05-25-2013, 10:30 AM
(05-24-2013, 02:49 AM)CB4ME_imp Wrote: What is considered a good sales number for a new model? 2000 units? 10,000? Depends?
The last 4 bikes I purchased before the CB1100 were left over models from the previous year with BIG discounts: a 2008 and 2009 Suzuki sports bike, a 2009 Kawasaki sports bike, and a 2010 Triumph Bonneville. Seems a whole lot of bike models don't sell out. Advantage Buyer!
I didn't expect a major discount for the new-to-the-US CB1100. I received quotes of $11,700 out the door (basically list price) and later $10,700 out the door, then I had 2 dealers going back and forth for the deal. I ended up paying $9724 OTD with a listed price for the bike of $8299 from an exclusive Honda dealership who claims he gets a big discount from Honda. The next day another dealer had a 75th anniversary sale and I ordered the rear carrier for 20% off!
I hope and pray the CB1100 does well and comes back year after year.
I went to a Honda/Suzuki dealer in Houston today and they had a non-ABS model on the floor. I asked how much, and he said $11.4K OTD. When I told him of the prices mentioned here and on ADV, he said that the writers were probably not telling the truth, and paid more because they only have a 10% margin of profit. Showed me several contracts on his computer at OTD at $11.4K, as he said. Told me thy have sold seven and that the have no problem getting all they want.
Thanked him and left. Didn't appreciate his calling my forum brothers and sisters liars and telling me that they don't deal on the CB. I hope to get one but it seems not in my area, as two major Honda dealers told me the exact same price... Too high for a play-toy in this economy... tomp dd50