Ok..done deal!

[Guth_imp]

NOT SO SUBTLE HINT:

Any chance you'll be getting a video camera of any sort before you pick up the new bike?

[the Ferret]

NOT SO SUBTLE HINT:

Any chance you'll be getting a video camera of any sort before you pick up the new bike?

No chance lol. Not into video and no desire to be.

[ride4now_imp]

Red Mist...It's still 150 pounds lighter than my ST 1300 which weighs over 700 pounds. 550 pounds is actually about average for a big bore UJM.... Comparable to most all the big inline 4s from the 70 s and 80 s. Most of the weight on the new CB will be the exhaust so low cog weight, and of course 8 pounds of it is the ABS.

I was in the motorcycle industry for 17 years (1972-1990) many of them with Honda, and I started riding Honda motorcycles in 1968. Owned a bunch.. 160, 305, 350/2, 350/4, 450, several 750s, 1100v4, 1100 I-4, 1300 and I have owned 9 Honda four wheeled vehicles. I was in over the road sales for the last 23 1/2 years, (1990-2013) approx 50,000 miles per year, all the miles since 1991 in Hondas usually putting between 200 and 300 thousand miles on them before getting another. I currently have a Ridgeline, an Accord and a Civic in the driveway. No Honda has ever failed to bring me home..so far ( knock on wood).

I trust this new 14 Deluxe will be every bit as smooth, reliable, refined and sophisticated as every other Honda vehicle I have owned.

I'd hate to tell you how much of a bath I took on the one Chevy truck I bought new in 2003. Z 71 4x4, crew cab, std bed, with ABS and tow package....what a piece of junk. I could throw away the 14 Deluxe and still not lose as much money.


Gheil, no.... I got $ 2500 trade out of my Majesty and wrote a check for $1600.

Thanks Guth.

Ole'...I've been told I can't take it with me. Hope they are right lol

Wow... You did really good! I need to have a stronger conversation with my dealer... based on what you're saying, he's not even in the ballpark and my CB doesn't even have 1500 miles on it.

[Guth_imp]

NOT SO SUBTLE HINT:

Any chance you'll be getting a video camera of any sort before you pick up the new bike?

No chance lol. Not into video and no desire to be.

Fair enough, then you'll just have to make up for this with even more photos than normal.

[Red Mist_imp]

You did what you wanted to do, and you can't take it with you. The '14 had enough changes to get your business. That's saying something. Howsome-ever, the average guy isn't retired or looking to blaze through his savings before he's too old to ride; for that guy, losing 3-4 G's on a trade just for a few changes is probably a bad plan.

I had a friend for over twenty years who was addicted to buying motorcycles, both used and new. I've not spoken to him in several years, but at last count he had owned over 100 motorcycles. He simply could not stop himself from buying several motorcycles every year. It was really a serious problem for him and he had to file bankruptcy, among other problems.

Sounds to me like you know exactly what your are doing, but that "new bike fever" can really put a dent in a guy's finances if he's not well-heeled.

As far as renting a bike, that sounds very extravagant to me!

[Lord Popgun]

Hey ferret,

Cell phones take movies nowadays...

[the Ferret]

Hey ferret,

Cell phones take movies nowadays...

Mine doesn't. Rotary dial blocks the lens I think.

[dBuster_imp]

Most digital camera also take movies now a days...

Unless you are still using the Polaroid instant camera, I don't think it has a movie mode...

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[the Ferret]

Couple of points.. I know I do not have to justify my purchases to anyone, but lest someone thinks I'm rich, which I'm not, I'd like to explain how I justify ( in my own mind) this bit of seemingly extravagance...

I generally do not buy new bikes. I buy used. I buy them right and sell them right. The ST is the only new bike (besides the CBs ) that I have bought new in a bunch of years, and I bought it as a left over saving $6000 off list price in the process.

I sold 2 of my bikes to buy the 2013 CB. A Yamaha FZ-1 that I had paid $3000 for, rode for 4 1/2 years and sold for $2850 ($150 for 4 1/2 years isnt bad eh?) and my 750 Nighthawk that I paid $3000 for, kept for 5 years and sold for $2100. (not as good as the FZ but $900 for 5 years is less than $200 a year). That gave me nearly $5000 towards my 2013 CB.

I also bought my 2013 CB 1100 right. Not as right as some of the prices I have read, but I was really pleased with the deal. I walked in with a pre-written check for the amount I was willing to pay for the CB, and they accepted it. Yes, there will be depreciation, but not as bad as one would think.

I really like the look of the new Deluxe and had I known it was coming would not have bought a 13 and therefore would not have lost a penny in depreciation (although I loved my 13 and put more mileage on it last year than all the other bikes in my garage combined).

I had a Majesty scooter sitting around I wasn't riding much. I bought it used for $3000 to ride with my wife on her Majesty scooter. She didn't ride hers at all last year due to a hip replacement and barely rode it the year before..and not much the year before that either. I asked myself, would I rather have the scooter sitting there barely being used, or use the value in it to get what I really wanted which was the Deluxe? In the end it cost me $500 to own the scooter for 3 years.

Running the numbers is too complicated to figure out what I've really got invested in this new 2014. Whole lot of wrangling and dealing on 5 different motorcycles to get where I am today. There will also be some additional savings by not having to insure and maintain so many motorcycles. There will also be more room in the garage by dropping from 4 motorcycles in the stable to 2 for me and 1 for my wife which may get sold as well if she isn't going to ride it, although it's hers and I will let her make that decision.

Regardless, there are those on this forum who have spent way more modifying their 2013 motorcycles to suit them, either cosmetically, or with motor and/or suspension upgrades, than I figure I'll have in a motorcycle I won't modify at all. Pick your poison, to each his own. If you like what you've got, I'm thrilled for you, that's what it's all about, and that's all that matters.

Don't expect that I will buy another new motorcycle in my lifetime. I turn 64 in May, and hope to be able to ride until I'm 70. Any more will be icing on the cake. Family history says I won't make it many more years after that. At this point hoping my mind and body give me that much at least. My ST and the CB should outlast me I would think. If so I am set for life on motorcycles now.

The CB 1100 whether 2013 or 2014 std or 2014 Deluxe is a special motorcycle, one which caused me to abandon my usual practice of buying used, and as my wife said " opened my wallet and let some of the moths escape". (we are actually rather frugal in our family.. the family joke is "copper wire was invented by my dad and my brother fighting over a penny") .

End of story, thanks for listening! I'll be here all week, be sure and tip your waitress.

[The Spaceman_imp]

Well, it depends on how you run the numbers. If you take what I paid for my CB and what I received on trade do I add the difference? Or count that as a use tax for the 7,035 miles I rode it? Same on my Majesty. I figured what I felt my bikes were worth retail and on trade. Going against the $11,899 retail on the new bike, (because you are rarely going to come out good on your trade against a discounted price.. and in the end you are only moving the numbers around anyway) I came out very close to what I figured I needed to make the deal. We were a few hundred apart, but the dealer has been good to me on past purchases. I want him to make some money so he will be there when I need him, so I didn't fight. I figured in the end it cost me my 2013 CB plus about $4100 everything included. Worth it? Only time will tell. I'm happy with the deal. In the end the dealer made a little on the retail price of the new CB vs what he allowed on my trades and will make a little both of the trades. Everyone's happy.

My Mom always says: "If both sides of a deal are happy, it's a fair deal, regardless of the details."

You've clearly met that bar!