30-12-15, 03:07 PM
I never used to have to leave a deposit to test ride bikes. Even got to test out my RG500 without a deposit, and you can't do anything but thrash those things. Still, if that's what it takes...
Not giving a price for your trade-in is daft though. I wouldn't consider trading anything until I knew at least a rough figure of what I'd get. Seems to me they're treating potential customers as stupid, and being obvious about it. That's no way to run a business.
I don't need anything else. But I want to try some different bikes. I've ridden exclusively gen 1 Fazers since 2005 - not even had a brief go on anything else since - well, used a GS500, then a boxeye Fazer for a few weeks while my bike was in for repair, but that's it. I used to chop and change my bikes all the time - liked to try different things, see what the latest were like, just to help keep up the interest if nothing else. I'd like to do that again, although I'm not going to stretch to brand new prices. So I'm just looking to vary my biking experiences a bit. I'm limited in that I can't ride anything with clip-on style bars, so sports bikes are out, but might eventually try one with a bar conversion.
Not giving a price for your trade-in is daft though. I wouldn't consider trading anything until I knew at least a rough figure of what I'd get. Seems to me they're treating potential customers as stupid, and being obvious about it. That's no way to run a business.
I don't need anything else. But I want to try some different bikes. I've ridden exclusively gen 1 Fazers since 2005 - not even had a brief go on anything else since - well, used a GS500, then a boxeye Fazer for a few weeks while my bike was in for repair, but that's it. I used to chop and change my bikes all the time - liked to try different things, see what the latest were like, just to help keep up the interest if nothing else. I'd like to do that again, although I'm not going to stretch to brand new prices. So I'm just looking to vary my biking experiences a bit. I'm limited in that I can't ride anything with clip-on style bars, so sports bikes are out, but might eventually try one with a bar conversion.
