ROCKET J
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Goes to water over a dummy!!!
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posted March 14, 2002 06:50 PM
 Edited By: ROCKET J on 14 Mar 2002 18:56
Never doubt the power of the press...
Stopped by a dealer in Kentucky today on the way back from conducting some business. Asked if he had sold any 2002 ZX-12R's. He said that he didn't order any because he still had a silver 2001 on the floor. He also said that he knows of other dealers that still have 2000 models sitting around, and that it was too bad that the 12 didn't beat the Hayabusa, because then he couldn't keep them in stock.
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redelk
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Please... speak to the hand.
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posted March 14, 2002 08:37 PM
My dealer has three '02 models...
... and all of them are still in their crates. He doesn't want to put them on the floor until he gets rid of his last '01.
When he was getting ready to place the order for the '01 models, I kept telling him how there was a big demand in the U.S. for silver 12Rs in '00. I would tell him tales of what extremes some folks would go to in trying to get either the whole bike from Canada or swap bodywork with someone. Either way, "top dollar" was paid. I said that 2/3 of his order should be silver. They'll go like hot cakes.
Fortunatly, he has better "bike dealer sense" then I do. Out of the 6 12Rs he ordered, only two were silver. One of them was sold about 2 1/2 months ago and the other is that last '01 that's still on his floor today.
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