POLL - CB1100 DLX or CB1100 EX?

[LongRanger_imp]

Ferret, your story practically mirrors that of the original owner of my DLX. He too owned a new 2013 CB1100, and upon hearing about the DLX, went and ordered his, and traded in the '13.

I'm just curious....did any DLX make it to a dealer's showroom w/o a customer putting down a pre-order commitment/down payment?

Volume of DLX is so low, it would suggest that....

Good question. Never thought of it that way. I bought mine right off the floor in June 2014. I didn't have a deposit on it and certainly wasn't following the CB thing leading up to getting it. I'd seen the '13 once, more than a year before, and had no idea that my soon to be '14 DLX was any different, in appearance or otherwise, than the '13.

I stopped into the shop that day with no intention of buying a bike. I was going to walk through, check out the new machines, then hop back on my Thruxton and cruise home. I saw the CB, was immediately smitten, the sales dude told me it was sold and I was like... 'Damn!'. On my way out the door I mentioned to the sales manager how cool the bike was and (half joking) how sorry I was that I missed out on it. He told me it wasn't sold and I bought it right there.

My impression over the following months was that (US) public demand for the CB was mostly satisfied by the 2013 model and that's why there were so relatively few 2014's.

Also, the DLX price probably put off a number of otherwise interested riders which is likely how mine remained unsold, on the floor, for the time that it did.

Guessing the sales dude spent time with another customer who promised to come back and buy the bike, but never left a deposit or signed anything. To the sales manager, the bike wasn't sold. Good fortune on your part!