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BTW, the quality of the HD apparel is tops - I buy ALL my riding apparel at my local HD dealer....
If you take a single example: the backrest for the RT at roughly $500, and compare it to the backrest from Corbin, Bike Specialties, and others at $200 to $300, you can see the point. I know that tooling for unique parts is high, and the required engineering is more. The competition makes parts that fit more than one bike, and just add/change parts needed to fit the Spyder. That approach could be adapted by BRP, but they do not seem to want the volume sales.
Accounting says you spread the up front costs over the expected sales volume to the material costs, and add 20%. The argument is lower prices mean higher volume, and you get to the same point at Quarterly reporting time... Something doesn't seem to match up at BRP...
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Originally Posted by den1953
BRP isn't the only player using Asian/Third World suppliers for clothing & accessories. I've bought quite a few Victory clothing items at my dealer and they're all made in China or Vietnam or some other third world source. Harley Davidson is probably the all time king of this type of marketing. Anymore these days it's becoming the way business is done period. Outsourcing has pretty much left much of the USA with tens of thousands of shuttered factories and millions of displaced workers either jobless or working for lower pay. I'll just let it go at that and avoid any kind of arguments.
I agree, and it is very sad. One of the reason I go out of my way and will pay a bit more to find something made in Canada or the U.S. Although it is not always easy these days!
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Originally Posted by Netminder
I agree, and it is very sad. One of the reason I go out of my way and will pay a bit more to find something made in Canada or the U.S. Although it is not always easy these days!
I Agree but more often than not companies will outsource and still overcharge.. The $500+ backrest is over the top silly and I'm far from alone in thinking that..
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This Modern Marketing Thing
Don't get me wrong as I'm still enthused by the new Spyder F3, just somewhat disappointed with the accessory prices. This goes for all other brands of powersports as well. I guess is just is what it is and we live with/deal with it.
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Grip Puppies, Spyderpop Belt Guard, Nautilus Horn, Shortee Antenna, BajaRon's Swaybar,
Cree LED Day Running Lights.
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Geoff...
Good to see that you're back; you've been missed!
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
Geoff...
Good to see that you're back; you've been missed!
Thanks, Bob, I appreciate that. To be missed by a member of the NRA is a lucky break...
You've used a variety of interesting and amusing avatars over the years. I trust Alfred E Neumann's portrait as a bum doesn't reflect the depleted circumstances of anyone in particular?
2011 RT-S SE5, Acumen Tempest Cat-1 Alarm, SmoothSpyder Belt Tensioner,
Autocom Super Pro Auto, Garmin Zumo 550 BT, 10amp Socket, Front Fender LED's,
Grip Puppies, Spyderpop Belt Guard, Nautilus Horn, Shortee Antenna, BajaRon's Swaybar,
Cree LED Day Running Lights.
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As long as people buy them, why would they lower the price? And I'm betting most still will buy the accessories even though they don't like the price. And not "liking" the price won't change a thing. It's not buying that does that.
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my moms high priced 2014 Mercedes S550 has a $400 oil change every 10K. You pay to play! apples to oranges, but pretty much the same concept. My mom doesn't need a $130k car just like I don't need a $30K trike.
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If you bought only the things you need....... would not have anything you wanted....
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first i didn't read all the posts, but i did skim trough them. now i am not a rich man but the way i look at it is, you either want the bike or you don't. BRP has a product that you like, so you shop around for the best price at dealers in your area and pick the best price. you need to spend money for what you want. BUT what i feel BRP does wrong, and it is another way for them to make money, is to not send the bike with what extras you ordered. between the two spyders i ordered i have extra windshields and seats because what i wanted had to be ordered and installed by the dealer. if you order a car it comes with the extras you want but with bikes it's all extra and you end up with extra parts. my dealer installed my extras for free but why not just send it that way.
NO BIKE AT THIS TIME
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When you order a Dell computer you get credit for what comes "stock" on the model and only pay the difference of the upgrade.
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
BRP can sell the added accessories for the F3S at a reasonable price. Take a look at the price for the UFit for the brake and gear shifter, now these are priced correctly, so come on and price the rest of the accessories accordingly.
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Polaris Indian Scout
I priced the accessories necessary to make the new Indian Scout more touring friendly, things like passenger pillion pad, sissybar & passenger backrest. passenger pegs, a windshield and leather saddlebags. The total came to $2299.94 USD. This was for a bike that MSRPs for $11,299 in a red color. Those saddlebags alone were $999.99 so BRP isn't the only one selling accessories for a high price.
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Originally Posted by cuznjohn
first i didn't read all the posts, but i did skim trough them. now i am not a rich man but the way i look at it is, you either want the bike or you don't. BRP has a product that you like, so you shop around for the best price at dealers in your area and pick the best price. you need to spend money for what you want. BUT what i feel BRP does wrong, and it is another way for them to make money, is to not send the bike with what extras you ordered. between the two spyders i ordered i have extra windshields and seats because what i wanted had to be ordered and installed by the dealer. if you order a car it comes with the extras you want but with bikes it's all extra and you end up with extra parts. my dealer installed my extras for free but why not just send it that way.
I agree whole heartily...but that would cut into their profits big time. I would like them too charge a reasonable fee to upgrade a seat rather then charge full price for a new seat leaving you with original one to get rid of. The dumps are probly filled with oem harley mufflers.
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Originally Posted by SpyderBandit
I was about to mention prices and "China" but you beat me to it. The margins must be huge using China as a manufacturer.
The Can-Am clothing I have is all made in Vietnam Nam
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If the quality is there; I don't care where it comes from.
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Why should they charge less to people who are going to buy a new model anyway? If you want a discount, wait till the end of the model year. The company no doubt sets their pricing so they get a certain return on investment over the first year, knowing that later in the year the prices will be lower. Over the year, the return evens out to their projected business model.
As to the accessories, I agree that they are too expensive, as are HD's stuff. The thing to do is to make a deal for the machine & accessory parts package with your dealer and try to get anything you want at that time. Buying it later will cost a lot more.
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