In this video I'll show you the new 2024 Harley Davidson Hydra Glide Icon model. www.ridelikeap... www.motorcycle... www.tabperform... @harleydavidson
They still have the standard 2024 Road King in a wide variety of colors with standard 114, ABS, Cornering ABS Traction control and more for about 22K it's called the R/K police model.
It’s a nice bike but I think it’s missing the wow factor, like the Electra Glide Revival and Highway King. They could have put the tombstone or beehive tail light on it, and also had it in a teal colour. I feel like we had enough red bikes last year with the anniversary models.
Very nostalgic for sure. Wishing I was going to Daytona, but will have to live vicariously thru watching your videos. Hope you get to ride this one. Still like your blue one. 💙
This bike isn't going to ride any different than a base Heritage Softail 114, which BTW ride very well. The only difference is there's a crash bar added to the front. Although built on a touring frame, lasy year's Electra Glide Highway King had substantial differences than a base Road King which would make a difference in the ride.
Correct. And they aren't retro bikes, bacause H-D has always sold at least one model every year with this form of styling since the Hydra-Glide and Duo-Glides. Just Google images of any year H-D you like.
@@splodge5714 it's not really much more expensive than a base Heritage with two tone paint. The additinal $1650 adds a crash bar, a custom tinted windscreen, the custom solo seat, special paint scheme and badges, farkled out saddlebags, and a different air filter.
Agree 100 per cent jerry, whitewalls would make this bike ! , i would expect it as standard for the price tag. Hate the single filler petrol cap ,it upsets the beautiful symmetry of the tank, even a false one on the left side would look better. When the Heritage Softail came out in the mid 80s, it was a revelation, myself and other riders sold our Shovelhead Electra Glides to get the new Heritage , and then spent a 'shed' load of money customising them to look like 50s Hydra Glides, 2 into 1 fishtail exhausts, vintage tank badges, whitewalls, two tone screen , buddy seats etc. This bike looks good and no doubt will be flying off the showroom floor.
Why would Harley limit production on a classic bike, priced reasonably by Harley standards, that would likely sell very well? White walls would work very well on that bike, no doubt.
They do limited production bikes for Franklin Mint Syndrome, and because they really don't know how the market will be. If it sells hot enough, they will do another run of a similar setup (but enough different to keep from angering the people who bought the original limited edition), but they don't want to be stuck with a bunch of them if they don't sell.
I would love to see the hydro glide as a standard model, not a limited production, since the removed the base road king (yes I know about the police version, but it is a pain to get, particularly if you are not in the USA), and I really dislike the panniers and plastic studs of the heritage classic.
I have been saying for years they need to do a retro Harley line where they just use S&S Panhead & Knucklehead engines on REAL rigid frames with slightly larger tube frames they used back then since the used to crack after so many miles.
As much as I love it, unless you're rich, I wouldn't hurry to buy one. You'll just pay more than it's worth. Example - the Revival was selling for almost 40k at it's peak and now you can find them for 25K. My dealership had a used one, mint with about 1500 miles and it was sitting there for months. Finally sold for 24k.
Yeah it would look better if it had the wide white bordered tires. I was just looking at the promo for this bike. I love it... did you get to ride it? How did it perform?
The demographic for HD buyers is getting older, especially those who would be able to buy a new one. For every guy who wants a hard tail with the Schwinn Cruiser seat, there will be ten times as many whose backs just aren't what they used to be . . .
@@SoloPilot6 swingarm, I wasn't implying a ridged frame. Although, I still have/ride an outlaw Panhead. At almost 60 years old, it doesn't get a bunch of miles on it. Owned a Road King of some type, for 25 years, my daily rider.
The dealers will essentially rob people selling over MSRP. I've owned a few and I'm done. I don't give a shit what they harken back too. The company and dealers are catering to Doctors, Lawyers and Dentists with their exorbitant prices. The new sportsters and PanAm are plagued with electrical issues and quite frankly the sportster is ugly. As much as I like the bikes I don't like the company and dealers who usually fall under the mega dealers. The small family dealers are almost gone. Absolutely ridiculous they offer financing for up to 8 years. You'd be a desperate fool to even consider it and be so upside down it would be ridiculous.
