I don't see anything wrong with a dealer "choosing" one person's business over the other. We do it as well and it has nothing to do with money. It's that we do our best to serve those who's interest is ours.....RACING.

If a guy comes in for an oil change on a $18,000.00 GoldWing he bought a week ago, and a guy comes in at the same time wanting tires changed on his Blaster because he has a race on Sunday, the Blaster guy WILL be served first.

This is the way it should be. We don't hide our "favortism" towards off roaders and racers when a guy comes in looking to buy a street bike. The writing is on the wall....Literally.....95% of our accessory department is offroad accessories...both ATVs and DirtBikes.

No single dealer can accomodate all of the powersports industry.
He can do a little of ALL categories....OR He can do ALL of one category.

That's why there are such a wide variety dealers to choose from. Choose one who meets your needs the best.

 

Knowsalot I am very interested inyour shop you sound like the kind of place I would like to do some bussiness with if you dont want to post your info E-mail me please.

 

Thanks, Knowsalot

I bought the first Honda 400ex my dealer had gotten in back in Sept/'98.
Some months later when after market parts became available I had the dealer install hotter cam, higher compression piston, higher rev CDI box, pipes, filter and rejetted the carbs.I had all this done because I wanted more power. When Yamaha introduced their Raptor, I got the first one, again, I was looking for more performance. When I found out that My dealer was thinking about getting the Cannondale dealership, I encouraged him to do so and promised him I'd buy the first machine he'd get in.As it turned out I waited till Oct. 01 before I purchased my Cannibal from him.
My dealer leans towards performance and when He learned that I was thinking seriously about racing a quad on local mx tracks, he suggested that I race the Cannondale Moto rather then building up my Honda 400ex. Furthermore he offered to help out on the price, parts and service if I accept his offer. I wasn't all that interested at first but after thinking about it for couple of weeks I ordered the Moto. The clincher for me was the commitment that he made to service my machine to be race ready at all times.
This is what I get out of the deal: 1) A race ready machine that is competative NOW, (don't have to wait weeks to get all the after market component) 2) a terrific service from my dealer and the Cannondale factory, ( I don't think that there are many factory dealers who are working on/ servicing 250R/Roll design/ Lager/ Trinity machines.Nor YZ 426 motored customed framed machines. I don't know what these racers do when they have problems with their machines.I don't know who they would call if their 440 Honda have problems. If I have question/ problem, I know who to go for answers!

What the dealer gets out of our deal. 1) I go to a mx race every week some where. 2) I answer all questions concerning my machine and how I like it. 3) Where did I get My machine and who is my dealer.

There has been great interest shown by my fellow mxer at every race because I think they too realize the benifit of a factory ready/dealer sericeable race machine. I hope I can help out in selling many Motos to my fellow mxers.

Do I get a prefferential treatment at the dealership? you bet! It's also heck of a lot more interesting to talk about races and racing then to watch Goldwing crusing down the freeway.

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