I will personally miss the Road King Classic (Standard). Really glad I got one in 2021… such an amazing ride and versatility for passengers like no other. RIP to a classic.
Totally agree with you Gary. For anyone who was aspiring to owning a new RK Classic may find that the opportunity has been taken away from them. Same goes for the Deluxe (been axed for a year now).
Great vid boss. Vids of this type: your’s are the only ones I watch. Well done. No usual drawn out bs that most youtubers do. You cut to the chase with a bit personal opinion 👍🏼
I think their push is to be a premium motorcycle brand. Fortunately the used market has come down a little if you're willing to be on something 5 years old or older.
Matt Laidlaw actually had a video comparing HD pricing over the years. Believe it or not, today’s prices are on par or lower than 20 years ago.(adjusted to inflation) HD isn’t the problem, other than lacking the nuts to innovate. The problem is our government making our currency worthless with overspending/printing.
You missed the fact they put a 5 gallon tank on the Breakout instead of that tiny 3 gallon previously. HD is just shooting themselves in the foot without an entry level priced bike. The economy is gonna tank and trying to please their shareholders is just gonna tank HD. Great vids and content :)
Bought the 2023 Anniversary Ultra Limited. Love it. It doesn't have the torque of my Goldwing but that's why I didn't replace it. That anniversary heirloom red is stunning in person!
Road Glide 3 💪💪💪 Breakout & the bigger tank 💪👍 Nightster looks alot better now the exhaust in the correct place & looking more of a Sportster 👍 The red & gold finish looks💪 Living The F 🤪 KING Dream ❗ Safe travels 🙏♥️🐾🐾
Royal Enfield is stealing the hearts of 50 plus riders wanting our 70s bikes roots...and I tell ya, when you lug around a 700, 800, 900 pound Hatley all day... it would sweet to have something like a RE Classic 350 to hop on for the next day sitting in the garage. That's the biggest miss I see Harley making... sure we all have more income now later in life to buy the big tourist bikes... but throwbacks sell. Try to buy a 68-72 Chevy pickup.... I could have bought one in high school in the 1980 for 2k done. Today they are 50,60, 80k. Anyways, I cant tell you the # of hours I've spent looking at the Royal Enfield lineup in the past few years. And I am a LOYAL HD guy - 9 HDs over the past 32 years.... butane, do I wish they would make a sweet little town bike.
Make plans for the 120th celebration at the H-D museum. Strongly believe more models will be launched that weekend, including an all new offering. Love the red.
Agreed. No real changes. Paint looks great on the Anniversary editions but it’s just paint. Like the upgraded Nightster. Good to see the Breakout redesign. Overall underwhelming launch.
Hi from Poland! Good video. In Europe there’s Sport Glide still available, but no SG and RG 107 and no RG 3. As I look on the prices, I’m so glad that I bought my SG 2021 in great white pearl colour which got delivered in May last year… BTW your review on this bike was great and important for me. I appreciate your work on YT. Greetings from Poland, Robert.
Love the Vid! Also I am a new rider to Harley. Purchase a Road King Special problem I have outside of my own research not sure how to make mods or what's available?
Other than the inflated prices, I liked pretty much all of it. The anniversary color is growing on me even thought I'm not a fan of red. The RG3 and Breakout were the stars of the day.
Not going to lie - I kept thinking it was building up to something that didn’t happen. 120 year color scheme is cool. The Nightster is DOA - too much money for a Honda Rebel. The Breakout being back is cool, but I prefer the FXDR. Totally agree on the tour pack being a miss on the tri glide.
I'd say they want to show more of the wheel. A lot of the appeal of that bike is the looks I think. They did do a 5 gallon tank and taller bars at least. And that 117!
