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[SPIDERMAN]

I don't think I would take a chance and put down money with any dealer that far in advance right now.  I think there are a lot of dealers on the edge of disappearing currently.  At least around here, I'm seeing stockpiles of used bikes building up in inventories.  The dealer where I purchased my bike still has a new '05 Dyna on the sales floor that they have never been able to get rid of...but there is actually more to the story on that bike.  They put about $60,000 into modifying the bike.  It's probably one of the nicest looking bikes I have ever seen.  There is nothing on that bike that hasn't been changed or powder coated other than the kickstand.  They are now down to asking $28,000 for it and it still sits there.  One of the local dealers is so stockpiled with used bikes that they are literally running out of room to display new bikes and I don't think they have moved any of those used bikes for at least 2 years.  They just keep taking them in on trade and at some point, that has to bite them in the a$$.  Even over the winter months, I don't think I have ever seen the dealers so dead.  I stopped by a dealer yesterday that has always kept hours to 7pm and 8pm and open Sundays over the summer.  I got there and they are now closing at 4pm.  We may have to update our GPS to remove some Harley dealers over the next year or so.  Just my take on things.

Sage advice, anyone wanting to plunk down a wad of cash this far in advance would do well to listen to you

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[Admiral]

HeHe!!! Ya got my answer in the poll AJ (and it ain't about market conditions either)!!!

Hoist!

Ditto me too on the poll.
Wouldn't put money down on anything these days.

[SBB]

Sage advice, anyone wanting to plunk down a wad of cash this far in advance would do well to listen to you

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Have never put down a deposit down at my dealer for a bike.
They trust that when I tell them I want something that I will take it.
It has worked that way since the 98 Dresser and I expect it to continue in the future.

SBB

 

[SPIDERMAN]

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Have never put down a deposit down at my dealer for a bike.
They trust that when I tell them I want something that I will take it.
It has worked that way since the 98 Dresser and I expect it to continue in the future.

SBB

 

Chip
      The way I heard the story is that Wachovia holds the mortgage on your local H-D dealership. 

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