I hope so as well. Vallejo just plain sucked, bad service, terrible attitude (especially if you own a Vrod).I'm really hoping they are clearing off the low hanging fruit.
quatro, cinco.............dose???????????
I couldn't agree more. Their service dept was the biggest joke since Abbott & Costello.I hope so as well. Vallejo just plain sucked, bad service, terrible attitude (especially if you own a Vrod).
The what?Shoe, let us know if they put all V-rod stuff on clearance sale.
Ladi, Vallejo hasn't stocked Vrod parts in over 3 years. Like I said, they were "old school" only and service dept. hated the Vrod.
I don't think it will change mainly because of the amount of money a person needs to become a dealer... In my area an old school dealer who ran it from 1940 to 1983 and retired... The a-hole who bought his dealership in 1984 paid $160k for his dealership... In 1998 when he sold it to the next a-hole, he sold it for $2.6 million... That a-hole lost his dealerships (three of them) due to fraud and gambling debts... I don't know what the current a-hole paid for it but I know it had to be at least $2 million...Actually, as we lose the old timers it gives Harley more control . There are many "grandfathered" dealerships that have not and do not have to conform to such policy as "no other brands" on the floor, or having to be "visible from a freeway" , quota's, amongst other restrictions. As the old timers fall, more dealerships become corporate. I don't know if that's good or bad but the MoCo will have more control of who's left and who's to come.
Eh, not so true. Barger Harley Davidson in Canoga Park has been around since the 1970's and isn't a big box store. It's a couple of miles from the nearest freeway and isn't even at a major intersection. Still in the original location, they expanded gradually into some adjacent stores they also owned next door in a little strip mall. They do well by keeping their overhead very low, they could run the whole business with only five employees if necessary, they own their property and have an excellent service department. Somewhere under there is an old service station. There used to be a showroom and behind it a gas station building where the service department was located. The current building kind of grew around all of that.I don't think it will change mainly because of the amount of money a person needs to become a dealer... In my area an old school dealer who ran it from 1940 to 1983 and retired... The a-hole who bought his dealership in 1984 paid $160k for his dealership... In 1998 when he sold it to the next a-hole, he sold it for $2.6 million... That a-hole lost his dealerships (three of them) due to fraud and gambling debts... I don't know what the current a-hole paid for it but I know it had to be at least $2 million...
The MOCO forced out the lil mom and pop franchises that were run by bikers that loved the motorcycle and the lifestyle and opened up the flood gates to millionaires that care less about the motorcycle or the people that ride them... They are only interested in the money...
Just my opinion but one thing is for sure, HD dealers that were around when I started riding are long gone and what's left is arrogant millionaires that buy up multiple dealerships and monopolize entire regions instead of the old days when you could only own one dealership and you had a protected area of 65 miles in radius... Most of the dealerships back then weren't much bigger then my shop is today...