02-05-2014, 02:04 AM
I'm beginning to agree with the folks here who have said that the negotiability of freight and setup charges varies from region to region. I live in the Minneapolis/St Paul area. I have called around and spoken to several local dealers. All of them were unwilling to even discuss the possibility of dropping the freight/setup charges. I also spoke with a couple of longtime motorcyclist friends who are older and wiser than I and they feel that trying to get the dealer to drop those charges for a new model at the beginning of the riding season is an exercise in futility. Oh well. It'll end up being a hair more than I was hoping to spend but, one way or another, there's gonna be a 2014 CB1100DLX in my garage this Spring... which, with snow piled up all over the city and subzero temps on a daily basis, seems like an eternity away.