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NOTICE!!! I bought the same one and those holes are useless. Take your mounting bracket, place it upside down and put it in the tour pack. Mark your holes then drill. If you don't the predrill hole spots that there there won't line up! There are not drill hole spots for the backrest on the one that i received.

Please dont just say no to 900lb pigs

Young riders dont want 900 lb pigs that cost close to $30,000 their core riders are aging out. Im 71 and ride about 7000 miles year on a well worn 1990 softail no abs or electronics just simple this is jus me saying

Live today, like tomorrow is going to Really Suck! HeckleFish... 91HDFXRSP....

It's A Mad World 🌎 but 1 thing for sure motorcycles will be built

Instead of cutting jobs why not cut prices and encourage people to buy Harley Davidson ❤

Our economy is failing. Not Harley’s fault. Inflation is explosive. Do you really expect Harley prices to be lower than before in this economy? We as a nation truly have our “head in the sand” while our government destroys our way of life. The goal of our government is to have us riding small grey socialist government made scooters. Just like the cars most people buy now.

I heard Indian is hiring 🤔

We’re living in a “wimp” generation and young men simply do not gravitate to motorcycles, and those who do do not gravitate towards a Harley. Far too manly/macho of a bike for the Woke generation. that said, Harley is doing Zero in my opinion to get influencers to help create the need that gets the young people wanting to ride. Harley got this for free back in the 1980s which caused the Harley comeback as movie stars, sports stars and “Rich urban bikers“ all wanted to be seen on a Harley Davidson. They need to create a social media buzz and even pay celebrities and influencers to ride.

This platform with a cam swap is gonna be pretty sinister

I'm in the process of buying a 2019 sportglide, i think if they had dual front breaks and 114 engine they would have been more popular, however it's nice that if you own one now, you have a unicorn, a rare bike that you don't see that often, it stands out, it's different, and has a lot off features that came standard that other bikes you would have had to buy separately. I hope all goes well so I can ride mine home on Tuesday. It's red just like I wanted when I bought my 2015 sportster xl1200c but the best value for money I could find was a goldish orange sportster, so if I get this red sport glide I would be the happiest guy in the world. Fingers crossed 🤞

Folks are buying and riding older bikes. They are buying used, modifying them to their liking with the money saved.

When i grew up people had a car ,tv ,record player ,if you were lucky you had a bike ,not like today there are so many other things ,bikes are slowly on the way out and too expensive

Harley's going through some things.

2024 Road glide with blacked out, not chrome. Light blue. Otd $26500.

They could just move to china

I bought a 24 road glide in alpine green, chrome trim, traded my 20 SG for it. Love mine. $27k is base, add paint and if you want it blacked out, you're already up to 30k then add dealer fees, you're up to 30-31k, that's about average in Northwestern Missouri. Grats on your house, bikefest coming up soon!

Millennials don't buy bikes because they cant operate a standard transmission. The current sport bike riders will find when they get to about 35, the sport bike isn't as much fun to ride as a daily bike. HD will be fine.

Harley is Nascar. A niche product, they dramatically ramped up production in the last ~30 years and expected to go mainstream. In half of the US you get about 3-4 months of decent riding weather and new Harleys are like 20k+. Not really shocked.

I think people are buying because I don’t have any money or I don’t have any credit. Yes I think this is a horrible economy. It’s probably the worst we’ve ever seen yet. With that being said, I was at the Harley dealership last couple days( Thursday and Saturday). Just checking things out, I happen to notice a lot of leftover 23’s and not very much foot traffic. I noticed a few sales people on the phone making phone calls, and I can see the look of anxiety on their face. One thing that I find extremely odd at some of these dealerships there’s no bikes in the parking lot only trucks. How is a guy that drives a truck and convinced me on the motorcycle lifestyle. You are, so where’s your bike. And I’ll come back as well. I didn’t ride it today.

