12-23-2017, 03:42 AM
When I visited my dealer in December 2013, I intended to buy a Honda CBR500R. Just loved the looks and tri-colour paint.
Jim the sales person rolled out the bike so I could sit on it. He probably knew my 225 pound, 6'2", 67 year old frame would not fit comfortably on it, but never said a word. However I quickly realized a café racer style bike was alright in my 163 pound twenties, but not now.
He then had me sit on the CB500F model. It was far more comfortable. Then he rolled out the CB500XA model. BINGO! The perfect bike for me. I bought it that day and they stored it for me until my 68th birthday in early May.
As I became a good customer, anytime my CB500XA was in for service they offered me a choice of one of the Honda or Yamaha demo bikes to ride. The Yamaha FZ-09 was a hoot! I rode it all day. They also offered to let me ride any of the Goldwings that had been traded in.
Three years later I traded in my CB500XA on a 2017 CB1100 EX. Although my trade-in had more than 33,000 kilometers on it, they offered me a good price for it because I had taken good care of it and was a good customer. It pays to establish a good rapport with your dealer, and fortunately for me a good salesperson made it easy.
Jim the sales person rolled out the bike so I could sit on it. He probably knew my 225 pound, 6'2", 67 year old frame would not fit comfortably on it, but never said a word. However I quickly realized a café racer style bike was alright in my 163 pound twenties, but not now.
He then had me sit on the CB500F model. It was far more comfortable. Then he rolled out the CB500XA model. BINGO! The perfect bike for me. I bought it that day and they stored it for me until my 68th birthday in early May.
As I became a good customer, anytime my CB500XA was in for service they offered me a choice of one of the Honda or Yamaha demo bikes to ride. The Yamaha FZ-09 was a hoot! I rode it all day. They also offered to let me ride any of the Goldwings that had been traded in.
Three years later I traded in my CB500XA on a 2017 CB1100 EX. Although my trade-in had more than 33,000 kilometers on it, they offered me a good price for it because I had taken good care of it and was a good customer. It pays to establish a good rapport with your dealer, and fortunately for me a good salesperson made it easy.