Disappointed that the Road King Standard is really gone! It always seemed to be the Harleyest Harley. At least the Heritage is still there for those looking for classic style…
I like the white sand perl models. The Street Glide ST is nice, the Low Rider ST has the best performance / price value to me. To bad, that the heritage with the gloss black artillery alu wheel are out of the programm 🤔. What surprise me is the hot rod style white sand perl Freewheeler Trike. That thing fits into my Harley & Hot Rod world 😁🏁
So much for offering a bike that the youth entry riders can afford. I guess H-D isn’t interested in this segment. Killing the Sportster just handed that segment to so many other brands.
The MOCO followed its usual release and I now fell better about what I paid for my 2019 CVO S/G $31,000 and it had been sold new 6 months prior when I bought it with 2700 mile on it then they were $42,000 new
Sinceeee you asked 😝haha. 1. Why is the 3RD year of the Same Street Bob Graphics? 2. The Nightster standard looks WAY cooler than last years- BUT its still got too much Plastic. 3. Ok theres a cool Breakout but are they gonna produce enough for more of us to have em? Other than that I LOVE the Heirloom Anniversary color
Agree with your comment regarding new or updated model ... but I would not like to see the revmax engine on the rest of the lineup (it killed the sports models - where is the chrome). I would like an updated platform for the touring models with new suspension (take it from the Pan Am), new electronics, and a larger better screen (BMW R18B).
They all kind of look like the Lowrider S El Diablo. However back in 2003, the 100 anniversary motorcycles had a few Red colored 100 anniversary motorcycles, besides the silver and black,vivid black, and so on. I also agree, HD should have a entry level motorcycle. For what I heard, the new Sportster has lots of balls, that might be a little too much for a beginner. But I guess HD figures that there's a lot of 883 Sportster motorcycles, Street 750 and 500 available in the used market. Cheers from Austin Texas.
I have a CVO 2022 MSRP 42K That was ridiculous 52 is CRAZY Im guessing the CVO's would have a 120motor becuz of 120 years.......makes sense,...but it will prob stay 117
The road king came out in 94' next year it makes something of a comeback.. that would be 40 years and bikes like that just don't die.....but I'm looking for a street glide now.. the allure of the RK is over for me
I felt like they rushed the release this year we really didn't get a good look at all of the bikes just seems rushed to me. But the 120 bikes look amazing
Disappointed I didn’t see the new Pan America with the 975 Revmax. I would like to see the Revmax on a ultra limited. I have a 2016 ultra limited. Would be a awesome engine for a touring platform bike. Revmax would be great for a Tri Glide.
52k for a motorcycle is just nuts in my opinion. I am sure it will sell though. Some people have deep pockets. I see no Pan America 975 this time around , but Harley does bring new models out around Daytona Week. Harley also has new accessory packages. I wonder how they will sell? Last but not least the Bronx fanboys get disappointed again, maybe in the Spring with a 350cc model bike?
I rarely ever say anything negative about Harley because I truly enjoy everything they make and I hope to see them do very well at all times. However, I do believe this launch event was a letdown. The past 2 years were better. The fact they only released one CVO this year was a letdown to me. If you’re a trike fan, maybe this was your year since they are offering 3 types of Trikes now. I was expecting to see and hear about another new bike or two. I do like the color for the anniversary series. It beats most of the other colors I’ve seen in past anniversaries.
Thumbs up to H-D for the new wheel design of the 2023 Nightster Special. But thumbs down to H-D for not including this new wheel spoke pattern on the Softail Standard & Street Bob, and perhaps the Sport Glide as well. The Sportster S is as ugly as sin ... H-D should have just offered a Nightster as a 975 or 1250 and priced them accordingly (a bit like the 883 & 1200 choices of the past). New prices will keep the values of used bikes up, so not good if you're contemplating buying into the brand.
I love Harley-Davidson and I am buying a brand-new bike for 2023 but I'm also 48 years old and have a more stable background with money but everybody knows there's a crash coming and my friends at Fifth Third Bank here in Michigan are telling me that it's going to be worse than 07 of 08 and when that happens there's going to be a lot of companies eating shit and I think Harley-Davidson is going to get kicked in the ass really hard at them kind of prices
Love new anniversary color.I hope and I will be praying for Harley Davidson never put a revolution Max engine on any of the touring Bike period. That Japan motorcycle sound like is horrible. No doubt they would loose a lot of customer out of that. Me personally I will stick with old bikes, and I get a new bike every two years, that will stop if they do that engine change. hope never happens.
