Bert's Mega Mall, Azusa CA. New Trophy SE's $11,999

[thumper]

Just visited Bert's yesterday.     They currently have four new 2017 Trophy SE's...3 blue and 1 black.     

Price tag is $11,999 plus the usual fees.    An absolute steal for this machine!     

[brenchley]

Wow...!  Just, wow!   

[Bespoke]

I've said it before and I'll say it again - there is no greater bargain in all of motorcycling.

The only downside is the abysmal resale values. But then, who wants to sell?

[trophied]

Unbelievable value for someone only interested in long term ownership.  Nice find for anyone that may be interested in a new ride.

[Volfy]

Trade-in value is relative.  If you buy a $20k+ RT, you'd be lucky to get $10k trading it in 4-5yrs later.  The big K1600 is even worse.

With the TTSE, you buy cheap and sell cheap, and be out less in the end.

[BubbleheadSpook]

Originally Posted by Volfy

Trade-in value is relative.  If you buy a $20k+ RT, you'd be lucky to get $10k trading it in 4-5yrs later.  The big K1600 is even worse.

With the TTSE, you buy cheap and sell cheap, and be out less in the end.

Not counting the miles of smiles.....

[Volfy]

Originally Posted by thumper

Just visited Bert's yesterday.     They currently have four new 2017 Trophy SE's...3 blue and 1 black.     

Price tag is $11,999 plus the usual fees.    An absolute steal for this machine!     

If anybody is interested, I talked to Bert's and this is the initial quote I got back from them:

"The total price at regular price would have been $21,061 but with the sale you save almost $7K, the total price is $13,650."

For me, it wasn't worth haggling further, mostly because California no longer allow dealers to issue "one-way" temp tags anymore.  Apparently, too many people abused the system to avoid paying CA sales tax, so they are cracking down on dealers to:

1. Provide actual bill of lading of shipping motorcycle to out of state, and followed by proof of title & registration in another state.
2. Or... charge the out-of-state buyer CA sales tax.

I have done fly-in drive-home a few times and really enjoyed the ride.  Having to pay $500 to ship the darn thing means it would have to be one heck of an OTD price, which I'm not getting a warm-fuzzy with Bert's.

That said... there are a few other prospects that look promising. 

[dietDrThunder]

Having them add in the tax isn't a huge deal, as you deduct what you paid from the tax paid in your home state. If the CA tax is more, you can request an adjustment from CA. I did this once about a zillion years ago and it worked out, but I don't remember details.

I almost pulled the trigger on one of these, but then I found a 2015 model on Cycle Trader used, with 29 miles on it (really) and I ended up getting that for about $12k OTD. The apples-to-apples numbers compared to Berts worked out to the Bert's bike was going to be almost exactly $2000 more. Still a fantastic deal, plus you get the full factory warranty. I just decided that the in-pocket money was more meaningful to me than the warranty delta (I still have some left on the 29 mile special).

Honestly, as I type this I'm wondering if I made the right decision :)