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(01-16-2021, 09:43 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: I hear very often this opinion: automaker can deliver whatever a head office of particular brand/make orders..., so I believe it also applies to motorcycles.
They tested market for sure...????
Apparently Honda Canada is constrained by the perception of what Corporate Honda thinks the Canadian market can bear. Corporate Honda asks for evidence that the market can absorb a certain request. In the case of a bike like the CB1300, there is probably extra "paperwork" to get the bike certified in Canada that Corporate Honda is reluctant to bother with unless there is a satisfactory "show me" data to back it up.
In short, the execs in Honda Canada are overpaid.
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IMHO, We will never get the CB1300 on our roads as it is very expensive to get "Certification" for any vehicle/motorcycle in North America plus on top of it, the insurance rate is a killer thus reduces the number of potential customers.
With a very tiny customer base the volume is not there, it does not mathematically make sense to build a business case to the sales department at Honda (Japan) to bring that model over to North America.
Plus the manufacturer must bring in specific spare parts for that model for a minimum of 10? years.
This CB1300 liquid cooled engine is way too old to meet OBD2/Euro5 emission regulation, may be with a newer engine there is a slight chance.
Other asian countries are getting it because of their lower emission requirements than Japan.
Canada will never get it if Honda USA does not bring it over.
Sorry gents, "Grey" market is the way to go.
Regards
Alain
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Yeah, we know that but dreaming is a good booster...
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In the US, for motor vehicles, "grey market" is only open after they are 25 years old. Any newer and you can't get it titled or plated.
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I had a meeting today a few blocks away from this place. I stood in the parking lot and yelled “We want a CB1300”, but they just sent a guy out to tell me to please leave.
I tried, fellas.
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Thanks, Gone. That was a very generous act.
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(01-27-2021, 08:43 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: I had a meeting today a few blocks away from this place. I stood in the parking lot and yelled “We want a CB1300”, but they just sent a guy out to tell me to please leave.
I tried, fellas.
Next time get a banner with your request...someone smart and moto-oriented may take a pic and send it to Japan...it only takes several second, now days
Good job
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Think we can blackmail them by shorting their stock?
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(01-27-2021, 08:43 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: I had a meeting today a few blocks away from this place. I stood in the parking lot and yelled “We want a CB1300”, but they just sent a guy out to tell me to please leave.
I tried, fellas.
