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Who'd of thought seeing and Indian motorcycle and Italian scooter sitting on the same showroom floor as the American iron?
Trying to tempt myself with something to buy I came across the Royal Enfield Interceptor 650. Did a quick search for the "local" dealership and Battlefield Harley Davidson in Gettysburg PA is now selling Royal Enfield, Vespa's and Vanderhall. Honestly they may have been selling them for years as this is not dealership I frequent. Who'd of thought seeing and Indian motorcycle and Italian scooter sitting on the same showroom floor as the American iron?
I don't know about these days, but years ago, The Motor Company would really "FROWN" on selling other brand of bikes through their dealership other than Harley's. The way they get around that is to have a separate building / showroom area.
Who woulda thunk it. I go by motorcycle row, only HD has bikes out front,but few. Mostly Razors. The Japanese dealers have none,not even one motorcycle out front. Jet skis, SXS, lawn tractors, log splitters, etc .... .
Harley-Davidson delisted from the S&P 500.https://jalopnik.com/harley-davidson-is-no-longer-in-the-big-leagues-1844057314
You need to get out more often. I've seen many Harley dealerships selling other brands. They are usually separated in different areas, unlike the dealers who sell Japanese and European brands intermingled by genre. Out in the country many Harley dealers sell SxS, ATVs, etc in a separate but connected building in the same parking lot.Indian requires dealers to have a separate entrance and a wall between Indian and the other makes.
Years ago one of my friends had a Harley (he has since recovered) and wanted me to ride out to a dealership with him, a place at the Gaithersburg airport called Battley Cycles. They had HD plus BMW, Ducati, Triumph, Yamaha, and Bimota. Very interesting place, no idea if they are still there or what they might be selling now, obviously no Bimota any more.
If getting out means going to more Harley shops I'll stay in. Once every 2 or 3 years is good enough for me.
How about riding by and seeing the signs. Travel a little.
I'll stick to riding in areas with few signs and even fewer people. Riding around looking for dealership signs is not my thing.
I think one of HDs problems is the glut of used ones on the market.