The reveal was a little dissapointing... I think i would have liked to have seen more done with the RevMax engine as that is clearly the future. However this has at least made me happy in my recent purchase of a new 22 FXLRS
I'm hoping this is just the tip of the iceberg the only thing that got me excited was the breakout the rest of it meh whatever. I don't know about the revmax in the touring models it seems like it would need more load down torque for those big bikes not high revs 🤷♂️ I'd like to see the new 975 Pan America frame as a full-on sport tourer. I can't say I like any of the quote-unquote sportsters I'd really like to see them bring that Bronx design out and call it some kind of Sportster. As far as affordable bikes go I don't think Harley's playing that game anymore they might make some of those 350 or 500 Chinese jobbies but I don't know how they would use those I heard they might be used for training.
I didn't buy into the lead-up hype nor with the enthuisam of the presenters in the launch nor of how excited other Ytubers so far are on the 2023 models because of fancy colour schemes being new models = new colours/badges. So I wasn't dissapponited with the nothing really to see here. Just typical HD. The Breakout is not a new model and the Road King is certainly an 'icon' but not good enough to earn a 120 aniv badge - go figure! How much more exciting would it have been - a whole lot more, if we saw things like: a 1250 Bronx (stuff a 975), a 1250 Nightster (now that would be a new model), a 499c Pan America (HD is using the Beneli 500cc in Asia, why not in a light weight adventure bike? A 975cc Pan America will be a challenge to get the weight down), and wait for it, a RevMax powered Road King. The last mentioned would need the usual HD progaganda so that folks know that moving forward the M8 motor will still being offerred in the touring range - just that folks will have an option to for air/oil or water cooled to ensure M8 sales in 2023/24 are not compromosied. The Triglide getting a faring is certainly a new model but hey, it's not a motorcycle.
I bought a Benelli 500 for my son. Brilliant bike, well made, solid. Not right for Harley though. Now if they had a 500cc rev max engine, sticking with the V twin, limited to 35kW (UK licence restrictions) then my son as a youngish rider would take that and get into the Harley fold. HD need to make better use of the 1250 and 975 engines in a variety of configurations, affordable of course, to make then suit a wider range of customers, not just those that can afford vast amounts for the other models in the range.
A 120th anniversary Road King what the hell I gess Harley Davidson dosen't care about the working man anymore to me the Road king is the working man's touring bike.
Ladies & gentlemen, Harley is NOT marketing to chronic welfare recipients. Harley is marketing their bikes as premium bikes. Why would Mercedes offer a lowball car? They will NOT & neither will Harley offer a lowball bike. Please get those ides out of your head. As for mid year releases, I’m still hoping for a Road King ST. Lastly, kudos to HD in their 2023 launch event, for NOT trotting out a bunch of Hollywood types, rappers, athletes, politicians, etc. telling us what bikes we should like and buy. I think the core HD customer can figure out what bike appeals to them without some so called celebrity telling us what to think.
@@mldiode With all due respect, if you get what I'm saying, there is no "but." We may agree HD needs a younger customer base but they will have to buy into HD in the used marketplace and work up to a new bike purchase. When I was young, I thought having a loaded Cadillac El Dorado would be nice but I could only afford a Ford Falcon so...that's what I bought.
I don't know by what I have seen with Zeitz and his team, I do not think he is fit for the job, and does not understand the brand enough. All new bikes with the exception of the Low Rider ST and Nightster come from the previous management. By what we have seen in the last two years it seems like HD is going nowhere with the current management.
Anniversary bikes are very pretty in my mind. But that's it? I'm pretty sure someone has been painting motorcycles since about 1900. Nothing new except a freewheeler with a fairing? How innovative. $52,000 for a roadglide? No reason to upgrade my 2014 ultra limited this year.
