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Old 08-21-2018, 11:51 AM
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Agreed. The price is ridiculous. I don't like the FXDR at all as it's just not the kind of bike I want to own, but man at that price NO ONE is going to want it.

What were they thinking?
 
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Old 08-21-2018, 11:54 AM
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Ducati diavel is cheaper and im willing to bet it would make this fxdr **** itself.

Ill also say im pretty excited for the first 114 touring bike that wants to do a stoplight drag.
 
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The price is the turn off here. 21k for a cruiser. It’s not a performance beast and would get smoked by all other brand offerings and they’d still have between 5-10k in their pockets for mods. I think they priced themselves out of the market. They need to just focus on what sells and accept a shrinking market. As to the global market, they can’t compete with the prices and technology and are selling on brand name. Soon people will not pay just for the name...
 
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Originally Posted by Keithhu
Kinda scratching my head here. The bike clearly appeals to younger riders, but they cant afford bagger prices for a street bike like this.

https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/e...d-pricing.html
The world is full of DMFers; all Harley needs is 20,000 of them.
 
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Originally Posted by Jshopes
Ducati diavel is cheaper and im willing to bet it would make this fxdr **** itself.
It is very similar to the Diavel in style, Diavel is cheaper and comes with brembo brakes and will go 169 mph out of the box. So unless you like the style and want a Harley specifically.....That being said at least they are trying something new (for them). And even at 21K, I'm sure someone will buy them. If not, they'll be gone.
 
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Ducati diavel is cheaper and im willing to bet it would make this fxdr **** itself.
Or this thing is $15,700, its a beast!
 
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Wow. It has a 2.14 in. view LCD screen display. I wonder if all that info is visible in sunlight. Guess it doesn't really matter because with all that blinding speed between stoplights my eyes would be watering so bad that I couldn't see it anyway. Put me on the totally underwhelmed list. Of course, all the market research that they do must show a market--right??
 
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Originally Posted by Jshopes
Ducati diavel is cheaper and im willing to bet it would make this fxdr **** itself.
Actually just looking the price up on line...it is a couple grand more...but 516 pounds wet..and 162 HP stock
 
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That's 21K starting...which means most FXDR on the floor will likely have a ~23K actual MSRP
 
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