I was wondering if the price I paid for my 2005 Honda Foreman 500 FM 4x4 was a good one. I picked it up for $6300.00 out the door (tax, title, etc) along with a 4 year warranty (the warranty was $500.00 - originally wasn't going to get it since I've had good fortune with Honda products, but you never know...). So the actual bike cost out the door, minus the warranty was $5800. I was originally going to have one shipped from an out of state dealer but the local dealer beat the out of state dealer by a few hundred dollars. Any thoughts? What have other paid for one?

 

go to www.southernhonda.com or www.ritchiemotorsports.com you got ripped!

 

southerns price is 5683 out he door for the ES model and 5583 for the S model out the door. They are a wholesale dealer!

 

He didn't get ripped at all. Paying an extra $200 or so and getting it at a local dealer is just fine in my book.
He did not say where he is from, but I suspect he is not near one of the wholesale dealers and would probably have to drive a good way. With gas prices the way they are, he would probably put a big dent in that $200. Besides, having a "local throat to choke" in case he has problems helps a lot too.

However, in my case, I made the trip to Ritchie. My local dealer was a little over $1000 higher for the 05 Rubicon and wouldn't budge on the price, so it was worth it for me.

Congratulations on the new quad Pitycamptes, I think you'll be really happy with it!

 

Thanks. Well I'm way down in the SW part of the Country (AZ). I saw SouthernHonda's price out the door for roughly $5600.00. If I had it shipped it would have cost me another $400.00. To drive out and get it, with gas, food (maybe lodging) around $400.00. So either way I'm up to $6000+. I feel good about the price but just wanted to see what others were paying. Plus, I figure if I purchased it at Southern Honda including transportation and the extended warranty I would have been way over what I currently paid. In the state I live in I would have had to of had it registered (offroad plate) which means MVD would have checked to see if I paid taxes. If not I pay 5% of purchase. I could have gone two ways on that, 1) falsify papers to make it look like I paid taxes or 2) paid the tax - either way I still would have paid more.