I wonder if this had anything to do with their online site for parts being down for a few weeks. When it finally came back up, the prices were regular retail. I ended buying from different dealer in Utah. I usually bought all my parts form Boardtracker because of the prices and usually free shipping.

 

This would not surprise me. Reading that article, one guy had been waiting for weeks for a drive belt. How is it that you have to wait weeks for a drive belt? I had heard that they were not getting any shipments from H-D at all, no parts or bikes. Who really knows the real deal here.

 

From my experience, when a dealer is out of trust with the financing source, they notify Harley Davidson (in this case).

Dealers have a parts account with Harley- and, if that account is not paid to date, they will not receive any parts. My bet is - if the dealership is that far past due with Harley Credit, then, their parts account is also past due.

 

I would suspect HD held back shipment of anything to these guys- They're being sued for about $6 million- so they must owe HD a pile of money. Closing is supposed to be temporary- per the lastest sign on their door.

At least they're trying to get people's bikes back to them, that's one good thing.

Time will tell on their ultimate fate.

 

"They also owned Iron Town Harley in New Berlin, WI. Wisconsin Harley, Oconomowoc,WI bought Iron Town.... It's now under new(Old) management"

Not yet. The previous owner of the dealership, when it was called Hal's, is installed as a temporary manager of Iron Town until the financial and legal issues are resolved and the sale of the dealership to the owners of Wisconson HD can be completed. Per an Iron Town manager today, there is not a date for the dealership transaction. It could be two months; it could be six months. depending on how long it takes to untangle the Iron Town business

 

Looks like Iron Town was shuttered today as well.

https://fox6now.com/2019/07/16/iron-...ay-operations/

 

I stopped at Iron Town Saturday to buy some parts and asked how the negotiations were progressing. The answer I was given was that the deal was supposed to close in mid-June, but the lawyers were still arguing and debating, so the employees had no real date for the sale closing, and it looked like the shop may close its doors.

It's too bad for everyone, especially the employees.

When this dealership was Hal's HD, it was the gold standard for HD dealerships in Harley's home town.

As much as people bitch about "stealerships", owning an HD franchise is a very risky, low margin business, especially in areas where it snows five months every year.

 

I really don't see a Harley dealership as being low margin business.

 

Oh please! It can't be too risky with a low margin if you can have 5 months of the year when your customers can't ride their bikes, and you can STILL make enough profit to stay in business. Come on! You can pull out the crying towel for some other lemming. I don't need one!

 

Another one bit the dust.