Coyote Chris
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I am looking for an adventure touring motorcycle. I am considering the Triumph 800 XRx, Suzuki 650 V-strom, and the BMW F700.
The local dealers are as different as night and day.
The Triumph dealership is owned by a lady who is super nice and spends alot of time with me and cant wait till I come over for a test ride. She answers every email I send her promptly.
She is very sharp about knowing her bikes.
The Suzuki/Honda dealer could care less about me. He could care less about checking Suzuki/Honda warehouses for bikes he could get me. Dealers dont normally trade bikes amoung themselves even for cash.
The BMW dealer is in between. He is out of 700s till the 2018s come out and he wont go and find one in a warehouse. He at least spent time with me showing me an 800 and talking about the
differences. I gave him two chances to sell bikes to me. He muffed both of them. I wound up going to the Valley dealership and ordering an NT and FJR. They were happy to take my money.
Other dealers in WA towns have been very helpful and honest about what they can do.
From what I can see, If I want a car, that dealer will find a way to get me a red Subaru Forester 2017 with Eyesight system. I guess there is not enough profit in bikes to make things easy.....
Guess I will research and bide my time....I wonder if Orange County Choppers will make me a Triumph 800 with a low fuel bladder and BMW Vario bags??????
The local dealers are as different as night and day.
The Triumph dealership is owned by a lady who is super nice and spends alot of time with me and cant wait till I come over for a test ride. She answers every email I send her promptly.
She is very sharp about knowing her bikes.
The Suzuki/Honda dealer could care less about me. He could care less about checking Suzuki/Honda warehouses for bikes he could get me. Dealers dont normally trade bikes amoung themselves even for cash.
The BMW dealer is in between. He is out of 700s till the 2018s come out and he wont go and find one in a warehouse. He at least spent time with me showing me an 800 and talking about the
differences. I gave him two chances to sell bikes to me. He muffed both of them. I wound up going to the Valley dealership and ordering an NT and FJR. They were happy to take my money.
Other dealers in WA towns have been very helpful and honest about what they can do.
From what I can see, If I want a car, that dealer will find a way to get me a red Subaru Forester 2017 with Eyesight system. I guess there is not enough profit in bikes to make things easy.....
Guess I will research and bide my time....I wonder if Orange County Choppers will make me a Triumph 800 with a low fuel bladder and BMW Vario bags??????