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5/10/2018 11:55am
5/10/2018 11:55am
Edited Date/Time
5/11/2018 6:11am
Can't believe the lack of info from Yamaha. We have had a deposit on the new YZ65 with our dealer since the day the bike was debuted. Dealer said to expect the bike sometime in April. Dealer called once in April to update us saying they had no information on delivery date. Said this was the norm from Yamaha. April came and went with no further info.
I just got off the phone with Yamaha Motorsports USA. They took all our info and said they would call us back with info. Never recieved a call back from Yamaha. Instead they have our dealer call with the bad news. Yamaha just contacted our dealer to let them know they cancelled the 4 orders our dealer placed on the 65's due to lack of stock.
Told our dealer not to expect the bike anytime soon. They said they could reorder the bike in June. Not trying to come off as some entitled clown but the lack of info has been a bummer.
Guess KTM will get more of my business.
I just got off the phone with Yamaha Motorsports USA. They took all our info and said they would call us back with info. Never recieved a call back from Yamaha. Instead they have our dealer call with the bad news. Yamaha just contacted our dealer to let them know they cancelled the 4 orders our dealer placed on the 65's due to lack of stock.
Told our dealer not to expect the bike anytime soon. They said they could reorder the bike in June. Not trying to come off as some entitled clown but the lack of info has been a bummer.
Guess KTM will get more of my business.
Major fail on Yamaha's part. Such hype, build-up and promotion for a bike that they can't get to anybody.
The Shop
Go buy that KTM and never look back...you will be better off anyways.
Instead they hand the info off to our local dealer. Our local dealer contacted us.
Pit Row
I then got a call from our local dealer with the info. Kind of felt like they (Yamaha) didn't want to hassle with the matter and just passed the buck off to our dealer. Maybe thats their protocol. I'm not sure.
Our dealer seemed pretty surprised also. Our dealer isn't a small volume outfit either.
If Yamaha didn't give you an answer for this, it could be that either:
a) Yamaha didn't make enough of them to go around for the expected demand.
b) Some dealer in Europe got all of them.
c) The dealer lied to you, and he forgot to order the thing from Yamaha
or
d) Trump has them all locked up on a boat sitting off the coast because he is trying to 'Make America Great Again'
take your pick.
*edit* sorry to hear your going thru this, but its not the first time someone has put money down on new release bike and has gotten the shaft. I've been there, but not with Yamaha.
Dealer told me he always orders new models as soon as he can and orders twice the number he really wants.
Explained more simply, here are the numbers they will manufacture and sell:
2018: 200
2019: 220
2020: 240
2021: 260
Total: 920
Whereas the demand is more like that:
2018: 800
2019: 200
2020: 150
2021: 150
Total: 1300
Conclusion: each new model, more people are actually staying or going back to KTM ...
Sorry for your kid, it happened to me once too and it didn't change my life, and good luck !
Those blue dudes should just give up.
People on this forum love to hate anyone that complains but I can assure you if any of them paid for something and didn't receive it, they'd be all bent out of shape. I'm going to start listing stuff in the for sale thread and when people pay me, I'm just going to not send it or update them for months. If they complain I'll call them entitled or a 'typical mini dad'.
Yamaha's loss. They shouldn't take deposits or even announce a product if they don't have the capacity to deliver it.
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