The dealers will never force anyone to buy this bike. If they put a gun to your head and forced you to buy a product you don't want or need, that would be robbery. (see Obamacare) H.D. motorcycles are less expensive in 2024 than they were 20 or 30 years ago. And, H.D. prices are right in line with all other motorcycles in the heavyweight market like Indian, BMW, and Honda Goldwings. Watch this link ruclips.net/video/fj0-BKhvWnI/видео.html
I love the look, but that's all it is. It's all cosmetic. Behind the looks it's nothing but a smooth, quiet, computer on wheels. And TUBE TYPE wheels at that. The ONE thing they actually needed to change was go with TUBELESS tires. And YES, you can make wire spoke wheels for tubeless tires. Honda did it in 1986 for the Rebel 450. All that computer TRASH ain't gonna help you one little bit when you get a flat on those tube type tires.
@motorman857 I am looking into buying a 2021 street bob with 5k miles on it. Can I send you my price sheet they gave me? Also if I can, can you help me make sure this is the best deal or is a great deal I am getting? Please and thank you!
Here's how YOU can figure out whether or not you're getting a good deal. Go to NADA used motorcycle values, and see what the retail value of the 2021 Street Bob should be. Take that amount and add tax and title fees in your area, to NADA retail value. Compare that figure to what the dealers out the door figure is. Do that, and YOU will be an informed buyer who can't get ripped off.
Actually, the biggest growing segment for H.D. is the 30-55 age group. So plenty of young people ARE in fact, buying Harley Davidsons. But I'm sure you know more than the people in marketing at H.D. No, seriously, I'm sure you're an expert on the matter.
@@guins99Nah, I'm just amused that Harley owners are so thrilled when HD comes out with a copy of a bike they made over half a century ago decades ago, while every other manufacturer is always trying to come out with new models. You're more than welcome to your bike, the same way the Amish are welcome to ride horse-drawn buggies. If you like it, I'm all for that. But it doesn't mean that I can't laugh about "BREAKING NEWS!" being that they are going back to the Eisenhower Administration.
The thing i love about the Icon bikes is they have the cool style of past bikes, but with more modern performance and maintenance levels. This sounds like the old canard, "yesterdays technology at tomorrow's prices". I did a quick search and found 20 '56, '57 Panheads for sale and 5 of them had a bigger price than this Icon. 😊
Yes we Harley fans love old Harleys. But I believe some of the most popular models fromTriumph, Honda, Kawasaki, Ducati, BMW and Yamaha use styling from past models combined with updated tech to get there fans excited too.
HD is just throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks at his point. Not all that shit sticks though; some of it slides to floor and gets trampled underneath overpriced Officially Licensed boots. The ICON bikes are the result of the stinky poo they found on the floor. 😎
I wouldn't waste my money on one of these glorified money pits, not when I own an ACTUAL PANHEAD, one that I can easily repair on the side of the should it break down (which in all of the years that I've owned it, it's only had two). The first time the broken part was my transmission case, it fractured at the casting seam after a little more than 30 years of doing the Pan thing of happily vibrating down the road. This turned into motor-hiking for about 13 miles across New Mexico while heading for Albuquerque. And the second time, the generator drive gear had come off of the generator armature shaft, which was actually my fault because I'd gotten in too much of a damned hurry & didn't put any Loc-Tite on the nut. But I'd rather suffer through turning wrenches in a hot desert sun on my bikes than deal with computer glitches or software meltdowns, then having to deal with snotty, arrogant, dealership squids WHO KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT MOTORCYCLES!!
If they made an exact copy of the 50's model, they couldn't sell it. It would not pass emissions standards, the brakes would suck, it would have no power, and no one would buy it. Easy to understand. That's why Dodge didn't make an exact copy of the 70 Challenger. It wouldn't pass emissions, the brakes were terrible and it didn't handle very well. So they made a modern version that has sold very well for 15 years. When you grow up, you'll understand more about how business works. And the limitations and regulations placed by the government.
