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Low sales will kill a model;
such as the electra glide/classic.
13 was the last year made for that model.
Then, lets not forget the experimental ones;
rocker, deuce to name a few that have been tried and scrapped.
I think the Road Glide will be back but, unfortunately, probably water cooled. The Electraglide Standard sales dropped off after the Streeglide hit the market; too bad not enough market share for both as the EG Standard was a great and versatile bike.
The Deuce may have been dropped and, I guess it could be classified as experimental, but it has not really gone. The Deuce has morphed into the Rocker and the Rocker into the Breakout.
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