Alot of people cant afford a "toy" like a Harley-Davidson at the moment. The current economy isn't conducive to this kind of spending. I went to my dealer to work a deal on a 2024, and my guys down there were saying people want used softails mostly now. Hell look at the price and the features, definitely easier pill to swallow. I was selling harleys out in east texas for a few months, and you either got guys that paid cash, or just had so much disposable income it wasnt hard to deck them out onto a 23 Roadglide/Streetglide ST. Times have changed, the company is starting to listen...a bit late I might add. I recently traded my 19 RG for a 24 RG, it was only smart with my thoughts on cam, headlight, audio, etc and my dealer made that a simple decision. We got traction control, TPMS and hill hold in 2021( features I really like in the midwest) now we finally get ride modes, liquid cooled heads(twin cooled) a retuned suspension thats actually good. Stuff that honestly should have been available alot sooner, bc the competitors already did it. Its a culture thing to, youth just dont care to be adventurous, take risks and they sit at home just leaching off thier families.

They should cut 15 to 25% of their prices.

I blame Hollywood. Easy Rider, C.C. and Company, Streets of Fire, Etc., all ran in theaters in the spring and Motorcycle sales spiked. Now we do not have any Harley centered Bike films (Maverick should have up graded to a Fatboy). Austin' Butler's new flick "Bike Riders" may spark some new inspiration for American males to ride again; Let's hope so. It also wouldn't hurt if the Motor Company would produce some more Economically Friendly Models instead of their of entry levels models retailing for over ten grand. Harley Davidson is should not be a premium brand; it should be "Every Man's" Motorcycle.

They should consider a different way to grow their business. Instead of cutting employees because their bikes aren’t selling, they need to find ways to decrease consumer costs to stimulate demand. I thought that they were on the right path when they lowered touring bike prices with the debut of the new Road & Street glides coming in lower than the’23 models, but over the past decade they’ve cut their own throats by raising prices through the roof. They have also adopted other practices that are a real turnoff to bikers. Specifically, when you order a replacement part, rather than providing the associated hardware, (nuts and bolts,) they make you purchase each nut and bolt individually. If Harley Davidson wants to survive, they need new leadership with a more consumer friendly approach to marketing and sales.

Harley will be done in five years

The issue is Harley is not and has never been marketed towards 20 year olds. 95% of Harley riders started on sport bikes. Mainly because sport bikes are cheaper, sexier, faster and easier to handle. Then when the rider got older and couldn't ride a sport bike anymore they moved onto either a sport touring bike or if the had the money to a Harley. Another issue is Harley has reputation of being the brand of fat middle age riders that just bar hope and call their girl friends and or wives "Old ladies" and those old ladies are fat tattooed tank top wearing hags. Lastly, the fact that the joke "HD stands for hundred dollars, because that is what you spend every time you go into the shop" is not a joke because it's true. Is a major issue. The fact that dealerships try and sell T-shirts for $50 is pure insanity.

Banks underwater with commercial loans. Banks underwater with all these 3% 30 year mortgages. Banks being hit by credit card bankruptcies. High inflation means no bailouts as inflation. Government continues overspending with inflated dollars. With Inflation government continues with its agenda blaming inflation on Putin and greedy corps but they are the problem. Inflation(hidden tax) hurts everyone especially poor and middle class. Open borders, wars, QE, PPD all inflationary. Sanctions used as weapons scaring nations who want to develop own world reserve currency backed by gold, BRICS nations, opec. Gold keeps politicians honest. Gold now $2300/ounce reflecting devalued dollar.

Do you not recommend changing the oil after the bike is warmed up? Or while cooling off after a 5 minute ride?

High interest rates, high debt, high inflation all need more cooling of economy. That means more layoffs. Cheap credit for decades. QE(fancy word inflating monetary system causing inflation)

A substantial proportion of HD employees are in Thailand where most of the manufacturing is done, so they wouldn't be American

"Go woke go broke"

Having to lay off workers is a tough decision, but I wonder what the executive salaries and bonuses will be like. Those guys won't see any cuts, and one of those bonuses can keep at least few families from having to go through uncertain times. I'm all for business, but I have seen enough cases where execs get millions while workers are being laid off at the same time.

