Would you put a deposit down on a yet to be released motorcycle? One of which you have only seen photographs and have not seen in the steel and rubber - so to speak?
For me it’s a no-no. You can read all the specifications until you are blue in the face but they are just not the same as sitting on the bike to check if it ‘feels right’. For example, it may give the ideal seat height on the specifications but when you sit on it you may find the seat width changes your foot distance from the floor.
I often wonder how much the ‘Give us your deposit today’ is geared more towards dealers trying to guesstimate interest rather than it securing one’s intended new bike from the first shipment.
As the saying goes: wait awhile and another will be along soon.
Well...?
New Bike Deposit - Would You?
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weeksy
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Re: New Bike Deposit - Would You?
Yeah, no worries at all. I'd have happily done it with say a KTM 790 or indeed the new KTM890.
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Re: New Bike Deposit - Would You?
Maybe, with an established dealer and a big manufacturer.
No way with someone like Norton, or any other small outfit. Apart from the Norton risk of outright fraud, the danger of a small firm going bust is considerable.
No way with someone like Norton, or any other small outfit. Apart from the Norton risk of outright fraud, the danger of a small firm going bust is considerable.
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Re: New Bike Deposit - Would You?
This basically for me too, ( except "yes " rather than " maybe") and I did do it on the first pics of the MT-10 back in late 2015 and more recently for the KTM 890RCousin Jack wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:00 pm Maybe, with an established dealer and a big manufacturer.
No way with someone like Norton, or any other small outfit. Apart from the Norton risk of outright fraud, the danger of a small firm going bust is considerable.
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Re: New Bike Deposit - Would You?
I don't see why not. What's the worst that can happen?
If you don't like the bike,sell it and try again,no lives will be lost.
If you don't like the bike,sell it and try again,no lives will be lost.
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Definite nope from me, if I'm buying a bike I want it there and then, it has to be in the showroom waiting for me to buy it.
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Re: New Bike Deposit - Would You?
Yeah, I did it 40-odd years ago for an RD350LC. Put the money down in November, didn't get it until the following August.
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