[07FXDC]

Speaking of sporties, and I hate to basically complete go off the topic of the post here, has anyone experienced dealers that try to talk you out of one the second you show any interest? I realize that I'm 6'4" and and that's probably reason enough for them to try to talk me out of one but I was never really looking to buy a sportie to begin with. But I went into many different dealerships while I was looking a new bike and on at least 2 or 3 different occasions, a salesman happened to approach me while I was standing there looking at one sportster model or another. Without quoting verbatim, the attitude was basically, "you should consider looking at, at least the dynas. They are only a couple thousand dollars more and you get much more bike for the money". Little did they know, that's what I had already decided I wanted anyway. It's almost as if the sporties are just there to get you in the door - hence the $99 or $125 a month offer for the rest of your life I guess.

Just wondering if anyone else experiences the same thing. I'm a HOG newbie but I've heard about the anti-sportster people and how they might laugh under their breath or make comments like "when you gettin a real bike?" or "that's a paperboy's bike" and things like that. But, I don't understand it. And the attitude I got from a few of the dealers (none of which I bought my bike from) seemed to reinforce that anti-sportster mentality. What if I only had $8500 to spend on a bike? Are they going to refer me to a rice-burner dealer instead of sell me a sportster?

 

[07FXDC]

sfarson, yep still liking my bike. Never thought I'd change/add so much in so little time though but I hear that happens to all of us. The only thing I'd want, at my height, is forward controls and it comes with mids. I'm putting forwards on it next week though so all will be right with the world.

Now, back to the subject at hand, it wasn't just that they wanted to make a few more bucks off of me. At least I didn't get that feeling. It really was more like "you don't want that piece of crap, spend the extra money and get something nicer". Honestly, though, most dealers I visited were very hands-off, almost to a fault. They'd say a genuine hello when you walked in the door, tell you to let them know if you needed any help, and leave you alone. I thought that was very cool.