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Old Oct 30, 2017 | 11:57 AM
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Their customized 2018 M8 114 Breakout looks great. This is the 3rd German HD customizer (so what if this isn't a word) to do so with Harley's new 2018's. Where are the American versions is what I want to know? After all HD is an American company.
 

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Old Oct 30, 2017 | 03:56 PM
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You will see some awesome customs of breakouts in Germany and Japan. Not so much here. Custom baggers are still ruling a lot of that scene.
 
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The Breakout Lampcover looks interesting
 
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Old Nov 28, 2017 | 10:55 AM
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Thunderbike produce and sell some great machines at eye-wateringly expensive prices. For example they have a second hand 2014 CVO Breakout in molten silver with 5,000 miles on her for a snip at $41,448. Also a June 2018 FLSS Slim Softail that has been fettled by them with some wonderful touches, it only has 500 miles on the clock and can be yours for a mere $59,283.

 

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Old Nov 28, 2017 | 11:24 AM
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Here's the link for those interested.
http://www.thunderbike.de/galleries/..._1st_umbau.php

Also has a youtube vid of it being build
 

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Old Nov 29, 2017 | 10:12 AM
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A new Breakout 114 costs 27.6k USD in germany at the moment and 20.6k in the US. I don´t think any german builder sells complete H-D based bikes back to the US ;-)
 
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I don't think they'll be selling many complete bikes to those in Europe either. Most of their revenue will be from the quality parts they sell.
 
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They have a section "TB Frames" on their website, which must be sold complete because of the custom framekit. Here in Europe you can´t build such bikes on your own anymore, to get it street-legal. But yeah - I see their fender almost every day on a Softail.
 
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$7K differential? I don't see how they could get away with those outrageous prices.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2017 | 01:40 AM
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$7K differential? I don't see how they could get away with those outrageous prices.
Import duty and sales tax ... also fluctuating exchange rate € vs $.

Sales tax in Germany is 19%, Belgium 21%, in the Netherlands they even have a special tax on top of all those making the bikes even more expensive.
 
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