Sierra lakes, views, Tahoe National Forest, great day

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There was a dealer markup on it of about $650 over the $5399 sticker (because "there aren't too many of them out there and they're going fast") and I was quoted something like $650 for 5 year warranty. The '07 was listed at full msrp -- $5299?

********. Walk in the door five minutes before closing and offer them list, OTD including the extended warranty. That's what I did on the Wabs - the only one in within 4 dealerships (T.O. to Santa Maria) - and we settled for just $100 more.

Be a prick.1 It's fun!

It WAS 5 min before closing, but I wasn't going to buy yesterday and was just inquiring about what that number was doing on the sticker -- today or tomorrow might be different, and I had in mind exactly what you suggested, except the anatomical part. Salesman was hungry and straight up offered that it was negotiable. He's off today and left me his cell phone number in case I had to scratch that itch today. I'll be paying cash and may be able to work his eagerness a bit, too. But yesterday, I figured I needed a little more overall awareness and ammunition (exactly like that enabling hyena Highlander posted) and I tend to be pretty expressionless in those situations and didn't react one way or another to anything he told me. I'd rather buy more locally, but WILL travel to Santa Rosa for a deal, and I'm not in a hurry to buy.

1 I know what you mean , but I get enough of the real prick stuff day to day. No one seems to realize, when they castigate lawyers as pricks or worse (justified by too many), that for every one of those, there is one of us having to deal directly with the scumbag. Imagine how much fun it is to fill a day or week with that! (I've had 3 solid weeks of that with a regular hemorrhoid, and finally put it to bed yesterday just before noon. On Monday, he was screaming so hard and long that I put him on the speaker phone and waited for what I hoped would be a pause and a thud indicating he'd given himself a heart attack or stroke and hit the floor. Having today and tomorrow off, I think I'll take a respite from the "prick" stuff, and hope I never have the "pleasure" of speaking to that ******* again.)

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

There was a dealer markup on it of about $650 over the $5399 sticker (because "there aren't too many of them out there and they're going fast") and I was quoted something like $650 for 5 year warranty. The '07 was listed at full msrp -- $5299?

********. Walk in the door five minutes before closing and offer them list, OTD including the extended warranty. That's what I did on the Wabs - the only one in within 4 dealerships (T.O. to Santa Maria) - and we settled for just $100 more.

Be a prick.1 It's fun!

It WAS 5 min before closing, but I wasn't going to buy yesterday and was just inquiring about what that number was doing on the sticker -- today or tomorrow might be different, and I had in mind exactly what you suggested, except the anatomical part. Salesman was hungry and straight up offered that it was negotiable. He's off today and left me his cell phone number in case I had to scratch that itch today. I'll be paying cash and may be able to work his eagerness a bit, too. But yesterday, I figured I needed a little more overall awareness and ammunition (exactly like that enabling hyena Highlander posted) ) and I tend to be pretty expressionless in those situations and didn't react one way or another to anything he told me. I'd rather buy more locally, but WILL travel to Santa Rosa for a deal, and I'm not in a hurry to buy.

1 I know what you mean, but I get enough of the real prick stuff day to day. No one seems to realize, when they castigate lawyers as pricks or worse (justified by too many), that for every one of those, there is one of us having to deal directly with the scumbag. Imagine how much fun it is to fill a day or week with that! (I've had 3 weeks of that with a regular hemorrhoid, and finally put it to bed yesterday just before noon. Having today and tomorrow off, I think I'll take a respite from the "prick" stuff, and hope I never have th e"pleasure" of speaking to that ******* again.

Want to go for a ride on your dual sport Saturday to get rid of some of that nasty feeling you had for the last three weeks?

 

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Want to go for a ride on your dual sport Saturday to get rid of some of that nasty feeling you had for the last three weeks?

Damn hyena pack leader!! Yes, and I may have that dual sport by then, [SIZE=14pt]but[/SIZE] . . .

Judy and I are heading to Tahoe City early Saturday morning on the FJR. I have to meet clients/friends for breakfast at 9 am there, and then we have a corporate board meeting for a couple hours. After that, it's back here for the Barbeque and Blues concert (1 pm to 9pm) at the Fairgrounds (walking distance from my condo). Elvin Bishop is the headliner -- $25 in advance, $30 at the gate. He's funny as hell, a great entertainer, great to dance to (saw him at Constable Jack's in February) -- the kind of concert where you laugh and grin to the good music 'til it hurts. You and Sherri interested in coming up for the concert and food? (I believe I will still be able to squeeze one more bike into my garage.)

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

Want to go for a ride on your dual sport Saturday to get rid of some of that nasty feeling you had for the last three weeks?

