Is there room for a new bike shop in WGTN

[snuffles]

Guys and gals what are your thoughts?

[James Deuce]

No.

You'd have to open a Moto Guzzi shop. That's all about that's left for exposure.

Mind you, if you open one, gizz us a job?

[snuffles]

No.

You'd have to open a Moto Guzzi shop. That's all about that's left for exposure.

Mind you, if you open one, gizz us a job?


I live for your positive comments and can continually feel the love (running down the back of my legs)

[Colapop]

What's available now...
TSS
Motomart
Sawyer/Motorad
Boyles
Wgtn Motorcycles
Boys Toys (2 road bikes - hardly counts)
A place in Kapiti (can't remember it's name)

In Wellington Central yeah I'd like to see a decent shop in competition with the marketed for the masses WGtn M/cycles. From what I've been told and talking to them TSS and Motomart seem to have the Hutt Valley sorted. Colemans should open a franchise....

[crazybigal]

well about 1/2 of them are slack fuckers who dont give a shit and one dosent care unless you want to buy a HD off them.
Comes down to service and price and only 2 stores take both those awards.
Why are none of them open sunday?

[Str8 Jacket]

Why are none of them open sunday?

I'd say because most of them already work 6 days a week and need at least one day of a week. I reckon that we're lucky that they open for as long as they do on Sat....

[Motu]

You don't have enough asians in Wellington - they'll work 7 days a week for nothing and give service with a smile.Just what is wrong with Kiwi's? They want their life,and to live it too!

[bobsmith]

Service with smile??/!!!!

Man you're in the wrong country for that, even with asian workers here. I tell ya, relative to service in asian countries (well when I say this, I only speak for south korea) I say all the asian workers I've seen in NZ are too bitter for no apparent reason... It must be a part of being allowed to work in this country.

[James Deuce]

I live for your positive comments and can continually feel the love (running down the back of my legs)

That's what mates are for, you whinging Pomeranian.

[magicfairy]

well about 1/2 of them are slack fuckers who dont give a shit and one dosent care unless you want to buy a HD off them.

Not fair, I have always had good service from that shop, buying Suzukis and after sales support. I reckon treat people decently and they usually are decent back.

[crazybigal]

do you think you would sell more bikes on a monday or a weekend day??

[crazybigal]

hey im a nice guy, really i am.
Im just going by the service i get when i go in there and other friends of mine who say the same. I love my suzuki but parts!!! man are they overpriced!

[chris]

do you think you would sell more bikes on a monday or a weekend day??
That's great. The salesman can take his kids out of school on Monday so he can spend some time with them and if his wife works Mondays her employer won't mind giving her every Monday off.

[snuffles]

That's what mates are for, you whinging Pomeranian.

Is that yet another racial slur?, I will tell on you.......

[magicfairy]

hey im a nice guy, really i am.
Im just going by the service i get when i go in there and other friends of mine who say the same. I love my suzuki but parts!!! man are they overpriced!
I'm sure you are and yep, I've heard others comment about the service.
I have been a customer for years and find that if I walk in and they recognise me its "would you like a cup of tea" and "how can we help"
But if it is new staff - they see a woman and think I'm there with my boyfriend and ignore me.
I have bought parts overseas and taken them in to be fitted..they probably don't like it but who cares, at least they are getting the work.

[James Deuce]

Is that yet another racial slur?, I will tell on you.......

Hey I'm safe. You're European, or maybe even Pakeha, so you have to suck the racial slurs up.

[snuffles]

British and damn proud off it......only got sent here to keep an eye on the colony.

[crazybigal]

all im saying about being open on sundays is, if there is a market fill it, if there isnt well thats cool, i wouldnt want to be open if i had no customers.
basic business isnt it!
who cares if you have to spend time with your kiddies, boo hoo get over it
and find some staff who will work. We are talking about business here.
Plenty of others are open, car dealers ect...

[Str8 Jacket]

all im saying about being open on sundays is, if there is a market fill it, if there isnt well thats cool, i wouldnt want to be open if i had no customers.
basic business isnt it!
who cares if you have to spend time with your kiddies, boo hoo get over it
and find some staff who will work. We are talking about business here.
Plenty of others are open, car dealers ect...

Hey, heres an idea why dont you stop riding on a sunday with ya mates (im assuming you have 1 or 2?) and start riding in the week days by yourself. That way when you stop for a coffee you can talk to yourself as much as you like. I remember it wasnt that long ago when NO shops opened on the weekend, yes Sat AND Sun at all. Good god how did we cope?!

