ANZA-Triumph has left the building

[Dangsta]

Corporations don't have arseholes, sport, people do. Whatever happened at ANZA was decided by people.

Plenty of arseholes WORK for corporations, though. I don't deal with arseholes. I don't buy Triumph, Aprillia or Husqvarna products in NZ, and I hear BMW might recently have been similarly affected.

Spot the theme?

There's three kinds of people: dicks, pussies, and assholes. Pussies think everyone can get along, and dicks just want to fuck all the time without thinking it through. But then you got your assholes. All the assholes want us to shit all over everything! So, pussies may get mad at dicks once in a while, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes. And if they didn't fuck the assholes, you know what you'd get? You'd get your dick and your pussy all covered in shit!

[Ocean1]

join the dots

It don't take many.

I just know too many people who've been ripped off to take the risk myself.

[Gremlin]

I don't buy Triumph, Aprillia or Husqvarna products in NZ, and I hear BMW might recently have been similarly affected.

Yeup, they've also joined the Beckhaus group... I wanted, nay, needed, a clutch lever on Friday. Motomart didn't have one, Auckland didn't have one, BMW NZ didn't have one. It was an order from Germany... seriously, this is a clutch lever for an adventure bike.

Fortunately, Motomart had the same bike in lockup and could take it and send to me....

[Ocean1]

Yeup, they've also joined the Beckhaus group... I wanted, nay, needed, a clutch lever on Friday. Motomart didn't have one, Auckland didn't have one, BMW NZ didn't have one. It was an order from Germany... seriously, this is a clutch lever for an adventure bike.

Fortunately, Motomart had the same bike in lockup and could take it and send to me....

The brother recently sold his R1200GSA. The ABS module started intermittently faulting, he'd done all he could himself, (quite a bit) and asked Motomart to check it over. He already knew most of the first couple of years worth had been recalled in most countries for that fault, and most in NZ had been replaced under warrantee, but he bought his already two years old with only a couple of thousand K on it. Motomart sympathised, but apparently were unable to help. $4500 plus labour later the fault was fixed.

He'd be quick to point out that nobody was legally required to fix his bike. If pushed he'll tell you it's the last BMW he'll own. By my reckoning that will have cost them several new bike sales over the next few years, and that's the cost of just one of many similar, (and much worse) irregularities from that quarter. The marques in question are being very poorly served by their representatives in NZ.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Triumph would be by far the biggest volume? I have had no issues with either of my two Triumphs I do have to say. But I have not needed stuff apart from normal servicing items. I did need some bits for the Scrambler when I rode off with a disc lock attached (doh) clutch lever speedo cable foot peg and something else. Bars were Renthal anyway. All in stock and two day delivery. Same with the Arrows pipes on the ST- R.

Personally i would be looking to ebay or overseas if it is more than a week delay for anything.

Good for Motorad hooking you up with one

[Voltaire]

Triumph would be by far the biggest volume? I have had no issues with either of my two Triumphs I do have to say. But I have not needed stuff apart from normal servicing items. I did need some bits for the Scrambler when I rode off with a disc lock attached (doh) clutch lever speedo cable foot peg and something else. Bars were Renthal anyway. All in stock and two day delivery. Same with the Arrows pipes on the ST- R.

Personally i would be looking to ebay or overseas if it is more than a week delay for anything.

Good for Motorad hooking you up with one

Nearest BMW dealer to me is about 20 minutes away, I have 3 BMWS, all airhead, went there once and the parts prices were laughable.
I can get almost anything in a few days ex UK or Ebay.
When I had a Thruxton I went to AMPS after some gaskets, took a week.
I found it less easy to get parts from overseas for that.
Sold it as it was boring to own.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Sold it as it was boring to own.

If by boring you mean reliable then sure. I don't have a fleet of bikes so I need one that I know will go, then I can faff about with the others and tolerate them being not so reliable.

[Katman]

You are sooooo wrong.
Sorry Honda sells many times more than bikes than HD Worldwide..
Has done since the early days.
Check it out.

As far as I'm aware the top three selling brands of roadbikes for the last few years in New Zealand have been Suzuki, HD and Triumph.

[Crasherfromwayback]

As far as I'm aware the top three selling brands of roadbikes for the last few years in New Zealand have been Suzuki, HD and Triumph.

And you'd be 100% correct!

[Crasherfromwayback]

I wonder what Harley would say if a shop told them that another brand was their bigger seller and if they did not like it they could go.

They'd laugh.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I had similar thoughts and reservations when Wgtn M/Cycles ceased to be the Triumph outlet in Welly as well, but my dealings with Ben at Motorad (parts dealings only) have been second to none.

Yep. Ben's a good lad.

[AllanB]

Triumphs back-up can't be that poor - every fourth bike appears to be one. Maybe it depends a lot on the shop selling them - Street & Sport in CHCH does have a good rep.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Triumphs back-up can't be that poor - every fourth bike appears to be one. Maybe it depends a lot on the shop selling them - Street & Sport in CHCH does have a good rep.

Can confirm. They're excellent

[Voltaire]

If by boring you mean reliable then sure. I don't have a fleet of bikes so I need one that I know will go, then I can faff about with the others and tolerate them being not so reliable.

I like spannering so reliable is not really an issue, ya wanna get yerself a CAMS bike and go have some fun, over powered road bikes are really dull to ride at the speed limit.

[Mo NZ]

And you'd be 100% correct!

As far as I'm aware the top three selling brands of roadbikes for the last few years in New Zealand have been Suzuki, HD and Triumph.

I spoke of worldwide sales.

Where do you find those figures for NZ sales.?
They differ from these.

http://www.mta.org.nz/dealer-stats
They seem to differ from yours.