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)
I've been watching the 2 local Victory dealership's response to the new Indian Re-Re-Resurrection and they do not seem to be excited (have not picked up the franchise). Here we are less than 3 months before the new Indian launch at Sturgis and the closest dealership acording to their locator is over 5 hours away. Don't know about riding over 5 hours to buy a bike and have no support for warranty, parts, service etc.
2011 Triumph America (10/2011 to 07/2014)
2012 Harley Davidson 1200C Sportster
2014 Harley Davidson Dyna Wide Glide