The fact that they didn’t show a road king is a deal breaker. I can finally ride HD off permanently. All those bikes look the same to me. Oh wow you have blacked out chrome how edgy. Maybe back in 2000.
Not impressed at all. Bring back the DYNAS or more models of the M8 chassis. Not everyone is jazzed about the grandpa glides adventure junk or rev sportys
They gotta clean up that revmax engine and make both sides symmetrical if they slap it in a streetbob. Between that and the price, im looking at those Indians more and more.
Just a basic whinge, Nightster has to be the worst name ever created for any motorcycle, not just Harley. Love the anniversary color. Harley has been plagued with horrible color choices for years. Just my opinion.
69,500 dollars is the price of a cvo here in Ireland , that’s price converted from euros , you guys in USA are getting bargains compared to us in Europe
I will personally miss the Road King Classic (Standard). Really glad I got one in 2021… such an amazing ride and versatility for passengers like no other. RIP to a classic.
Totally agree with you Gary. For anyone who was aspiring to owning a new RK Classic may find that the opportunity has been taken away from them. Same goes for the Deluxe (been axed for a year now).
Same here. I was able to grab a 21 myself.
Is the road king standard still available?
@@danthechippie4439 no it’s not.. 2022 was the last year. You can now only get it in the special 114
The Road King standard in the Anniversary color would have been a very nice bike!
Great vid boss. Vids of this type: your’s are the only ones I watch. Well done. No usual drawn out bs that most youtubers do. You cut to the chase with a bit personal opinion 👍🏼
If Harley-Davidson wants to bring in more Riders to the company. They need to bring the prices down where the normal person can afford them
I think their push is to be a premium motorcycle brand. Fortunately the used market has come down a little if you're willing to be on something 5 years old or older.
What constitutes ‘normal’ what price range are you talking about? Harley seems to be on par price wise with other premium brands
Eggs are $10 bucks. Harley is premium!
Matt Laidlaw actually had a video comparing HD pricing over the years. Believe it or not, today’s prices are on par or lower than 20 years ago.(adjusted to inflation) HD isn’t the problem, other than lacking the nuts to innovate. The problem is our government making our currency worthless with overspending/printing.
Nothing wrong with their prices. The new Honda Goldwing tour with airbag is over 32k.
The color and paint schemes on the Anniversary models is exceptional especially the CVO's
You missed the fact they put a 5 gallon tank on the Breakout instead of that tiny 3 gallon previously. HD is just shooting themselves in the foot without an entry level priced bike. The economy is gonna tank and trying to please their shareholders is just gonna tank HD. Great vids and content :)
Harleys start at $13,500 I bought a certified HD sportster for $3,500. That's not expensive IMO.
@@whitewalls4409 what certified for $3500 a 1998?
Love that they bought the breakout back 😍
The CEO said they will be releasing other models throughout the anniversary year, so….. we’ll see. Really think they should keep the Road King.
Are they getting rid of the road king standard?
Bought the 2023 Anniversary Ultra Limited. Love it. It doesn't have the torque of my Goldwing but that's why I didn't replace it. That anniversary heirloom red is stunning in person!
I heard the other CVO'S will start production in June. Most likely 2-3 CVO'S debuted at the anniversary celebration in July.
That makes sense!
CVO Breakout would be good
great observations, HD got some awesome rides but they are fading away from the daily riders. I hope to get me a RG Limited this summer
That CVO Paint tho 🔥 🔥 🔥
Road Glide 3 💪💪💪
Breakout & the bigger tank 💪👍
Nightster looks alot better now the exhaust in the correct place & looking more of a Sportster 👍
The red & gold finish looks💪
Living The F 🤪 KING Dream ❗
Safe travels 🙏♥️🐾🐾
I agree that more bikes with lower MSRP is good for HD. It’s good for the sport in general.
Royal Enfield is stealing the hearts of 50 plus riders wanting our 70s bikes roots...and I tell ya, when you lug around a 700, 800, 900 pound Hatley all day... it would sweet to have something like a RE Classic 350 to hop on for the next day sitting in the garage.