@LtJackboot Who's adding the $5k to the list? It that a dealer website? More power to them if they can get it. I'd get a Road King special for that money, but meanwhile I couldn't part with my Road King and all that chrome. I'm making my own Icon 😅
@@motorman857 thank you for this analogy, I use it often when people bitch about new H-D prices. Harley has never been a cheap motorcycle. But when you factor for inflation their prices have remained about the same for decades, if not some models being a little less expensive today than in the past.
@@MarkPalmer1000 From 1995 or so, to 2008 the demand was quite a bit more than the supply. Of course, dealers took advantage and charged 5K to 8K over list for big twin models. Some dealers wouldn't sell you a new Harley for any price unless you had a Harley to trade in. A dealer in Clearwater FL. charged 1200 dollars just to put your name on a list and said you had to take whatever color came in or you'd lose the 1200 bucks. And that 1200 didn't go towards the price of the bike. Once your bike came in you'd have to spend 1500 bucks in accessories or they wouldn't sell you the bike. Taking that into consideration, the 2024 bikes are thousands less than the past 25-30 years.
Of all the Icon models, this one to me is the best.............. By far!! But I'm a little partial to the 50s look. It reminds me of my Daddy's generation of motorcycles. When men were MEN. Nice job Harley Davidson. Great vid Jerry
In the last few weeks they can come out with updated touring bikes with a 12inch state of the art info screen. And in the last few years the high-tech Revmax bikes, I think it's ok and even smart they throw us "vintage" riders a bone once in a while.😊
I thought the whole point of Harley coming out with the Heritage in the eighties was that they looked like a HydraGlide? In fact, I remember some great two tone retro paint jobs. And remember when you could send in your tins to Harley to be painted with early model paint jobs? All good...but this one needs soft leather bags to really look like a HydraGlide.
H-D never stopped making bikes in this basic style, they just changed the names around as the engines and other technology changed over the decades. The latest rendition of the "Heritage" came out in 2018. More are waking up to see that there are other equally cool bikes from H-D rather than the latest trendy touring models.
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I wish they never discontinued the Road King (FLHR).
They still have the standard 2024 Road King in a wide variety of colors with standard 114, ABS, Cornering ABS Traction control and more for about 22K it's called the R/K police model.
can you find this model on the HD site?
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@@motorman857 Can a civilian buy a new 2024 Road King Police model? Is it a special order?
I have a 2018 RK, it truly is a road king out on the road
@@jeffboyd3391 yeah, I have a 2019. They’re gone from the Harley lineup.
I just love old school, my ride is a 06 883 sportster. Also a 72 Volkswagen Beetle all original as was from factory. Just like simple no bs.
I would stick whitewalls on it too, but I really wish it had a 2 into 1 old style exhaust. That would really give it the panhead look.
It’s a nice bike but I think it’s missing the wow factor, like the Electra Glide Revival and Highway King. They could have put the tombstone or beehive tail light on it, and also had it in a teal colour. I feel like we had enough red bikes last year with the anniversary models.
Agree. The only thing I like better about this bike than my Highway King is the seat height. Other than that, I’ll take my Highway King over this.
I bought a Hydra-Glide and love it! Saying that, if it was real teal and birch white? That would be perfect!
Very nostalgic for sure. Wishing I was going to Daytona, but will have to live vicariously thru watching your videos. Hope you get to ride this one. Still like your blue one. 💙
This bike isn't going to ride any different than a base Heritage Softail 114, which BTW ride very well. The only difference is there's a crash bar added to the front. Although built on a touring frame, lasy year's Electra Glide Highway King had substantial differences than a base Road King which would make a difference in the ride.
That good old classic look!!
Correct. And they aren't retro bikes, bacause H-D has always sold at least one model every year with this form of styling since the Hydra-Glide and Duo-Glides. Just Google images of any year H-D you like.
The tassles on the bags look too much like indian but you are right whitewalls would make it pop.
I just bought my Hydro-Glide. It came with the wide white walls. Wish I could send you a pic of it. A++++
Just new paint and cute little studs on the bags.
That's what I saw too.
and a big price tag.
