Another buying a Harley question
Should I try to haggle with these guys. After doing price research, the bike Im looking at is priced right. Any thoughts??
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Is it a 07 or 06?
If it's an 06, you MIGHT be able to do some haggling. Most of the time, you won't be able to though. The most you can haggle from a stealership is maybe a 1000 dollar gift card or free services......
The time is right to buy now, being in the winter.0 -
It is wise to check around and find out what other dealers are doing in the area. There can be a big difference in pricing.
Call Dan Pech at Latus Motors in Portland, Oregon and he will give you the skinny on what to do. Honest guy straight shooter! He will sell you one via the internet if you choose.0 -
Its a 2007, I will check around some more but I plan on getting it this SAT.
Thanks guys,0 -
I'll tell you, if your heart is set on a Harley then by all means buy one...
However, I have owned Harley, Honda, Yamaha, and right now I have a Kawasaki and a Suzuki... I wouldn't tell you what to buy, what I will tell you is to test ride them if you can... write down what options are important to you, and then compare. Harley's are not a "good deal" even if you do haggle.0 -
Sorry to have to disagree with you, Sarge, but a good deal is a relative thing. I wrote a check for just over $19K for my Wide Glide, off the floor, and didn't think twice. Did you have a new Harley, or an older one you thought was a money pit? Again a relative thing, I never minded doing what I had to to keep my older ones running, even in my broke, misspent youth. I find that lots of guys had an old Sportster sometime in the past and use that as their frame of Harley Experience reference. My WG will be worth a whole lot closer to what I paid for it in 10 years than your Kawasaki and Suzuki will be worth at 12 years old. I practically gave away my '51 chopper at $6500, in it's original form it sold for about $600 in 1951. My '73 ridgid went for $9000 7 or 8 years after I paid $2900 for it. The '68 ElectraGlide I sold in '87 for $3000 (bought in the 70's for $2800) would be worth over $15000 right now, had I kept it.
Gun_runner, check ALL the dealers in your area, prices vary a lot. Some dealers cater more to riders, some cater more to yuppie types who want to watch themselves in the plate glass windows when they ride by just to see how cool they look. That said, the sticker price is going to be pretty much the price.0 -
Should you haggle?
I haggle everywhere I go.
Some do, some don't, but you never know unless you try.0 -
Well, as for holding value, you are absolutely correct. But I never look at a bike or a gun for what I can sell it for later. I buy what suits me that I can afford that I will use.
You were right, I had two old Sporsters, neither one impressed me at all. I bought them because of the "Harley real bike" mentality. to "feel" cool.
I just don't think that "being cool" thing is worth the extra money to me. My last Suzuki was an 800, I bought it for $2K fixed it up the way I liked it, rode it for 3 years and sold it for $2700. I guess it just depends on what tax bracket you live in.
This is that $2K Suzuki..
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quote:Originally posted by pickenup
Should you haggle?
I haggle everywhere I go.
Some do, some don't, but you never know unless you try.
X ring!!0 -
See if they'll throw in a maintenance contract. It can't hurt to try and Harley labor is expensive! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by alias
Sorry to have to disagree with you, Sarge, but a good deal is a relative thing. I wrote a check for just over $19K for my Wide Glide, off the floor, and didn't think twice. Did you have a new Harley, or an older one you thought was a money pit? Again a relative thing, I never minded doing what I had to to keep my older ones running, even in my broke, misspent youth. I find that lots of guys had an old Sportster sometime in the past and use that as their frame of Harley Experience reference. My WG will be worth a whole lot closer to what I paid for it in 10 years than your Kawasaki and Suzuki will be worth at 12 years old. I practically gave away my '51 chopper at $6500, in it's original form it sold for about $600 in 1951. My '73 ridgid went for $9000 7 or 8 years after I paid $2900 for it. The '68 ElectraGlide I sold in '87 for $3000 (bought in the 70's for $2800) would be worth over $15000 right now, had I kept it.
Gun_runner, check ALL the dealers in your area, prices vary a lot. Some dealers cater more to riders, some cater more to yuppie types who want to watch themselves in the plate glass windows when they ride by just to see how cool they look. That said, the sticker price is going to be pretty much the price.
Sorry but those days are over. Your new WG will lose around 1/2 of what you paid for it in 10-12 years also. I rode HD for 20 years and never lost money on any of those bikes. I bought them before the prices went crazy in the 90s and sold them for more than I had in them. your not going to do that with a new bike today. There are no longer waiting periods for new bikes nor are the dealers getting 3-5 grand more than retail for them, least not around here. heres an example.
http://www.v-twinforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100405
Laying out that kind of cash for a bike is an emotional thing not an investment. For me it was just not worth it when I sold my shovelhead. I was going to get a new roadking but after looking at new bikes the HDs didn't do anything for me any more than most of the metric bikes. After getting to ride on a few different makes a yamaha called out to me more than any HD.
I guess my point is get what calls out to you and ride the hell out of it. These are just my opinions your mileage may very.0 -
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