Hitcher
2nd August 2004, 10:05
While in New Plymouth at the weekend I couldn't help but notice that a long familiar feature of motorcycling in that most wonderful of provinces -- Callender Motorcycles -- is no more.
The local scuttlebutt is that Callenders had to move so that property developers could convert their building to apartments. Efforts to sell the business were then dealt a major body-blow when Suzuki New Zealand Ltd gave the Suzuki franchise to another dealer in town. I guess there must be more to this story than that, but my heart went out to the team at Callenders. This has been a great business over the years and it was sad to see that it was no more.
The local scuttlebutt is that Callenders had to move so that property developers could convert their building to apartments. Efforts to sell the business were then dealt a major body-blow when Suzuki New Zealand Ltd gave the Suzuki franchise to another dealer in town. I guess there must be more to this story than that, but my heart went out to the team at Callenders. This has been a great business over the years and it was sad to see that it was no more.