If the price is too high, they won't sell. If people are willing to pay the price and in many cases, above MSRP, then Harley priced them too low.
exactlyThe original had a 2 up seat that you could ride a passenger they cheap out and only put a solo seat
@@splodge5714 it's not really much more expensive than a base Heritage with two tone paint. The additinal $1650 adds a crash bar, a custom tinted windscreen, the custom solo seat, special paint scheme and badges, farkled out saddlebags, and a different air filter.
Beautiful. Love retro styled bikes.
$2500 up charge for different paint, different stuff on seat & saddlebags. Not for me but they will sell.
Agree 100 per cent jerry, whitewalls would make this bike ! , i would expect it as standard for the price tag. Hate the single filler petrol cap ,it upsets the beautiful symmetry of the tank, even
a false one on the left side would look better.
When the Heritage Softail came out in the mid 80s, it was a revelation, myself and other riders sold our Shovelhead Electra Glides to get the new Heritage ,
and then spent a 'shed' load of money customising them to look like 50s Hydra Glides, 2 into 1 fishtail exhausts, vintage tank badges, whitewalls, two tone screen , buddy seats etc.
This bike looks good and no doubt will be flying off the showroom floor.
Why would Harley limit production on a classic bike, priced reasonably by Harley standards, that would likely sell very well? White walls would work very well on that bike, no doubt.
People don't want that style, they want the blacked out, hard guy, bikes.
@@darkiee69 I certainly would want it.
@@phiberoptik232 I'd prefer that over the gray bikes they have now.
They do limited production bikes for Franklin Mint Syndrome, and because they really don't know how the market will be. If it sells hot enough, they will do another run of a similar setup (but enough different to keep from angering the people who bought the original limited edition), but they don't want to be stuck with a bunch of them if they don't sell.
It's nothing but a Heritage that's a wannabe icon. All you're doing is looking through the side of the punch bowl at the actual turd.
I would love to see the hydro glide as a standard model, not a limited production, since the removed the base road king (yes I know about the police version, but it is a pain to get, particularly if you are not in the USA), and I really dislike the panniers and plastic studs of the heritage classic.
As someone who owns a 2017 heritage, I like that they are bringing back the look. Having said that, I also love the ‘24 road and street glides.
Thank you Jerry! Nothing about a new Panamera or a not too heavy scrambler? A little unusual for HD, but who knows...
You know what Jerry I seen that yesterday in the email and to be honest if I could buy a 24 model it would be that. I absolutely love this bike
Don't take this the wrong way,
But you're the best advertisement
the Motor Company can have.
Well done Jerry, keep it up.
That hydroglide looks really cool 😎 but I would like a black one. Yes agree it needs the whitewalls. Luv the Elvis pic and bike 🏍.
I have been saying for years they need to do a retro Harley line where they just use S&S Panhead & Knucklehead engines on REAL rigid frames with slightly larger tube frames they used back then since the used to crack after so many miles.
Beautiful machine,love the,old style,harley davidsons,sheer class,best wishes to you Jerry,and family,regards mike,United Kingdom, softail, deluxe, owner
Great looking bike! Only wish the pipes were different - two out the back with fish tips!
nice bike but your right no wide white walls. that would have made it really loook good
Beautiful bike!
Thanks for sharing with us pal.
As much as I love it, unless you're rich, I wouldn't hurry to buy one. You'll just pay more than it's worth. Example - the Revival was selling for almost 40k at it's peak and now you can find them for 25K. My dealership had a used one, mint with about 1500 miles and it was sitting there for months. Finally sold for 24k.
I like. I like to get back to classic, I don't like blacked black
All that's missing is the "kick start" peddle.
I’m going tomorrow to the dealership long branch nj got one in today
Thank you for the video beautiful bike as they used to be on the good old days 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍
Really just a Heritage with special farkle treatments, but it works and the price isn't absurdly above that of a Heritage.
That's exactly what all the H.D. Icon models are. A modern interpretation of a classic Iconic Harley.
Have fun at the races.
Its even better looking in person
...agree, it's missing the white walls ✌👍
Damn that looks really old school.
It's a lovely Harley-Davidson for sure!
Hopefully I’ll see you in Daytona. That bike is nice, but not my style.
That’s a beautiful and classic looking bike.
