I also heard the dealers were getting a lot fewer bikes than they had expected this year. My local guy called me up knowing that I was planing a trade this year and gave me a heads up. He also said they sold more bikes this March and April than any other he could recall.

 

Hmm...so the dealer wouldn't do a statewide search for you? I don't have much 'new bike' experience but you'd think they'd find what you want and have it delivered to their store for purchase. Of course, If I were a dealer, I'd definitely expect a downpayment before getting said bike shipped store to store.

I'm sure there is competition between dealers but if they work together, don't they all win? I just sounded like a freakin liberal. lol

 

I don't want this dealer to take a bad rap for a misunderstanding of my post - they DID offer to search for me, no problems with that. OG has always been fair and open. They even stated that a $1K down payment would be required before they would transfer the bike in.

My objective in posting was to see if others were experiencing a depletion in inventory - not to knock this dealer.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

 

plenty of bikes at the dealers in PA

 

My dealer got in 75 last week.

 

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My objective in the post was to see if dealers were selling out their allocations elsewhere..[/QUOTE]

Seems to be "spotty" the MOCO has cut production,and many dealerships are either closed, closing, or in danger of closing. I don't know how MOCO figures the quantity of models to produce.
I think it's likely we'll see "shortages" of various models in the next few years.

 

Lower production numbers would be good because then wouldn't the bikes themselves hold better resale value? A production run of say 5,000 1200 sportsters would hold better resale value than say a production run of 30,000. I'm no economist but I certainly understand that concept.

 

plenty of bikes here too but they are living in the past HD days and charging MSRP+ and used bikes are at a premo price.

I guess al these DR, lawyer types have money to burn.

I keep looking for a good used bike..