FatBobs are out and about . Saw two at Vacaville Harley the other day , a flat black on with mid set pegs and a real nice red one with forward mounted pegs . They looked good but won't be replacing my Deuce with one !

 

I am selling my spot

 

Should be easy to come up with a good price; just make someone a better deal than the dealer's premium for the bikes.

 

We'll see if there are at the York open house later this month. I know people get to tour the Softail plant during the open house.

 

With all the internet buzz about how F-ing ugly they are,MoCo isprobably trying to build demand before they build thousands of bikes that won't sell.

 

I'm glad I didn't put the money down for the Rocker. It could just be a myth that HD is actually going to build them. I'm sure there are a lot of pizzed of people waiting for their new ride. January? Just wait, it will be longer.

 

I went to my dealer this morning and had a discussion about this. He gave me a download that all dealers received from harley on Aug 30 2007. (I tryed to scan an upload but had issues)This is word for word what it says:

To all US dealers

Subject: 2008 model year rocker launch update

Dear dealer,

As communicated in earlier letter the production of the 2008 fxcw and fxcwc rocker
motorcycles was planed to begin in early september.We now have additional information to share with you on the launch plan of this product.Deliveries of this model will start in november and intial order fill of this product will take until jan. there is a very limited sept and oct production planned as plant gears up forfull production launch in november. these septand oct units will be held for release until november when there is a sufficent number to deliver to the dealer network.Harley davidson is committed to providing the highest quality products to the dealer network and your retail customers. this revised launch will allow us the opportunity to assure that the new rocker exceeds or customers expections

Harley davidson actions taken:
Because of this revised launch timing a portion of your phase 1 and phase 2 rocker orders will be cancelled this reduction will be proportionate to the number of units your dealership will be allocated in phase 1 and 2. other softail orders will pull forward to replace these vacated production slots once the cancellations are completed

dealer action required:
enclosed with this letter is information on the number of rocker units that you have on order in phase 1 and 2 and specific number you will be required to cancel. your dealership will be required to replace these cancelled rocker orders with other softail models.

* please review this order list and identify the fxcw and fxcwc orders you desire to cancel. we suggest that you cancel the unallocated (OD) orders

* please identify which other softail model,includingoptions and color you desire toorder to replace the cancelled unit on the order listing in the space provided

* please fax this information to your vechicle dsc by friday sept 7th before 3pm cst

 

Thanks for that "deergrizzly". Seems after all that the dealer may have other models on the floor they will have to shift, so I may get my good price for an FXSTC yet. I am glad that HD are not pushing to make these before they are really ready to go. All the bike publications in the UK have raved about the looks of these bikes and said they handle suprisingly well (from the US launch attendance rides). They will be nice to see on the roads (dropping off in the mirrors of my FXSTC - when I get it - through the bends!!).

 

anytime

 

the only thing that would be excusable for a delay like this would be if they were dropping a NEW/BIGGER motor in it, say like a 104ci. New bike=new motor sounds good to me. Maybe thats why they have postponed the release of the Rockers, making sure all the kinks are out of it before they get it to the public, or it could have been a last minute decision to go with the new/bigger motor as to the cause of the delay of the release of the Rockers.