Yeah it would look better if it had the wide white bordered tires. I was just looking at the promo for this bike. I love it... did you get to ride it? How did it perform?
I didn't ride it as I said in the video because it was already sold. But it will ride just like a standard Heritage.
Wow that looks great!
Nice Harley!
i like this one nice job on it, except it dose need whide white walls that will really dress it up nice
Don't like the look, bring back the Road Kind Standard .
Great review so so right about the white walls
You have great videos!
Beautiful bike .
Looks great 👍💪🔥🐐
Awesome looking bike! Can you get it with an Evo engine?
Just add a black version and a turquoise version please.
I have a 2021 Electra Glide revival, When I replace the tires, they will be with Blackwall tires. I don't like the white wall tires.
BLASPHEMY! DON'T DO IT! YOU'LL RUIN THE ENTIRE LOOK. I'll call the police if you do that.
The beard is looking good Jerry. But the tires on this new Icon, not only are they not whitewalls, they seem a little bit too low profile.
I like it without the wide whitewalls. 25K isn't horrible for an icon, BUT every dealer will add a 10K markup.
B.S.
i wish i could.
Very cool
Looks like a dolled up version of my old Deluxe. FLSTN
and yes my dealer put white walls on mine
Looks like a Road King.
I've never seen a road king with that oil tank😂 or on a softail frame
But it's on a softail chassis. No, thanks. Definitely, a cool machine.
and 43mm monobloc shock instead of the 56mm monobloc on the heritage. Awesome bike. But a good day cruiser at best.
@@Diego-Delgado Bronson traveled the country on a 1969 Sportster. So there's that. ruclips.net/video/DIjJB9qVORc/видео.html
I've done 49 states , over 98,000 miles on my 95 Hertiage. Nothing wrong with a softail chassis.
The demographic for HD buyers is getting older, especially those who would be able to buy a new one. For every guy who wants a hard tail with the Schwinn Cruiser seat, there will be ten times as many whose backs just aren't what they used to be . . .
@@SoloPilot6 swingarm, I wasn't implying a ridged frame. Although, I still have/ride an outlaw Panhead. At almost 60 years old, it doesn't get a bunch of miles on it. Owned a Road King of some type, for 25 years, my daily rider.
Cool looking bike
I always was ahead of the times,
Is it built on the Softail chassis or the Touring chassis? Good looking bike.
Softail. I showed that in the above video you didn't watch.😒
@@motorman857 I watched it. Guess I missed it. Thanks for the video.
For me that's more of a Duo Glide than a Hydra glide. The Hydra was a smaller, hard tail, bike.
The dealers will essentially rob people selling over MSRP. I've owned a few and I'm done. I don't give a shit what they harken back too. The company and dealers are catering to Doctors, Lawyers and Dentists with their exorbitant prices. The new sportsters and PanAm are plagued with electrical issues and quite frankly the sportster is ugly. As much as I like the bikes I don't like the company and dealers who usually fall under the mega dealers. The small family dealers are almost gone. Absolutely ridiculous they offer financing for up to 8 years. You'd be a desperate fool to even consider it and be so upside down it would be ridiculous.
The dealers will never force anyone to buy this bike. If they put a gun to your head and forced you to buy a product you don't want or need, that would be robbery. (see Obamacare) H.D. motorcycles are less expensive in 2024 than they were 20 or 30 years ago. And, H.D. prices are right in line with all other motorcycles in the heavyweight market like Indian, BMW, and Honda Goldwings. Watch this link ruclips.net/video/fj0-BKhvWnI/видео.html
I love the look, but that's all it is. It's all cosmetic. Behind the looks it's nothing but a smooth, quiet, computer on wheels. And TUBE TYPE wheels at that. The ONE thing they actually needed to change was go with TUBELESS tires. And YES, you can make wire spoke wheels for tubeless tires. Honda did it in 1986 for the Rebel 450. All that computer TRASH ain't gonna help you one little bit when you get a flat on those tube type tires.
Pretty expensive for a heritage classic
How much $$$
Nice bike.
Not a fan of red.
Personal preference.
100K at HD in Chicago.
100 MILLION in Hoboken. No, seriously....
@@motorman857 Jerry it’s crazy. Wish I could show you the picture I took. It’s ridiculous.
