Things I value the MOCO doesn't do anymore.
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Road Captain
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From: USA
actually my '12 didn't have a battery tender but my '19 had one stock.
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From: anacoco, la
thats been a few years. thinking about it, how many cars have you seen in the last few years with cigarette lighters? how about an ash tray? now, how many with 12v power ports?
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Road Master
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From: Living in a van down by the river
My old dealer called 'em "birth certificates", got one with each bike we bought from them in the late 90's early 2000's. It was Carltons in Mantua, OH; a small family owned dealership at a crossroads out in the country. They also gave you a 20% discount on parts and clothes for as long as you owned the bike. Damn do we miss that, and them. We since moved away.
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From: Upstate New York
Its been quite a few years since I bought a new car that had a cigarette lighter or ash tray. It might have been 1992.
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From: Scottsdale, Arizona
In summer of 2017 I bought a 2016 fatboy lo and a 2017 heritage on the same day. Harley Davidson of Scottsdale have us two years of hog membership, 4 t shirts and invites us to every VIP dinner they have. No tools but I have those. They took cool pictures of me and my wife with our bikes and frames them and gave to us. It is all a dealer thing. I'll be back!
Road Captain
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From: Munchkinland
Yeah true. I'd rather have the bikes be cheaper than get those things for "free".
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Cruiser
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From: Georgia / USA
Yes, we used to get a lot of standard equipment that are now considered "extras", or accessories we have to buy. The one I have missed the most is the passenger grab rails. Not only were they a "safety" item for the comfort and safety of the passenger, they were a source of tie-down points for bags put on the passenger seat when riding one-up. They were even standard on the old Electra Glide Standard. In fact, I think the "fork dam" deflector was on the older Glides too. I think the reasoning given by Harley for omitting them was that interfered with the wind flow to the jugs. That "dam" prevented the upward flow of wing coming up between the fairing and the tank that hit you in the face.
I don't know how others here feel, but I remember being able to ride an ULtra Glide and smoke a cigar. If you try that now on a stock Ultra, you'll get ashes blown into you. LOL! It just seems to me that there is more wind hitting me on my 2015 Ultra than I remember on the older ones.
And I still have the tool kit from my 2007 Ultra in my saddlebags now. So I know the Ultras used to come with a REAL tool kit, not a multi-allen wrench tool.
I don't know how others here feel, but I remember being able to ride an ULtra Glide and smoke a cigar. If you try that now on a stock Ultra, you'll get ashes blown into you. LOL! It just seems to me that there is more wind hitting me on my 2015 Ultra than I remember on the older ones.
And I still have the tool kit from my 2007 Ultra in my saddlebags now. So I know the Ultras used to come with a REAL tool kit, not a multi-allen wrench tool.
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From: Charleston, SC
NO. Smoking is bad for you. Harley is just looking out for your health. LOL