[Lou Girardin]

All hail, the great God market forces.
We must work all the hours available in case one person is inconvienienced by not being able to buy something at 8.15PM on a Sunday.
If we opened on a Sunday, there'd be one employee less immediately.

[Ixion]

Hey, heres an idea why dont you stop riding on a sunday with ya mates (im assuming you have 1 or 2?) and start riding in the week days by yourself. That way when you stop for a coffee you can talk to yourself as much as you like. I remember it wasnt that long ago when NO shops opened on the weekend, yes Sat AND Sun at all. Good god how did we cope?!

Just a thought, but if servo station workers also wanted the weekend off, there'd be little riding done in the weekends. Half a tank out, half a tank back - assuming you remembered to fiull it brim full on Friday night. Lucky the gas station guys don't mind working weekends, eh?

[Str8 Jacket]

Just a thought, but if servo station workers also wanted the weekend off, there'd be little riding done in the weekends. Half a tank out, half a tank back - assuming you remembered to fiull it brim full on Friday night. Lucky the gas station guys don't mind working weekends, eh?

Yep, you definately have a point there. I remember those days well from when I worked as a chef and in retail. But what im guessing that most reatail shops dont employ shift workers. Servo station guys work on a rotating roster system (im assuming) and they only work a total of xx days a week, which normally only adds up to 5 days. Shops will have people working Mon through to Sat which is 6 days....

[Sparky Bills]

To hell with working Sunday!!
Been there, done that!!!
We opened on Sunday for about 3-4months, the cost of opening and wages for the satff who were there cost more than we made!
Was a waste of time.

As far as another bikeshop in Welly goes...
There is far too much price chopping already between shops! Let it go dude.

[Colapop]

Working on Sunday does suck but the reality is that the weekend are the two biggest retail days of the week - ask any used car salesperson. There's nothing wrong with it.
The problem with Wellington bike shops is not really the number of them (more or less wouldn't matter too much) it's just the service. Service seems to be grossly under-rated. Lou and Sarge (sorry to drag you in here guys) are examples of sales staff who go the extra mile for their customers (from what I've been told) but they seem to reap the reward for that service. No, I don't believe (having been in sales at one point) that you have to be a simpering suck up, just provide good service.

[Hitcher]

British and damn proud off it
"British"? What sort of cop-out nationality is that supposed to be? Usually reserved for use by poms with an identity crisis who're scared people will take the piss if they admit to being English. It's certainly not a term widely used by the Welsh, Scots or northern Irish.

[poorbastard]

Just a thought, but if servo station workers also wanted the weekend off, there'd be little riding done in the weekends. Half a tank out, half a tank back - assuming you remembered to fiull it brim full on Friday night. Lucky the gas station guys don't mind working weekends, eh?

Yip but its all part time shift work. You can usually fit a ride in before or after work anyway:scooter:

[Skunk]

Guys and gals what are your thoughts?
Of course there is. But to have customers you (and all the staff) have to provide service. Something *most* bike shops don't seem to understand. Unless you're a 'buddy'...

[merv]

The problem we have is not so much the lack of shops but the fact they seem short of stock of all sorts. Try buying a metre roll of scuff proof for instance - I tried that a few months back - Boyz Toyz was a joke, Motomart had nothing except small rolls so had to go in to Sawyers. I can understand the issue is the cost of stock holding, but its hard choosing accessories and the like if you can't see it in front of your eyes. Do we need a Motomail or something more like that with a decent sized showroom of accessories?

I don't worry about service too much because I do all my own servicing.

[Slingshot]

Best bet would be to open a bike shop in Martinborough.

You could open just on the weekend and have the week off, you'd pretty much capture the Wgtn market and I'd have a new excuse to go for a ride..."I'm just popping out to the bike shop to pick up that headlight bulb, be back in a couple of hours" :blip:

[Clivoris]

Hey I'm safe. You're European, or maybe even Pakeha, so you have to suck the racial slurs up.
Jeez Jim. That's a lot of sucking up if you count the stuff on the backs of his legs. Now that I think about that and run the video in my head...He can't really suck up stuff off his legs without some circus training can he?