That's the biggest miss I see Harley making... sure we all have more income now later in life to buy the big tourist bikes... but throwbacks sell. Try to buy a 68-72 Chevy pickup.... I could have bought one in high school in the 1980 for 2k done. Today they are 50,60, 80k.
Anyways, I cant tell you the # of hours I've spent looking at the Royal Enfield lineup in the past few years. And I am a LOYAL HD guy - 9 HDs over the past 32 years.... butane, do I wish they would make a sweet little town bike.
I agree the royal Enfield is a creeper
Make plans for the 120th celebration at the H-D museum. Strongly believe more models will be launched that weekend, including an all new offering. Love the red.
Agreed. No real changes. Paint looks great on the Anniversary editions but it’s just paint. Like the upgraded Nightster. Good to see the Breakout redesign. Overall underwhelming launch.
Hi from Poland! Good video. In Europe there’s Sport Glide still available, but no SG and RG 107 and no RG 3.
As I look on the prices, I’m so glad that I bought my SG 2021 in great white pearl colour which got delivered in May last year… BTW your review on this bike was great and important for me. I appreciate your work on YT. Greetings from Poland, Robert.
Paint shop is probably so busy with the anniversary bikes so CVOs will probably be delayed release. In my humble opinion.
That makes sense. The paint on those CVO's has to take a long time with all of that detail.
Love the Vid! Also I am a new rider to Harley. Purchase a Road King Special problem I have outside of my own research not sure how to make mods or what's available?
Other than the inflated prices, I liked pretty much all of it.
The anniversary color is growing on me even thought I'm not a fan of red.
The RG3 and Breakout were the stars of the day.
Not going to lie - I kept thinking it was building up to something that didn’t happen. 120 year color scheme is cool. The Nightster is DOA - too much money for a Honda Rebel. The Breakout being back is cool, but I prefer the FXDR. Totally agree on the tour pack being a miss on the tri glide.
Hope they up Grade The suspension Ride n Handling For 2023 up
I think Fat Bob in a future will be first bike from Softail line up and Touring to get Revolution engine.
Thought they’d do more for the Softails.
Nice video. I am kind of bummed that there is no Electra Glide Standard. I guess it didn’t sell well enough.
Man that breakout is sweet!
Yeah that one should do well especially with the 117!
I too really like the break out and am happy they put a decent tank on it!
You’re video is the first one, that I’ve seen, that confirms my suspicions about the price of that CVO. $52K?!!?
Still no double disc on the Breakout ...
I'd say they want to show more of the wheel. A lot of the appeal of that bike is the looks I think. They did do a 5 gallon tank and taller bars at least. And that 117!
Disappointed that the Road King Standard is really gone! It always seemed to be the Harleyest Harley. At least the Heritage is still there for those looking for classic style…
Agreed man. Some people say it comes back as an Icon bike this year. I think it deserves a proper send off like that.
Glad I got a new Road King standard in 22! Sorry to see it go. Always my favorite Harley
Would've liked to see the Lowrider S T in that anniversary red. But I guess it would look too close to the El Diablo.
Beautiful anniversary color
Seems the changes come the year after the anniversary year. I always wait until the following year to buy a new bike
That's interesting. I want to go back and look at that, could be cool video!
Road Glide anniversary missing
Bummer
Guess I’m keeping the 21
Limited.
Was really hoping for somthing with the roadking
Same dude... this can't be the end.
More CVO models to come there’s only 1500 units of the CVO Road Glide Limited.
I like the white sand perl models. The Street Glide ST is nice, the Low Rider ST has the best performance / price value to me. To bad, that the heritage with the gloss black artillery alu wheel are out of the programm 🤔. What surprise me is the hot rod style white sand perl Freewheeler Trike. That thing fits into my Harley & Hot Rod world 😁🏁
Let me know when they put the Rev Max 1250 in a Road Glide. Time to enter the 21st Century.
