Author: LewLew
Date: Jul 2, 2008 08:49
I was calling on a customer near a motorcycle shop on the other side
of town, so I decided to drop in. I'm not looking to replace the old
bike yet, but I still like to keep up with what's new just in case.
There were plenty of cruisers and sport bikes, but almost nothing in
naked bikes or sport touring types. The salesman said most of their
sales were in the first two categories, the others were niche sales.
The only bike there I was interested in seeing was the new Concours.
He was going on about how great it was, and told me it got 40-50 mpg!
I told him I didn't think so because my 750 gets 40-50 mpg (60 riding
like granny), but he insisted it would.
With gas prices up, I know dealers are trying to capitalize on gas
mileage to boost sales, but I wonder how many dealers are spinning
fairy tales like this to unsuspecting buyers? Does anybody have a
new Concours that gets 50mpg?
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Lew
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