Well, This is two years ago when the 03's just came out..I bought a brand new 03' CR250 for $4,400 OTD..I went to dealerships and they weren't budging on the msrp of $5,899 + tax price which would put it above $6,000....I couldn't believe the attitude of these guys when I tried to make a deal...But I ended up feeling sorry for them when I bought my bike in Canada and had it shipped for nearly $2,000 less than what the dealerships were asking.... :nener:
Plus, no dealers would let me take my bike home in the crate...After buying mine from Canada, I didn't have to worry about any lame set up fees or taxes and I didn't have to worry about some shop guy messing with my bike that didn't know what they were doing.
Unfortunately, the U.S. dollar has lost much of it's strength and back then you could get KX250's and RM's for $4,100 OTD....No more.