View Poll Results: How successful was the Sporster Trade In program?
Owned pre-program qualified Sportster did trade up
5
41.67%
Owned pre-program qualified Sportster did not trade up
1
8.33%
Bought the qualified Sportser to keep period.
0
0%
Bought the qulaiifed Sporstrer to trade up and did/will.
2
16.67%
First time buyer that bought the Sporster to trade up and did/will.
2
16.67%
Multiple bike owner including qualified Sporster that did not/will not trade up.
0
0%
Multiple bike owner with qualified Sportster that did/will trade up.
2
16.67%
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Sportster Trade In programs?
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Road Master
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Sportster Trade In programs?
Out of curiousity, who took advantage of the Sportster Trade in Program? If you have more then one bike and one is a big twin it is less likey you would take advantage. I am curious if it was a success. I purposely sought out and bought an 08 Sportster to save money on the purchase and received more for trade in after 6 months and 4000+ miles then what I paid for it OTD. I had been thinking of getting back to motorcycle riding and it put me over the edge. I traded in October and bought my 09 EGC for a significant savings as well. MOCO count me as a happy camper.
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Road Master
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I heard that as well when I was looking. some dealers waffled somewhat on "We have to check for Scratches and Damage " etc. and I suspected they would not do me right. The dealer I went to made the offer up front and didn't even look at my Bike. It was meticuously maintained but they didn't know it. My buying experience was awesome. Gowanda Harley, in NY
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His bike is so clean and well maintained you could eat off it...and it's his only transportation....also his first harley and they keep saying he hasn't had it long enough (he's had it a year which is how long he's supposed to have it according to the deal) or he doesn't have a long enough history with the MOCO...etc etc etc.....just a bunch of bullshit......this is the deal as put forth by the MOCO...they need to live up to it.
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There were two promotions I think. There was the "buy back" deal that came out in December of 2008 and gave MSRP on '07, '08, '09 sportsters traded in toward a big twin before April 15, 2009. This deal also allowed people to buy new and trade up within a year.
Later in the summer they came out with the "Free Ride" program that allowed folks to buy new and trade in toward a big twin within a year from the purchase date. Both of these promotions are over, unless you bought a new sportster between 12/24/08 and 10/31/09 and are waiting to trade up in the next few months?
It will be interesting to see what happens after April 15th and we see how many sportester get traded in under the original program. Times are tough all over and I doubt too many will come back and trade up, but nobody knows yet.
I half expect another buy back late this spring. Its a program worked well and doesn't de-value the brand while enticing loyal customers to buy the higher profit big twins.
Regardless its a great time to own a late model sportster. Very few 2010 sportster will be built and they will be sold as soon as the weather breaks. The good used ones will be commanding top buck.
Later in the summer they came out with the "Free Ride" program that allowed folks to buy new and trade in toward a big twin within a year from the purchase date. Both of these promotions are over, unless you bought a new sportster between 12/24/08 and 10/31/09 and are waiting to trade up in the next few months?
It will be interesting to see what happens after April 15th and we see how many sportester get traded in under the original program. Times are tough all over and I doubt too many will come back and trade up, but nobody knows yet.
I half expect another buy back late this spring. Its a program worked well and doesn't de-value the brand while enticing loyal customers to buy the higher profit big twins.
Regardless its a great time to own a late model sportster. Very few 2010 sportster will be built and they will be sold as soon as the weather breaks. The good used ones will be commanding top buck.
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There were two promotions I think. There was the "buy back" deal that came out in December of 2008 and gave MSRP on '07, '08, '09 sportsters traded in toward a big twin before April 15, 2009. This deal also allowed people to buy new and trade up within a year.
Later in the summer they came out with the "Free Ride" program that allowed folks to buy new and trade in toward a big twin within a year from the purchase date. Both of these promotions are over, unless you bought a new sportster between 12/24/08 and 10/31/09 and are waiting to trade up in the next few months?
It will be interesting to see what happens after April 15th and we see how many sportester get traded in under the original program. Times are tough all over and I doubt too many will come back and trade up, but nobody knows yet.
I half expect another buy back late this spring. Its a program worked well and doesn't de-value the brand while enticing loyal customers to buy the higher profit big twins.
Regardless its a great time to own a late model sportster. Very few 2010 sportster will be built and they will be sold as soon as the weather breaks. The good used ones will be commanding top buck.
Later in the summer they came out with the "Free Ride" program that allowed folks to buy new and trade in toward a big twin within a year from the purchase date. Both of these promotions are over, unless you bought a new sportster between 12/24/08 and 10/31/09 and are waiting to trade up in the next few months?
It will be interesting to see what happens after April 15th and we see how many sportester get traded in under the original program. Times are tough all over and I doubt too many will come back and trade up, but nobody knows yet.
I half expect another buy back late this spring. Its a program worked well and doesn't de-value the brand while enticing loyal customers to buy the higher profit big twins.
Regardless its a great time to own a late model sportster. Very few 2010 sportster will be built and they will be sold as soon as the weather breaks. The good used ones will be commanding top buck.
I highly doubt that
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Bought my wife a Nightster with the understanding that she'd either keep it or trade up to another bike if she enjoyed riding, or we'd trade it on a touring bike if she didn't enjoy riding. 6 months later we traded it in on the Limited. The bike had been dropped several times and was in far less than showroom shape. The dealer we exchanged it with (not the original purchasing dealer) dinged us for $200 for the damage when we did the swap. As far as I'm concerned that was more than fair, as it would have cost me well over $700 in parts alone to fix the damage.
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From: Albuquerque, New Mexico
I bought a 2009 XL1200C in late February before the initial "Ride Free" program
ended. I had no intention of trading up but I wound up riding much longer, multi-day
rides than I ever thought I would because there are several really good riding
groups here. While the Sporty could easily do what I wanted it to (suckers are
really underrated by far too many people), it was far more fatiguing on long hauls
than a larger bike so in August I traded it in on a 2009 Superglide.
I had ZERO hassles with the dealer (Santa Fe Harley) and I got a smokin' deal
overall. I still miss that Sporty around town, but once I'm on the open road......
ended. I had no intention of trading up but I wound up riding much longer, multi-day
rides than I ever thought I would because there are several really good riding
groups here. While the Sporty could easily do what I wanted it to (suckers are
really underrated by far too many people), it was far more fatiguing on long hauls
than a larger bike so in August I traded it in on a 2009 Superglide.
I had ZERO hassles with the dealer (Santa Fe Harley) and I got a smokin' deal
overall. I still miss that Sporty around town, but once I'm on the open road......
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