Ok, first off I got this info from bikeland thread about what the 14r's cost the dealers. After reading there was a mention of Troy Cycle (http://troycitygarage.com/street_bikes.htm), who lists the sale price of $13,200 for black & blue, $13,400 for the SE and they charge $150 freight, $65 prep... $13,415, or $13,615 plus tax if you are a NY resident. A great deal if your willing to travel. Forwarded this to my dealer friend last night, he is going to sharpen his pencil or lose a sale. Hope this helps anyone out that is interested.

I called and confirmed prices with Rich, waiting to hear from my local dealer... It's almost a $1300 difference. Friends or not, $1300 is way too much of a difference to let slide .So I beat up my local dealer on the price, got it down to 14K, -7500 for my trade in (-8,150 after tax deduction). Saved $500 off price, $650 off tax... So within $200 of Troy's price at end of day... Not worth $200 to drive a few hours each way after gas & tolls...

* Last updated by: seno on 11/3/2011 @ 11:33 AM *

Did you get this $500 off? Trade in and order before Dec 31.

Cheers,
PB

Paul,
I dont know but my bike came out to like $13,200.... so I am not complaining

Hi Seno (John),

Wish I could attend the gun show this weekend; you evidently have a booth?
I work weekends in Illinois so it ain't gonna happen.

I like nothing better than to slip some revolvers or pistols in the saddlebags and run up to McMiller range in Eagle, WI for an afternoon shooting and chronographing different loads.

Read your posts here and on other lists and it looks like you got the good deal I got and everyone should
get from their dealer in the USA. About a thou off the list and the 500 rebate from Kawi for early order brings it down to about 13,200 before you start opting and taking off a trade-in, etc.

I'm still riding my 07 and will another week or two before reluctantly turning it in for the season and as trade to my dealer. 14 R isn't here yet and it looks like December will come before it gets here; already only 30 degrees this morning at 8 am and we have seen snow already as well.

I may let the dealer store the R for me till March; my usual season is March thru Nov with the bike in undisturbed sleep Dec thru February to avoid ice and salt and temptation. heh, heh.

Cheers,
Paul

Seno, that Troy dealer has some rocking prices. The COG people (some of them) who live up that way talked about it. He runs a really low overhead operation, and just pumps out bikes all year long at $1,000-ish discounts.

I know you are really going to enjoy that 2012 ZX14, and the smokin' price.

Got any Glocks in .40 ?

JR

Yes, I have a booth... The Glock booth, LOL
As far as flocks in 40 I only have the 27,23,22,24L, and 35..... All of them.
I got my bike for 13,200, added 4 year warranty 700, tags freight & prep 275, and tax. So my bike (7500 trade in) and 7500 more out the door. Not to mention supporting my local dealer which will warranty anything I do to with bolt on mods.

BTW, will be a very busy weekend since HR 822 is 2/3 of the way into law... I am from NY and do not have a VA FFL, so I can hook you up with a dealer there. Otherwise we can order and ship it to a local FFL for the same price he would pay for it... The issue with that is many dealers want to charge you a $50 transfer fee and tax so your right back at the local price.

I was just curious, my friend. I have a 23 already. And a couple S&Ws and some other stuff. Well, a whole armory actually.

When do you get your 2012?

I've got 2 months to wait for my C14, but thats ok, need the time to sell the ZX14.

hmmmm, 633 km drive for me. Not bad.

I am in the same boat... Have quite the arsenal... Have been collecting modern military weapons for 10+ years and buy a new one monthly at least... Selling a few pre=ban & semi rare ones to put towards bike... Just want to pay it off when I pick it up

Supposed to get bike this month, but not holding my breath...

semo wrote:

Supposed to get bike this month, but not holding my breath...

I hope you do!

I'm in the other boat, my C14 is coming in mid-January (certain, Kawasaki acknowledged my dealer's order and scheduled the delivery - by tractor-trailer). I don't need a motorcycle in January, there will be a few feet of snow on the ground. I'd rather they didn't get it until April or even May.

Ever see them unload those? Man, I drove a forklift for a decade, loading items as heavy as 10,000 pounds onto flatbed trailers. I dropped a couple of those big heavy items, too. I'd hate to see then unloading the crates from the bike trailer, and drop one of the crates.

We cannot sell to a Canadian address, only to a US address.

From: Jim [mailto:tcg@nycap.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 6:13 PM
To: tcgrich@nycap.rr.com
Subject: FW: ZX -14 Black

Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 5:46 PM
To: tcg@nycap.rr.com
Subject: ZX -14 Black

Hello, my name is Rick Romans. I'm looking to purchase A new 2012 BLK zx-14. Do you guys sell to Canadians ? you are located 633km from my house, 7 hour drive. If this works please let me know. Paying Cash. No BS.

^^^ Took four days for that guy to send you a one sentence answer? Really??? Must be busy sellin' snowmoblies. ^^^

At least you guys know the definate $$ It's bin mentioned to me at about the $21,000 mark

I was absolutely certain you could not buy a bike in the USA to take back to Canada, but didn't want to rain on your parage until checked on it.

Even back pre-9/11, to ship my bike to Europe to ride for a month, I had to file 5 extra pages with customs saying I was not exporting it, and would be bringing it back in exactly the same state it was when it went over.

So no ferrying parts over either.

Since 9/11 you can forget it. Homeland Security has made sweeping changes since then. Used to be, I could tell a veteran who had a felony after getting out, to get a CDL-A commercial driving license, and they could go drive heavy truck for the mining companies in the region.

Now, trucking companies and everyone else have to do background check to date of birth, and anything felony or DUI related means you cannot drive. Well, you can, if someone can afford to insure you. Nobody can or will.

Same with selling vehicles, same as 1992 when I went to Europe, but now if a US dealer sneaks an export deal under the table, they can go to prison for 5 years. Not going to happen. And Kawasaki won't let a US dealer export openly to Canada, for instance, even if the dealer is willing to pay huge export tariffs (taxes).

By the way, 9/11 has changed so many things. Its no wonder prices on most things have gone up.

Except flat screen tvs, but thats because of a sweetheart deal with Taiwan, Korea, and South America which lets them dump electronics at near zero tariffs rates.

Even personal computer prices have gone flat, and stopped decreasing yearly. Sure you can buy a $500 "book", but to buy a gaming machine that can handle the new games (if you don't give up and go Xbox 360 instead) with decent amount of memory and storage, you still have to pay the same price they cost 3 years ago.

Back in the 80s I imported big time from Hong Kong and England, and exported to Germany and Italy and France, amongst others. With virtually no oversight. One page commercial invoice was all that was necessary.

Try sending your family in the USA a gift from Spain while you visit, now. If you do, ship it UPS, and even though UPS has it down pat, it will still take 3 days longer than pre-9/11.