03-01-2015, 02:49 PM
You gotta pick your dealer based on everything he offers and not just the bike. My Honda dealer is as big as the local large Harley dealer and has one third of the building for bikes, one third other vehicles and the rest is parts, accessories and helmets and clothing and boots and the parts and accessories area is staffed by four people and has at least two dressing rooms and organizes two pancake breakfast rides two Saturdays a month and a mystery dinner ride once a month and supports the local motorcycle safety class and gets you a discount when you present their card. In contrast, another Honda dealer closer to my house had about ten - fifteen bikes, a small repair shop and forget anything else and he is out of business. I bet I could have got him to order a CB1100 cheap cause he was hungry but since I buy the dealer I would have gotten little for my money, I would have gotten just a bike.
