Why are motorcycle shops closed on Sundays?

[HenryDorsetCase]

Nearly everyone in NZ has a car though. Motorcyclists are the minority. We simply don't have the number of motorcyclists to make it worth it.

fair call.

[scott411]

i thought aussie were the same as us, and closed sundays, i just looked up Peter Stevens Motorcycles `(only bike shop i could remember in melbourne) and all their branches in victoria are closed sunday, and all have reduced saturday times as well,

[scott411]

Here in Christchurch all the franchise car dealers are open 7 days, and most used car dealers are as well. We are open until 5pm on Sunday with at least 2 salespeople, the manager and quite often one of the owners, and typically would sell 3-5 cars on any given Sunday with a rush starting from about 3 until closing. We would stand to lose a lot of profit if we were closed on a Sunday.

I think auckland city may be different, but all the dealers in pukeokhe and south auckland close sundays, and i know all Ebbots branches through the waikato all close sundays as well,

[Brian d marge]

not everybody's life revolves around motorbikes

Doh,,,I knew I something was amiss, hey what can I say I like mucking around with em ....


I was talking to a friend yesterday bout this subject , and he said when I first came to Japan I was exactly the same, IE , oh I would never work on the weekends , but it really is just a name of a day in the week

in fact now I prefer the weekdays of as everything open and there are ,,less people and I still get quality time with my 2 boys ..


Just a mind set , that people need to get the head around ...

The Romans had an eight day week called Nudina ( Sp) with market day on the first day ....


Stephen

[Brian d marge]

Linsday Williamson down here (Chch motorcycles) used to do all day Saturday, Monday, Tuesday closed, Wednesday Thursday Friday. It was a lifesaver to a young chump needing something on a Saturday.

One thing though: I get that a lot of the industry types are saying "Well its only the tyre kickers who will come in at the weekend, or people who want to shop" but given that those same industry types say "no margin in new bike sales" then does it not make sense to be open for the stuff that gives you your biggest GP? (presumably shit like oil filters, oil, gloves, jackets etc). And while you're at it, get a coffee machine and let the punters BUY a proper coffee. (good margin in that).

I dunno: it just strikes me that for a lot of us, the retail side is important, and often the weekends are the only time we get to indulge it.

Oh, and I'll take a pair of Alpinestars Scouts, size 41.

My thoughts exactly ,

Mr Williamson, I helped him bring an old Commer van back from Sockburn a few ( too many) years ago , back when they were in Tuam st , and there was a bike shop next door , called Motivation I think , with a fella called , Gary ? ( I think I bought a bike of him , a suzuki 100 )
Are they still around ?

I would be happy to sell you a pair of Alpinestars , in a size 41 .

Stephen

[Crasherfromwayback]

, and there was a bile shop next door ,

Only bile shops left now are in China.

[Brian d marge]

Only bile shops left now are in China.

well spotted ,( and a nice reply ) blasted spell check again ,,,,,,,

Stephen

[Brian d marge]

Had a few min , so had a quick trawl on the internet ...


Strangely I Indian bike shop didn’t tend to post the opening times , but here are a few I found ;

renegade classics America

STORE HOURS

Open 7 Days a Week

Mon-Sat 10-6

Sunday 12-6

Orange county mc California
Monday 9:00AM - 6:00PM
Tuesday 9:00AM - 6:00PM
Wednesday 9:00AM - 6:00PM
Thursday 9:00AM - 6:00PM
Friday 9:00AM - 6:00PM
Saturday 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Sunday Gone Ridin'


Suzuki lecs England
Opening Hours
Monday Closed
Tuesday - Friday 9:00 - 5:30
Saturday 9 - 4:30
Sunday Closed

Frettons England
OPENING HOURS 8:00AM - 17:15PM TUESDAY - SATURDAY

Kawasaki harrisburg America
Monday Closed
Tuesday 8:30AM - 5:30PM
Wednesday 8:30AM - 5:30PM
Thursday 8:30AM - 5:30PM
Friday 8:30AM - 5:30PM
Saturday 8:30AM - 3:00PM
Sunday Closed

Cork motorcycles ( Ireland )

Open from 9am to 5:45pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm Saturday,


Seems Sunday is the sabbath day ....

Stephen

[Maha]

Motorcycle Shops are closed on Sundays because..........they want to.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Motorcycle Shops are closed on Sundays because..........they want to.

Funny thing is...most of the people complaining about us not doing Sundays would likely shit themselves if they had to.

[CHOPPA]

We tried opening on Sundays when I worked for Action in Ozzy but we stopped after a few months because it was so slow.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Why not?
10ch

Cars have got two too many wheels.

[jasonu]

Cars have got two too many wheels.

Fair enough. I had tried to delete this post as I had already found the answers by reading more recient posts but thanks anyway.
BTW none of the bike shops here open on Sunday.

[rphenix]

If you have say 4 experienced staff then rostering can work in their favour.

Every 4th week, they work the Sunday and then have the following Friday off, therefore every month each person gets a 3 day weekend which can be used to plan longer rides, family long weekends etc in advance. Have a junior there to keep them company and do basic serving, polishing bikes, cleaning windows etc.

Its not too hard, but if it isn't viable then its not worth it, and it may be that it will just shift sand e.g. same sales figures but spread over 7 days instead of 5.5 days.

How many bosses do rosters like that though? Nope most of them will pick Tuesday its usually a quiet day and works best for them as your next "day off".

Not to mention, people generally like seeing their spouses, chances are the spouse gets the whole weekend off.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Fair enough. I had tried to delete this post as I had already found the answers by reading more recient posts but thanks anyway.
BTW none of the bike shops here open on Sunday.

Yeah I mean...only my take on it, but bike shops are frequented by bike freaks. Car yards not normally so.