u/Moonpie_64

This is mostly me bitching and venting, so feel free to skip. I started searching for my new bike after 12yrs of not riding. I finally decided to go relatively “all out” and chose the F3 Competizione. Quick search on Cycle Trader gave me some numbers to call and none in my state. After some back and forth haggling, I came to an agreement with one on April 3rd and put down a deposit. At that time, I was told the allocation was 1-2 weeks away. No biggy since I’m going on a 2 week work travel. Give them a call on the 2nd week and get the, “it’s still 2 weeks out, but I’m talking to the MV rep soon and will give you an update later today.” No call back. I call a couple days later and still no update. So I give up hope that I’ll get the back after I return from my trip. I get back home and I finally get a call…”Should be at the end of the week, we’ll update you when it arrives”. End of week arrives, but no call. I call the next day, “should be here today”. No call.

A week later I get a call saying it’s finally in!!! “We understand you want the race kit installed…but due to EPA regulations the exhaust was unable to be shipped with the bike and we expedited it from MV.” (So did they not tell you this already? Was this the first Competizione you had at your dealership?). Same we’ll call with updates and no call. Another week passes and I now give up hope I’ll have the bike on my birthday (27 May). They call me on the 27th and tell me the exhaust is in!! “We’re installing it now, we just need to let the bike go through a couple heat cycles and we’ll send you a walk around video.” No video received.

I call the next day to talk about shipping and the guy informs me that there’s an issue, “MV didn’t provide us with a password to clear the codes for the race map and we’re waiting on that email. But our shipper is coming out on Friday (today) and we can ship it, you can ride it, but will have to take it to your local dealership to have them flash the ecu.” (Ok, fine by me) I get a call today saying, “sorry, but our shipper had a mechanical issue and won’t be able to ship it out until next Tuesday. But hey that should give us time to get the password.”

I’m beyond frustrated at this experience and granted my bitching will subside once the bike gets here. But dear god why all the damn hurdles just to get this bike? FFS!!

For those who work on a military base, what are you using to get your ID out quick enough to get scanned? I have a pouch that came with my OGIO backpack, but I have also used an armband in the past. Just curious what others are using.