09-19-2014, 02:36 AM
(09-19-2014, 01:54 AM)mininsx_imp Wrote: There's a Honda dealer in my hometown that has old inventory like that. He has an 1100XX Blackbird that's brand new. When did they stop making them, almost 10 years ago? He will not deal off MSRP, either. I guess he stays in business because some people don't know to not pay full price.
Yikes...I think the last XXs came in 2003. Unless they have it "pickled" pretty well, a bike that's been sitting unridden that long could have some real issues. At this point he must just be hoping it'll be worth something as an antique someday. Good luck with that...
(09-18-2014, 09:33 PM)The Spaceman_imp Wrote: I'm not sure anything will compare to Harley dealerships in the late 90's and early 2000's. Buyers would happily pay 20-30% over MSRP, they'd bribe the managers to get moved up on the waiting lists (often a year long). A friend bought a Buell he didn't really want just to get on the list to buy a Fat Boy a year later. It blew up in '08 though when all that home equity money dried up. Ft. Lauderdale went from 4 dealerships to 1 in two years.
It's interesting to browse Craigslist and see the ridiculous prices guys are still hoping to fetch for Harleys from that era. They're trying to sell something 12-14 years old with 30,000 miles for about the same price you'd pay for a 2 year-old version of (essentially) the same bike.
Times change....