if you in the market for this type of bike, it might be worth looking into. truthfully it was kind of an impulse buy for me (and i'm hoping i don't regret it), but i just didn't think i'd come across a better deal.
i went into town friday to pay a bill and stopped at a nearby honda dealer to look since it's close by. they had these vxt1800's lined up near the back of the showroom at $8999. they're unsold 2007 models. i left but kept thinking that seems like a real good deal. only $1000 more than the new shadow 750's and less than the new vxt1300's. so i looked at some reviews on the 'net, and checked ebay to compare prices. it turned out that almost every 2007 on ebay was new and being sold by a dealer. some were even less (the dealer later told me 2007 was a bad year for the big bikes. it was about when the recession started).
a cruiser wasn't my real first choice of bike, but most all the reviews for it were good, and it didn't have too laid back of a riding position. i don't like that "passenger holding the handlebars" feeling.
i decided to go back the next day and feel it out. i talked the the dealer and he ran some numbers. since it's a new bike i'd also get a rebate deal that was going on, plus he knocked off $500 'cause i picked the basest model (i liked it best anyway. the others were different colors and/or had extra styling stuff i didn't like). it ended up only being a bit over the tag price out the door. 0 miles and 1 year warranty for a used bike price.
it occurred to me just today that maybe i could have hunted around the kaw-suz-yam-buell dealers and found similar deals on something i liked better (i was in a harley dealership when i thought of it, but they didn't have a better deal on any of theirs), but i'm not gonna cry over it. i think i can be happy with this.
