Are motorcycle dealers still having a tough time?

[actungbaby]

Well i seen vfr 120 brand new for 14 grand and like 22 grand price
we did have laws here that u have 1/3 deposit on new bikes changed alot over the years not sure policy know

But think encommy i geneartl down so there hobby market almost so yeah bound to be tougher i think spares for bikes i been
Told year ago or so where doing well people doing up older bikes ? l know i have been with mixed results namly still no going bike
And i brought 3 of trademe so far

At this point am about to say hell with buy working cbr 125 3,300 but hay i have bike that working and cheap to run
great around town too . andt get side jobs doing pizza delivery on one and whouldint use up what get a pizza on fuel hehe

So If you really want a new bike, you can walk into a dealership and tick up a bike, as long as you meet the lending criteria, but the lending criteria, and APR are still pretty steep, which leads me to believe they arnt doing to bad.

I was in england 12 years ago, and suzuki dealerships had a ZERO APR on new bikes, what a deal.

[DMNTD:Me]

Same problem in the car industry at the moment...We are down from 75-85 used cars to 27, its almost impossible to buy good stock

Interesting, we're having no issues with sales or gaining top quality stock.

[onearmedbandit]

Same problem in the car industry at the moment...We are down from 75-85 used cars to 27, its almost impossable to buy good stock

Interesting, we're having no issues with sales or gaining top quality stock.

Sales are a bit quiet here in ChCh as well. One factor in not being able to get top quality stock is the change in import laws. We've stocked up as much as possible (larger yard with 280+ cars on the books) but it's going to get tougher soon.

[DMNTD:Me]

Sales are a bit quiet here in ChCh as well. One factor in not being able to get top quality stock is the change in import laws. We've stocked up as much as possible (larger yard with 280+ cars on the books) but it's going to get tougher soon.

Understood, our stock is made up of 90% new, 10% pre-loved so the new laws aren't affecting us.
It also helps that I can sell out of other yards too (Sime Darby)

[nzmikey]

ITS A....TRAP??

all jokes aside...Pete will sort ya out with a good deal on a bike...but the coffee (its world famous in NZ...for all the wrong reasons lol)

...don't drink this mans coffee!

Yeah I have heard this through the grape vine of gossip around here

[nzmikey]

Does anyone know what happend to them ? I just drove past on the motorway & glanced out the window & WTF the bikes are gone the shop looks like it has closed down, signs are down merch is gone I was in there only the other week dribbling .

Sad to see another go

[nzmikey]

Are you getting another bike with pink handlebars?

THEY ARE RED ........ the a anodising has faded
lol

sheesh the nerve of some people

[willytheekid]

Yeah I have heard this through the grape vine of gossip around here

Tis true!...had a mate go up to see pete (just to LOOK at bikes)...after two of petes "coffees"...he came back wearing a tasseled jacket and riding a new harley!!

I don't know WHAT pete puts in his coffee...it may taste like shit but it sure does sell bikes

Hope you find a good replacment bike mate....oh, and happy newyear and all that

[White trash]

Well i seen vfr 120 brand new for 14 grand and like 22 grand price
we did have laws here that u have 1/3 deposit on new bikes changed alot over the years not sure policy know

But think encommy i geneartl down so there hobby market almost so yeah bound to be tougher i think spares for bikes i been
Told year ago or so where doing well people doing up older bikes ? l know i have been with mixed results namly still no going bike
And i brought 3 of trademe so far

At this point am about to say hell with buy working cbr 125 3,300 but hay i have bike that working and cheap to run
great around town too . andt get side jobs doing pizza delivery on one and whouldint use up what get a pizza on fuel hehe

Ahhhh, what?

[nzspokes]

Does anyone know what happend to them ? I just drove past on the motorway & glanced out the window & WTF the bikes are gone the shop looks like it has closed down, signs are down merch is gone I was in there only the other week dribbling .

Sad to see another go

I think they just moved to barrys point rd.

[nzmikey]

I think they just moved to barrys point rd.

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[DMNTD:Me]

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25 Barrys Point Rd in fact...off to catch up with them today

[HenryDorsetCase]

Tis true!...had a mate go up to see pete (just to LOOK at bikes)...after two of petes "coffees"...he came back wearing a tasseled jacket and riding a new harley!!

I don't know WHAT pete puts in his coffee...it may taste like shit but it sure does sell bikes

Hope you find a good replacment bike mate....oh, and happy newyear and all that

Buy a new bike or I will MAKE YOU DRINK MORE COFFEE.... easier to just buy the damn bike.....

[jafar]

Buy a new bike or I will MAKE YOU DRINK MORE COFFEE.... easier to just buy the damn bike.....

but tassles

[scott411]

So If you really want a new bike, you can walk into a dealership and tick up a bike, as long as you meet the lending criteria, but the lending criteria, and APR are still pretty steep, which leads me to believe they arnt doing to bad.

I was in england 12 years ago, and suzuki dealerships had a ZERO APR on new bikes, what a deal.

in the 1st question, yes it is still hard out there, very hard on the road bike dealers especially, but the good ones are still going alright, been another round of shop closures and receiverships as well, Euro and US bikes are doing better than most due to a good exchange rate for their importers, where the yen is still very strong hurting the jap bikes, (why the pricing between the two is much closer than it has ever been), the latest new rego figures which i saw (from november) shows the new rego's down to nearly a quarter of what they were for the same month in 08.

as for your question on teh finance, the dealers, or the distributors pay the finance rate for those 0% deals, and after the credit crunch it has been much harder to get the finance companies to do these deals,