[Clivoris]

Oops. Forgot the thread question for a while. There are a couple of shops in Welly that get my money at the moment. I imagine if something like a superstore opened and drew clients away, it could get hard for the current crew. But I can't imagine switching my loyalties at the moment.

[Madness]

I don't think there's room. You'd have to be pretty passionate & commited to go for a couple of years at least without breaking even.

Boyle Kawasaki

Wellington Motorcycles - Suzuki, H.D, Triumph

Sawyers/Motorad - BMW, Kawasaki, Honda, Yamaha, GasGas, Gilera, Italjet, PGO, Piaggio, Vespa

Motomart - Honda, Ducati

TSS - Yamaha, Aprilia, KTM, Hyosung

Maidstone Yamaha

Boys Toys - Yamaha (both of 'em)

Dude in Pukerua Bay selling Buell's (word of mouth)

McGuinness Classics (apparently have more stock than Boys Toys)

There's also an interesting Chinese scooter shop in Alicetown and a scooter place in Abel Smith Street from memory.

I like the idea of a bike shop in Martinborough, they would have to have a Barista service of course.

[James Deuce]

Best bet would be to open a bike shop in Martinborough.

You could open just on the weekend and have the week off, you'd pretty much capture the Wgtn market and I'd have a new excuse to go for a ride..."I'm just popping out to the bike shop to pick up that headlight bulb, be back in a couple of hours" :blip:

Best idea I've seen yet.

There's the surrounding Farm equipment market to service Wednesday to Friday, and the Welly crew for road bikes and equipment on the weekend.

Free courier back to Wellington for Purchases Over $200.

Free coffee from the Fush for purchases over $50.

Riding time Monday and Tuesday.

*Runs off to talk to the wife about selling up and moving to Martinborough*

[madboy]

Well I'm a loyal TSS man. They know my face, they know my name, they know my bike and they know what I'm into. I can ring up, say my name, assure them that I still DO have a license, then get the answer and/or service I want. And I get an honest answer, not an "We've got excess stock of product bla so I highly recommend you take a set of them, they stick like shit to a blanket and work from -20 degrees, got 'em on my mates bike and he swears by 'em!" I go there not because I'm particularly displeased with any of the other shops, but geography drew me to them and I kinda stayed. My current bike came from them, and I expect my next one will too. In saying that, I frequently hear good things about people at other shops - Martin (SparkyBills) at Motomart for one, but to be honest I've always got what I wanted from the guys at TSS so never had a reason to consider anywhere else.

Bikes are a lot different to other commodities. If you want to buy a Ferrari, you usually go to the Ferrari dealer. But if you want to buy a "car", you can pick any one of 100 caryards that sell "cars". Most people buy "cars", but most bikers LOVE their little "ferrari". And because we see the dealer a lot more often that we are likely to see the car dealer again, we tend to form relationships and stick with them.

I have no opinion on whether there is room or not in the Wgtn market for another shop, I just know what I like and see no reason to change.

[Hitcher]

*Runs off to talk to the wife about selling up and moving to Martinborough*
*Hmmm. Ditto*

[diggydog]

What's available now...
TSS
Motomart
Sawyer/Motorad
Boyles
Wgtn Motorcycles
Boys Toys (2 road bikes - hardly counts)
A place in Kapiti (can't remember it's name)

In Wellington Central yeah I'd like to see a decent shop in competition with the marketed for the masses WGtn M/cycles. From what I've been told and talking to them TSS and Motomart seem to have the Hutt Valley sorted. Colemans should open a franchise....Not that many, don't think it would hurts, as we benefit with the competition and keeps prices down.
Theres a couple of bike shops i know of, even brought a few bikes at sawyers and boyles,was it sawyers use to be in cuba street if i remember right, thats going back 25yrs +:yes: :wait:

[SARGE]

.
The problem with Wellington bike shops is not really the number of them (more or less wouldn't matter too much) it's just the service. Service seems to be grossly under-rated. Lou and Sarge (sorry to drag you in here guys) are examples of sales staff who go the extra mile for their customers (from what I've been told) but they seem to reap the reward for that service. No, I don't believe (having been in sales at one point) that you have to be a simpering suck up, just provide good service.


bottom line is that Lou and i are bikers FIRST and sales persons second.. we've both been on the other side of the desk more than once in a bike shop and know what good service should look like..(unfortunatly , neither of us are the Owners and sometimes our good service gets cock-blocked by those at the top of the food chain.. beyond our control at times.)

