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Greetings all from a newbie making his first post. 8)
I'll cut to the chase with my question first: I'm keen on this new Burgman 400 Type S. I've never driven any maxi-scooter, but am tempted to put down a deposit on a new Type S. In your estimation, will it be possible to get one for anything less than MSRP? Suzuki's site lists the Type S at US$5849. If other people have regularly paid less than MSRP, then maybe I'll wait and see what I can get one for when they arrive at dealerships. But if it doesn't look like these will be discounted much, if at all, I might put a deposit down on one in advance.
I perused this forum quite a bit last fall. Thanks for the great board!
My motorcycling history is short. I'd never ridden but always enjoyed cruising in the car, so last year I bought a 1990 Honda Hawk GT, a 650 V-twin naked bike from a coworker. I passed the MSF class and put a couple thousand miles on the bike. It was O.K., but something wasn't right. It has more of a sport bike position, especially with lower than stock clip-ons. Even though I'm a 32-year-old single male and people think I should be on a motorcycle (for improved image), I'm one who just enjoys tooling around. Touring is more my style than sport riding. I didn't find the Hawk to be very practical, given no storage space and semi-tucked foot position. I do kind of like certain aspects of the unfaired bike, so my attention was piqued when I saw the Type S with its chopped windscreen and funky paint job. A different coworker is interested in buying my Hawk, so I'm looking to upgrade. Some would find it wrong that I would be 'upgrading' from a cult classic motorcycle to a big scooter... :wink:
I also have a diesel VW Golf, and one of my reasons for going with the 400 over the 650 is that I need to have a scooter that gets better mileage than a car, fer cripes sake! :wink: My Golf gets ~45mpg, which is about what the 650 Burgy seems to get. 'Frugality' is my screen name on a VW TDI forum, and I thought it would be appropriate here, too, if I end up with a 60mpg 400 Burgy.
Anyway, that's enough for a first post. Greetings to all, and I hope to one day soon join y'all as a scooter rider...
I'll cut to the chase with my question first: I'm keen on this new Burgman 400 Type S. I've never driven any maxi-scooter, but am tempted to put down a deposit on a new Type S. In your estimation, will it be possible to get one for anything less than MSRP? Suzuki's site lists the Type S at US$5849. If other people have regularly paid less than MSRP, then maybe I'll wait and see what I can get one for when they arrive at dealerships. But if it doesn't look like these will be discounted much, if at all, I might put a deposit down on one in advance.
I perused this forum quite a bit last fall. Thanks for the great board!
I also have a diesel VW Golf, and one of my reasons for going with the 400 over the 650 is that I need to have a scooter that gets better mileage than a car, fer cripes sake! :wink: My Golf gets ~45mpg, which is about what the 650 Burgy seems to get. 'Frugality' is my screen name on a VW TDI forum, and I thought it would be appropriate here, too, if I end up with a 60mpg 400 Burgy.
Anyway, that's enough for a first post. Greetings to all, and I hope to one day soon join y'all as a scooter rider...