05-12-2016, 01:06 AM
As someone who worked in the industry I can somewhat agree to both arguments. Dealers do have to set up and prep motorcycles. In some cases it can be time consuming, in most cases it's not. For the CB I think they put a battery in it, put some gas in it, maybe check the tires and it's done. They pay a kid about $10 an hour to do this and it takes him 1/2 hour. So if they charged what they actually paid labor and fuel to have it set up and prepped, that would be reasonable. To charge $200 for this is just padding the bottom line, and a rip off. $50 prep would be reasonable on a CB 1100. Also it doesn't cost them $600 to get the bike freighted in. More like $150. Charging more is just padding to the bottom line and ripping off.