2010 Bikes

[Roger]

Originally Posted by Heritagebob

Good to see the Wide Glide back!


Harley-Davidson UK | Motorcycles | 2010 Motorcycles

It's awful The first new HD I bought was a FXWG, back in, well a few yaers ago. This doesn't even have a WG rear fender

[Shifty]

The Superglide don't look bad, although nowhere near as nice as me old '99 Superglide Sport - good job I'm skint eh?

The Wide Glide's nowt like as nice as the old Athena poster of a Shovelhead WG that I had on my wall from the age of 10 to about 25. The seat and side panels on the new one remind me too much of a bleedin' Virago!

Still quite like the Street Bob, but even if I could afford a new one I'd probably stick with Shifty's Slightly Skanky Superglide Sport - still love that old bus and doubt I'll ever part with it to be honest.

[Kiwi]

where is the plain jane basic soft tail?

is harley so busy adding value (read price) to its models that its forgotten what attracted people to its bikes in the first place - good basic simple engineering

[Shifty]

Originally Posted by Kiwi

is harley so busy adding value (read price) to its models that its forgotten what attracted people to its bikes in the first place - good basic simple engineering

Probably, yes. They've got used to the fact that so many people will now buy new Harleys (and the perceived lifestyle) no matter what they're like, that I really don't think they're putting much effort in from one year to the next.

[Tony Cross]

Noted work on 5th gear. Must have had a lot of complaints.

[Urrell]

Originally Posted by Tony Cross

Noted work on 5th gear. Must have had a lot of complaints.

Now helical cut 5th gear. But why were they allowed to get away with that noisy straight cut gear in the first place? the bike I took out for a few hours was terrible as far as gearbox noise in two gears but have heard that they were not all that bad.

[Heritagebob]

Originally Posted by Chris L

Dont look like a WG to me...too much black not enough chrome,no mini apes..no bobtail fender...just looks like a Fat Bob with a skinny front wheel...H-D save money by scrimping...its cheaper than the WG used to be tho...priced around same as the Bob too.

Originally Posted by Roger

It's awful The first new HD I bought was a FXWG, back in, well a few yaers ago. This doesn't even have a WG rear fender

I hadn’t looked at the bike that close originally and just noticed the return of the name, so fair comment. Still think it will sell though on price alone compared to the others? And there’s always going to be the shiny bits catalogue to keep people happy?

Seems the Softails have taken the hit this year, not only with the loss of the Standard but the Nightrain’s gone as well, which IMO is a real shame. Less choice this year overall.

[Chris L]

Makes the decision to trade up even easier.....ie...dont !

[Phil]

Originally Posted by Roger

It's awful The first new HD I bought was a FXWG, back in, well a few yaers ago. This doesn't even have a WG rear fender

They didn`t want to make something that (apart from the frame) would be identical to the Softail Custom.

I quite like it.

Oh, & my first Harley was a 1980 FXWG. Great Bike, loved it.

[Monkeybrain]

I'll reserve judgement until I see it in the flesh but my initial reaction to the Fat Boy Special is disbelief. They go so far to produce something interesting out the factory door but they never go far enough.
Its te back end on the FBS, those pipes are Fugly and they should have done better with the seat and rear fender.

Just like they did with the Xbones, didn't go far enough with the seat and fender.


Its interesting to read the US response to the new bikes. If they'd have 103"'d the entire range and put out a Dark Custom Street Glide or Road King, Harley US could well have seen a flurry of new sales, there are people out there with money in the bank looking for a reason to upgrade their 2-4 year old bikes, this year doesn't seem to have done it.


I'd love to have the certainty to know where I'll be next year to consider buying a second bike, but there'd be nothing on the 2010 showroom to entice me.