So much for offering a bike that the youth entry riders can afford. I guess H-D isn’t interested in this segment. Killing the Sportster just handed that segment to so many other brands.
The MOCO followed its usual release and I now fell better about what I paid for my 2019 CVO S/G $31,000 and it had been sold new 6 months prior when I bought it with 2700 mile on it then they were $42,000 new
Sinceeee you asked 😝haha. 1. Why is the 3RD year of the Same Street Bob Graphics?
2. The Nightster standard looks WAY cooler than last years- BUT its still got too much Plastic.
3. Ok theres a cool Breakout but are they gonna produce enough for more of us to have em?
Other than that I LOVE the Heirloom Anniversary color
Agree with your comment regarding new or updated model ... but I would not like to see the revmax engine on the rest of the lineup (it killed the sports models - where is the chrome). I would like an updated platform for the touring models with new suspension (take it from the Pan Am), new electronics, and a larger better screen (BMW R18B).
They all kind of look like the Lowrider S El Diablo. However back in 2003, the 100 anniversary motorcycles had a few Red colored 100 anniversary motorcycles, besides the silver and black,vivid black, and so on. I also agree, HD should have a entry level motorcycle. For what I heard, the new Sportster has lots of balls, that might be a little too much for a beginner. But I guess HD figures that there's a lot of 883 Sportster motorcycles, Street 750 and 500 available in the used market. Cheers from Austin Texas.
I have a CVO 2022 MSRP 42K That was ridiculous 52 is CRAZY Im guessing the CVO's would have a 120motor becuz of 120 years.......makes sense,...but it will prob stay 117
The road king came out in 94' next year it makes something of a comeback.. that would be 40 years and bikes like that just don't die.....but I'm looking for a street glide now.. the allure of the RK is over for me
Greta share Fam. Not a fan of the red but these bikes do what they do with any color. 🔥🔥
Appreciate you!
Is The Bronx EVER going to happen?
I was hoping to see 120 cu in motor to commemorate their 120th anniversary.
I'll keep my paid-for Harley. I see nothing in the 2023 lineup that I would pay THOSE prices for.
Jeez!
If you're happy with what ya got, no reason to upgrade!
I felt like they rushed the release this year we really didn't get a good look at all of the bikes just seems rushed to me. But the 120 bikes look amazing
The CVO is disappointing, i was hoping to see a 121 or bigger in the CVO but now its just ho hum with a fancy paint, certainly not worth the increase
Disappointed I didn’t see the new Pan America with the 975 Revmax. I would like to see the Revmax on a ultra limited. I have a 2016 ultra limited. Would be a awesome engine for a touring platform bike. Revmax would be great for a Tri Glide.
hard bags for the lowrider s. i got em on order.
I would like to see a reverse in the big bikes
Entry level for us in Australia is Soft tail standed 25k 😳 not going to sell alot of bikes this yea I don't think.
That same bike here in Ireland is 34 k Australia dollars that’s our euro price converted to that😢
Kinda bummed out they didn't do anything for the road king
Harley Davison has a nice anniversary read other other than that I was unimpressed I would say what the new red color is nice
52k for a motorcycle is just nuts in my opinion. I am sure it will sell though. Some people have deep pockets. I see no Pan America 975 this time around , but Harley does bring new models out around Daytona Week. Harley also has new accessory packages. I wonder how they will sell? Last but not least the Bronx fanboys get disappointed again, maybe in the Spring with a 350cc model bike?
I’ll stick with my 04 vrod
I rarely ever say anything negative about Harley because I truly enjoy everything they make and I hope to see them do very well at all times. However, I do believe this launch event was a letdown. The past 2 years were better. The fact they only released one CVO this year was a letdown to me. If you’re a trike fan, maybe this was your year since they are offering 3 types of Trikes now. I was expecting to see and hear about another new bike or two. I do like the color for the anniversary series. It beats most of the other colors I’ve seen in past anniversaries.
