07-16-2014, 10:47 PM
Not allowing test rides seems pretty common, unfortunately. Thankfully there's a couple places here that have demo bikes now. One multi-line dealer does demo rides the first weekend of every month.
I did have a really good experience at a local Kawasaki dealer last weekend. I've been looking at getting a sports-tourer, and was leaning towards a leftover '11 Triumph Sprint GT - that dealer wouldn't budge on the OTD price though. I decided to go look at a new '14 Ninja 1000. They had just sold their demo bikes, and had just gotten another '14 that was still in the crate. They put it together Thursday so I could take it for a test ride Friday morning. It's in my garage now, waiting on the hard luggage to show up and was cheaper than the Sprint.
I did have a really good experience at a local Kawasaki dealer last weekend. I've been looking at getting a sports-tourer, and was leaning towards a leftover '11 Triumph Sprint GT - that dealer wouldn't budge on the OTD price though. I decided to go look at a new '14 Ninja 1000. They had just sold their demo bikes, and had just gotten another '14 that was still in the crate. They put it together Thursday so I could take it for a test ride Friday morning. It's in my garage now, waiting on the hard luggage to show up and was cheaper than the Sprint.