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Title: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: RVertigo on April 21, 2007, 12:20:30 AM
We'll see though...

I'm not really sure it's a smart thing to do, 'cause I'd have to finance it...  But...  I WANT!!!!
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: spc on April 21, 2007, 01:11:56 AM
Those are SWEET!!!!!!  That's what I would wan't if i was getting a cruiser :thumb: :thumb:
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: RVertigo on April 21, 2007, 10:19:54 AM
Probably be $200/Month for 36 months at 7.something% interest...


I want it!
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: spc on April 21, 2007, 10:24:35 AM
Not bad...........  but I'd wait til the dealer has one of those promotions where you only pay $89 for the first 3 years and save the cash that you didnt pay those 3 years to pay it off at the promotion end :thumb:  I have a friend that did that with a C109
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: Gisser on April 21, 2007, 01:27:12 PM
 :thumb: Fuel injection

:dunno_white: 5-speed

:thumb: Shaft

:thumb: Seat height: 27.6 in

:cookoo: Dry weight: 637 lbs

:flipoff: Rebadged: Kawasaki

Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: jdanna on April 22, 2007, 06:00:39 PM
i never realized the marauder was a rebranded kawi

its still a bitchin bike
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: Alphamazing on April 22, 2007, 06:34:53 PM
f%$k the Marauder.

You need an M109R.
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on April 22, 2007, 06:44:07 PM
ehhh hmm, a 109 ill never get, why , damn good bike, plenty fast but set is WIDE. unless youve got a large inseam, then youll have trouble flatfooting it
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: RVertigo on April 22, 2007, 09:32:23 PM
It's not rebadged...  It was actually a dual thing, I guess...

Marauder 1600 and the Mean Streak are the same bike...  Except for a few things, like the rear fender and a couple badges...  I actually just found that out today and though it was really funny...  'cause I was trying to decide between a Mean Streak and a Marauder.   :laugh:  SAME DAMN BIKE!   :laugh:


And, while I love the M109R, I can't have one...  Too much $$$.   :cry:

I'm picking the bastard up tomorrow!!!  I'm not getting shaZam! done at work.  HA HA HA HA



As far as the 5 speed...  Something tells me that with 1600cc I won't need a 6th gear.   :laugh:  Oh... 650 lbs?  Yeah...  It's heavy...  But, its low center of gravity makes it not as bad. :thumb:


I think I came up with a good name for it...  "The Bastard!"   :thumb:
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: Alphamazing on April 22, 2007, 09:47:53 PM
Quote from: RVertigo on April 22, 2007, 09:32:23 PM
It's not rebadged...  It was actually a dual thing, I guess...

Marauder 1600 and the Mean Streak are the same bike...  Except for a few things, like the rear fender and a couple badges...  I actually just found that out today and though it was really funny...  'cause I was trying to decide between a Mean Streak and a Marauder.   :laugh:  SAME DAMN BIKE!   :laugh:

Yup. Suzuki and Kawasaki do that for a few other bikes as well. The DR-Z are the same as the KLX models of same displacement, the RM-Z250 is the same as the KX250F, not sure about the two-strokes though. They also share ATV platforms.
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: spc on April 22, 2007, 09:50:22 PM
Awesome :thumb:  I'm wavering on the should I finance line.........something tells me not to, but that little voice in my head with the roaring Duc/Termi setup in the background is pretty convincing :laugh:
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: RVertigo on April 22, 2007, 10:11:43 PM
Well, considering I bought my 2001 GS with 12k miles on it for only three digits......  I figured I could get soaked on financing.   :laugh:

I want it to be tomorrow right NOW!!!!!
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: spc on April 22, 2007, 10:31:50 PM
HaHa..have fun tommorow :thumb:  I wan't it to be this summer NOW.....so I can reup and blow all my bonus money  :oops:  I'm stupid, I know, but i'm gonna be stupid FAST too :icon_twisted: there's a black 919r somewhere screaming my name
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: RVertigo on April 23, 2007, 10:54:36 AM
DUDE!   :cry:  Those goddamnmotherf%$kers at Renton Motorcycles (http://www.rentonmotorcycles.com/) sold the f%$king thing after I left!!!!!!!  It was MINE...  I just needed the financial paperwork to come though first thing in the morning and they f%$king sold it.  f%$k!!!!!  :mad:  The motherf%$king sales guy didn't say there was any potential that they'd f%$king sell it!  It was mine godf%$kingdamnit!!!



