Most dealers can (and most do) sell the CVO models (especially the baggers) for well above MSRP. Usually, at least in my area around 4k above MSRP. The logic is that they only get a small number of them and on the CVOs there are almost always most customers willing to spend that cash than there are bikes to sell. Even in this economy, every CVO model we got into the dealership I work at was spoken for before the cratte was taken off the truck.

Getting a dealer to send a CVO bike to your dealer is unlikely. When another dealer trades to your dealer they do so at invoice, they don't get the additional mark-up. It happens but it it is rare for a dealer to send a CVO to another dealer. I wouldn't be surprised if your dealer called the other dealers and they told them they wouldn't send them their CVO models regardless of whether or not they had a deposit on them or not. Your best bet would be to contact those dealers directly (or any others in a reasonable distance) and see if they don't suddenly have one available to sell to you.

 

When I worked at the Ford plant they had a Limited Edition Gran Torino. We made as many as people who wanted to pay for them! Just a different/more powerful/shinier piece here and there, and a chrome LE badge. Again, no big deal. 'Limited' just meant there weren't quite as many as the regular production model. We didn't get to a certain number and quit making them if we had an order!!! Good grief!

 

now don't be questioning harley's (even though flawed) business practices........people will jump all over you in here for doing that.
Ask me how I know.......

 

Unfortunatley for the people that want them, with H-D limited actually means there is a limited number of them. I don't have the numbers for 2010. I did find the numbers (worldwide, not just domestic) for some of the 09 CVOs:

Softail Springer 2500 units
Fat Bob 2450 units
Ultra 4200 units
Road Glide 3000 units

 

just spend the 26K on t-shirts and fingerless gloves

 

The New MOCO Business Strategy:
1) Sell all the Chrome Do dads and Clothing we can.
2) Since we glutted the market for the last 5 or so years with bikes, we'll just cut back on those and ship em to India instead........................................... ........

 

I paid over 32K for a 2010 Harley and didn't even get a T shirt! Same deal, no bike on the floor and had to run through 4 or 5 dealers!

I believe they will have to rethink their sales procedure before this recession is over!

 

Aren't ALL 09's limited to a certain number of units? They make a certain number then start making the 2010's!! If they can sell more of a certain bike why the hell don't they? It's not like its a limited run Ansel Adams print or something!!!

 

I hate to sound like a smart ***, but don't you remember the 80s and early 90s when buying every Harley was like that? You didn't get one if you didn't order it a year in advance and they ALL were limited. Those were the glory days for Harley AND Harley owners. I wish it was like that yet, all our bikes would be worth what they used to be.

 

Yes, but the regular models are limited by demand. They have projected numbers they start with but they can adjust it as needed. If for some reason (not that it has happened in the last couple years) depends shoots up around March they can make as many as they want until it's time for the next years model. With the CVOs they limit the production run to a specific number when the model is introduced. It's actually more restricting than limited edition art prints. I worked for Wyland back in the early 90's and if a particular image sold out, they would release in a different media. For example as soon as a lithograph was about to sell out, they would introduce the same image in another limited edition in a cibachrome or other medium.