Green may not be as popular as you might think. The two times I witnessed my local dealer getting '08s in, a green one was in the bunch and was the last one to sell both times. I'm sure it's just another economic decision..the slowest seller gets the axe. I'm just surprised to see that a replacement color isn't listed. Orange would get my vote.
With the rising costs of everything else, it stands to reason that producing and shipping bikes has become more expensive as well. $4K is a lot of $$ for a 250 anything IMO, but it's still one of the best small cc sport bikes offered, so where else do people really have to turn when they're in the market for such a bike? I don't consider the Chinese clones to be a valid replacement.
I'll be interested to see if there's as much scrambling and gouging on the next go-round.
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