thedude said:
Any way he could get it strait from Honda, not through a dealer? I've never even considered something like that. Would that be possible?
Nope, as Med said, you have to be a dealer and they obviously put on a mark up above what they bought the bike for from Honda. If the manufacturer sold directly to the public, the dealers would never be able to compete price wise.
Nowwith that being said, American Honda is in Torrance California and Honda Canada is in Toronto, so it's not like the entire country (U.S. or Canada) could directly access the manufacturer even if they did sell to the public.
Regarding buying the bike in the crate, I agree that it's most likely a liability thing as we all know, the bike does not arrive completely assembled. If a dealer was to sell a crated bike and an accident was to occur that was later attributed to improper assembly, they'd be big time toast.