My dealer was actually pretty helpful back in '10... they had a brand new 2008 AE version that I took for a test drive and decided I freaking loved the bike but I wasn't really sold on the clutchless feel. Then the salesman said, "Hey, I know there is an FJR in for inspection... you want to talk to the guy that owns it?" I did, and that guy (never did catch his name) said "You want to try it?" Of course I did... after a couple high speed passes in the parking lot to feel the shifter and clutch I was sold.
Salesguy says... "Don't have a new A but we've got this other customer that has a new Connie on order who DOES have a 2008 and is taking delivery the day after tomorrow... he's a casual rider and has like six bikes so his FJR has really low mileage on it and I don't think he even unboxed the side cases yet." I worked a deal on that guy's trade in, "traded in" my VTX (actually used the dealer to sell to a private party), and he got his new Connie all at once. Got a great deal on the bike, tax break on the trade, dealer took no profit off my "trade" and took a 1% profit on the other guy's trade. The PO had chopped the tail on my new to me FJR and the dealer agreed to swap the tail just for the cost of the parts... free labor. Tech didn't do a bang up job on it the first time and I had to have them redo it...
They finally sold that AE two weeks later.
I've given them as much business as I can since then... especially since the tech that did my tail swap isnt there anymore.
I mean really, how low can you sink to sell something. If you're wondering, no I didn't fall for it.