i make a decent living doing this.. but i personally refuse to put a person on the wrong bike just to make a sale.. if someone comes to me and tells me that they are looking for a commuter .. i wont try to push them onto a Hayabusa, just because there is a huge paycheck in it..that Busa i sell them as a commuter is going to be the last bike i ever sell them..

i'd rather sell them a great low priced 400CC bike today and a Busa in 18 months ..

there are certain bikes i do not discount ..GSX-r's, GN250's and MV's .. the Suzukis, because i dont have to.. i'll sell them all day long at full window and the MV's because .. well... they are MV's .. you dont walk into a Lambo shop and ask " whats the best cash price?"

and i never suck up to make a sale..no point in it if you feel dirty at closing time...been there, done that at another shop.
ive tossed more than one asshole out of the shop for being an unrealistic dick


p.s. fuck working Sundays too.. i already put in 60+ hours a week at the shop and another 10-15 at home on the advertising and marketing


Of course there is. But to have customers you (and all the staff) have to provide service. Something *most* bike shops don't seem to understand. Unless you're a 'buddy'...

best way to become a "buddy" is to come in with your cash..hehehehe

[Zapf]

Service with smile??/!!!!

Man you're in the wrong country for that, even with asian workers here. I tell ya, relative to service in asian countries (well when I say this, I only speak for south korea) I say all the asian workers I've seen in NZ are too bitter for no apparent reason... It must be a part of being allowed to work in this country.

I was wanting to take offence to that... but it didn't hurt.... oh well.

[SARGE]

I was wanting to take offence to that... but it didn't hurt.... oh well.


i thought you were Mongolian..

[sels1]

A place in Kapiti (can't remember it's name)
.

Actually there are 2 in Kapiti now, Twin Cam and Hi-Torque.

Service in Wgtn? I have had excellent and pisspoor - sometimes from the same shop!

ANZA Motorcycles in Palmerston Nth are open on Sundays, (and they have free coffee).

While I cant blame anyone for not wanting to work on Sunday, more and more retailers are heading this way. People who work Mon to Fri do most of their shopping on the weekend. Staff work a roster like any other 7 day outfit. Imagine what it would be like if the petrol stations and cafes were closed on Sundays....

[James Deuce]

Imagine what it would be like if the petrol stations and cafes were closed on Sundays....

It'd be brilliant. We could go back to concentrating on going for a ride and only stopping for petrol and toilet breaks.

[Insanity_rules]

It'd be brilliant. We could go back to concentrating on going for a ride and only stopping for petrol and toilet breaks.

What???? no ride coffee??? Man my lil honda would only go 200k's on a full tank. Thats not a decent ride.

On to the real topic, I like dealing with my chosen bike shop. I give them my budget and what needs doing, they let me know if I'm being realistic and they quite often pull off a very well priced job too. They don't suck up and they're human! If they told me I was being unrealistic (they have done once) I listen to that. They all ride daily in the howling rain, so advice on gear is always smack on. Their bike prices are pretty reasonable and they have more than once gone out of their way to help me above and beyond the call of duty.

TSS rock!

[Skunk]

best way to become a "buddy" is to come in with your cash..hehehehe
After buying five bikes off this particular shop I sort of 'expect' to be acknowledged as I look around the shop by *someone*... Maybe even asked how my day is?

Bike Assocory shop would be best in Martinborough I think. Rather than a bike sales shop.

[Hotchefnz]

Hutt Area is well serviced - Motormart are great to deal with, and service department are always helpful.
Got a great deal from sales department, when buying bike.
Parts are expensive but then TSS are also good to compare prices with and are also helpful.
Wellington - wouldnt deal with as two times I have gone to get some prices and compare products have been given pretty shitty service.
I dont really think Wellington needs another, but then I think Lower Hutt provides great service and good courteous service.......
Motarmart & TSS are great..........

[snuffles]

"British"? What sort of cop-out nationality is that supposed to be? Usually reserved for use by poms with an identity crisis who're scared people will take the piss if they admit to being English. It's certainly not a term widely used by the Welsh, Scots or northern Irish.

Thanks for your obviously cultured veiw on my nationality..... I will file it with the rest of them

[Colapop]

Actually there are 2 in Kapiti now, Twin Cam and Hi-Torque...
What are they like? And where are they located?

[Sparky Bills]

What are they like? And where are they located?