@motorman857
I am looking into buying a 2021 street bob with 5k miles on it. Can I send you my price sheet they gave me? Also if I can, can you help me make sure this is the best deal or is a great deal I am getting?
Please and thank you!
Here's how YOU can figure out whether or not you're getting a good deal. Go to NADA used motorcycle values, and see what the retail value of the 2021 Street Bob should be. Take that amount and add tax and title fees in your area, to NADA retail value. Compare that figure to what the dealers out the door figure is. Do that, and YOU will be an informed buyer who can't get ripped off.
@@motorman857 thank you so much!
Beauty
Same old, same old. No wonder young people don’t want these dinosaurs.
Actually, the biggest growing segment for H.D. is the 30-55 age group. So plenty of young people ARE in fact, buying Harley Davidsons. But I'm sure you know more than the people in marketing at H.D. No, seriously, I'm sure you're an expert on the matter.
Nostalgia museum classic collectors parade grandfathers
Is that a group of words trying to form a sentence?
What would be the MSRP?
In 2024 dollars?
@@SoloPilot6 You can buy an original for the same 2024 dollars. Just sayin'. 😎
As I said in the video, 25K.
Still prefer my Indian Vintage.
HD: Yesterday's Technology Tomorrow!
I have 2 HDs and I’m happy with the level of tech. Not sure what you need in technology on your bike. I’m guessing you just want to whine.
@@guins99Nah, I'm just amused that Harley owners are so thrilled when HD comes out with a copy of a bike they made over half a century ago decades ago, while every other manufacturer is always trying to come out with new models.
You're more than welcome to your bike, the same way the Amish are welcome to ride horse-drawn buggies. If you like it, I'm all for that. But it doesn't mean that I can't laugh about "BREAKING NEWS!" being that they are going back to the Eisenhower Administration.
The thing i love about the Icon bikes is they have the cool style of past bikes, but with more modern performance and maintenance levels. This sounds like the old canard, "yesterdays technology at tomorrow's prices". I did a quick search and found 20 '56, '57 Panheads for sale and 5 of them had a bigger price than this Icon. 😊
Yes we Harley fans love old Harleys. But I believe some of the most popular models fromTriumph, Honda, Kawasaki, Ducati, BMW and Yamaha use styling from past models combined with updated tech to get there fans excited too.
HD is just throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks at his point. Not all that shit sticks though; some of it slides to floor and gets trampled underneath overpriced Officially Licensed boots. The ICON bikes are the result of the stinky poo they found on the floor. 😎
Elvises bike had Fish tails
And a slew of other accessories. This bike has similar styling to the 1950's Hydra Glide. It wasn't made as a replica of Elvis's 56 bike.
Any Harley that's fuel injected is not a real Harley
Yea, and if it has and electric starter and more than one drum brake, it's not a real Harley.🤣
My least favorite Hydra paint job, maybe?
Damn! I told them to check with @vics8873 before the bike went into production. If only they'd have listened.😁
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I hate to say this. But it looks like a early 2000s V-star
I'm pretty sure the V-Star and all the Japanese cruisers were made to look like H.D.'s.
Looks like a Indian
I wouldn't waste my money on one of these glorified money pits, not when I own an ACTUAL PANHEAD, one that I can easily repair on the side of the should it break down (which in all of the years that I've owned it, it's only had two).
The first time the broken part was my transmission case, it fractured at the casting seam after a little more than 30 years of doing the Pan thing of happily vibrating down the road. This turned into motor-hiking for about 13 miles across New Mexico while heading for Albuquerque.
And the second time, the generator drive gear had come off of the generator armature shaft, which was actually my fault because I'd gotten in too much of a damned hurry & didn't put any Loc-Tite on the nut.
But I'd rather suffer through turning wrenches in a hot desert sun on my bikes than deal with computer glitches or software meltdowns, then having to deal with snotty, arrogant, dealership squids WHO KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT MOTORCYCLES!!
