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What colors would you like Harley to make on the touring bikes?

Poll ended at Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:06 pm

Some type of Metal flake Orange
6
38%
Electric Blue
3
19%
Purple
1
6%
Canary Yellow
1
6%
Keep Black and just Dark Colors
5
31%
 
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#1 Post by slidderhd » Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:06 pm

Can anyone please tell me why Harley refuses to do bright colors anymore. My first Harley was a 2000 Road King Aztec Orange. Loved it, but wanted cruise. I've done the 2002 Concord Purple and the 2004 Chopper Blue. I currently have an '07 Pewter gray FLTR. Our options are Dark this or Dark that. Now Triumph and Yamaha have fallen right in line with the dreary same old colors.

Not mad, just wish there were more options.
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#2 Post by king robb » Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:36 pm

I would also like a nice loud green...like if that cool dragonfly green they did a couple of years ago ate some mushrooms.
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#3 Post by Gummiente » Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:17 am

slidderhd wrote:My first Harley was a 2000 Road King Aztec Orange. Loved it, but wanted cruise. I've done the 2002 Concord Purple and the 2004 Chopper Blue. I currently have an '07 Pewter gray FLTR.
How many friggin' Harleys are you gonna buy before you're happy? With the money you've spent - and lost at trade in time - you could have paid to get one of them painted in whatever "look at me" colour you wanted. :D

sez the guy who's owned an '04 FLHT, '06 FXDI and now an '07 FLTR
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#4 Post by slidderhd » Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:39 am

You are right about the loss in value. Since H-D can't handle making the Screemin Eagle Road Glide into a tourer, a new design might be coming. Hopefully it will have more color options.
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#5 Post by squirts » Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:05 pm

I'm a simple country boy myself..... Flat black with a smattering of chrome or polished aluminum and I'm happy... Harley HAS stepped away from some of it's more "loud" color combos and I guess that's due to public demand. Best combination of colors I can think of from HD was it's rootbeer and cream combo from the (1988?) Heritage springer. I'll never forget seein' that combo on that bike. Beautiful combo, IMO. Harley ain't the only company to tone down its colors, but on the other end of the spectrum a fella up the road from me is ridin' around on a newer GL 1800 Goldwing.... Canary yellow front to back, top to bottom and everywhere in between and OMG, that thing is bright! I doubt ANYBODY would be able to claim they never saw him if'n they ran him down. =)
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#6 Post by jmillheiser » Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:14 pm

Flat black + whatever other subdued color you can think of seems to be the trend lately. Kinda the whole ratbike thing without the rat part of the equation.

I suppose if you want a particular color and are spending harley levels of money id probably just shell out the extra cash on a custom paintjob too.
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#7 Post by blues2cruise » Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:57 pm

The heritage softail is a nice aqua and cream combination. :D
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#8 Post by redwing » Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:35 pm

Three Harley Models come in turquoise. They are the Road King Classic, Softail Delux and Softail Custom. I thought they all looked good. More colors in all the models .... yeah good idea.
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