Twin Cam is down by the airport, Hes pretty good. Saved me a few times in my early days.

Hi Torque are in the old Firestone building by Guy Weavers. Phil (the mechanic) used to work for us, untill his mate (Dave Freeman) hit him up about opeing up a shop.
Nice guys. Drop in and check em out.

[Sparky Bills]

For the record...

I try my best, but im doing Parts and Accessories by myself, so if i seem abit rushed everynow and then thats why.
Compared to other shops who have 4+ parts/accessories people, i think i do pretty good.:nya:
The shop has never been tidier, and we seem to be constantly selling new products.
We are one of the largest shops in Wellington now, and there are big plans on the cards.

All i can say is...

WATCH THIS SPACE!!:innocent:

[merv]

For the record...


WATCH THIS SPACE!!:innocent:

I hope you find a place with easier access.

[Sparky Bills]

I hope you find a place with easier access.


Yip:innocent:

[sels1]

It'd be brilliant. We could go back to concentrating on going for a ride and only stopping for petrol and toilet breaks.

Umm...you didnt see the bit about the petrol stations being closed did you Jim...:laugh:

[James Deuce]

Umm...you didnt see the bit about the petrol stations being closed did you Jim...:laugh:

Yes I did.

Never used to make any difference if you planned your route and dropped in at a few friendly farmers. It's called lateral thinking applied to a community ethos. Do favours for people when you can and call them in when you need them.

[Paul in NZ]

Wots a bike shop?

[Skunk]

It's where *you* buy gaiters Paul...

[Ixion]

Did someone mention GAITERS. You don't get them at bike shops , though, you get them from your friendly local Army Surplus. In Dorkland, opposite the billboard in K Rd, the one with the massive mammaries.

[Hailwood]

Having lived in Wgtn now almost all my 41 years I have dealt with almost all the shops around ranging from Dallas Rankine at Bike Clinic in Tory Street through Sawyers in Taranaki Street and Cambridge Terrace and Lawton Boyle (now Boyles) in Adelaide Road to Wellington Motorcycles, Motomart and TSS.

I actually believe that we in Wellington are spoilt for choice in both bike sales and service. The service I receive at WMC is first rate (and has always been- even when I didn't own a HD), Kerry and Barry at Sawyers rock, SparkyBill at Motomart is always on the ball and the guys at TSS - well that has been covered previously....nothing short of fantastic.

I can't see why we would need another shop......if they dont have what I want...there is always Lou G..once again thanks for the boots!!!!! anyway my 2 cents worth

[Lou Girardin]

Yes I did.

Never used to make any difference if you planned your route and dropped in at a few friendly farmers. It's called lateral thinking applied to a community ethos. Do favours for people when you can and call them in when you need them.

And we had weekend fuel rationing. I still managed to get around the South Island on one of my honeymoons despite it.

[The_Dover]

Did someone mention GAITERS. You don't get them at bike shops , though, you get them from your friendly local Army Surplus. In Dorkland, opposite the billboard in K Rd, the one with the massive mammaries.

I'm going into business selling homemade gaiters.

Ixion is my marketing man but the gaiters are all handcrafted in my modern, well-equipped workshop.

Two models are available.

PM me for details or to place an order.

[Sketchy_Racer]

Na there is so many bike shops in Welly..

But i want to see a BIG bike shop in kapiti. The ons we have are just little ones that dont acctually sell bike (kinda)

[Clivoris]

For the record...

I try my best, but im doing Parts and Accessories by myself, so if i seem abit rushed everynow and then thats why.
Compared to other shops who have 4+ parts/accessories people, i think i do pretty good.:nya:
The shop has never been tidier, and we seem to be constantly selling new products.
We are one of the largest shops in Wellington now, and there are big plans on the cards.

All i can say is...

WATCH THIS SPACE!!:innocent:
Hey Sparky,
you do a sweet job man. If I wasn't already Kerry's bitch, you'ld see more of me for sure. Even though the Hutt is like a foreign country to me. Is it just me or do others always get lost over there?

[James Deuce]

J'Ville, Grenada, Churton Park, Tawa, Porirua, Titahi Bay, Whitby - the whole region is like the Bermuda Triangle for me. I once turned right instead of left somewhere in Porirua and ended up in Kandallah.

It's all like woooo hills, and woooo, inlet, and woooo, surf, and the woooo some more hills, and wooo when did they move Victoria University to Porirua?

