New 2007 GS for $3999?

[MikeNW]

The ad is in the Phoenix Cycle Trader, one of the inside cover pages, full page ad.
So what's the catch?  The bike lists for $5K++
I hate to waste a call

[FearedGS500]

you will just have to call and ask . ask for the vin you would like to do a car fax on it . ( you should be able to check it that way ) make sure theres no damage . if you get the vin you can take it to the local shop and they should be able to make sure its not stolen . it could have been crashed . he bought it back an fixed it up .  but the gram could b e damaged . theres alot that could be wrong with it ..... and it may be the simple fact that he put 2k down and desided it was not for him . just call and ask .

[MikeNW]

This was a dealer ad- I would call but I would not drive 200 miles to Phoenix anyway.
There must be some catch, I wonder if the bikes are demos?  Yeah, that would make sense.

[manofthefield]

The thing I would watch out for is you driving all that way to pick one up... then they add this $199 fee here and that $399 fee there.  And all the sudden you're back up to MSRP or close to it and you might as well buy it since you already drove all that way  

I've heard of that happening before, but don't have any experience or a specific story to back it up.   So it may or may not be worth it

[ohgood]

I asked for the out-the-door price on a SV650 locally.

$something to start with
+ $299 dealer prep fee
+ $289 title prep fee
+ $129 inspection fee
+ $39 IMPACT fee (something like that for the environment)

the dollars are proximal, but you get the point. it's almost impossible to get a direct price from a salesman anymore unless you're talking the rusted POS behind the shop that has the owner's boat anchored to a tree.