Author Topic: Royal Enfield Price HIKES (yikes!)  (Read 28657 times)

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Kevin Mahoney

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Reply #45 on: November 27, 2008, 05:15:44 am
I posted an extensive answer somewhere else. REM prices its bikes based on cost of production. It is the only way a small brand can really do it. We do not have the luxury of selling something for a loss in one part of the world and making money in another country. (Why can you buy a Triumph much cheaper in the US than in the UK?). Whatever price increases we will see are the result of increased costs and improved more expensive parts and manufacturing processes.
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Reply #46 on: November 28, 2008, 02:33:33 am
i bought the Enfield because I wanted it..  I bought my 1st BMW in 1975 because I wanted it.. I was going to trade my 98 bmw for a new one , but they wanted another 10 grand.. seems erveyrtime I traded for beemers 10 to 12 grand.. so I sold mine , bought the RE and put money in my pocket.. sure I can't go 176 mph anymore, but that's a good thing.. my current 2007 is a keeper.. someday I might buy the new one and turn it into a cafe racer