[crazybigal]

stop living in the past!


Hey, heres an idea why dont you stop riding on a sunday with ya mates (im assuming you have 1 or 2?) and start riding in the week days by yourself. That way when you stop for a coffee you can talk to yourself as much as you like. I remember it wasnt that long ago when NO shops opened on the weekend, yes Sat AND Sun at all. Good god how did we cope?!

[Str8 Jacket]

stop living in the past!

Dude, im only 25! I have worked in hospo as a chef and have worked in retail as well and I can only speak for myself but working 2 day's in the weekend is really horrible and can be really stressful!

[The_Dover]

Anybody need gaiters?

[gav]

How about Repco selling motorcycle accessories? More specific m/c oils, filters, aftermarket glitter etc. Open 7 days, would you buy from them if they stocked bike stuff?

[Ixion]

Well, Repco and Supercheap DO stock some bike stuff. Oil (including two stroke) , bike batteries, bike sparkplugs (including some fairly specific to bikes) , and of course a lot of cage stuff is also applicable to bikes (paint, cleaners, electrical, lot of fuel stuff,tools etc). I buy quite a few bikes bits and pieces from them.

What would be nice is a bike specific "repco" that stocked spare parts and accessories for bikes generally (as opposed to dealers who only stock parts for the marques they are agent for) . Like the overseas ones.

[merv]

These days always use Castrol GPS in our bikes and lately have bought it at Repco or Supercheap in Porirua saving the run into Welly or the Hutt. Filters at the moment have to get from the shop so usually buy a few in advance. For the Hondas Econohonda is handy because I just ring up and the parts land on the front doorstep like magic. When I bought the XR from Sparky Bills shop and was prepping it for the South Island trip we did it was easier to ring Malcolm and buy filters, spare levers (just in case), air cleaner element etc to take with us than cruise over to the Hutt to buy them. I suppose Sparky is going to tell me he could courier stuff too.

Brendan from Sawyers doesn't live too far from me so at times he has picked up and dropped off stuff at my house - top service really. I will still use Sawyers for the Yamaha stuff.

Today Sparky had the new back tyre fitted to my VFR wheel. Mrs merv was reasonably surprised that after dropping it off for me then going back to pick it up our KB hero even carried it to the car for her which she wasn't expecting. Also he charged her less than he quoted to me over the phone, so top service to Motomart too.

My earlier comment about lack of accessories in stock for browsing in Welly still applies though but as I'm a tight arse and don't buy that much its not such a worry. I've shopped on-line, by phone, in the shop, every which way so these days we can do what we like really but there are those times you do want to touch and feel before you buy.

[The Pastor]

Just a note to crazybigal. Aussiming your a guy your name means crazy-big-al and not not crazy-bi-gal....?

[et al]

I don't think we need another Motorcycle shop as such in Wellington however I reckon there is a place in the market for a specialised tyre shop eg along the lines of the Car tyre shops (like Tony's, Beaurepaires etc) where you can just drop in and get your tyres fitted while you wait. How many of us find it frustrating that you have to order the tyre(s) then make a workshop booking up to 2 weeks away when inevitably we tend to put off getting that new rubber until just before doing that long trip, or having just had a "whoopsy" etc?

[Hitcher]

These days always use Castrol GPS
So if the bike runs out of oil, you know where you are to within 3m?

[Sparky Bills]

Today Sparky had the new back tyre fitted to my VFR wheel. Mrs merv was reasonably surprised that after dropping it off for me then going back to pick it up our KB hero even carried it to the car for her which she wasn't expecting. Also he charged her less than he quoted to me over the phone, so top service to Motomart too.

My earlier comment about lack of accessories in stock for browsing in Welly still applies though but as I'm a tight arse and don't buy that much its not such a worry.

Was no prob dude.
Lack of accessories?? Where were you lookig when you came in?
We probably have more stock than all the other shops in Welly COMBINED!
Road and Dirt.

[Stew]

I dont think you have more accessories than all the shops in wellington combined because that would mean you would have over a $1,000,000 worth of accessories whitch would make motomart into NZ biggest Superstore for accessories I think a slight exaggeration.
As for opening on Sundays its bloody hard to get staff to work on the Saturday afternoons never mind the most popular ride day (Sunday)

[merv]

Was no prob dude.
Lack of accessories?? Where were you lookig when you came in?
We probably have more stock than all the other shops in Welly COMBINED!
Road and Dirt.

