A friend went to the local Honda shop and bought a new Orange, Rancher 350FE. They said that it would be in in a few days. It has now been over a month and he still doesn't have it. The shop won't even give him a date and offered his money back if he doesn't want to wait. The other local shops don't have any either. there are alot of 2 wheel drives and manual shifts but no 4X4 ES's in Western PA. Is this a problem everywhere. How long have the rest of you waited? I'm glad I bought mine in February!

 

The 4x4ES models are in high demand up here in the NorthWest also. If you want orange, then the wait is longer. There seems to be a high demand for that color, I wanted it but didn't want to wait. So I ended up with Red.

All you can do is check around, you might have to drive a couple of hours to get one.

 

I live on the other side of the state and didn't have a problem getting one a couple months ago. Did note that dealers were clearing them out as soon as they came in. Just got lucky I guess.
Best bet, call around. Check prices. Some dealers will discount, others won't. List is $4700 plus dealer prep.
Good Luck

 

i got real lucky on my rancher ES.....i walked in told them i wanted and oragne 4x4es. they told me they had one in a crate in the back. they held it for a week while we worked out the financing. when i signed the papers the guy looked at me real funny and said " i could have sold that bike six times for six grand, why did i just sell it to you for 5200??!?!? congradulations".