At the end of the reveal he said they will have 2 new bikes coming out later this year
Thumbs up to H-D for the new wheel design of the 2023 Nightster Special. But thumbs down to H-D for not including this new wheel spoke pattern on the Softail Standard & Street Bob, and perhaps the Sport Glide as well. The Sportster S is as ugly as sin ... H-D should have just offered a Nightster as a 975 or 1250 and priced them accordingly (a bit like the 883 & 1200 choices of the past). New prices will keep the values of used bikes up, so not good if you're contemplating buying into the brand.
I love Harley-Davidson and I am buying a brand-new bike for 2023 but I'm also 48 years old and have a more stable background with money but everybody knows there's a crash coming and my friends at Fifth Third Bank here in Michigan are telling me that it's going to be worse than 07 of 08 and when that happens there's going to be a lot of companies eating shit and I think Harley-Davidson is going to get kicked in the ass really hard at them kind of prices
Disappointed in release ….That’s along time that’s half summer gone with riding weather waiting on cvo’s to be released
Was anyone else irritated with the eyes during the launch vid? eyes eyes eyes eyes. goodness.
LOL we all noticed that too.
Love new anniversary color.I hope and I will be praying for Harley Davidson never put a revolution Max engine on any of the touring Bike period. That Japan motorcycle sound like is horrible. No doubt they would loose a lot of customer out of that. Me personally I will stick with old bikes, and I get a new bike every two years, that will stop if they do that engine change. hope never happens.
I don’t want to be that guy but there are bikes out there for $13,500 that give you a lot more for your money
The reveal was a little dissapointing... I think i would have liked to have seen more done with the RevMax engine as that is clearly the future. However this has at least made me happy in my recent purchase of a new 22 FXLRS
Where's the Bronx?
I wish I knew.. I'm holding onto hope for a mid year release
Guess we'll see.. not holding my breath.
I'm hoping this is just the tip of the iceberg the only thing that got me excited was the breakout the rest of it meh whatever. I don't know about the revmax in the touring models it seems like it would need more load down torque for those big bikes not high revs 🤷♂️
I'd like to see the new 975 Pan America frame as a full-on sport tourer.
I can't say I like any of the quote-unquote sportsters I'd really like to see them bring that Bronx design out and call it some kind of Sportster.
As far as affordable bikes go I don't think Harley's playing that game anymore they might make some of those 350 or 500 Chinese jobbies but I don't know how they would use those I heard they might be used for training.
Loved the road glide trike wondering if it will be in red for 2023
Comes in black, gray, blue. You can get any of the colors in chrome or black.
2525 All electric !
Was expecting something a bit bigger being 120. Not a fan of any colours. I suppose in real life may be different.
I didn't buy into the lead-up hype nor with the enthuisam of the presenters in the launch nor of how excited other Ytubers so far are on the 2023 models because of fancy colour schemes being new models = new colours/badges. So I wasn't dissapponited with the nothing really to see here. Just typical HD. The Breakout is not a new model and the Road King is certainly an 'icon' but not good enough to earn a 120 aniv badge - go figure! How much more exciting would it have been - a whole lot more, if we saw things like: a 1250 Bronx (stuff a 975), a 1250 Nightster (now that would be a new model), a 499c Pan America (HD is using the Beneli 500cc in Asia, why not in a light weight adventure bike? A 975cc Pan America will be a challenge to get the weight down), and wait for it, a RevMax powered Road King. The last mentioned would need the usual HD progaganda so that folks know that moving forward the M8 motor will still being offerred in the touring range - just that folks will have an option to for air/oil or water cooled to ensure M8 sales in 2023/24 are not compromosied. The Triglide getting a faring is certainly a new model but hey, it's not a motorcycle.
I bought a Benelli 500 for my son. Brilliant bike, well made, solid. Not right for Harley though. Now if they had a 500cc rev max engine, sticking with the V twin, limited to 35kW (UK licence restrictions) then my son as a youngish rider would take that and get into the Harley fold. HD need to make better use of the 1250 and 975 engines in a variety of configurations, affordable of course, to make then suit a wider range of customers, not just those that can afford vast amounts for the other models in the range.
