Well guess its no surprise.......bike sales are down again in 2018. Harley are down 21.2% and if it was not for breakout, 794 bikes and Street 500, 944 bikes the drop would have been much harder. And this comes hot on the heals of Harleys big hope Livewire release with everyone including the yanks that at $42k its overpriced. The very similar powered ZERO motorcycle sold in Aust for $20k and they have just pulled the pin due to being unable to sell enough bikes.
Collectively how many electric vehicles would have been sold in Australia? A few thousand?
I would have put the HD Dealers in the dismal basket but there are a few good ones. The local Triumph dealer sold 6 new bikes in December and they were top QLD dealer.....WOW!
Happy to add the Bunnings of the bike shops to the dud list and they do have HD dealerships aparently made in Heaven.
This Dealer does Triumph, Ducati, Suzuki and Can Am, and Jet Ski s . and Aprillia
I recon thats part of the sales problem, multi bike brand shops are not too bad, but we have a local Honda, Suzuki and KTM dealer who sells other crap like chain saws and mowers..not the most inspired place to hand over $20K + on a new toy.
I took a mate to Canberra yesterday to pick up his new street bob, $21,400 ride away.
Not often anyone says ANYTHING in Canberra was cheaper! Canberra HD looks ready to deal.
My new bike from Canberra HD $32490 + S.A. rego and stamp duty $1800 = $34290
best S.A. dealer $35750
I'd say they are keen
This is for someone who wants to know the numbers to understand why HD are not going too well. There are various sections, the livewire is interesting