brown powers motersporsts

[OldF7Guy_imp]

Dont even waste your time here. THis place is a joke. Wont let you test drive even if you showed up on an older Honda. Waste of time with used car salemen running it. lol Dont waste your time. Elizabethtown ky by the way. This place will fold up soon.

[offroadfx4_imp]

Dont even waste your time here. THis place is a joke. Wont let you test drive even if you showed up on an older Honda. Waste of time with used car salemen running it. lol Dont waste your time. Elizabethtown ky by the way. This place will fold up soon.

I had the same problem in southern Indiana....I drove to Garland Powersports (75 miles south) in Hopkinsville, KY and they let me ride both a CB1100 and a CB1000R out on the interstate to make up my mind!

They have great inventory too...the only one around with a 2014 CB1000R in stock.

I could have came home and bought the 1100 for the same price or cheaper, but since they let me ride them, I bought it there!

http://www.garlandpowersports.com/

[Cormanus]

Can anyone seriously expect a person to spend $10K or thereabouts on a motorcycle without riding it?

[The Spaceman_imp]

Can anyone seriously expect a person to spend $10K or thereabouts on a motorcycle without riding it?

Its "Standard Operating Procedure" here for virtually all the Japanese/multi-line dealers. Their crap response to a demo request: "Buy the bike and if you're unhappy after riding it we will cancel the deal."

Harley will let you demo every bike in the store. The Ducati -Triumph dealer usually gas a demo bike of each model, certainly when a new model comes out.

Luckily for me there's Bike Week and Biketoberfest in Daytona where I can ride damn near anything. But if I didn't live a couple hours from there it would be very difficult to buy Japanese.

[redbirds_imp]

My dealer allowed me a test ride before purchase but only because I was known by them to be an experienced rider. One Honda dealer in my area allowed a test ride to a young man. He collided with a car while exiting their lot. Ask yourself if you would allow a perfect stranger to test ride your bike even though they had a motorcycle endorsement. I have allowed test rides on bikes that I have sold in the past but only after talking with the buyer and getting a feel for their level of experience.

Triumph, Harley and BMW dealers allow test rides. Japanese brand dealers rarely do.

[offroadfx4_imp]

In Evansville, IN I was able to test ride a Victory Vision, Kawasaki Concours 14 and a Can-Am Spyder (both the Victory and Can-Am were factory promoted so the dealer must have gotten some backing).

But both area Honda dealers say no. They lost a sale and the KY dealer gained one because of that policy. In KY I just had to have a MC endorsement, sign a wavier, wear a helmet and long pants.

I understand not letting a teenager test ride a crotch rocket, but old men baby boomers are pretty serious and have the money. Maybe they need to change their stock answer and size up their buyers before saying no.

[HikerToo_imp]

I never tested the 3 new bikes I bought in my life, dealers would not allow it
86 600 ninja
86 900 ninja
2013 CB1100
It worked out for me, but could see where it might not for everyone...

[kevbroce_imp]

I didn't test ride mine, but would you let a 26 year old with about 4 months riding experience test ride your bike? Probably not, I did't bother. I wasn't too worried about it. All everyone said about this bike was that it was easy to get along with, which was what I was looking for. That definitely turned out to be the case.

[AzBob_imp]

I couldn't test ride either of my Hondas. Pretty normal for Japanese motorcycle dealers around here.

[flynrider]

Never test rode any of the new bikes I bought. Never bought from a dealer that would allow it. I can't say I blame 'em. A friend of mine ran a dealership in the 80s. He used to allow test rides until some doofus not only crashed a brand new bike, but sued the dealership for letting him ride it.

Before buying a new bike I just research the hell out of it. I haven't been disappointed yet.