I was in Rattlesnake Mountain Harley Davidson yesterday to get new tires on my bike. Waiting for my wife to pick me up, I wandered in to the new bike showroom. Much to my surprise the 1st bike I saw was a 2019 Electra Glide Standard. I didn't get much of a chance to look it over though. I glanced at the price tag and sure enough just like Harley Davidson said the bike was $18,999. The reason I didn't really look the bike over was because I was stunned - the actual bottomline price was $22,100. More than three grand over what Harley said they would be. I did note it had $192 for accessories and (I'm not making this up) $1200 for "GPS Security". My wife rolled up about then and I thought I better get out of there before they mugged me and steal my wallet. They waited to do that until I picked the bike up after the tire change.

 

I was thinking that with just ABS should be able to get out the door for less than $20k.

 

I paid less than that for my RG last June. Right at 20k OTD

 

Well, it is Spring. Some impulse buyer will pick it up and then post on here how he got screwed and ask what he should do about it.

 

I wasn't buying the OP's story, but then I looked at the outfit's website. I don't care to deal with folks who don't put their prices out in the open.

 

Wild Bill, I am more than willing to take you over to the dealer, look at the bike, and buy you beer and Mexican food afterwords if you aren't a crazy man. I was pressed for time because the wife showed up but for some reason I was stunned at the $22K price for a stripper. I shouldn't of been. They put $38 for shop supplies on my tire change bill and when I said WTF they immediately pulled it off. Based on that, maybe you could get the bike for $18K!

 

Mine was 18999 + 900-something for prep and 400-something for doc, etc. Those fees woul have applied to any new bike in the showroom, though. It's BS that some of these dealers are tacking on additional accessories; glad mine didn't.

 

[QUOTE=AussieDog;18163586]Wild Bill, I am more than willing to take you over to the dealer, look at the bike, and buy you beer and Mexican food afterwords /QUOTE]

I don't believe you either! Could you include a return air ticket with the beer and scoff?

 

Just missed ya. I was at the same dealer Thursday.

 

It's BS that dealers are charging for prep too, being as how Harley already compensates them for doing it. They're double-dipping at your expense.