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Apr 21, 2020 | 09:33 PM

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RK4ME

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I'm sorry to hear about your local dealer closing, OP.

Apr 22, 2020 | 06:22 AM

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shodown220

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Originally Posted by Cosmic Razorback

Word came in this week that Tilley’s Harley Davidson is closing their Salisbury, NC location and consolidating everything in the main location in Statesville, NC.

Yep, this sucks big time. I've bought all my bikes and parts through them. I'm 15 minutes from Salisbury location, 50 minutes to statesville. I've been to the statesville location a few times but never felt home there. Walking into salisbury the people there know you by name and are super helpful.

Apr 22, 2020 | 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by TriGeezer

I don’t want to see consolidation of the small guys into fewer mega stores. One of the good things about HD is the extensive dealer network, and that no;matter when you are, you are usually within 100 miles of a dealer.

probably the biggest reason I left the BMW marque after almost twenty years and came to Harley

Apr 22, 2020 | 09:17 AM

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jamala00

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Originally Posted by TracerBullet

probably the biggest reason I left the BMW marque after almost twenty years and came to Harley

Ya... I'd have to say if the nearest dealer to me was 3.5 hours one way, I doubt I'd own a HD.

Apr 22, 2020 | 09:29 AM

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Small dealers squeezed out in favor of mega-dealers who own multiple Harley boutiques with price fixing? Isn't that a violation of Anti-Trust laws?

Apr 22, 2020 | 10:25 AM

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Huggerbugger

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Uhhhhh, what do you need a dealer for?

Apr 22, 2020 | 10:28 AM

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jamala00

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Originally Posted by Huggerbugger

Uhhhhh, what do you need a dealer for?

Warranty work

Apr 22, 2020 | 10:32 AM

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TriGeezer

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Checking out the babes in the motor clothes department.

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Apr 22, 2020 | 11:23 AM

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skratch

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if they are offering a buy out, does that infer that maybe someone else will be buying that dealership and it'll just be changing ownership?

Apr 22, 2020 | 11:53 AM

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Michael Psycle

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Originally Posted by Gizmo83

There's a small dealership in Dodge CIty, KS which is about 45 minutes away. If they go under, which they already have once, it will be 3.5 hours each way.

I live in one of the towns listed in this study: https://www.hppr.org/post/high-plain...ay-researchers

From the article above "Out of towns with populations greater than 5,000 Colby, KS was the most isolated." I spent a night on Colby on a cross country ride and I have to say it felt more isolated and in the middle of nowhere than at any other place we stayed on the ride. I doubt there was a Harley dealer with hundreds of miles in any direction.

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