That should be correct- I had to buy a saddlebag a couple years ago, HD doesn't sell those as a unit, you have to go thru the fiche and buy all the individual parts, hinges, screws, you name it. If I recall the tour pack was similar in that regard. Plus there was a short wait for the lid and box to be painted.

 

You can do that with a tour pak that comes on a bike from the factory.....not a tour pak for say a SG, RG, or RK. So a tour pak that doesn't come with the rear lights and speakers and the whole nine. You also can't buy a pre drilled tour pak in any color expect the colors that come on a factory tour pak bike. Same goes for a chopped, you have to buy the entire thing at once. So paint color and everything else starts to come into play.

 

Couldn't you buy a used one with the parts you want, then take it apart and get it painted to match?

 

I am having most of my chrome, Powder Coated Black, it's about 2- week torunround but other than that it is as good as new

 

Obviously the tour packs are painted without hinges and latches in place. If it is a custom order color, how difficult would it be to have both chrome and black hardware available at the point of assembly and a line on the order form for chrome or black hardware? How CUSTOMER ORIENTED is the company willing to be?

 

No different then having a black and a chrome engine on the line right next to each other. It's just not going to happen. Much easier/cost effective to have the customer buy what they want and swap it out.