Ive posted videos that address HDMCs approaching the point of no return. Part of this was to reintroduce hand crafted bikes ,machine trades skilled labor, built on native american reservations. The videos are primitive, dry, rough but the content stands. Buy a rolling cell phone to distract riders, Fools. Im convinced people would gravitate to handmade primitive machines.

then Harley needs to lower the price on their bikes to make them more affordable for more people

Not a Harley-Davidson problem it’s an US economy problem. My company, a big airline, just suspended hiring through the rest of the year. High interest rates, supply problems and high operating costs for most companies. Motorcycles are discretionary income for the most part. They are not considered main transportation. Everyone says Harley-Davidson are to expensive. Sure they are, so are pickup trucks and my groceries. What do the experts on here consider an appropriate price in 2024 for a Softail or Touring bike? Harley-Davidson couldn’t make a motorcycle that cheap and make any money. They are a company that has to make a profit. Geez everyone thinks a bagger should be the same price it was 20 years ago.

Tv screen!😅 for no reason!its motorcycle, not the car!!!!!price ok.colors just bleak

Harley Davidson sale's down, that would not surprise me at all considering the prices they want for motorcycles. That is their own fault, greed never pays.

Tv screems😅 exactly!!!!for stupid reasons

Yes. My dilership in Miami cats 5 person. Economy not good! we use old motorcycle end fikse for as self. We go to 1967.😂!New motorcycle just for Chinese market. 🎉 no $.....for everyone

With a bad economy, you have to be smart business wise. HD is not! They are seeing their base dying off. They have spent too much time trying to draw in younger riders and failing, and in so doing alienating what is left of their base before they die off. Previously they spent too much time drawing in the yuppie crowd who were buying bikes just to say "I have one" and now while the used market (of low mileage bikes) is over saturated they are redesigning their bikes and few are enthused. It has been a good five years since I walked into an HD showroom and saw anything that peaked my interest enough to give up my 19 year old bike. Also doesn't help that they no longer put price tags on anything and when you ask how much for this bike, you get an answer like "Oh, between $25K and $32K, it all depends." Ok, well which is it, $25K or $32K. And again "Well it all depends." Translation; "You'll get a definitive number once you sit down, get a credit check and we figure out how much we can squeeze out of you." With this economy, I would buy Used hands down. And I hate to say it, but if I got the notion to go New, you just might find me talking to Indian.

They build an electric bike which nobody wants and must have cost a small fortune to develop so its no surprise.

Thx for the info Mike.

It's a dad problem. I'm 50 years old, and grew up with a dad who rode motorcycles. Like many kids, I wanted to be like my dad, and have been riding motorcycles since I was 12. Now dads are playing video games on XBox and sharing that with their sons. It's not wrong, it's just different.

Not surprised at all… This isn’t a Harley only thing. The economy is much worse than the talking heads lead you to believe. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Hope Harley makes it to the other side….

I gotta say in the last @4 years I have ridden a bunch of motorcycles..I mean a bunch.. the Livewire is memorable. I also saw the mini series of Ewan McGregor riding electric Harley from Patagonia to LA, worth watching.. when I test rode LW Harley it was @$30,000 had zero aftermarket parts, technical problems and a range of @200 miles..I own a big dual sport, I signed up for a demo on HD Pan American..it was heavy, not great handling, expensive and did things, like lower to the ground that kept flashing in my mind.. what if the bike feature breaks or malfunctions and bike stays low, or high or starts going up and down while riding or parked. I rode the 1100 Honda Rebel.. and I rode big Yamaha and Suzukis. I also rode the Indian FTR( ?) I enjoyed everything except my leg getting hot from exhaust placement.. With 2 coast to coast trips last year, from Baja to Key West and lots if riding on and off road in Baja. I don't, can't think of anything Harley Davidson sells that's any good for most motorcycle riding I do.. Scary to think of engineering and market forces converging.. riders are getting older, weaker and Harley bikes are heavy and poor handling.. what next?

Management lost their way, employees lose their job.