saw 5 new bikes , yesterday- - -

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yesterday afternoon, i was heading into town,about 5 miles, and saw 5 brand new bikes!

all were from the same dealership.all had paper tags.

ONE was a yamaha(blue/black 07).

all the rest were all black ,and were BIG, suzuki boulevards.

 

 

 

what i figured from that, is "you can't sell something you don't have to show!"

 

i think it is ridiculous, that a dealer,can only order/take delivery on a predetermined # of a certain model, based on the population of the area,which he serves!!!!!!!!!

yamaha, is committing suicide, while suzuki is PROSPERING!!!

just jt

[Paul]

I sold cars for over 10 years and we also had a Yamaha franchise and the allocation has nothing to do with the size or population of the area you are in. It has to do with the amount sold the previous year. We were in a small rural area and we were out selling a lot of the bigger city dealerships, so we were allocated more than some of the bigger dealers. I think it all came down to having a car selling attitude (do anything you can do to roll another one down the road). Where a lot of motorcycle dealers dont know how to deal, they try to make $2000 on a single deal instead $500 on 4 different deals and then get them for the acessories and service. Selling 4 is a hell of a lot better than selling one when looking at what you will gain with 4 new customers vs. 1. It seems like motorcycle dealers for the most part figure they are top of the heap and you will buy from them and if not someone is standing in line behind you. We were selling between 50 and 75 units a month where the previous owner was rolling only 12-15 a month in the same location. I think these dealers need to go to car selling school and learn how to dicker instead of this is the price here you go buy it or not. These guys buy the franchises with little to no selling knowledge and it makes no difference that they know their product front to back because if they dont know how to work a deal they will leave a lot of people walking out the door.

Its all a numbers game and the more sold means that more will be allocated for the next ordering period.

Paul