Cruiser Market Saturation?
Or or people starting to tighten their budgets and compromising by getting less expensive metric cruisers? Except for the serious hardcore HD-or-nothing group, there are a lot of great choices for cruiser riders out there. I was in an HD shop last weekend and they wanted $23K to preorder a V-Rod. I think list price is $16,999. Nice bike to be sure, but gouging is gouging. I think the slow economy, market saturation of cruisers of all types, and the consistent over-pricing by dealers will lead to a softness in the cruiser market. HD will take a big hit, seeing as how they are still the least bang for the most bucks. Can or will they ever produce a big-inch bike for under $10K? I'll bet they're working on it. I hope they are working on it.
Bill R
www.greatoldbikes.com
Or or people starting to tighten their budgets and compromising by getting less expensive metric cruisers? Except for the serious hardcore HD-or-nothing group, there are a lot of great choices for cruiser riders out there. I was in an HD shop last weekend and they wanted $23K to preorder a V-Rod. I think list price is $16,999. Nice bike to be sure, but gouging is gouging. I think the slow economy, market saturation of cruisers of all types, and the consistent over-pricing by dealers will lead to a softness in the cruiser market. HD will take a big hit, seeing as how they are still the least bang for the most bucks. Can or will they ever produce a big-inch bike for under $10K? I'll bet they're working on it. I hope they are working on it.
Bill R
www.greatoldbikes.com