Good deal or not?
 

Went browsing on Saturday in between tornadoes, and spent some time at a local Aprilia / Ducati / Honda / Kawasaki dealer. A 2007 S4RS caught my eye, and I talked to the salesman about it. List is $14,995. He gave me a "I've gotta get rid of it before I can get a 2008" price of $13,300. At the time, I thought it was a hell of a deal. Perusing other prices online, it still seems like a great deal. Any opinions? OBTW, the bike was the red stripe, white body, white wheel combo, which is dead sexy.

Sweet bike. Buy it.

Why don't you already own this bike?

:dthumb:

Sadly enough, it involves a vagina and my attachment to it.

Walk in the door... "Baby, look what followed me home today!!! :)"

Sick bike.... buy that shit. It's a good deal, too.

If she doesn't like it, use it to drag her down the road until she changes her mind.

Check this out.
Good luck.

http://www.ducatimonster.org/smf/ind...398.msg1407493

"Look hon', doesn't it go great with the red jacket I bought you?"
:drool:

http://www.cycletrader.com/find/sear...ort-Year:DESC/

Make certain it is the RS and not the R Testretta...big difference in price...........

yeah that's the downfall of every man - the knife wound, the gash, pink taco, etc. etc. its a bitch..

i always think if i wasn't building an army of kids that it would have been alot easier to skip all the bullshit and head to canada once a week to get a different hooker for $150, do my business and call it good... the rest of the week i could do whatever the fuck i want and not worry about all the hassle..

good luck with the bike.. no idea what kind of deal that is.. seems like you could press him to around $12k if he really wants to clear it out for 2008 models..

Excellent approach. FTW.

Its the S. Full Ohlins, carbon fiber out the ying yang. God dammit. I can't make up my mind. I have a blank check coming from Capital One, but I'll probably wuss out and tear it up.

Good Luck!

Tell 'em you'll give them $13k for it with everything out the door and they'll like it!

Get an insurance quote too. Add that to your budgeting. If you haven't already.

Insurance is no problem, being an old married guy with a spotless driving record. $359 per year from Progressive. I'm still waffling. Buy the bike, or pay off my car. Buy the bike, or add to savings. Buy the bike, or add to the daughter's college fund. Damn salesman. I should punch him in the mouth for throwing that price at me.

she'll get over it - buy the bike.

Has your vagina wrapped ass bought this fucking bike yet?

No! And I never want to hear of the subject again.

Seriously, the responsible financial decision prevailed. I ain't buying shit till I can pay cash money for it, homey. Right decision? Yes. Boring decision? Yes again.

So the wife said no, eh?

Hey, what's that pic in your AV?

Nah. Wife couldn't care less. No skin off her back regardless of what I buy.

My avatar is an x-ray of my fixator I had on my broken tib and fib. Without the x-ray, it looked like this:

http://65.57.254.60/ktmtalk/photogal...rs/ACF644F.jpg

The x-ray

http://65.57.254.60/ktmtalk/photogal...week_xray2.jpg

God damnit... that makes my entire leg hurt looking at it... Badass... I kinda want one.

Holy shit. Thats an injury.

Oh, I had no idea you would be financing the bike if you wanted to take it home... imho bikes shouldn't ever be financed. Good decision!!

Why? You crash it and the insurance company pays it off... That's pretty much my plan moving forward.

Says the man planning on living life by credit card :skep: Thanks for keeping my insurance costs on the rise.

Get it right... I'm planning on scamming my credit card company...

And obviously my plan isn't to crash new bikes.

Okey Dokey :dthumb:

Good luck, friend.

Trust me, you don't.

The whole finance thing is what got me. I can afford the bike, but I would rather save the money and pay cash later. Pretty hard to do when I have a Capital One "auto loan" packet laying on my desk good for up to $14,500. I didn't think I had this much self control. I guess I'm getting old.

:idk: financing isn't all bad, as long as you are smart about it.

Nah, but I can wait a year and pay cash money. If I financed the whole thing, the payment plus insurance would only be about $320 per month. But I promised myself I would not go in debt for something I don't really need. I am going to have to burn that blank check laying on my desk. I only have so much self control. I may just buy a disposable beater this spring, then go big next year. That's what I did last year, and I didn't lose a penny.

Holy shit that is a killer leg injury. :cheers:

And fuck responsibility. Buy that bike.

Too late. He shit the bed on the deal.

:lol: how did I miss this quote, this belongs in a sig.

I not only shit the bed, I splattered it. Next up, KTM 625 SMC. How will I talk myself out of this one?

http://louisville.craigslist.org/mcy/609646665.html

Anyone read the new cycle world? has a diesel KLR that the military has been using that is supposed to be in production in the next year or so. I think it said it gets like 125 mpg or something like that.

Yeah, that bikes been around about a year. The article I read last year said that it got around 95 mpg. The performance was horrible, even compared to a stock KLR. With the price of diesel, it would have to get 100 mpg + to be salable.

If I had to have a Ducati Monster, I would get a 1996 model and save myself $10K. For a decade or more they didn't change much. Then I would learn how to adjust the valves and keep the dry clutch quiet.

Update.. going to look at this bitch hog tomorrow. Its about a gazillion miles closer than Louisville.
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/mcy/608035311.html

Damn, I love it.

Don't want to get the cart before the horse, but I checked the bike out today and it will be mine some time this week (I'm at the mercy of the USPS). I can't wait to get back on two wheels.

Thats awesome. That bike looks like alot of fun.

The original one or the ktm?

KTM. 625 SMC.

Is it here yet?

Check was mailed yesterday. I'm looking at Wednesday or Thursday. Lucky me, I get to take my first ride on this bike through downtown Atlanta.

Fucking awesome.
You can leave that shit around with the keys in it there. No chrome and a short wheelbase, no one in that city would want it :lol:

I brought the 625 home on Thursday. Freaking weather turned to shit here, so I haven't been able to ride much. I will say this, the bike begs you to ride like a douche. Literally begs you.

You are a Chick?

I know... I totally want one.

I beleive he is referring to his wife.

I know I was trying to be funny

Depends on who you ask and what day of the week it is.

Sounds fun as hell.