What is the dealers invoice price for say a bare bones Iron 883 or any model for that matter? How much profit do they make on one bike?

 

http://www.seedealercost.com/powersports

 

Their invoice is a lot less than what we get to pay when we buy one. That question has been asked several times and has never been answered to any satisfaction. It must be a very closely guarded secret.

Maybe we'll finally see with the previous post. Let us know what you discover.

 

Wow. Great info assuming its accurate. They look to be pocketing much more then the average car dealer per vehicle. When I purchased my SG in '09 I was able to get a $1500 discount by shopping around. But "09 were different economic times.

 

I would think there would be at least a 25% mark up.

 

I can tell you this, my buddy bought a bike at the beginning of the year and my local dealer confirmed that it was only a $900 profit deal.

I assume that has holdback calculated into it also, so my guess would be that it was about $200-300 over invoice with another $600 in hold back for the deal.

He bought a brand new 2012 Limited - Price was $19200 and with tax, tag it was $21462 OTD

so on that MSRP of $25XXX it was invoice cost in my estimate right around $19000 or $18900

that's close to $6k in profit for those that pay the MSRP plus the dealer fee.

 

First rule of business

If you buy it for a dollar you sell it for 2.

 

Not sure how much the dealers pay for bikes but if it's any thing like RV's, they make a killing if they sell for msrp!
I went to an RV show last week to check out the RV's. They had a Class A diesel pusher on sale for $249K! The sign said "That's $105K below MSRP"
WOW!

 

Do they ask you where you get your money from! ....

 

Great link, thanks.