North Harbour Yamaha gone

[Digitdion]

In Perth just go to the Causeway - the same overall owners have a Kawaski shop, with Aprilia & Moto Guzzi, (used to also have Bimota and Benelli, until the Aus distributorship changed), walk through the hole in the wall to the Ducati/KTM/MV dealership...stroll next door to Victory, then again to the Yamaha shop, then to the next shop (seperate owners) with lots of second hand and the Hyosung etc, dealership, then another 10m to the Honda shop. Walk 100 m the other way to a Harley shop..........
If you want a Suzuki - tough - you'll have to go 3 k up the road! Triumph - 6k the other way!

Not far from Auckland!

[Chad_Bell]

It's a bloody sham they have closed! Went there for everything. Luke the mechanic there was great. He has given me permission to give his phone number out as he will still work from home if anyone is interested, 0211377911. I think he lives on the hibiscus coast. I would still go to him. He's a lot cheaper from home. Just trying to help him out since they closed so suddenly.

[Bytor]

if they are closing down, a new one would have to open somewhere. i cant imagine a major brand like Yamaha not having a main dealer? Maybe the current owners had a falling out with Yam or something?

Red Baron and TMG do Yamaha in Auckland

[Metal Doctor]

Red Baron and TMG do Yamaha in Auckland

do they do the road and off road range there?

[Gremlin]

do they do the road and off road range there?

Website says so... but whether stock is available in store... they are a relatively new appointment to the Yamaha brand.

[ktm84mxc]

TMG have both the road and dirt range plus farm quads and ags , easy to find take the Takanini off ramp and head south down Gt South rd to Papakura it's beside the Z/Shell servo with the Burger King.

[Robert Taylor]

With all these Yamaha dealerships closing/changing brands it looks like Yamaha just doesn't give a fuck about the NZ market anymore.

100% wrong, theres just no money in being a dealer.

[NordieBoy]

Know of a small town yamaha dealership that droped yamaha because his main market was quads and they told him he needed stock 4 new road bikes at all times.

Yep, that was an issue in Nelson with KTM. Having to stock the road bikes while only selling dirt bikes.

[Raelaslol]

That's a shame, bought my bike there and Luke looked after all of my upgrades / servicing

[GrayWolf]

no problem but dont moan when your local dealer disappears

My Local dealer TSS, has one advantage over online purchases... Well two if you take into account Andrew who runs the clothing/spares section. I can always try on any prospective purchase, and be confident if it doesnt fit correctly I am safe and not left with a return postage to pay, or a shoddy online dealer who doesnt want to accept it's wrong. And importantly I will always go see Andrew and he willl always see if he can get it, or similar for me... Im happy to pay even the bit extra to keep that level of service and confidence when buying.

[GrayWolf]

when i brought my blade from a honda dealership i had to take it back a few months later for a recall job, they would not honour it a said they will not be doing hondas anymore, there was alot of shouting and arm waving going on as you can imagine, had to take it to another dealer to be sorted.

turns out honda had dropped them as a dealer because they werent operating as honda wanted them to!

as for yam, i dont know if they are so strickt on there dealers, but it seems fuckin stoopid not to have a major dealer in NZ! i've always liked Yams even had a few myself, i think they pump alot of money into R+D and would need high sales to meet targets.

seems Yamaha DO want to dictate how dealers sell products.. I have no doubt there is more than just 'that' in the background, but I understood from Stuart (TSS) Yamaha wanted a 'separation screen/wall from other bikes' and a dedicated Yamaha only sales person.

[White trash]

Yep, that was an issue in Nelson with KTM. Having to stock the road bikes while only selling dirt bikes.

That doesn't sound right actually. KTM dealers make a very clear choice as to whether they wish to be an LC8 dealer or not. We've also never been pressured into taking on a model we didn't want.

[Harry up]

It's a bloody sham they have closed! Went there for everything. Luke the mechanic there was great. He has given me permission to give his phone number out as he will still work from home if anyone is interested, 0211377911. I think he lives on the hibiscus coast. I would still go to him. He's a lot cheaper from home. Just trying to help him out since they closed so suddenly.

Shit, just brought a brand new R1 from them 3 months ago, had the first service done so I guess it's over the bridge for the rest to maintain warranty.
Paul was great to deal with as was Luke, agree.

Sad for them, pain in the arse for me.

[Harry up]

BTW, I used to work for a Honda dealer, you'd be amazed at the hoops they make you jump through to have 'their badge', most justified to not devalue the brand.
Ever notice that AMPS had multi brands - Honda wanted a presence in the city, they had no bar of us trying to have 2 brands back then!

Also, Tony Rees now Honda after many years as Yammy dealer - wonder why....................

[theseekerfinds]

In Perth just go to the Causeway - the same overall owners have a Kawaski shop, with Aprilia & Moto Guzzi, (used to also have Bimota and Benelli, until the Aus distributorship changed), walk through the hole in the wall to the Ducati/KTM/MV dealership...stroll next door to Victory, then again to the Yamaha shop, then to the next shop (seperate owners) with lots of second hand and the Hyosung etc, dealership, then another 10m to the Honda shop. Walk 100 m the other way to a Harley shop..........
If you want a Suzuki - tough - you'll have to go 3 k up the road! Triumph - 6k the other way!

Causeway used to be three solo dealers; Kawasaki, Honda and Yamaha, and one second hand dealer in the middle the franchises wouldn't allow multi franchise agreements so they put their heads together and put doorways in the walls. I spent many a Saturday at Causeway, Albany Highway had a thriving bike scene back then with a Guzzi/Gillera dealer at the other end with Total Motorcycle Accessories as a near neighbour and a couple of dedicated second hand dealers in between them and Causeway.

I used to deal with Kawasaki Northside and remember they had strong arrangements with their franchise about what they HAD to carry including road, dirt, quads and Mules etc. There were plenty of shops back then, Kawasaki and Honda had three shops at least, Suzuki and Yamaha weren't as well represented while Harley had a massive former car yard as their sole showroom while Ducati/Bimota were located out in Bayswater so you could while an entire day away doing the bike shop crawl. Here in Wellington we have TSS, Boyles, Motorad, Wellington MC, Motomart, Macs and Scooterazzi with all of them multi franchises except Mac and Boyles I think.. long since gone are Sawyers and MC City amongst others.. the Wellington shop scene is shrinking slowly and that's a real shame..