It's nothing like the 50s model oh they did copy a badge
If they made an exact copy of the 50's model, they couldn't sell it. It would not pass emissions standards, the brakes would suck, it would have no power, and no one would buy it. Easy to understand. That's why Dodge didn't make an exact copy of the 70 Challenger. It wouldn't pass emissions, the brakes were terrible and it didn't handle very well. So they made a modern version that has sold very well for 15 years. When you grow up, you'll understand more about how business works. And the limitations and regulations placed by the government.
I don't need to know how business works harley spokesman and I am grown asshole you harley people just can't stand an opinion
I own a '99 Heritage Springer. She rides like a dream.
Beautiful bike
Wow! That's got more leather and studs than a Pride parade!
😀😃😄
There is nothing wrong with Pride parades. 😎🌈
😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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That is nice now put the 1957 price tag on it.
Website says they start at $30,000
Ain't met a scoot yet worth that to me.
@LtJackboot Who's adding the $5k to the list? It that a dealer website? More power to them if they can get it. I'd get a Road King special for that money, but meanwhile I couldn't part with my Road King and all that chrome. I'm making my own Icon 😅
They did. Check out what a 57 Hydra Glide cost in 1957 dollars and account for 2024 dollars. 3K IN 1957 is 33,927 dollars today.
@@motorman857 thank you for this analogy, I use it often when people bitch about new H-D prices. Harley has never been a cheap motorcycle. But when you factor for inflation their prices have remained about the same for decades, if not some models being a little less expensive today than in the past.
@@MarkPalmer1000 From 1995 or so, to 2008 the demand was quite a bit more than the supply. Of course, dealers took advantage and charged 5K to 8K over list for big twin models. Some dealers wouldn't sell you a new Harley for any price unless you had a Harley to trade in. A dealer in Clearwater FL. charged 1200 dollars just to put your name on a list and said you had to take whatever color came in or you'd lose the 1200 bucks. And that 1200 didn't go towards the price of the bike. Once your bike came in you'd have to spend 1500 bucks in accessories or they wouldn't sell you the bike. Taking that into consideration, the 2024 bikes are thousands less than the past 25-30 years.
It looks a lot like my 2006 softail deluxe, I just need to add studds to everything
Could've just kept the Deluxe.
Minus the new star trek style blinkers the last few years😉
Yes,i agree, needs white walls,to finish the nostalgic, appearance,regards mike,United Kingdom
Of all the Icon models, this one to me is the best.............. By far!! But I'm a little partial to the 50s look. It reminds me of my Daddy's generation of motorcycles. When men were MEN. Nice job Harley Davidson. Great vid Jerry
Thanks for sharing that is a beautiful bike i agree the White walls would have topped it off . take care have fun at the rally
Blue would have been Exponentially Better. My opinion.
Instant collector’s item
Gotta have the white wall tires to complete the look!
Its official, Harley is all out of ideas.
Nah, it's more like the guys who buy Harleys don't WANT new ideas -- and this has been proven several times over the past few decades.
In the last few weeks they can come out with updated touring bikes with a 12inch state of the art info screen. And in the last few years the high-tech Revmax bikes, I think it's ok and even smart they throw us "vintage" riders a bone once in a while.😊
@@sportyonetaubert5923 you're right. I rescind my above comment.
@@sportyonetaubert5923 If they can get Harley guys to accept the electronics, that might let them bring out new models. We'll have to watch that.
Beautiful bike. You didn't mention the motor they're putting in it. I assume it will be a 114 or 117?
114
That's pretty! They have a winner there.
I thought the whole point of Harley coming out with the Heritage in the eighties was that they looked like a HydraGlide? In fact, I remember some great two tone retro paint jobs. And remember when you could send in your tins to Harley to be painted with early model paint jobs? All good...but this one needs soft leather bags to really look like a HydraGlide.
1986 if I remember right.
@@atcjoe1600 Yes. In fact, when I first saw one back then, I thought it was a HydraGlide. That front fork, headlight design is my favorite.
H-D never stopped making bikes in this basic style, they just changed the names around as the engines and other technology changed over the decades. The latest rendition of the "Heritage" came out in 2018. More are waking up to see that there are other equally cool bikes from H-D rather than the latest trendy touring models.
Did you buy one already, Jerry lol😂😂😂
No.
Not much into "red," but looks great...