Some customers may be ordering for special reasons, but there is a huge volume of GS and GSA inventory in showrooms right now. The two dealers in my area have at least ten bikes on the floor.dcstrom said:
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I could share that answer with you but it would have to be in a PM don't want to offend anyone. 
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The bulletin was dated March 2. It says that if you order on March 2, the bike will be scheduled for delivery the first week of August. That batch could also include those ordered pre March. Or maybe that is what you were saying.Mellow said:
I, for one, am quite sure that the frown on my face will be whipped clean by the smile delivered by my first ride, and the extra month or so will be fading memory. For those of you who want to jump ship now, I'm sure that your Yamaha dealer will have another buyer come along. By this time next year, you may wish that you had just been patient enough to wait for the bike that you felt so strongly about that you were willing to plop down a $500 deposit to order one sight unseen.
My bike was ordered on 9/2 and I have June delivery date. A month or so extra certainly isn't going to kill me.
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Come on guys. Let's not get too wound around an axle with all these "they lied to me" comments. Be a bit realistic. This is the first import of this bike to the U.S. There have always been risks of slipping dates. What mass produced item doesn't? Yamaha released a statement about projected delivery dates that they believed to be true at the time they stated it. In the end, like all projected dates, it is a target that can and will be moved based on various production and distribution schedules. It would only take one $4 part not being delivered by a vendor to delay an entire run for weeks. Now, how many parts on are this bike? Also the U.S. import and emission testing and certifications were probably an ongoing event at the time the projected delivery dates were released. Hasn't anyone worked on a project at any of your jobs that ran longer than scheduled? And those were likely much simpler than assembling a motorcycle and shipping it around the world.
I share everyone's disappointment, but to expect delivery date of a new-to-the-U.S. bike to be written in stone is unrealistic and you are setting yourself up for disappointment if you count on such things to be fixed. This is a fluid date and should be taken as an "estimate given to the best of our knowledge at this time" every time such a date is released. In the end, it will get here when it gets here and in the big pictures, unless you trade a bike every year, you'll long forget the extra month or two you had to wait. As others have mentioned, there are options. Get off the list (someone else will surely take your slot) and get a different bike, or buy a 'tweener bike, or do both (get off the order, buy a tweener bike, then buy a Super Tenere next year or the year after). Plenty of options.
I share everyone's disappointment, but to expect delivery date of a new-to-the-U.S. bike to be written in stone is unrealistic and you are setting yourself up for disappointment if you count on such things to be fixed. This is a fluid date and should be taken as an "estimate given to the best of our knowledge at this time" every time such a date is released. In the end, it will get here when it gets here and in the big pictures, unless you trade a bike every year, you'll long forget the extra month or two you had to wait. As others have mentioned, there are options. Get off the list (someone else will surely take your slot) and get a different bike, or buy a 'tweener bike, or do both (get off the order, buy a tweener bike, then buy a Super Tenere next year or the year after). Plenty of options.
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Very well said Chad.
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Hmm? I ordered in mid October and was just told by my dealer to expect delivery in August. Something seems wrong here?fredz43 said:
What would stop a dealer from taking a bunch of orders over several months and as those arrive, letting his best customers take the first ones that come in? How would you know if the bike you ordered on 9/1 just went to someone who ordered yesterday? Am I being paranoid?
It may be longer than expected but you are still at the front of the line
Rather be there than be told that 2013 would be the earliest you can get a bike because of the demand and back orders:'(
Rather be there than be told that 2013 would be the earliest you can get a bike because of the demand and back orders:'(
I ordered December 1st and my dealer said that the system shows August. He said that it is likely that the earliest orders will likely get bikes in late May, and in June, and after the first shipment, following shipments will get larger and include several months of orders all together. He said that this is just the way production runs typically go with PDP program bikes, and order number sequence will generally occur in batches, so there is no guarantee that someone who ordered up to a month after you won't get their bike at the same time as you, and maybe even a little sooner, depending on your geographical location.
