first series production

My dealer (near Leeds) told me that we had to order on or before 19th Dec to guarantee a bike in 2015. He said Kawasaki had told him that even then the delivery would be around June.

I got the impression that I could order after that but the likelihood was it'd come much later, probably 2016. On the back of that I rang Kawasaki UK and they confirmed to me that there was no cut-off order date at all (interestingly enough he mentioned something about trying to get more from Japan). That sounds to me like they'll take deposits off anyone who wants to give them one and that will steer them on how many to make - just my opinion, they're in it to make money aren't they.

I don't think they've decided how many to run and are gauging interest. But I do think supplies will be limited and I wouldn't imagine they'll make them right into 2016, there'll be a cut off date at some point.

As for the ads on EBay, the dealer where I'm getting mine is one of those saying you can put a deposit down. If you rang him I would imagine he'd say the cut-off was the 19th to guarantee delivery first half of 2015 but we'll take your money and see if we can put pressure on Kawasaki UK to get some more.

edinlr said:

Interesting that they put a picture of the H2R in the picture, but are selling an H2.

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To me that just emphasises the way dealers work. They don't really care about the finer points of their adverts or if all the stated facts piece together. All they're doing is making headlines, tempting people into their shop to talk about buying motorbikes. That's their number one motive, after that they can put the sales talk into motion and see where it takes them.
That's how dealers work, well certainly in the UK to my experience.

It's like car manufacturers showing a sexy headline of a top of the range BMW with all the bells and whistles that sounds awesome ........ and then saying prices start from £20k or whatever, clearly there's a massive mismatch but they don't care they just want you in the dealership looking at cars

One thing Kawasaki and their dealers will be doing is using the H2R to get interest in the H2 and the H2 to get interest in anything else with a Kawasaki badge on it. They'll make sure they squeeze every ounce out if it that they can which is maybe why there's a pic of a H2R trying to sell a H2.

OKH2 said:

Awe, the ole classic bait and switch

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