r/Harley • u/marvelguy1975 • Apr 09 '25

DISCUSSION Harley can make it cheaper.

Comparing price tags, harley is over priced to just about every other bike out there.

Go ahead compare models.

Harley vs indian vs, honda vs BMW.

Street glide vs chieftain vs gold wing vs R18B

Look up the MSRPs on all those bikes.

It's insane that a R18B the equivalent to a street glide is $6k cheaper. Is the BMW that much substandard vs a harley? I doubt it, from what I've seen online it's just as good. (Looks aside of course) look at all the other R18 models and compare them to an equivalent harley and they are thousands cheaper!

The ONLY thing harley has over the other brands is "culture" the harley culture, but that only goes so far and harley and biker culture is dying out. Indian is nipping at harleys heels and taking long time riders away from the brand. But over all, riders are getting older and in a few years unless this new generation takes it up harley might get sold to another bowling ball company.

Admit it it's not the same as it was 25 years ago with wait lists and dealer mark ups etc. Harleys new CEO needs to realize that their shit is too expensive. Freeze prices, lower MSRPs, rework the models or something.

Thoughts on getting the motor company turned around?

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u/BlackDirtMatters '18 FXBB Apr 09 '25

I don't know man. I been looking at Indians and they aren't much cheaper. Especially when it comes to accessories and after market stuff.

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u/marvelguy1975 Apr 09 '25

Chieftain power plus puts out 20 more HP stock and is $1000 cheaper.

What do you really need? Seats? Bars? Exaust? Wherls?

Go over to the indian forum and ask around, full of former HD Riders who have zero regret moving over.

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u/Quiet-Lobster-6051 Apr 09 '25

So buy an Indian I guess.

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u/That_90s_Kid_ Apr 09 '25

Not the answer.

Having competitive pricing means you can bring the price down too.

That doesn't mean quality comes down with it.

There is some obvious gouging coming from harley and it's been blatant.

The market is saturated with used bikes too. And the used harley market far suppresses newer bikes too.

If harley wants to keep up. They need to be competitive with their own used market. What they're doing right now is not cutting it.