11-25-2018, 03:30 AM
(11-24-2018, 07:19 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: Cool folks there. Small place though. I worry if they can weather another downturn in the motorcycle industry. Anyway, long way to go for a tire replacement.
The small shops have a better chance to survive than the large ones.
I worked in a large motorcycle/snowmobile shop in the summer of '71. They got caught in a downturn in the market. They tried with a week long sales event on Yamaha R5s, and offered the salesperson who sold the most a bonus. A very good looking young woman worked there, so she had an advantage over her male counterparts. She sold one every day of the week, including one to me.
But the shop still floundered because it had so much inventory of motorcycles, snowmobiles, parts, accessories, and gear. The large staff, two storey building rent, taxes and utilities costs didn't help any either.
I was the first one let go, as I was the newest employee. But I got my last pay cheque. The others that stayed on did not when the shop closed two weeks later.
The service shop foreman and his younger brother opened a small greasy little shop in the east end of the city. In time they successful enough to built a large modern shop. They later sold it to buy a large and successful Marina on the Rideau River which they still own.
In '82 there was a large Honda shop in the center of the city. They also had a large inventory of motorcycles, parts, accessories, and gear.They offered me a deal on a Honda Aspencade and my Yamaha XS 1100G trade-in that I couldn't belief.
What I didn't know was that they were desperately offering these deals in order to keep going. They closed shortly after that. The entire second storey was packed with unsold trade-ins including my Yamaha XS 1100G.