XTreme Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Spoke to Towca Honda today and asked them about the availability of CRF300L's. And there's none! He can't give a date, but it would be a minimum of 3 months or more. I suppose that's an improvement over this time last year when I was told it would be a minimum of 6 months or more. At that time it was 6 months on the CB500X's as well. A guy in the US posted on FB......."I put a deposit down and was told that Honda tells the dealer when they can place their next order. My dealer has not even been given a date to place their next order as of now. Guessing 6 months or longer before I see it." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 I’d just buy this, it’s only done 247 miles and it’s available now plus you get a few farkles https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325678448126?hash=item4bd3f2bdfe:g:xUgAAOSwD1dkedfE&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwGOiBIiWmQKMvwJ4%2BczloUU3GcpHlSZApkH4G9MfHQ72h1Xtb3%2Few8ZScg6KTiPdBiwwllfZEbUcbR3I%2FulzEdPL3tuMBJ8ZONscuf1Iv3QQC5P7CEpi4Rfq8Qaz62uvj8pY3KyxVOFyjyM4ZxlBJ4QsRGw4%2BgRRKU78vrgTNIaBPxOwNhnYO2AD4twpPxV0zu3G60rXHd1cQ9sO%2Bb%2Fk8IFmWuDLSElIfUo7cr6d%2Bf8ah2OZeLQodXL8BnEmt7d1kg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7CDjZ-XYg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 12:48, boboneleg said: I’d just buy this, it’s only done 247 miles and it’s available now plus you get a few farkles https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325678448126?hash=item4bd3f2bdfe:g:xUgAAOSwD1dkedfE&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwGOiBIiWmQKMvwJ4%2BczloUU3GcpHlSZApkH4G9MfHQ72h1Xtb3%2Few8ZScg6KTiPdBiwwllfZEbUcbR3I%2FulzEdPL3tuMBJ8ZONscuf1Iv3QQC5P7CEpi4Rfq8Qaz62uvj8pY3KyxVOFyjyM4ZxlBJ4QsRGw4%2BgRRKU78vrgTNIaBPxOwNhnYO2AD4twpPxV0zu3G60rXHd1cQ9sO%2Bb%2Fk8IFmWuDLSElIfUo7cr6d%2Bf8ah2OZeLQodXL8BnEmt7d1kg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7CDjZ-XYg Expand Load of grief and a lot of dosh to import a vehicle into Spain! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 If you want to buy a new one, just order it and get it 3 or 4 months later, what’s the issue? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 15:07, Pedro said: If you want to buy a new one, just order it and get it 3 or 4 months later, what’s the issue? Expand They can't give a specific date......the only certainty is that it will be longer than 3 months. Well how much longer? 6 months? A year? That's no way to do business! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 15:14, XTreme said: They can't give a specific date......the only certainty is that it will be longer than 3 months. Well how much longer? 6 months? A year? That's no way to do business! Expand Are you interested in ordering one? Just do it then, you would have got it 6 months ago. This is the same as other manufacturers and parts, nothing works the same as before regarding supply chains. It’s got tubed wheels though, just letting you know. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 18:43, Pedro said: Are you interested in ordering one? Expand No......I'm interested in buying one! But they're unable to sell me one! Dealers are basically taking deposits for bikes that haven't even been built! Tubes on small trailies are fine......but not so sure on 100bhp bikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 19:01, XTreme said: Tubes on small trailies are fine......but not so sure on 100bhp bikes. Expand I would be interested in riding the same big trail style bike with both and knowing if I could tell the difference. If you want to buy one just put a deposit down and wait a few months, nothing else you can do. You can always complain for years though, but that won’t get you the bike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 19:05, Pedro said: I would be interested in riding the same big trail style bike with both and knowing if I could tell the difference. If you want to buy one just put a deposit down and wait a few months, nothing else you can do. You can always complain for years though, but that won’t get you the bike. Expand If they could give a specific timescale that was reasonable then I would! But all I get is the inevitable "no se". Which I'm sure you hear a lot of as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 19:08, XTreme said: If they could give a specific timescale that was reasonable then I would! But all I get is the inevitable "no se". Which I'm sure you hear a lot of as well. Expand How much for the deposit? 500€? Just do it then and get it in 5 months like everyone else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 19:10, Pedro said: How much for the deposit? 500€? Just do it then and get it in 5 months like everyone else. Expand They show me the bike.....I'll show them the money! That's the way I do business! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 19:14, XTreme said: They show me the bike.....I'll show them the money! That's the way I do business! Expand Ok, keep complaining then. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 19:58, Pedro said: Ok, keep complaining then. Expand I'm not complaining.....just stating that Honda still have no availability on certain models. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 20:15, XTreme said: I'm not complaining.....just stating that Honda still have no availability on certain models. Expand Go and buy a Voge 300 Rally instead, plenty of those to be bought. Embrace your inner chinaman! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 Lot of bike for the money..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 20:51, XTreme said: Lot of bike for the money..... Expand Yes, that's great, buy that! It comes with yellow stripes on the wheels from the factory! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 21:44, Pedro said: Yes, that's great, buy that! It comes with yellow stripes on the wheels from the factory! Expand Can't see me ever buying a Chinese bike! But do you know what engine is allegedly in that? Cos there was talk at one time of a partnership agreement between the two companies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 21:52, XTreme said: Can't see me ever buying a Chinese bike! But do you know what engine is allegedly in that? Cos there was talk at one time of a partnership agreement between the two companies Expand Couldn't give two shits, a Tesla? It's easy to assume that a Honda engine powers a chinese bike when all they did was reverse engineer it and copy the design, it's an ugly industry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 21:52, XTreme said: Can't see me ever buying a Chinese bike again! Expand FTFY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 19:14, XTreme said: They show me the bike.....I'll show them the money! That's the way I do business! Expand It’s not the way the motorcycle dealers work though nowadays. Bikes are almost built to order 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Nathan the Postman likes then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 20:15, XTreme said: I'm not complaining.....just stating that Honda still have no availability on certain models. Expand 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 Here ya go Pete, this was part of the process I had to go through when I ordered my T700. It took about 6 months until delivery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 18, 2023 Author Share Posted June 18, 2023 On 18/06/2023 at 18:41, boboneleg said: Here ya go Pete, this was part of the process I had to go through when I ordered my T700. It took about 6 months until delivery. Expand Did you have to pay in full at that point Bob? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 On 18/06/2023 at 19:00, XTreme said: Did you have to pay in full at that point Bob? Expand No, I paid a deposit to register my interest and when they allocated a bike to me I paid the remainder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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