Buying a bike brand new

[Munday]

Good Evening,

If a dealer is selling a bike brand new for £3645 is that the price you have to pay or can you knock them down a bit? What are your experiences with doing this?!
Thanks in advance
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[iCraig]

Haggle, they can only stay firm with the price, some will knock abit off, give you a bit more for your PX or throw some kit in for the price etc!

[G]

Sorry, not answering your question....
but.... Don't do it!
Unless you are very rich, there aren't many good reasons for buying a brand new 3645 bike, unless it's a very good deal.

Yes, you should be able to haggle, but it depends how good a deal it is in the first place. Ie if it's last year's model that they've already nocked £1k off, you aint got so much chance, while if tha's the RRP, I would at least get some other kit thrown in.

[Ste]

Generally they will haggle the price down with you, or not necessary the price but will be willing to sell you other stuff (kit or accessories at a lower price) or throw in some servicing for the bike for free, and you might as well try haggle them down, as you've got nothing to loose by asking them.

And as G says, there is no real reason for buying a bike new, as the minute you leave the showroom with it you've just lost at least £500 off the value of it, so not worth doing.

You'll be able to get much better value for money buying second hand bikes, as you don't loose £500+ off their value within seconds like you will do if you buy new.

[aRe_eSs]

I have just bought a new bike, an rs50 tuono.

i felt the need to buy one new because the thrashing most rs50's have suffered and there famous 'cold sieze' 'character feature'.

all the ones i had looked at were shagged, even £1500 ones. At that price with insurance i was looking at £2000 all in with insurance at least.

so i went to the local dealer, tried to haggle with cash (take a wad if you can - dealers love the sight of it.) and came out with a brand new rs50 tuono with insurance and a datatag for £2600 and a hell of alot of piece of mind with dealer warenty etc...

(i know aprillia are being bought out at the moment, those questions were asked)

so the long and sort of it is - if you do feel the need for a new bike and they wont budge on price (big bikes they will because there is a lot of mark-up on them whereas they make very little on small bikes) try to wring a deal on insurance or security out of them.

just my

[Adam_P]

But...

You do get a warranty, which means if it goes wrong, you won't have extortionate bills to pay for repairs.

You do get piece of mind that no one else has thrashed the life out of it before you, so you know its history from the word go.

You do sometimes find that if you have problems dealers will be helpful in sorting them out, private buyers won't want to know after they've got your cash. (But that's just common sense for sellers )

I'd say it all in finding the right dealer in the first place, some will haggle, some won't. My local Yamaha dealer wouldn't even consider knocking the price down for me, as he reckoned he could shift bikes without needing to do that. So I found a dealer (albeit 90 miles away) that gave me the same bike for almost a grand less.

Adam
A brand new bike buyer
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[Ste]

Dealers are not bothered by you sticking a wodge of cash under their noses. They're not going to sell it for anything other than money, so the format of the money isn't really an issue. Just like selling second hand, you're not going to get to go home on my bike until you've given me money, I don't care what format the money is in. money is money no two ways about it.

Yes you do get warrenty, but they'll argue lots and lots about paying out for something big.

Out of interest, did you really go to your local Honda dealer to buy an RS50?

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[TiN]

In answer to your query, it really all depends on the dealership, the popularity of the bike, the season, etc....but generally, yes, the dealer will be open for some haggling...but unfortunately for me, I hate haggling, as I always feel embaressed

But as for the concensus about buying new - I won't discourage it as such, because it's something that you do or you don't, but I only bought new last time because I needed the finance deal.
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[Ste]

Well I suppose if it's something you want and you can afford it, why not? I'd prefer to be able to as you know exactly what you're buying and all that.