In other words, since I live in Florida, my bike will likely make it to him after other bikes in my batch arrive at their dealers for guys that ordered after me, since the port of entry is on the west coast.
I will still get more miles on my bike before the end of the year, though, because my riding season is year round. ;D
In other words, since I live in Florida, my bike will likely make it to him after other bikes in my batch arrive at their dealers for guys that ordered after me, since the port of entry is on the west coast.
I will still get more miles on my bike before the end of the year, though, because my riding season is year round. ;D
Just got off the phone with my dealer, 4:37 EST. His inquiry to Yamaha as of a few minutes ago said all deliveries might not start til August, but sooner if possible. Earlier today he showed me the bullitin saying March orders would begin deliviery starting in August. He could not access the system when I stopped by the shop earlier today.
I ordered mine Oct 21, didn't expect it till mid to late June. August sucks.
I ordered mine Oct 21, didn't expect it till mid to late June. August sucks.
I can see where those of you that have a bike to ride are not upset. It is very easy to so tolerant when your plans have not been screwed up. I had several rides in March and April and May. I knew going in that those were not going to happen However a possible ride to Alaska in June is out and a ride to Colorado in Sept is not looking good. So yes I am not being very tolerant of Yamaha's not caring when they get the orders out.
I really think this has to do with not making the production run, until all orders have been taken, up to the end of march.
Had they been more up front with that, I would have waited until next year.
I received a call from my dealer, and he is doing all that he can do, but I don't think that Yamaha will change there dates.
I also think that if everyone that has ordered, were to cancel their order, Yamaha would have the bikes at the dealers by May.
That's not going to happen and they know that. This is just my opinion and your mileage may vary..
I really think this has to do with not making the production run, until all orders have been taken, up to the end of march.
Had they been more up front with that, I would have waited until next year.
I received a call from my dealer, and he is doing all that he can do, but I don't think that Yamaha will change there dates.
I also think that if everyone that has ordered, were to cancel their order, Yamaha would have the bikes at the dealers by May.
That's not going to happen and they know that. This is just my opinion and your mileage may vary..
Just heard that mine would be shipped in June. I was hoping for May at the latest so that I could take it on its first cross country trek of 8000 miles. oh well......
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I was hoping for May at the latest so that I could take it on its first cross country trek of 8000 miles. oh well......TC
It might feel like they don't care, but realistically, do you really think they don't? The sooner they get bikes in buyers hands, the sooner they and their dealerships make money. And since there business model is to make money, I have a pretty good feeling that they do care. But as mentioned, any project can slip dates for more reasons than any of us here could understand or guess.japako said:
I guess to answer that, yes, I don't think they care when the bikes arrive. In my opinion, it is based on how many orders they received, as to when the production started. If, for example, they would have had 1,000 bikes ordered in January, I bet the delivery would have been in May, or maybe earlier.
They did the same thing in 02, and I would have thought Yamaha would have remembered how many people they pissed off then.
Buy It really does not matter, it is all about money.
They did the same thing in 02, and I would have thought Yamaha would have remembered how many people they pissed off then.
Buy It really does not matter, it is all about money.
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Yes if there was a strong collective grumbling, there might be some action on yamaha's part. But as you can see, there are enough people making excuses for Yamaha that it would never happen. If anyone at yamaha corporate read this thread, they would probably feel confident that the very late deliveries in prime riding season will not much affect their bottom line.
I ordered in november. If the delivery is in June, even late June, I would be ok with that. but if my dealer calls me back and says August to me, that would put me solidly in the pissed off category. He still hasn't gotten back to me. I'm guessing because he doesn't like the info that found out and knows I won't either
I would rather wait a little longer for the ST, than have Yamaha rush production and possibly make errors in the manufacturing process. I want to spend time riding, not at the dealership.
Yamaha changed the ST website again. Just looked at delivery dates on there and there is none mentioned there anymore.
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