More variety from Harley Davidson

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#1 Unread post by **ZooTech** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:17 pm

The '70s-influenced 35th-anniversary Super Glide is another Dyna family addition. It will be limited to a 3500 unit serialized production.

The Street Bob pays homage to the classic bobber style, with a low ape-hanger handlebar, a solo seat, and mid-mount foot controls.

*NOTE TO SELF: New seat + new bars = entirely new model

I think Harley Davidson's design team took lessons from Taco Bell. Take five ingredients and mix and match them 50 ways.

#2 Unread post by **Sev** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:48 pm

I'd put the street bob seat on the dyna glide and be very happy.

#3 Unread post by **ZooTech** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:54 pm

Sevulturus wrote:I'd put the street bob seat on the dyna glide and be very happy.

Then you would have a Dyna Super Glide:

#4 Unread post by **Sev** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:57 pm

Yeah, that was kind of my way of agreeing with you. It'd be nice to see some new ideas, rather then just different aftermarket parts used to make a "new" bike.

Mintbread · #5 Unread post by **Mintbread** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:17 pm

I bet the poor old design team would love to try something new but the sad predictable consumer would not buy them.
Although I think HD backed themselves into that corner with very few changes over very many years.

Gummiente · #6 Unread post by **Gummiente** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:44 pm

ZooTech wrote:
Sevulturus wrote:I'd put the street bob seat on the dyna glide and be very happy.
Then you would have a Dyna Super Glide:

Worked for me! I bought the '06 version. You know, the one with the completely new frame, new 6-speed transmission, new rubber mount system, new closed loop FI system and new 49mm front forks.

And at $16,184 I ended up paying a bit less than some of those "my pencil is bigger than yours" cookie-cutter bikes like the $16,299 Mean Streak. Thank Gawd I'm a "sad predictable customer", too... I mean how does one keep a straight face when riding something with a name like "Mean Streak", anyway?

Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:58 am

There's something about a bike that weighs that much only having one front brake rotor that kinda scares me... I'll take a Road King/Street Rod please.

Gummiente · #8 Unread post by **Gummiente** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:52 am

GeoffXR200R wrote:There's something about a bike that weighs that much only having one front brake rotor that kinda scares me

I haven't had a chance to do a full-out-holy-cr*p emergency braking test yet, but I have tried a few quick stops and found that it brakes straight and stops within a pretty respectable distance. Better than my twin front disc FLHT, actually, due in no small part to the fact that the Superglide weighs around 130lb less.

Loonette · #9 Unread post by **Loonette** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:35 am

Gummiente wrote: Worked for me! I bought the '06 version. You know, the one with the completely new frame, new 6-speed transmission, new rubber mount system, new closed loop FI system and new 49mm front forks.

And at $16,184 I ended up paying a bit less than some of those "my pencil is bigger than yours" cookie-cutter bikes like the $16,299 Mean Streak. Thank Gawd I'm a "sad predictable customer", too... I mean how does one keep a straight face when riding something with a name like "Mean Streak", anyway?

Not sure why the pricing is the opposite in Canada as in the States, but what I found online for US pricing was... '06 Meanstreak - $10,999 , while the '06 Dyna Super Glide (in black) was priced at $12,195 So... at least in the States, the Meanstreak costs less. And the difference of $1,196 US dollars and $115 CAN dollars is significant. Perhaps it's cheaper to import an American bike to Canada than a Japanese bike? Not sure, but for those of us in the States, Japanese bikes are usually much cheaper than Harleys.

Cheers,
Loonette

Gummiente · Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:18 am

Loonette wrote:Perhaps it's cheaper to import an American bike to Canada than a Japanese bike? Not sure, but for those of us in the States, Japanese bikes are usually much cheaper than Harleys.

That could very well be. We do get screwed up here when it comes to the exchange rate, that's for sure. And until a few years ago, most Japanese bikes were cheaper than Harleys but nowdays they're equal or even higher in pricing. The new Yamaha Stratoliner S is $21,999, a BMW K1200LT sets you back $28,450 and a Honda Gold Wing... well, Honda Canada won't even show the MSRP on their website anymore. Contrast those with the Harley FLHT Electra-Glide Standard at $19,839 and the old "Harleys are so expensive" argument doesn't hold water anymore. On this side of the border, anyway.