One thing I was wondering is it just an MT10 increase - as Yamaha seem to be able to sell as many MT10's as they can get in the country - or is it a wider increase?
Can't say I watch prices much. But as I've been dithering over the MT10 I've been paying attention to it's price.
Took my Tiger into the local Triumph dealer for its 2 year service recently. Service Manager asked me if it was on PCP. 'No I bought it new outright cash' I replied. He looked at me as if I was bonkers. Good news is that when PCP all goes bad, there's going to be a lot of very cheap 2 and 3 year old bikes out there
When I was in the Yamaha dealer they went through their PCP deal with me. They asked me what I thought and I told them I wasn't interested. The response was sort of - oh. Now if the demo had of been available that day and I liked it I would have pushed to find out what the deal was. But you know what, I got the distinct feeling they ain't interested in cash.
Yup the sooner PCP crashes the better (as surely it's bound to do so), not just for used deals but for new deals too.
One used dealer said to me the other week - with franchises PCPing new bikes, getting them back in 2,3,4 years later and re PCP ing, we’ll soon get to the point where nobody is sure what the true used value is as nobody is actually buying anything.