[Richard Kimball]

Yeah, a motorcycle is really a luxury item, except for guys that buy a used POS for 800 bucks and have to ride rain or shine. It's always been like that. In 1969, when Jim Bronson was my hero, a Harley Sportster cost $1995. You could buy a new Volkswagen Beetle for $1795 or a Pinto for about the same.

I don't remember what the high end 1200 Super Glides and Police specials cost exactly, but they were around two to 2 1/2 times the price of a Sportster.

[zeugma]

I don't remember what the high end 1200 Super Glides and Police specials cost exactly, but they were around two to 2 1/2 times the price of a Sportster.

Don't know how much the new ones are, but my local HD dealer has 3 2008 Police Specials for $14k right now. Each has about 7k on them.