Update on my order, possibly.
I had today off as a paid holiday so took advantage of it by driving down to Chicago and checking out some dealerships and accessory/apparel stores. Stopped into Motoworks Chicago / BMW of Chicago and mentioned I had ordered an RS from BMW of Milwaukee to their sales manager. He stopped me and said that he was sorry to break it to me, but I wasn't going to get that bike. Whatever my dealer told me was either a lie or they didn't know what they were talking about, he said.
Of particular interest, he said there's only been an allocation of 50 RSes to the US and nobody can get them anymore. I told him my dealer insisted it shouldn't be an issue. He turned one of his monitors around and showed me a BMW interface to a list of all bikes currently on order in the US and their build / delivery status. He pointed to one RS on the list. It was ordered by Tyler's Cycle near Green Bay, WI. He said they must have gotten one that was already built and maybe on it's way to another dealer. I said Tytler's owns the dealership I placed the order from. He looked up the build order on the bike and it's a Storm Black Metallic w/Premium package & matched luggage, just as I had ordered.
He explained they may use the parent company to order and if so (then he fist bumped me) I got the last one.
I'll be stopping in my local dealer tomorrow morning and figuring out what's what.
I had today off as a paid holiday so took advantage of it by driving down to Chicago and checking out some dealerships and accessory/apparel stores. Stopped into Motoworks Chicago / BMW of Chicago and mentioned I had ordered an RS from BMW of Milwaukee to their sales manager. He stopped me and said that he was sorry to break it to me, but I wasn't going to get that bike. Whatever my dealer told me was either a lie or they didn't know what they were talking about, he said.
Of particular interest, he said there's only been an allocation of 50 RSes to the US and nobody can get them anymore. I told him my dealer insisted it shouldn't be an issue. He turned one of his monitors around and showed me a BMW interface to a list of all bikes currently on order in the US and their build / delivery status. He pointed to one RS on the list. It was ordered by Tyler's Cycle near Green Bay, WI. He said they must have gotten one that was already built and maybe on it's way to another dealer. I said Tytler's owns the dealership I placed the order from. He looked up the build order on the bike and it's a Storm Black Metallic w/Premium package & matched luggage, just as I had ordered.
He explained they may use the parent company to order and if so (then he fist bumped me) I got the last one.
I'll be stopping in my local dealer tomorrow morning and figuring out what's what.
Craig
'20 R1250RS
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'20 R1250RS
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