2022 Officially "On Order"!

[Pyrrho]

So I print out the relevant news articles and forum messages about people saying their dealers are refunding their pre-orders and telling them Motorrad has suspending building bikes and take it to my dealer. The sales manager texted his rep at BMW and was told this isn't true. Dealer also said he wasn't surprised XR buyers aren't getting all their parts because that's one of the harder bikes to sell. Said they had one on the floor for months now and nobody wants it -- they sit on it or take it for a ride, find the ergos so unaccomodating they they move on to a GS or a Multistrada (dealer sells BMW, Ducati, and MV Agusta). They sell RSes but have never had any on the floor; all the RS sales are from people like me who come in off the street and order one.

My deposit is refundable so I'm not out anything. Was happy to not have to pay over MSRP and they even knocked off the setup fees. My black storm metallic beauty will supposedly be in my hands in 2-3 months, so targeting sometime in June. I hope.

I live in apartment building with only street parking, so that gives me at least two months to find a new place to live with a nice garage to park it in.