Question about wait time for ordering...
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Road Captain
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Question about wait time for ordering...
I must say that although I have always been an avid HD rider, I have not order a new HD since I ordered my 96" FXDL and the wait time was like 1.5 years. I called the dealership on Friday to see about when I needed to place a deposit on a new Road King or Heritage, as I want to get myself on a 2010 model, and the salesman said no problem, just in the fall on 09' come in and put the deposit down and that will be plenty early. He said the wait time has decreased considerably from what it used to be. He went on to say that it is now no problem to get a bike within a few months. Here is my question.....why the change? It is a different dealer than I used before all those years ago, but he shaved a whole year off the wait time....what gives?
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Last edited by Swamphunter; Nov 22, 2008 at 08:43 PM.
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Road Captain
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Because I want to pay cash for it, and since I currently have a bike to ride, 1 more season to save, without a new bike is not a big deal. Not too mention, then it won't be a year old in 2010, it will be fresh off the assembly line!
May go with either the Road King or a Heritage, not sure...maybe something else in production will catch my eye then.
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Those days are over, I hope for ever. you can buy off the floor and get 3-4k off the list depending on the model, example a Rocker C lists for $19,400.00 you can get one for $15,500.00
HD is offering 23% off list right now.
They did reduce production to attempt to hold prices and maintain stock market value.
They hope to see a wait for product again.
I purchased a new heritage softail classic in 90 for 10k my uncle bought the same bike 7 years later for 3k over list now they are back where they should be.
Supply and demand, look at the Street glide and the Ultra classic because the SG is popular it is somewhat close to a Classic in price.
You sure can talk them down on a Classic a lot more than you can a SG right now.
HD is offering 23% off list right now.
They did reduce production to attempt to hold prices and maintain stock market value.
They hope to see a wait for product again.
I purchased a new heritage softail classic in 90 for 10k my uncle bought the same bike 7 years later for 3k over list now they are back where they should be.
Supply and demand, look at the Street glide and the Ultra classic because the SG is popular it is somewhat close to a Classic in price.
You sure can talk them down on a Classic a lot more than you can a SG right now.
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You will not get a bike 3k to 4k off list, then they are not making any money. The only exception is if it is a year old leftover.
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HD (the MoCo) is not offering any percentage off list price. I cannot believe the bs that is posted on the internet.
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