Well, I'm Another Step Towards The New BMW...

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I went to Raleigh yesterday and put a refundable deposit on one of the new S1000RRs. I'm still a bit on the fence because I haven't seen it in person yet. The thing that is pissing me off already is how money grubby these bastards are.

Zero deals...yep no discounts, offers, rebates, nothing. I understand that it's a new, hot model but yeesh.

Everything is extra...fuck, they want an extra $700 just for the privilege of getting the bike in white with a blue and red stripe. Abs is $1,000 and race abs with DTC is $1400. If I skip all that crap the bike is about $14,000. Unfortunately, the other color options are kinda ugly, imho.

The accessories are fucking outrageous!!! Yikes!

On a positive note, they do give you a 3 year warranty which will save me approx. $600 on an extended warranty.

My insurance agent is checking the rate now for me, so we'll see if that's a problem.

[shmike]

The black does the best job of hiding the ugly, IMO.

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Originally Posted by shmike

The black does the best job of hiding the ugly, IMO.

Yea, that's the second choice for sure. That "brownish" color is hideous, imho and when it's combined with the silver...YUCK!!! If I could get it with the body in white and the frame, swing arm, wheels, etc in black. I'd be good. If I get the black, the tank and wheels will be painted within a month of delivery. I'm not sure if I'd want to fuck with swing arm on a new bike.

[Rider]

That black is

[Sean]

Originally Posted by shmike

The black does the best job of hiding the ugly, IMO.

I just think she's a butterface.

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Originally Posted by Sean

I just think she's a butterface.

Yea, I think that the styling will take some getting used to but I owned a Hayabusa... As long as the performance and handling lives up to the hype, I'll live with the styling.

[azoomm]

The yellow/green needs to be seen in person to be appreciated.

The red/white/blue isn't just the alternate plastic color - it's also a polished swing-arm and exhaust.

Congrats on putting money down on it - it's a fantastic [FANTASTIC] motorcycle.

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Originally Posted by azoomm

The yellow/green needs to be seen in person to be appreciated.

The red/white/blue isn't just the alternate plastic color - it's also a polished swing-arm and exhaust.

Congrats on putting money down on it - it's a fantastic [FANTASTIC] motorcycle.

Yea, I see that the swing arm is silver... the exhaust looks the same, but I'll take you word for it. Of course, you realize that the day after I make the deal, I'll be ordering an Akrapovic so the exhaust doesn't matter. I'm already scheming about how I can get the dealership to take the swing arm apart for cheap and send it, the tank and the wheels out to be be painted for me. Otherwise, I'll probably get the white and suck up the out fucking rageous surcharge. The problem is that they have 5, now 6 deposits on the damn thing without even having one at the dealership, so they have zero motivation to deal in any way.

Hey, Azoom, how do you like the DTC and ABS? I won't lie, I'm a little leery of that kind of stuff. On the other hand, having some electronic help would be a bad thing on a bike with those hp numbers.

[pauldun170]

Have you sat on one yet?

I was seriously considering picking one up until the deal came out on the CBR's.

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Originally Posted by pauldun170

Have you sat on one yet?

I was seriously considering picking one up until the deal came out on the CBR's.

Nope, that's why the deposit is refundable. They are getting a demo bike in a few weeks and I have to make a final decision then. I am tempted to wait and see what Suzuki does for 2011 but this is an interesting choice and something of a departure for me. Besides, I'll still have my old GSXR1000 for when I want to be a squid...

Originally Posted by Rider

That black is

It beats the shit out of the silver or green imho.