Re: Lyle Lovett Motorsports & South Africa Trip

["Harries, Mort" <mort.harries@xxxxxx>]

>On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 08:01:58 -0700, Richard & Lisa White
><RedRiders@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I do have to say, in fairness to the salesman, this is not the first
>>time I have heard comments to the effect that Triumph does attempt to
>>get dealers to accept some products (bikes includes) that the dealers do
>>not want with products they do want, which, IF TRUE, IMHO, is not the
>>way to conduct good business.  It's better to see WHY they don't want
>>those products and to discontinue or reduce production of items not in
>>high demand, if that is the reason for the products' low demand. . . .
>
>On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 08:56:28 -0700, pneta paton <konverg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
>I spoke with several people at Pro-Italia, including the manager,
>about their decision to drop Triumph. The reason was that Triumph
>insisted they order retro-style bikes in addition to the sporty ones.
>For many dealerships that may not be much of a problem, but for
>Pro-Italia is was nonsense. They have the same kind of trouble selling
>Thunderbirds or Legends as a Harley-Davidson shop would have selling
>R1s. They had one Legend that had been sitting on the floor for
>something like two years.
>
>They (Pro-Italia) were willing to keep the franchise if they could get
>Daytonas and Speed Triples, but if they had to take T-birds and
>Legends as well, it didn't make any sense for them to carry the line.


Funny, in a recent Motorcycle Consumer News article about
manufacturer-dealer relations, Triumph was specifically mentioned as one of
the few manufacturers who _do not_ require dealers to take product they
don't want. Who should we believe here?

Mort Harries
Haworth NJ
'00 ST

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