University Honda Yamaha of Seattle, Washington has gone out of business. First Honda dealer in the US, it was established in 1959 by Gilbert Eaton who ran it until 1967, it has twice changed hands, the current owner, Pete Wicken, has owned it outright since 1984.
The site’s home page simply reads:
We regretfully announce that after [...]
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Motorcycle Dealers
At least one dealer has an idea to get more customers, Milwaukee Harley Davidson says if you buy a 2008 model Harley Davidson from them, they’ll throw in 100 shares of Harley Davidson stock. Buy a 2009 model and get 50 shares. As I write this, HOG is trading at $16.31 per share, you do [...]
Triumph’s Scrambler is a really nice looking bike but exciting isn’t the first thing you would say if someone asked about performance. It seems Bill Himmelsbach from EuroSports in Philadelphia thought the same thing and figured he would see if a bit of the old character from the Steve McQueen era was hiding inside. Not [...]
When the economy turns sour and every customer counts, seeing a potential buyer walk out instead of riding off on a new motorcycle really hurts a dealer’s bottom line. Of course, some dealers where this happens a lot are quick to blame the economy when the problem is something they can fix – the dealer [...]
Another custom builder just popped up on our radar, it’s REDZ Motorcycle Company over in The Netherlands. Remember Bratstyle? Well REDZ builds custom bikes along those lines, based on the Yamaha SR400/SR500/TW200, the Kawasaki W400/W650 and other small displacement Japanese bikes. They also offer all of the parts you might need to put one of [...]
After all of the hard work and no small investment, Indian Motorcycle Company is set to open its first U.S. dealership in North Carolina. It looks like they’ve done a great job of producing a high quality bike in the Indian tradition, what remains to be seen is how customers respond.
This is also a [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