I said I'm a tight arse so I don't buy much and I do a lot of things myself but when I want stuff I do find it hard to get what I want when I want. The example I gave earlier was trying to buy Scuffproof (or whatever name brand you might have) - we bought the XT Yamaha for Mrs merv before we took off South in April and I'd forgot to get any from Sawyers when we picked the bike up - Barry had put together a box of all the other things I wanted - oil filters, spare levers etc. So I dropped into your shop and being a seller of dirt bikes I thought you'd have stacks of that in stock but I wanted the nice big size metre rolls - Pat was only able to show me a tiny little roll so back to Sawyers I went.

I'm not expecting you to have a gazillion of stock, just the topic of this thread was about more bike shops and I don't really need quantity but a well stocked accessories shop would be nice for us that like to poke around. Whether there are enough spenders in Welly to make it worthwhile commercially I don't know. There's always a trade off between cost of stock holding and sales because if you don't have stock it doesn't cost much to have it, but what potential sales would you make if you had more to sell? The other downside is too much stock can go obsolete rather quickly.

Another item I tried for were new crash helmets when I got my XR from your shop in January, but seeing we already had road full face and Moto-x type helmets we were looking for adventure helmets. There were few anywhere to try on but eventually we settled on the GRex from Sawyers when we bought the Yamaha - Kerry had more of the adventure helmets than anyone else including the Arai but being a tight arse the Arai was too expensive for the purpose as far as I was concerned so we bought a matching pair of GRex. Even then I had to order mine in trusting it would be a good fit because a shop doesn't (and probably can't afford to) hold all sizes.

I guess I'm sounding like a new age computer geek that expects whatever I want I want it NOW - unfortunately many things are starting to condition us to that behaviour. Often if I can't have it NOW I go away and don't buy at all until the next time I think about it maybe months later.

The plus side for you guys is a customer like me costs you no sales time - I decide what I want, walk into your shop and say I'll have that, pay and walk out. No stock though and I say OK see ya.

[Lou Girardin]

I dont think you have more accessories than all the shops in wellington combined because that would mean you would have over a $1,000,000 worth of accessories whitch would make motomart into NZ biggest Superstore for accessories I think a slight exaggeration.


I don't know so much, AMPS has many times that in stock.

[Stew]

I don't know so much, AMPS has many times that in stock.
Not just in accessories, bikes & accessories yes but not accessories alone.I think we would have to go to Austrailia to see that lvel of accessories stock.

[Sparky Bills]

I dont think you have more accessories than all the shops in wellington combined because that would mean you would have over a $1,000,000 worth of accessories whitch would make motomart into NZ biggest Superstore for accessories I think a slight exaggeration.


Well we are NZ's Superstore:blip: BEST AROUND!:nya:

Or has noone told you?:innocent:

[Lou Girardin]

Not just in accessories, bikes & accessories yes but not accessories alone.I think we would have to go to Austrailia to see that lvel of accessories stock.

No, listen. We have that in accessories!
I wouldn't even guess what the bike stock is worth.

[Crasherfromwayback]

well about 1/2 of them are slack fuckers who dont give a shit and one dosent care unless you want to buy a HD off them.
Comes down to service and price and only 2 stores take both those awards.
Why are none of them open sunday?
Not true.....most, if not ALL of us own, ride and race Suzuki's.
You may feel that way because there's often a lot of hairy HD owners here, but we try to treat EVERY customer the way they should be treated.
I couldn't give a toss if you own an SJ50....if you come in here to simply sift about, I'll still offer you a tea or coffee.
Try me.

And Sunday?.....When the hell are we gonna get to ride?

Pete

[Sparky Bills]

No, listen. We have that in accessories!
I wouldn't even guess what the bike stock is worth.


Same here.
The numbers we got from our last stocktake were scary!
It all adds up i guess.:nya:

[ajs23]

If all else fails Why not Ride over to Dave Anderson Motorcycles in masterton for Saturday Services and get a ride in at the same time Open from 9-4. Some thing different for a change

[Paul in NZ]

It's where *you* buy gaiters Paul...

Oh thats where those things came from...

I followed a trail of glitzy baubles from the footpath and loo and behold gaiters.. (I thought I was in florida for a second or 2)

Must fit them when I fix the gearbox and after I fix the triumph and.. blasted old motorbikes - always breaking down in concert..