How dealers lose the sale

[the Ferret]

I hadn't thought about it, but yeah, you're right, what a breath of fresh air this place is, in terms of being able to conduct a conversation in a logical order.
By the way, mickey, for the record, I should come clean and admit that this forum and you specifically play large roles in why I want to own a CB1100. Even though we seem to have very different riding styles, I probably connect more with you and your way of thinking than with anyone else on the various boards. Rarely if ever do I find that I disagree with you regarding motorcycles, or motorcycling; the new CB1000R being one obvious exception. In the main, you value the same aspects of motorcycling that I do, so your unwavering support for the CB goes a long way with me.

Also, you're honest enough about the CB to tell me right out there for all the world to see that you think it won't satisfy me, so I know you're not sugarcoating everything.

Now, if only you could get the Dani vs Nicky thing sorted, we'd be like brothers from another mother.

Thanks for the kind words. Just a life long motorcyclist of German heritage from a family of lifelong motorcyclists of German heritage with obnoxiously stubborn notions of how things should be, but a willingness to listen, and ponder, and maybe, just maybe change my mind lol

on the Nicky/Dani thing. Did you know Pedrosa had the second most podiums last year. More than Dovi, more than Vinales, more than Rossi? Only Marquez had more podiums. The little guy continues to amaze me. Was a shame what happened to Hayden, by all accounts he was a great motorcyclist and man.

I'm sure the CB1000R is going to be a fantastic bike. It will run and handle and still be reliable and have fantastic fit and finish like all Honda's. I just cannot abide a motorcycle that doesn't have a rear fender. And it has quite possibly the ugliest exhaust pipe I have ever seen. I will go to my grave not understanding undertails and tiny little tail lights and turn signals. I know many like that style, and although they look good on a cafe racer with a bum seat and clip on's, it just doesn't look right to me on a roadster type bike. The street fighter look just never caught on with me. I don't care for ape hangers either, or peanut tanks, single seats or foot forward pegs either. But I do believe in to each their own. Personally I prefer some color, some chrome, and some symmetry.