New Morini's at Deep Discount...

[SLDMRossi]

DO NOT want to get started again (please) with opinions on what are now Chinese-made Morini's. Just wanted to bring your attention to some deep discounts on a couple of new 6 1/2's:

https://www.souheganvalleymotorsports.com/search/inventory/usage/New/brand/Moto%20Morini

If I didn't already have a Chinese-made Benelli TNT 300...that I'm totally satisfied with...I'd be considering one.

Steven Rossi

[inditx]

I’ll take a red Calibro please!
inditx

[JJ]

I’ll take a red Calibro please!
inditx

The naysayers can "POO-POO" Moto Morini's all they want, but I am here to tell you that the fit and finish on these bikes is "EXCELLENT!"

[SLDMRossi]

Just always watch for the "Fees," of course.

SR

[Perazzimx14]

I wonder what the OTD number was on these bikes before the huge discounts and what is now after the discounts. I'd bet it's not a whole lot different.

The $1,124 destination fee is laughable.

[DoubleGuzzi]

.. fee is laughable.

As are all 'murican hidden costs! Apart from some stealers charging a so-called admin/documentation fee, in the UK the price you pay is typically the same as advertised i.e the OTR (on the road) price.

[Kev m]

As are all 'murican hidden costs!

That's just buyer beware as it varies from thousands to nothing.

The Guzzi dealer in Accident MD charges what they list plus a $75 doc fee and that's it.

Not to mention everything is negotiable.... Well entertaining big.

[Perazzimx14]

That's just buyer beware as it varies from thousands to nothing.

The Guzzi dealer in Accident MD charges what they list plus a $75 doc fee and that's it.

Not to mention everything is negotiable.... Well entertaining big.

Yes, there are a couple of dealers around that sell with no "fluff" fee's like destination, Doc, dealer prep etc but most add on a bunch to the price and that is why I never cared to see how the deal was put together all I care about is the OTD number, it's the only number that matters.

 

[Perazzimx14]

I just realized that the bikes with are biggest discount are 2023's and have the highest destination fee's. Usually dealer prep and destination fee's are the 1st thgins to be removed trying to move NOS. That's what alway struck me a odd that when a bike was new and before the dealers started paying on it they had to charge dealer prep and destination but if the bike sat for 6 months + and they started paying interest to the mothership they all of a sudden could ommit these fee's to move the bike.

To me dealer prep, destination, doc fee's are overhead. They gotta get product shipped in and assemble it to be able to sell it. The dealership is paying shop and/or office staff no matter if they are selling bikes or standing around drinking coffee. They are overhead like insurance, mortgage, utilities etc. I don't want to see these fee's as a line item or especially as an additional fee over and above the cost of the bike. Maybe that's why I don't sell motorcycles for a living???

But I guess the majority of the buying public look at the price especially discounted prices and are blind to the additional fee's. They see a $5,000 bike discounted by $2000 as a $3000 bike not a $3,000 bike with $2,000 in added fee's to total $5,000. Mental masterbation with numbers. Very easy way to get people to spend the same or more money buy putting an item on sale.

I can guarantee the Moto Morinni dealer is not taking a $2,200 to $2,500 loss on a $5,000/$6,000 bike. There cannot be that much profit built into them.

[Vagrant]

I just priced a V85 at Accident.
Plus $800 freight, plus $155 doc, paperwork, etc.

[Kev m]

I just priced a V85 at Accident.
Plus $800 freight, plus $155 doc, paperwork, etc.

That freight charge is new and the doc fee went up I see. Bummer.

[SLDMRossi]

"Freight" is a good place to hide a lot of miscellaneous things. Like Tariffs...

SR