Motorcyclisted said:
Trevor,
Forgive me for being vague. The dealer did not charge me an extra $500.00 deposit. In January, I gave an extra $500 just because I had extra at the time. As for my attitude, perhaps I could cut Yamaha a little more slack. But, what is wrong with wanting to be well informed? If I knew my delivery date is going to be in November, maybe I could decide to purchase another Yamaha Product that is available. Hmmm. Maybe a FJR1300? Thanks for your straight forwardness.
Ah ok - in that case you should have no problem getting the extra $500 back, at least.
If you need a definite delivery date, you're probably better off getting another bike. I expect Yamaha will come out with some updated schedules in the next week or two, but even then they won't be "definite", more like "estimated". Realistically, there are some things that are beyond Yamaha's control (power outages, shipping delays), so an estimate is the best they can possibly do.
For me, the S10 is the only bike on the market that I currently want, so in a way I don't care when it gets here, as long as it gets here. And I have the Strom in the meantime. I would bet that they'll be here before November (which you mentioned earlier) - but again nobody's making any guarantees at the moment.
Trevor