Damn hyena pack leader!! Yes, and I may have that dual sport by then, [SIZE=14pt]but[/SIZE] . . .

Judy and I are heading to Tahoe City early Saturday morning on the FJR. I have to meet clients/friends for breakfast at 9 am there, and then we have a corporate board meeting for a couple hours. After that, it's back here for the Barbeque and Blues concert (1 pm to 9pm) at the Fairgrounds (walking distance from my condo). Elvin Bishop is the headliner -- $25 in advance, $30 at the gate. He's funny as hell, a great entertainer, great to dance to (saw him at Constable Jack's in February) -- the kind of concert where you laugh and grin to the good music 'til it hurts. You and Sherri interested in coming up for the concert and food? (I believe I will still be able to squeeze one more bike into my garage.)

So exactly how are you avoiding a kick in the balls from TC of late? :lol:

 

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So exactly how are you avoiding a kick in the balls from TC of late? :lol:

Shhhhh! I told him that I got a referral from James Dobson (an expert in reprogramming sexual orientation), did the program and am now gay.

 

[twowheelnut]

Heh, heh, heh... We're wearing him down! Who's next?

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

Heh, heh, heh... We're wearing him down! Who's next?

Bluestreek is teetering on the edge, he's just not as vocal as Rich.

I think we need to work on Skyway. That mountain man just has to open his eyes and see the trees through the forest. Like I said in ride planning...for him, it's just a new way to meet new customers and come up with new products. Go DS'ing and bring your calipers.

 

[exskibum]

Heh, heh, heh... We're wearing him down! Who's next?

Bluestreek is teetering on the edge, . . .

I think we need to work on Skyway.

LMAO!!!!

I knew this pack would turn on Steve next. It's just a matter of getting one of the hyenas to spot vulnerable prey off to the side to turn them. Bluestreek for lunch and dinner, Skyway for breakfast tomorrow.

Maybe by tomorrow, I'll also be a hyena. Not that I have any experience with enabling . . .

 

[OrangevaleFJR]

Heh, heh, heh... We're wearing him down! Who's next?

Bluestreek is teetering on the edge, . . .

I think we need to work on Skyway.

LMAO!!!!

I knew this pack would turn on Steve next. It's just a matter of getting one of the hyenas to spot vulnerable prey off to the side to turn them. Bluestreek for lunch and dinner, Skyway for breakfast tomorrow.

Maybe by tomorrow, I'll also be a hyena. Not that I have any experience with enabling . . .

Don't think we are gonna go easy on you until the deed is done!

Even this little baby knows what the deal is. You guys better catch up.

 

[Bluestreek]

I talk about another bike an the wife goes out looking at jewelry :dribble:

If I bite this is gonna cost me big time.

 

[twowheelnut]

I talk about another bike an the wife goes out looking at jewelry :dribble: If I bite this is gonna cost me big time.

That's the price we pay for therapy.

 

[madmike2]

I talk about another bike an the wife goes out looking at jewelry :dribble: If I bite this is gonna cost me big time.

Yes, but it just MIGHT be worth it. Besides, maybe she deserves a bauble or two...at least as much as you deserve a dual sport. (signed: The Encourager)

exskibum made me say it!

 

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OK -- [SIZE=12pt]Bluestreek is in the cross hairs now[/SIZE], [SIZE=12pt]Skyway is on deck[/SIZE].

It's official, I have been assimilated under the duress of a pack of enabling hyenas. :yahoo: :yahoo:

'08 KLR650 in Blue 21 to be picked up tomorrow. Paid full boat for the 4 year factory warranty, but the dealer's $199 transportation cost and $650 mark up (both added onto the $5,349 msrp on the sticker) disappeared just before closing time (7:00 pm) this evening in Roseville. Might have done better if there were more '08s in the area, but thanks to Highlander for giving me that Santa Rosa ammunition. Roseville Cycle Center has a red '08 left, and both red and black '07s, which I expect are going to be hard to sell for msrp1 as long as any '08s are sitting next to them for only $150 more in msrp. Put me and Judy on the enabled list for DS ride, camp-in and party, Andrew! Now I gotta go scout it out. Wonder what the other local hyenas are doing the weekend of the 21st?

The pack has been turned, the new primary prey is looking at paying a jewelery premium on top of the msrp, and September's DS camp-in up the hill is calling his name. I got off cheap, it seems.

