CBR Bandit Prices

Got a newsletter from Canberra Motorcycle Centre today with some prices on various bikes. Bandit wise they are selling:

- 1250FA: $13,990 rideaway

- 1250SA: $11,490 rideaway (I thought this was pretty cheap) (incorrectly called a GSX1250SA but picture clearly shows a GSF1250SA).

They are advertised as 'new bikes' so should not be demonstrators.

gees that is cheap (even if they`re superseded models ? ) maybe they`ve been a bit quiet

I don't think I paid much more for mine in 2010. Luckily Suzuki were paying on road costs

Thats what i paid for my FA in June last year.

I paid more for my 1200 Bandit in 2002.

I'm betting its the 2010 floor stock that they have had for some time. They wouldn't budge $100 from list price when I tried to buy a naked Bandit from them in February. So I went elsewhere and got a $1100 discount from list price and Suzuki picked up the on road costs.

Ewok, I know that you have had a good experience with CMC, but my experience has been the opposite. I asked one of the sales reps if I had won a raffle or if they treated all of their customers like dickheads.

Grover

b12mick wrote:I paid more for my 1200 Bandit in 2002.

But you got a better bike.

Grover wrote:I'm betting its the 2010 floor stock that they have had for some time. They wouldn't budge $100 from list price when I tried to buy a naked Bandit from them in February. So I went elsewhere and got a $1100 discount from list price and Suzuki picked up the on road costs.

Ewok, I know that you have had a good experience with CMC, but my experience has been the opposite. I asked one of the sales reps if I had won a raffle or if they treated all of their customers like dickheads.

Grover

My experience is probably best described as 'neutral' as I haven't had anything to complain about but also haven't had anything special happen to promote either. I haven't asked them to balance the throttle bodoes for instance so can't say if they do or don't have any special mechanical expertise.

Ewok1958 wrote:I haven't asked them to balance the throttle bodoes for instance so can't say if they do or don't have any special mechanical expertise.

I have, several times (both for my 650 and the 1250) and they didn't bother. There was a brief moment of hope the last services, as my brother knew one of the mechanics, but when I dropped the bike in, another mechanic did the service. Went out to Dahlitz who did it for a good price. But enough of the CMC bashing from me.

Suzuki seem to have these price reductions and on road costs bonues fairly regularly, maybe the forum should have a sticky for the best time to buy a bandit...

Re-Cycled wrote:

b12mick wrote:I paid more for my 1200 Bandit in 2002.

But you got a better bike.

LOL, you guys set that up.

Saikhan wrote:

Re-Cycled wrote:

b12mick wrote:I paid more for my 1200 Bandit in 2002.

But you got a better bike.

LOL, you guys set that up.

No we didn't. But he's right.

Saikhan wrote:

Re-Cycled wrote:

b12mick wrote:I paid more for my 1200 Bandit in 2002.

But you got a better bike.

LOL, you guys set that up.

Nothing of the sort.
Just an astute and factual observation.