trike and CVO's and ride them 30 to 40 thousand miles a year. I would suggest that I am a Harley guy and I believe that the Street is a great addition to the family. But what do I know I only started riding in March of 1956 and had over 70 bikes in my life.
I got my 750 for one reason and that was to ride to the 75th anniversary of Sturgis at 75 miles an hour going over 750 miles in one day and stopping at a DQ for lunch as it was their 75th also. I was my 75th year on earth.
That took up 2,000 miles. The other 2,000+ miles on it was for the sheer fun factor of a great handling bike.
Dickey would never have one but it seems that there is a lot that he has missed out on other than a good mid sized Harley.
Now it sets in my museum with all the other families of HD bikes.
I have Sportsters, Dyna's, Softails, Vrod, touring, trike and CVO's and ride them 30 to 40 thousand miles a year. I would suggest that I am a Harley guy and I believe that the Street is a great addition to the family. But what do I know I only started riding in March of 1956 and had over 70 bikes in my life.
Some just don't get it.
When you see a Street, you're looking at Harley's future. These bikes aren't just to attract new riders to H-D, but to evolve H-D riders into the inevitability of water-cooling.
H-D KNOWS they're going to end up there, which is something that most older H-D riders just can't and won't accept. "Not a real Harley" comments are the black and white evidence of that, but they ignore the writing on the wall that is crystal clear: H-D must eventually go water cooled on almost all models.