$50,000 for a Harley Davidson?????? No flipping way! What happened to custom colors?????
And the break out gets a larger fuel tank
Still missing the road king! Neither 2023 releases have it any more.
When are we going to get LED lights all around?! FFS Harley.
The launch felt super disappointing!
It was much shorter which isn't a bad thing. Also no celebrities which I liked.
A little late. Those should have happened back in September
A 120th anniversary Road King what the hell I gess Harley Davidson dosen't care about the working man anymore to me the Road king is the working man's touring bike.
More classic color
I would have hoped/expected a 120cc for 120th anniversary. Would have got everyone talking. Instead, kick the can down the road...again
I think the new emblem sucks Prices are out-of-control
Ladies & gentlemen, Harley is NOT marketing to chronic welfare recipients. Harley is marketing their bikes as premium bikes. Why would Mercedes offer a lowball car? They will NOT & neither will Harley offer a lowball bike. Please get those ides out of your head.
As for mid year releases, I’m still hoping for a Road King ST. Lastly, kudos to HD in their 2023 launch event, for NOT trotting out a bunch of Hollywood types, rappers, athletes, politicians, etc. telling us what bikes we should like and buy. I think the core HD customer can figure out what bike appeals to them without some so called celebrity telling us what to think.
Very well said, Cornbread!
I get what your saying but….
Harley needs youth as does the industry so IMHO Harley needs a bike under 10k that appeals to beginner riders.
@@mldiode With all due respect, if you get what I'm saying, there is no "but." We may agree HD needs a younger customer base but they will have to buy into HD in the used marketplace and work up to a new bike purchase. When I was young, I thought having a loaded Cadillac El Dorado would be nice but I could only afford a Ford Falcon so...that's what I bought.
I don't know by what I have seen with Zeitz and his team, I do not think he is fit for the job, and does not understand the brand enough. All new bikes with the exception of the Low Rider ST and Nightster come from the previous management. By what we have seen in the last two years it seems like HD is going nowhere with the current management.
Anniversary bikes are very pretty in my mind. But that's it? I'm pretty sure someone has been painting motorcycles since about 1900. Nothing new except a freewheeler with a fairing? How innovative. $52,000 for a roadglide? No reason to upgrade my 2014 ultra limited this year.
The fact that they didn’t show a road king is a deal breaker. I can finally ride HD off permanently. All those bikes look the same to me. Oh wow you have blacked out chrome how edgy. Maybe back in 2000.
I tried.
I'll get you some good info next year.
Not impressed at all. Bring back the DYNAS or more models of the M8 chassis. Not everyone is jazzed about the grandpa glides adventure junk or rev sportys
They gotta clean up that revmax engine and make both sides symmetrical if they slap it in a streetbob. Between that and the price, im looking at those Indians more and more.
They aren't giving those Indians away either.
@@MotoDave-ue6dd Certainly better looking scout and price in comparison.
@@That90sKid that's a matter of personal opinion.
What a let down. Paint jobs?!
Where’s the Bronx? Take a risk HD! Please!
Road Glide 3 🤔…..okay 🤷🏻♂️
Yeah I'd love to hear that one explained a little more. haha
@@throttleblip9854 🤣👍🏻
Just a basic whinge, Nightster has to be the worst name ever created for any motorcycle, not just Harley. Love the anniversary color. Harley has been plagued with horrible color choices for years. Just my opinion.
The 80's called, they want their gold trim and pinstriping back. A 240 rear end what is this 2006? Harley has lost the plot, what a disappointment.
Very disappointing
Disappointed.
I will stay with my 2020 rks
i hope they dont try to put a rev max in a touring bike.
The cvo's at $52k is hilariously comically bad. I guess some ppl will buy them for sure, but for $52k other brands offer more at $32k just saying...
69,500 dollars is the price of a cvo here in Ireland , that’s price converted from euros , you guys in USA are getting bargains compared to us in Europe