[SIZE=12pt]We live in such a GREAT riding mecca, not only for paved mountain twisties, but also for dirt roads, mining roads and other trails to rivers, lakes and streams, how can we not have bikes to enjoy all of that?!?[/SIZE]2

1[SIZE=8pt]Which, BTW, is already pretty reasonable at $5,199 for the '07 and $5,349 for the '08.[/SIZE]

2[SIZE=8pt]How's that for my first shot at DS enabling, pack mates?[/SIZE]

 

[madmike2]

Rich, welcome to the collective! :clapping:

[SIZE=14pt]Oh Stee-eeeve......... :yahoo: [/SIZE]

I'd guess that it might just be out of reach for Ian at the moment. The new machine and the need for getting the website up, then producing farkles and the interface assemblies necessary to fit them onto other makes of bikes are likely to consume his time and resources, for now.

Too bad, because there are about a jillion backroads and dirt roads in and around Sonora......

 

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I'd guess that it might just be out of reach for Ian at the moment. The new machine and the need for getting the website up, then producing farkles and the interface assemblies necessary to fit them onto other makes of bikes are likely to consume his time and resources, for now. Too bad, because there are about a jillion backroads and dirt roads in and around Sonora......

Well, at least Andrew has a target to aim his photography and narrative at when the mechanically enabled go frolicking on DS's. :lol:

He'll have to reward himself for all the hard work sooner or later.

 

[UberKul]

Damn Rich, you have got the will power of a crack addict! I think you went from jealous admirer to new owner in one short thread. :dribble:

Congrats on the new bike, now get geared up and let’s go ride. I know that bike is wayyy too clean. It needs a little shake down ride and a few scratches for dirt cred! And Mike, all that goes for you too.

 

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Damn Rich, you have got the will power of a crack addict!

:lol2: :lol2: :dntknw:

Yeah, that's not far off the mark -- esp. when O'vale is posting pics of stuff close to me that I can't access.

Truth be told though, I have been thinking about a dual sport for a couple years, and especially with moving back over to this side of the hill, we DO have as good a riding opportunities for both paved twisties and backcountry dirt roads as anywhere this side of motorcycle heaven. This thread's enabling was amplified by a parallel KLR thread on the XX site and the coincidence of a couple July magazine reports on the overdue '08 update of the 21 year old KLR.

Mostly, though, I had such a miserable 3 weeks of dealing with an uber-******* and his snake clients (for which I will get paid reasonably well to have endured and finally gotten a positive result) that it was VERY MUCH about giving myself a reward -- to put a positive spin on an unpleasant job requirement. This guy was so bad that I had to put him on the speaker phone while he screamed threats at me, which takes some perspective to deal with. So, . . . next time I come across that, instead of just waiting for the sudden pause and thud that indicates he just dropped from a heart attack, I'll put the guy on the speaker, lean back, and say to myself: "listening to this crap is why I have a KLR to ride up the mountain to cool climes and lakes that reflect what God put there. The shyster's inconsequential and transient."

IOW, I was vulnerable and weak, and the hyenas picked out the weakest and pounced. What can a crack addict do? :dntknw:

Congrats on the new bike, now get geared up and let’s go ride. I know that bike is wayyy too clean. It needs a little shake down ride and a few scratches for dirt cred! And Mike, all that goes for you too.

I do NOT have a problem with not washing a bike or car, but what's the estimate on cost to gear up right for this bike now??

It's been decades since I've ridden dirt, so while I'm pretty confident on a street bike, I'm gonna be the unabashed student in this dirt stuff. (So please, help me NOT to be like SkooterG flying a 1298cc Playa machine into the ground.) I don't intend to try to rip it up like in my teenage years -- I just want the new bike to take me places I couldn't access on my street bikes -- along dirt roads and reasonable paths at a sane pace. I can get my higher speed thrills on snow and deserted roads -- places where I'm more secure.

 

[twowheelnut]

Sorry, without pics you don't own ****. Well, maybe you do, but certainly not a blue one. Well, maybe it is blue, but that's rather personal and they have drugs to cure that and ****, so just toss up some pictures of the bike!

:grin:

(congrats!)

 

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Sorry, without pics you don't own ****. Well, maybe you do, but certainly not a blue one. Well, maybe it is blue, but that's rather personal and they have drugs to cure that and ****, so just toss up some pictures of the bike!

You fuckers give me priapism and you want pics now? :huh:

Can't I wait until it goes down?

****, I guess this is what I get for posting on a gay board.

 

[HIGHLANDER]

Priapism............Must be ona dose hunna dolla werds !

Priapism (ancient Greek: πριαπισμός "erection") is a painful and potentially harmful medical condition in which the erect penis does not return to its flaccid state (despite the absence of both physical and psychological stimulation) within about four hours. Priapism is considered a medical emergency, which should receive proper treatment by a qualified medical practitioner.