Go to the dealer, and pick up a copy of 'Thunder Press'

Then look through it for the dealers offering specials. Lots of dealers her in CA. Very few deals, but they are out there.

Its a free paper. New ones show up around the first week of the month.

 

don't worry about it gator. are you still in iraq? if so, good luck to you and watch your six. i just returned from deployment in august. i would have bought through the aafees sales rep, but i had my old bike i was still paying for at the time. i'll be shipping out next november but i'm not sure if we'll be over there or not, still too early to tell.

 

Yep, still here. One year stretched into two, now two is stretching into... oh well, you get it. I was in Carlsbad to learn about some Tadpole systems. When I was out there, it was supposedly the coldest weather on record, but man, I still had fun. I wish it wasn't so expensive to live out there. I hung out at some Irish pub downtown alot. Then there was a pizza place that sold and bottled their own really really good beer. Nice town.

 

Most (if not all) of the replies have been with regards to the sale....If you're a first time HD owner, and you don't plan on doing your own maintenance, I'd spend some time hanging around the service area. Check and see what they charge per hour, what a 5000 mile maintenance costs, etc. Is the area clean? Or is it cluttered? It's also a good place to hit up some of the owners that are hanging around waiting to pickup their bikes. Check out the Dealers HOG Chapter...Only for the opportunity to pick the brains of people that might have purchased and later had their bikes serviced there. Buying a new HD is like buying a new car...You're gonna lose money on it from the moment you sign the papers...Granted, not as large a percentage over time, but it's not like it was 10-15 years ago when the 'stealers' routinely got way more than MSRP and people were ordering bikes just to resell them at a profit.

 

when i bought mine, the dealer waived the 'set up fee' (that was something like $700) if i purchased the extended contract.

 

Can you elaborate on the extended contract? Do you mean that you financed for a longer period, or an extended warranty? Speaking of extended warranties, is this an option that is available?

 

Setup fee was $250. That of course is added to the MSRP of the bike, which is the starting purchase price for it. I do not live in AZ, and that gives me another reason not to.

 

Bring the type of condom that you will get some pleasure out of too....

 

And you thought the stories you heard about
prison made you sick. Wait till the dealers done
with you..........well, at least you get a bike. LOL

 

one of the guys that i work with will only buy vehicles on the last day of the month. salesmen have quotas to meet and if they are short on their quota they will be more willing to deal just to get their $$$ up.