Harley-Davidson accessory groups

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To reduce costs and rationalize the optional extras business in the 1930s Harley-Davidson reorganized its accessories into Standard or Deluxe groups, which were bought as a pack. For 1936, for example, the Standard group for the side-valve twins was a Safety Guard (engine crash bars), a side stand, a lighted speedometer with maximum-speed-attained hand, Ride Control and a steering damper. If you could afford the Deluxe group, it included dice heads on the switch panel, saddlebags and chrome plating for the fender lamp, stoplight and dice shift knob. In 1937, 90 per cent of new machines were ordered with one or the other of these groups.