03-02-2021, 05:35 AM
Maybe this is of little interest, but here in Sweden there seems to be several dynamics in play. I just came back from test riding a 701 Vitpilen. This dealer, with Husky, Suzuki and Kawa, says the same thing as my Honda/MV dealer: the Covid thing has bucked the overall long term trend of reduced interest in bikes. Dealerships suddenly saw business and now there is general bike shortage due to Covid hampering production/shipping. Both these dealerships vacuum the market for unsold new bikes. At the same time some of their non-mainstreem showroom bikes are massively discounted: 2019 SV650X - 20 %, 2019 Vitpilen 701 - 20 %, 2018 CB1000R - 24 %. And yes, also two 2018 CB1100RS discounted 15 %. None of these bikes seem to move much. None of this makes sense to me under these circumstances. These are all great bikes.