2011 Touring Models will have a 103 engine.
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#192
2 points:
1) I believe a lot of members were questioning the "accidentally delivered" part of the OP as much as they were the fact the 2011 Touring bikes will be available with a 103 motor.
1) I believe a lot of members were questioning the "accidentally delivered" part of the OP as much as they were the fact the 2011 Touring bikes will be available with a 103 motor.
"negative, *****, bitchers."
You of course are entitled to your opinion.
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From the looks of it they are charging $800 more to get the 103". Also making you buy ABS and security, for a total of $2000. I would suppose they watched the herd snap up the limiteds for more money and sensed that they could match other brands ( Victory) with bigger engines, and get more suckers to pay for something that doesn't cost them any more to manufacture. Basically it amounts to a price increase for the same product.
#195
From the looks of it they are charging $800 more to get the 103". Also making you buy ABS and security, for a total of $2000. I would suppose they watched the herd snap up the limiteds for more money and sensed that they could match other brands ( Victory) with bigger engines, and get more suckers to pay for something that doesn't cost them any more to manufacture. Basically it amounts to a price increase for the same product.
Something else to consider. I was very skeptical Harley would offer two motors in the same model for 2011. Had they priced the 2011 Street Glide with ABS, Security and the 103 motor as independent options they would have had to manufacture/configure 8 different Street Glide combinations in 2011. In 2010 they maufactured 4. Buy combining the 103 motor option with ABS/Security combined option they effectively reduced the number of Street Glide models to 3.
And if you want a 103 without ABS/Security you can buy a 96" Street Glide without ABS/Security and then have a Big Bore kit installed.
These people aren't stupid.
#196
I believe this was directed at my most recent post because it appeared right after my post copied below.
There have been a lot of negative comments made on this thread at your expense. That's unfortunate. I don't believe anything I have written on this thread could even remotely be categorized as (in your words)
"negative, *****, bitchers."
You of course are entitled to your opinion.
There have been a lot of negative comments made on this thread at your expense. That's unfortunate. I don't believe anything I have written on this thread could even remotely be categorized as (in your words)
"negative, *****, bitchers."
You of course are entitled to your opinion.
Funny how the straight up guys are posting now and the negative, *****, bitchers are no were to be found for their crow...
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#199
But to tell the truth, does seem like some backstepping or apologies are in order for those that were so rude. Or we can all just laugh it off ...
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Well... techincally yes. But you have to step up. Meaning the Road King Standard can't get the 103 but the RKC can. So you have to choose. You want a 103 on a Road King you don't get Hard bags etc. Same thing with the Classic. You can get the 103 on the EGC or EGUC... you have to step all the way up to a an Ultra Limited. That's the only way to get a 103 on an "Electra Glide Classic"
It's also my understanding, and this one is for the real mechanics one of which I'm not, that the factory 103 isn't a "significant" upgrade in performance from the factory 96. Install the big bore kit on any 96, change the cams with possibly a little head work and you will get a bike that runs rings around a factory 103 without sacrificing reliability.
Real mechanics help me out on this one. Accurate? Not even close?
Getting an underperforming 103 from the factory is headline news?????
I'm just trying to understand all of this excitement. If Harley had made the 103 the standard touring motor without increasing the price, now that would be headlines!!!!