I guess neither one of you guys has ever worked in retail and had to deal with looky-lou's or plain old BS artists. Plenty of people walk into dealerships, be they motorcycle, car, truck, RV, or whatever, and after wasting the peoples time walk out the door with the infamous "Hold it for me and I'll be back tomorrow to talk about a deal". If every dealership took those comments literally, without a cash deposit in hand, there would be a lot of extra inventory sitting around. While it would be nice if we could just use hand shakes and our word was our bond, that's not the way the modern world works. If you see a bike, car, or whatever that you know is in limited supply and you want it, take the time to sit down and have a buyers order completed and settle on a price. Once the order is completed and signed by the buyer and the dealership, you have some rights. Without such a thing, you have no rights and they have every right to sell it to the next guy who walks in and is willing to make the deal today.
Jerry