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I read today In AMCN Mathos editorial regarding the poor struggling dealers in the current market and I posted a reply to this topic on another forum I'm on. Here ti's!

"I read that load of crap that Metho wrote. I have run car and bike dealerships, and can say factually that if you are unable to make money with a metropolitan mainstream franchised motorcycle dealership, then you are doing it all wrong!

The ones who are usually struggling to afford a demo fleet, are usually the ones who are also not selling due to poor retail practices. My best suggestion for them is to look at those who are successful and adopt an approach that mirrors that. And you do not need to be a multi outlet group to make money either.

A lot of these dealers do not deserve to have a franshise, with very poor adherence to the dealer agreement, and a load of flexibility usually shown by the manufacturer to allow them to retain their franchise.

Things are changing thankfully, with obvious improvements in the dealer networks of most manufacturers of late. However there are still the remaining stalwarts of the old gaurd who still think the general public owe them a living for owning a motorcycle shop!"

Rant endeth here!

Wow - I thought Boris' column would've got more of a response from dealerships than Matho's editorial.

Why dont you send it to Matho rather than a forum?

The motorcycle industry on the whole is very unprofessional.

The only thing that has kept me out of having my own shop is finance. Specifically I am not going to pay someone, especially with borrowed money, their inflated value of the business that they don't seem able to run propery. It's Midas syndrome - they touched it so it must be worth a fortune...

To be honest, I bought my bike not because I liked it SOOO much better than any other bike - they are basically all bloody good. No, I bought it because the dealer was better than the others.

Some lessons are going to be hard learnt, methinks.

James wrote:Wow - I thought Boris' column would've got more of a response from dealerships than Matho's editorial.

Why dont you send it to Matho rather than a forum?

Matho is very obviously regurgitating something he has been fed by an owner or manager. If I open a can of worms with a letter or email, He will only spend more time trying to justify it and bring out those dealers willing to support that attitude. Personally Matho can say what he likes. I am not a Member of AMCN like I am in here, and here is where I talk shit about bikes and bike related stuff with other likeminded people. So hence posted it here.

Felix wrote: No, I bought it because the dealer was better than the others.

Some lessons are going to be hard learnt, methinks.

yea mate...why u think so many ppl buy privately!!


as a bike salesman, i tried to change the way they acted...didnt last long..i got the shits & left after 3 months...

Strika wrote: Things are changing thankfully, with obvious improvements in the dealer networks of most manufacturers of late. However there are still the remaining stalwarts of the old gaurd who still think the general public owe them a living for owning a motorcycle shop!"

Rant endeth here!

mate
you obviously remember dealers in the 80s
shocking.....

its the manufacturuers that need to put a rocket
up the dealership system

Can you imagine car dealers acting like the bike dealers?


cheers

i'm not a big fan of dealers.

i'd love to punch some of them out

Smitty wrote:[

mate
you obviously remember dealers in the 80s
shocking.....



cheers

Are you kidding Smitty?????? I can't remember most of the 90's let alone the eighties From about 81 it's a little blurry!!!

Strika wrote:

Smitty wrote:[

mate
you obviously remember dealers in the 80s
shocking.....



cheers

Are you kidding Smitty?????? I can't remember most of the 90's let alone the eighties From about 81 it's a little blurry!!!

yea..same here..tho for me its probably for a diffrent reason to u...

Neka79 wrote:

Strika wrote:

Smitty wrote:[

mate
you obviously remember dealers in the 80s
shocking.....



cheers

Are you kidding Smitty?????? I can't remember most of the 90's let alone the eighties From about 81 it's a little blurry!!!

yea..same here..tho for me its probably for a diffrent reason to u...

Are you suppressing the memory of when you were raped Neka???

Strika wrote:

Neka79 wrote:

Strika wrote: Are you kidding Smitty?????? I can't remember most of the 90's let alone the eighties From about 81 it's a little blurry!!!

yea..same here..tho for me its probably for a diffrent reason to u...

Are you suppressing the memory of when you were raped Neka???

nah mate i was only 2...
rape isnt a funny topic really...unless its "play rape" ..but thats just cool..

Neka79 wrote:nah mate i was only 2...
rape isnt a funny topic really...unless its "play rape" ..but thats just cool..

not its not, but u sure killed a good line.

mrmina wrote:

Neka79 wrote:nah mate i was only 2...
rape isnt a funny topic really...unless its "play rape" ..but thats just cool..

not its not, but u sure killed a good line.

killed it?? or raped it??