I'm gonna go cry now.   :cry:
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: Turd Ferguson on April 23, 2007, 11:00:10 AM
Wow, sold out from under you?  Did they know you were coming back to buy it?  That's BS!
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: RVertigo on April 23, 2007, 11:13:50 AM
I wasn't coming back to buy it... I f%$king BOUGHT IT!!!!  I just needed the bank to send the check!   :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

f%$k!!!!!!!!!

:mad: :mad: :mad:


Well, at least I'll be saving $200/Month...  YAY! :cry:
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: Jace009gs on April 23, 2007, 11:33:30 AM
Did you put any down payment on it before you left that morning?......
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: spc on April 23, 2007, 12:24:19 PM
Hurray for @$$hole Dealerships :cheers:
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: Jake D on April 23, 2007, 12:41:09 PM
You should buy a KTM Super Duke instead.  I wouldn't make fun of you at all.

Or spend $5k on a Star. 
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: RVertigo on April 23, 2007, 12:49:02 PM
Quote from: Jace009gs on April 23, 2007, 11:33:30 AMDid you put any down payment on it before you left that morning?......
I feel like a moron, but I honestly didn't think I needed to...  If the sales guy told me I need to secure the bike, I would have.....   :cry:




Quote from: Jake D on April 23, 2007, 12:41:09 PMOr spend $5k on a Star.
$5k on a Star?  What, a 650?  BOOOO!
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: jordanearl on April 23, 2007, 02:46:25 PM
i wouldn't go back to those asshats.  unless they wanted to throw some cash at you to get ur business
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: RVertigo on April 23, 2007, 02:51:15 PM
I was thinking about going back and running the salesman ragged all day long...  Then tell him that I bought a bike somewhere else.  :flipoff:

But...  I think I'm just gonna leave it alone.  Either he got screwed too or he sold the bike to someone else for more money......  Salesmen are 90% liars, so how can I really be sure of which happened? :dunno_white:

I think it's best to just try to get over it, rather than try to get revenge...  I'm feeling a little better about the whole thing, but the sunshine and perfect riding weather isn't helping...  I want it to RAIN!!!   :mad:

I'm still mad, but I'm wiser for it.  Next time I'll put money down or have the check in my hand when I go in.
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: foobar on April 23, 2007, 02:58:47 PM
hey, at least you are pre-approved for financing now  ;). better make sure that the bank hasn't sent them any money yet...
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: RVertigo on April 23, 2007, 03:12:19 PM
Yeah...  As soon as I got the voicemail I called the bank.

My credit is friggen gold, so the financing wasn't a big deal...  But, yeah......  I'm approved for 2 months.   :thumb:


Now...  Only if I could convince the wife of this:

SQUID!
(http://www.bikernet.com/news/images/PhotoID11276.jpg)
Title: Re: I might be getting a Marauder 1600 tomorrow.......
Post by: RVertigo on April 26, 2007, 01:51:50 PM
**UPDATE**

I'm finally cool-headed about it, so I called my sales guy...

It turns out that their policy is to NOT hold bikes (understandable), NOT take deposits (WTF?), and NOT release bikes without a check (understandable).

So, there's pretty much nothing I (or the salesman) could have done about it, short of paying cash and riding it home...   :mad:

I left a Voice Mail for the Sales Manager asking about the No Deposit policy and if they plan on changing it...  And what a customer can do to make sure their bike doesn't get sold to someone else...   :mad:

Hopefully they'll change the policy to keep more people from feeling like they got the shaft.  :icon_confused: