H-D couldn't give them away last year. They can't keep them on the floor this year.
But here's the catch.
It has absolutely NOTHING to do with H-D. People are buying literally any motorcycle they can find at absolutely stupid dollars. H-D has a slight advantage in that they can roll people into those asinine HDFS loans. People don't even care. The Ducati 1198 and 1098 that I posted in a thread recently both sold within a single day of being listed... each was listed at 25% over NADA book. I rarely have bikes in stock for more than a week, even at absolutely insane prices when compared to "normal". Used bikes in many cases are selling for more than the original MSRP.
In short, H-D dealers are selling because some of them actually have something to sell.
My shop is in the middle of a pack of dealers. The factory Yamaha/KTM/Suzuki dealer has 4, yes 4 bikes as of yesterday. The largest Honda dealer in the area has 5 bikes, all of which are the crap nobody actually wants. I just watched HD dealers fighting at an auction to buy HDs at over RETAIL book prices.
This market is absolutely insane.
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