I have decided not to order a S10

HARTY

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I am very surprised that you guys need to wait .I have been to 3 local dealers here in South Africa and they all have stock .All three colours ara available.If I pay today I will have it on Friday :)
 

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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
 

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HARTY said:
I am very surprised that you guys need to wait .I have been to 3 local dealers here in South Africa and they all have stock .All three colours ara available.If I pay today I will have it on Friday :)
Not sure if you're taking the piss! :D or you just haven't heard about the pre-order scheme Yamaha have going in the US. Some of us have been waiting since last September, and still have no clear delivery date. Still, we are getting it for a lot cheaper than you guys...
 

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Not sure if you're taking the piss! :D or you just haven't heard about the pre-order scheme Yamaha have going in the US. Some of us have been waiting since last September, and still have no clear delivery date. Still, we are getting it for a lot cheaper than you guys...
I promise I am not taking the piss.There is no waitng list here.There was for the first shipment in November but anymore .It costs R 138 000 here wich is $ 19 000 !!!! we get ripped off here
 
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