Yes I agree with you wanting to find the best deal available, that's our whole freedom of choice thing. I was directing that comment at the remarks of Yamaha making all this profit, the CEO's mansions, ivory tower big business stealing from us little guys thing. My perception of some of those posts is that if it takes 3000 bucks to build that quad, they have a duty to sell it to us for 3200. No, they sell it for as high as folks will pay and still move the number of units needed to justify production. Profit ain't a dirty word any more than us shopping the best deal available is. They charge what they can, we buy as cheap as we can, the free market then does its work. They don't owe us anything, and we don't owe them anything. We make choices.

It is the opportunity to make profit that has provided us these superior products. I personally wish the factory made 2 grand on every quad they sold at today's prices. More money for R&D on the next best thing.

 

Wow!! 200,000.00 for a front fender!! Thats cheap!

 

I agree on the bike part, they should be able to charge whatever they want. I think they shouldnt be alowed to charge such horrible prices on parts though, its like a trap.... you have to buy it from them. Thats a bit off topic though.

 

It is tough to swallow parts prices. Of course, individually packaging, shipping, inventorying, handling, in a logistical nightmare and doesn't make anyone much money. But hey, at least we got E bay to buy stuff on now too!

Sorry this is a YFZ thread and off topic.

What I don't like about the YFZ? The fact that I don't have one yet.

 

Parts Prices suck but oh well. Yes, I think the yamaha and suzuki and all of them can charge what they want and they do, I just don't like how the dealers hike up the prices so much. Actually lol, I just don't like my local dealer it seems because everywhere I look and everyone I talk to people have had better expereiences and dealers than mine. Anyway, I'm rambling and am going to shut up now.

 

You had your chance... all you had to do was haul A off to the north on Saturday.

selector

 

i guess i could be the one to put us back on topic. the thing i dont like about mine is i blew up the motor in my blaster before i bought this and was suposed to rebuild it and sell it but i cant stop riding my yfz. its a damn disease. and another thing that really annoys me is the fact that people nomatter what there riding (but mostly raptors) always seem to think they can beet me. but they always just washed it and dont wanna get it dirty. its extremly entertaining when i catch them staring in amaysment when im pulling away wheeling in all 5

but if u own on you dont bitch about the seet it feels great to me.

justin

 

Yamaha isnt selling the only quads made so its not like they have a monopoly on the business. They are competing with all the other manufacturers too. The reason why it is good to pay more for a quad is because if everyone buys expensive quads over cheaper quads, that tells the manufacturers that people want better, faster quads. But if everyone went and bot the cheapest quads made, then that would tell them that we want cheaper quads so theyll start 'cheapening' the quads to make them less expensive.

 

i live in mississippi and the dealers here are asking msrp. the yzf450 is not selling very well in my area yet, i guess people have not discovered them yet. i'm just glad yamaha and suzuki and honda are finally making performance quads again.

 

I posted this before but at two different places, two yfz's are for sale for 6100$. I was just curious for the price, im sure they would taken a hundred or two off of that. I dont pay sales tax either (well i do, but then i get 100% of it back because i got an indian card and live in the right county..im lucky). I sat on one and it is ALOT harder then my DS's, the seat is about the same stiffness as a dirtbikes, but it didnt feel awkward (sp?) or anything. I think the Red/White one looks amazing, id be scared to get it dirty.

RoughRider01