Milwaukee Harley-Davidson Closing Temporarily
#23
#24
IMO with the M8 and dealers not willing to make a deal will see more closing. I was talking to my salesman at Barb's and he tried to talk me into a '17. I asked what he was taking off msrp he told me nothing off. See Ya!
I was there on a Friday afternoon and the place was dead. 20-25 employees and three people there for service, including me. Bad tire replaced under warranty. No profit.
Salesman told me it's been slow only sold 1 bike in October.
I was there on a Friday afternoon and the place was dead. 20-25 employees and three people there for service, including me. Bad tire replaced under warranty. No profit.
Salesman told me it's been slow only sold 1 bike in October.
Its a gamble and the company (and the dealerships) have to gage the economic recovery accurately.
#25
Here's a link to the ongoing thread about this
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...mporarily.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...mporarily.html
#26
You certainly have to wonder about the true "economy" at this time. Supposedly it's in pretty damn good shape and no worries. Yet just this past week Ford is idling its truck plants and some car plants. But no-worries cause the LIBERAL owned news will just tell you it's all great, that is until a non-LIBERAL is running the country. I'd have to say the GOP nominee will end up killing the economy if elected cause the Liberal agenda will scare the **** out of everyone of the actual "true economy" should their agenda puppet not be elected. Oh now it's getting POLITICAL on the open forum sorry. Like my dad always said don't talk politics, religion or sex if you want to be liked LOL.
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#29
At least around here, motorcycle dealers were always something of a low-rent operation. They'd come and go over the years, but were generally located in fairly modest parts of town, in fairly modest buildings. 1500 sq ft of showroom was a lot.
Then the boom years happened and the MoCo was able to demand that their dealers build these cathedrals to consumerism. 40 years ago, motorcycle stores were just motorcycle stores. Small. Functional. Utilitarian.
Anyway, the MoCo has built a ton of overhead into their distribution channel. All those dealers who built those cathedrals need to sell a ton of bikes to make their nut. When sales drop hard like they have in the last couple of years, those guys get pinched hard.
40 years ago, Omaha had one HD dealer in a crappy building in a crappy part of town. Today we have three, two of which are the latest generation cathedrals, and one of which is the previous generation cathedral. I wouldn't be surprised if five years from now we are back down to one. In a crappy building in a crappy part of town.
Then the boom years happened and the MoCo was able to demand that their dealers build these cathedrals to consumerism. 40 years ago, motorcycle stores were just motorcycle stores. Small. Functional. Utilitarian.
Anyway, the MoCo has built a ton of overhead into their distribution channel. All those dealers who built those cathedrals need to sell a ton of bikes to make their nut. When sales drop hard like they have in the last couple of years, those guys get pinched hard.
40 years ago, Omaha had one HD dealer in a crappy building in a crappy part of town. Today we have three, two of which are the latest generation cathedrals, and one of which is the previous generation cathedral. I wouldn't be surprised if five years from now we are back down to one. In a crappy building in a crappy part of town.
The dealership was a wooden one story building that looked like a bunch of sheds thrown together and during the winter they sold Polaris snowmobiles.
My second bike was purchased at Sheldon's Harley in Worcester MA, that building was so small when you stepped out the front door you were on the sidewalk.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/47...2065e9!6m1!1e1
Last edited by JustDave13; 11-24-2016 at 02:20 PM.
#30
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee...bought-by.html
Anybody have any comments on this group?
Windy City Harley-Davidson is comprised of Wild Fire Harley-Davidson in Villa Park, City Limits Harley-Davidson in Palatine, Illinois Harley-Davidson in Countryside, Fox River Harley-Davidson in St. Charles, Starved Rock Harley Davidson in Ottawa, DeKalb Harley Davidson in DeKalb and Windy City Triumph in St.Charles.