Quote: Time will tell, but my guess a "starting" Chief will include a basic rider/passenger saddle and not much chrome. In black of course. Red will cost more.
The real added cost will come into play when you add saddle bags, passenger backrest, luggage rack, windscreen and chrome. But I don't know too many people riding big cruisers that don't add at least some of that to their machines anyway. I know I did.
In the grand scheme of things, $18,999 is not a ridiculous price for a new machine with 115 TQ. IMHO.
I agree with everything you just said here, Kevin. $19K for this bike seems VERY reasonable to me.
However as Ron mentioned, anyone interested in getting one of the first issued of these babies will almost assuredly run into the standard practice that ALL dealerships pretty much adhere to, and that is whenever a sought-after new vehicle hits the market, they'll add all the available options to 'em and thus jacking up the price another 4 or 5 Grand, and then tell ya that if YOU don't want it, they have a long list of people who do, so "take it or leave it".
(...yep, kinda like what H-D dealerships did all those years there was a waiting list for their machines up until about 10 years ago now)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
