07-15-2013, 02:33 PM
Gentlemen,
It's really hard to staff an entire dealership with genuine experts who are also honest enough to say "I don't know" when that is the case and then take the time to look it up. I think the majority of motorcycle buyers have done more research and know more about the bike they are looking at than the salesman they are talking to. I don't put any stock in what dealer personnel tell me and I do my own research. Dig this one. The last time I went into Western Honda in Scottsdale to buy parts I went up front to look at bikes like I always do. I told the salesman I wanted to look at some lower handle bars for my CB1100. The salesman looked over at a new CB11 and told me firmly and confidently, "No lower handle bars can be put on the CB1100. The stock bars were designed to clear the gas tank and as the bike ages the bars will "sag" and the existing clearance will diminish." Good grief. The expression - Never argue with an idiot - comes to mind. I bought new lower bars elsewhere and then did the impossible by installing them. So far, my new bars have not "sagged" and hit the gas tank.
Chip
It's really hard to staff an entire dealership with genuine experts who are also honest enough to say "I don't know" when that is the case and then take the time to look it up. I think the majority of motorcycle buyers have done more research and know more about the bike they are looking at than the salesman they are talking to. I don't put any stock in what dealer personnel tell me and I do my own research. Dig this one. The last time I went into Western Honda in Scottsdale to buy parts I went up front to look at bikes like I always do. I told the salesman I wanted to look at some lower handle bars for my CB1100. The salesman looked over at a new CB11 and told me firmly and confidently, "No lower handle bars can be put on the CB1100. The stock bars were designed to clear the gas tank and as the bike ages the bars will "sag" and the existing clearance will diminish." Good grief. The expression - Never argue with an idiot - comes to mind. I bought new lower bars elsewhere and then did the impossible by installing them. So far, my new bars have not "sagged" and hit the gas tank.
Chip