Hi folks,

I outgrew my Sportster and thought about upgrading in size and comfort. I fell in love with the road king classic, mainly because of the leather bags. Sadly, they are not sold in the US for whatever reason.

I found a nice one at my local dealer (2012 with 2900miles for 19k) but I´m afraid this one will be gone by the time I have the money to pay for it. Craigslist also doesn't list a lot of RKCs in my area. I don't know if changing the saddle bags is possible but either way, it would add 1k to the overall costs which seems unnecessary. How do you guys get your RKCs? Hope to find a used one or consider an import? No idea how much that would cost tho.

Thanks
Alex

 

Buy a new one, finance it, sell the bags (they would fetch a nice price, assuming they were vivid black), and buy replacement '13 leather bags from HD

There might be some retrofit issues, however, I've been reading how many people are making '14+ hard bags work on 13 or earlier bikes, I have to imagine it can be done the other way as well.

 

The RKC may be back in the USA- H-D will announce models in a few months.

so keep saving up

mike

 

I have a friend that bought an '05 Classic and changed to hard bags. He may still have the leather bags if you're interested. You can PM me if you get to that point.

 

Too bad you're not closer. I've been considering letting my '06 Classic go for something bigger. Good luck in your search!

 

RK Classics are thick as thieves in the Dallas/Ft. Worth cragslist ads. Plenty of garage queens. Take your best deal and have it shipped.

Easy peasy

 

Thanks for the replies. Guess I´ll just wait and see what comes along the way. Quite happy to hear that H-D is considering to bring the RKC back to US market. Hopefully the necessary cash has accumulated until then.

Thanks
Alex

 

Pick up a used one and save some cash.

 

H-D sells RKC-looking bags for the new 2014-15 Road Kings (Part No. 90201079)

And, btw, someone on the forum leaked the colors for the 2016 models. There is no RKC on the model list for the US in 2016. It will again be available only in foreign markets.

 

There are lots of used RK Classics out there to be found. It is a good look for those bikes, I am sure HD will bring it back again.