Sidecar Flip
Living Legend
Hondax asked me to post this here. It's a little truncated, but not much. I'm more than a little bummed out, especially during the festive holiday season.
I lost my dealer here on December 18th., NorthCoast Motorcycles closed it's doors forever. I had a bad feeling that they wouldn't make it. It was a beautiful, over the top, dealership and a first class staff. I'll miss them like many other customers will, I'm sure. I know the owner personally. It has about broke his spirit. My heart is out to him. I was going to post it in the news forum, but it's bad news not good so I thought I'd let "sleeping dogs lie" so to speak. I was told that there are a few comments about the closing on various sites on the internet, but, I haven't looked for them purposely. Maybe it's a sign of the times or the economy, I don't know, but knowing them as I do makes me hurt with them. I guess that's one reason I stress "buying from your dealer as often as you possibly can". Your dealer depends on your business to stay afloat. Sometimes, acessories cost a little more but loose your dealer like I have and have to travel 100 miles for service instead of 15 miles and you'll appreciate your dealer. I'm also of the understanding that there will be a sale of inventory and assets to (I presume) satisfy the creditors. I won't attend that either. That's like a farm auction. I've been to a few of those. Maybe I'm too sensitive but I always get an "empty" feeling at those auctions if that's the correct word to describe it. Three years ago, my friend down the road went bankrupt and had an asset auction. It was ugly for him and me. Life goes on. I just don't like some of the bumps on the way.
I'm holding out hope that someone will pick up this franchise territory and open another Triumph retail outlet in the area. Until then, I'll do my business on the internet and perform my own maintenance, which, I am capable of doing, I hope.
I lost my dealer here on December 18th., NorthCoast Motorcycles closed it's doors forever. I had a bad feeling that they wouldn't make it. It was a beautiful, over the top, dealership and a first class staff. I'll miss them like many other customers will, I'm sure. I know the owner personally. It has about broke his spirit. My heart is out to him. I was going to post it in the news forum, but it's bad news not good so I thought I'd let "sleeping dogs lie" so to speak. I was told that there are a few comments about the closing on various sites on the internet, but, I haven't looked for them purposely. Maybe it's a sign of the times or the economy, I don't know, but knowing them as I do makes me hurt with them. I guess that's one reason I stress "buying from your dealer as often as you possibly can". Your dealer depends on your business to stay afloat. Sometimes, acessories cost a little more but loose your dealer like I have and have to travel 100 miles for service instead of 15 miles and you'll appreciate your dealer. I'm also of the understanding that there will be a sale of inventory and assets to (I presume) satisfy the creditors. I won't attend that either. That's like a farm auction. I've been to a few of those. Maybe I'm too sensitive but I always get an "empty" feeling at those auctions if that's the correct word to describe it. Three years ago, my friend down the road went bankrupt and had an asset auction. It was ugly for him and me. Life goes on. I just don't like some of the bumps on the way.
I'm holding out hope that someone will pick up this franchise territory and open another Triumph retail outlet in the area. Until then, I'll do my business on the internet and perform my own maintenance, which, I am capable of doing, I hope.