thats niceOriginally Posted by dipshit
Forum whore
thats nice
Una Storia Italiana
agreed but it goes back further than the suppliers IMO GVT and ever increasing taxs etc.
I fail to see how CHch's bigest selling shop can be strugling, there bikes are the cheapest due to mostely comming from Canada rather than Japan, there would have to bew more Suzuki's on the road than any other brand, that has to mean more parts to sell... so I dont see how the shop can be strugling (over heads in new shop?) and as far as two Suzuki shops go Chch has often had two.
cheers DD
(Definately Dodgy)
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Too bad.
Going by the experiences I have had from a couple of 'authorized Suzuki dealer workshops' down my way... there is no way in hell I would trust my bikes in any of their workshops ever again.
No great loss.
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angry much
Fully qualified Sifter.
Don't worry. He's still got his panties in a bunch about dealerships because he was probably sacked from one.
Forum whore
Nope, I just don't give a fuck if a bike shop goes under or not.
Don't forget to bring a towel
Remind me to laugh if you have a business that goes under.
"trolling"
will be a shame if they do shut as they supplied most of my riding gear as I found them good to deal with, & they were cheaper than most for Alpine-star products
will there be a closing down sale?
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down ones life for his friends. (John 15:13)
Hardcore Biker
Obviously Dipshit has some issues and good luck to her, she needs to meet a good man .
Sad to hear the new's, what Christchurch needs is a decent Kawasaki dealer ....Norjo's are a sad shop....
His Excellency
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Hardcore Biker
I thought they were doing well since they moved to a bigger shop, and it was very nice of them to help out Street and Sport. The staff has always been very friendly when I go there.
As for Kawasaki, Superior Motorcycle sells them along with KTM, mostly dirt bikes but they do some road bikes as well.
Forum whore
I've seen new Kawasakis at the KTM shop too (can't recall the shops name). So worth a visit if No-go at Norjo.
BMW Motorrad
I liked their showroom
If you can make it on Kiwibiker you can make it anywhere.
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sad
they were one of the best shops to deal with,the rental firm i worked for used to buy all the suzuki parts from them(cos i said so)
Its a sign of the times,many reasons for it,too many to go into here-political issues in the background among others
still,sorry to see them go
BTW,I just came back from Indonesia.They sell 900 new motorcycles.
per day
"more than two strokes is masturbation"
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dodgy is as dodgy does
or at the very least struggle. The problem is that few of them much of an understanding of modern business practices. I got bored a while ago and spent some time looking at how a few bike shops run their marketing, and all but one seemed to think marketing was running a few ads on the radio station with the hottest sales rep or cutting prices. None of them have a strategy to engage in customer relationship marketing, none of them have stuff like service guarantees, none of them had done any market research at all and only one bike shop had a business plan.
Bike shops seem to almost universally operate on the principle that the public will overcome any obstacle for the privelege of dealing with them and will automatically be completely loyal to the dealer who carries their brand of choice. And I doubt dealers or distributors realise that motorcycles are a luxury/status item and they compete with travel, jet skis, boats, hot cars, home theatre systems etc; all of which are marketed much more effectively than poor old bikes.
Don't blame me, I voted Green.
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