My dealership seems to have a [glut] of larger bore bikes and there is thus a big effort to move [them]. Consequently the STREETS take somewhat of a "back seat" in their marketing efforts. Per this site I'm aware of a few STREETS in the Denver area but I've yet to see another one, out-and-about. Those who have seen mine, however, have expressed an interest and were completely unaware that this model existed. As Tucsonmax1 suggests "give it some time". In my opinion the STREETS are quite a good "bang-for-the-buck" especially since some of the problems with the 2015 models have been corrected in the 2016 offering.
I'm hoping this is the situation, that it will simply take a couple of years to catch on. Re: the glut of larger bikes; yep that's what I see here too, for the most part, unless you count the 883 Sportsters. Baggers are very much in style around here.
Harley still = BIG to lots of folks, and lots of folks like "big", it makes them feel "big" or hey, maybe they are just incredibly lanky! lol!
Another thing is that as Harley has had great success with getting women started riding, I think there is also subtle pressure to ride a "big girl" bike. Like a rite of passage. Not a Sportster (or XG, if they even know of the XG), but a big twin of some kind.
The other thing is it takes guts for real young guys to choose something "smaller" (than a big HD) or less powerful (than, say a 4 cyl Asian sportbike) - so I think that target demographic that Harley had hoped to snag is hesitant for ego reasons.
I thought it was pretty cool when I finally started seeing lots of young guys on Sporties even, in the years following the Nightster.
Plus one thing bothers me about Revzilla's reviews, which I've otherwise liked quite a lot - both the video and the article. He refers to the Street as a "mule".
You know, I'm not quite sure that I like that or agree with it.
I wouldn't choose a new mule bike. If I wanted a mule motorcycle, I'd buy an old beater. Mule to me = utilitarian. The Streets are utilitarian, but to me they also have some panache, and I feel like that's not being picked up on. People say it's more fun than they expected, or the power surprised them, but no one seems to be dying to own one. hmmmm....
I wanted to own mine the first time I sat on it, used, at a non Harley dealer shop. Just because the fit is so perfect.
I guess I don't care that much if I don't see them all over the place, I'm pretty old, and not very sociable anyway, lol, so it's not like I need to make a splash at bike nights, but what I don't want is for the Streets to become extinct. (and parts get hard to obtain)
Anyway, thanks as always, to all who responded, for the conversation.
