Colors of trikes

[Trampas]

Was at the dealer and I talked to the general manager and ask him why the gray trike is free color and the black is now charged for it. He told me that everybody was wanting black so harley decided to charge for the black, they always charged for 2 tones and anything else but black was no charge. Now gray is a no charge, go figure, not thrilled with the color of gray but I guess I could get used to it, but I love my black trike so I will stay with that.


All for now Trampas

 

[Pegasus1300]

Everybody wanted Black because there was no Charge.

 

[JTJersey]

Everybody wants black for a couple of other reasons. It's a lot easier and cheaper to get parts that are black as opposed to colors. Fairings come to mind here. Also, a black Harley has a black frame. A red Harley has, wait for it, a black frame. There's no reason that Harley can't paint the frames to match the color of the year, they just don't. Cheaper, I'm sure, but looks cheaper too. It irritates the hell out of me that black would now be considered a custom paint after a 100 years of it being on mostly everything.

 

[Davep]

I love the color of mine, never seen one this color before

 

[Old Road Dog]

The MoCo buyers got a container ship load of gray paint from Red China at a deep discount.

 

[trike lady]

This is one of the nicest I've seen so far.

 

[Zammy]

We saw one yesterday when we stopped into our dealer, it's really pretty in person but the Tobacco Fade color is an extra 4k !!!

 

[ROAD DOG]

The MoCo buyers got a container ship load of gray paint from Red China at a deep discount.

It's the left-over paint they were painting their ships with, BATTLE SHIT GREY.

 

[Marc H]

Seems simple to me the free color was what most wanted so they change the free color to one not as well liked so you'll pay extra for the same color that was free so they now actually are getting more for the bike. Plus unless things have changed with the newer paints black paint has the cheapest cost so they get more on both ends.

 

[Trampas]

We saw one yesterday when we stopped into our dealer, it's really pretty in person but the Tobacco Fade color is an extra 4k !!!

Seen one last Saturday, it is a very nice color in person and I agree not worth the extra $4k

 

[BrokenBackJack]

Another way for Harley to rip off its customers.

 

[Miner]

Grey - primer with a polish???

 

[GrumpyVet]

Happy with mine, wouldn't trade for any other color.

 

[Roadrunner1]

Love my color too! Not many of these out there.

 

[GrumpyVet]

Wow. Stock paint job?

 

[Roadrunner1]

Thanks! Scorched Orange. It was an upgrade color in 2019. The original owner took care of that

 

[Papa Zook]

This paint job was a $4,000 option when new!

 

[David792]

I also have the vivid black, but only because it was the only choice at the time. I like the new "billiard gray" and would have had that if it was available. Even with the $50 upcharge.

 

[GrumpyVet]

This paint job was a $4,000 option when new!

Ouch! I had an 03 Black/Silver FLHTCUI and I thought the two tone paint option was high back then!

 

[trike lady]

Another nice color combo. There's one in Lovington as I have seen it twice.

 

[Jack Klarich]

Everybody wants black for a couple of other reasons. It's a lot easier and cheaper to get parts that are black as opposed to colors. Fairings come to mind here. Also, a black Harley has a black frame. A red Harley has, wait for it, a black frame. There's no reason that Harley can't paint the frames to match the color of the year, they just don't. Cheaper, I'm sure, but looks cheaper too. It irritates the hell out of me that black would now be considered a custom paint after a 100 years of it being on mostly everything.

Harley did that in 1988 with some of the Softails, I have a friend back in Mn that has one, it is blue and silver

 

[JTJersey]

Harley did that in 1988 with some of the Softails, I have a friend back in Mn that has one, it is blue and silver


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I never knew that HD ever matched the frame to the paint scheme on anything. It's a staple on custom bikes including my own, but never a factory bike from any manufacturer.

 

[trike lady]

They had a 2003 Road King in gold & black.

 

[JTJersey]

They had a 2003 Road King in gold & black.
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Now you see how good that looks? Like a custom build. Why can't they do that to all their frames? Did Harley add the flames as well or was that a later addition by somebody else?

 

[Mykneesbehurtin]

It's the left-over paint they were painting their ships with, BATTLE SHIT GREY.

My friend who is a painter calls it that also lol.

 

[trike lady]

This is my opinion on color and I like the Mystic Shift.

 

[HDUSA1]

The mystic shift is definitely unique. My local dealer got one a month or so ago and I got to see it both indoors and outdoors. It’s purple indoors and black outdoors in the sun. They still have it. A couple weeks later, they got a Whiskey trike in and I went and looked at it. They were working a deal on it and said an older couple were trading their Goldwing trike and said the Harley rode better. I knew the salesman was BS’ing me then. I responded oh really, what did they do to improve the suspension, especially going to low profile tires? Crickets…. Anyway, it was nice looking but I like my scorched orange Roadsmith better. If you look, the mystic shift is the trike behind the whiskey in the pic.

 

[Gorilla]

This is my opinion on color and I like the Mystic Shift.
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WOW we have the same taste

 

[Ahrmadillo]

My 2019 Freewheeler in blue max is an amazing color. Nice to see Harley bringing back some flair back to the paint options.