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Andrejs2112
Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 07:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Stopped in to the H-D Buell dealer in Hudsonville the other day to see if they had a rubber heel guard for my Uly. This dealership is really nice. They had about 25 H-d's on the floor, and 4 Buells tucked in the corner. They didn't even have a Buell sign out front. They had all kinds of H-D bling and H-D Motor-clothes everywhere. It looked like a store at the mall. I went to the counter and asked the parts guy if they had what I needed. He looked in the book and said he had to special order it because "they only stock about 15 Buell parts". Are you kidding me? If the part I needed had a skull on it, I bet they would stock it. I said no thanks when he asked if he could order it for me. If I needed 20 copies of "Wild Hogs" on DVD I'd have been in luck! Why even carry Buell? Someday I hope to find a dealer that likes Buells. Until then, I guess the internet is where I'll get my parts. Just had to vent, thanks for listening.
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Kuuud
Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 07:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

All too common.
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Twintour
Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 08:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ditto, But think of it this way. With no signs ,no ads ,no stock , you really have to like the bikes and the people that ride them. No easy ride here. If you ride buell ,your not hooked on a bandwagon. You like riding buells. The best part is parking your bike and somebody saying "what kind of bike is that" . I like to say its a harley. Unless they look interested then we will talk Buell.
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Swampy
Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 08:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I stopped in there during the knit hat promotion. I don't remember if they had any Buells on the floor or not. At that time one of the parts guys was talking like he wanted to be "My" Buell parts place, because he could order anything I needed. It was really funny seeing the clothes lady take the coupon and go back to the manager all the while assuring me they didn't have Buells.

Please, Please, before its too late, wake up...
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Phat_j
Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 11:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

in this neck of the woods, we like to call them wild .... andre, if you need any work done, the best place is my garage... i am certafied as well... only bout a half hr from the stealership.
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De50man
Posted on Friday, October 19, 2007 - 12:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You must be talking about Wild Boar... I worked their for a year in a co-op for school.

I'm currently sueing them.

Avoid Wild Boar Harley-Davidson at all cost, please.

Phil
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Andrejs2112
Posted on Friday, October 19, 2007 - 12:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I just stopped in on my way to Chicago in hopes they would have what I needed. No luck. Great looking store, but more of a boutique than a bike shop. IMO. Hey Phat_J,
Can you do warranty work also?

Thanks.
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Swampy
Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 12:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Phatj, do you know Edv?
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Brad_buell
Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 02:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hey Andre-

They only had two Buells when I stopped there on my way to Chicago. I couldn't even get a salesperson to acknowledge my existence while sitting on both Buells. I left that dealership with absolutely No sales associate assistance.

Does Erik Buell ever enter these Dealerships in question? He needs to leave HQ and become familiar with the lack of Buell enthusiasm at many of the dealerships. If he lacks information on which Dealerships he should visit, he need only ask us here at the BadWeb.
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Andrejs2112
Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 09:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Brad,
Maybe they didn't know you were sitting on motorcycles. They look a lot different than the 200 H-D's that were on the floor. I bet they would have noticed you trying on T-shirts or the H-D boxer shorts.
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Phat_j
Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 11:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

sorry, as i do not work for a stealership, i cannot do warranty work, but all other work i can do and have most of the specialty tools as well..... have access to a full machine shop too.... i do not know edv personaly but have spoken many times.
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Signguyxb12
Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 04:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

maybe eric should go to all dealerships ... if a salesperson doesn't know who he is ... they fire them .. LMAO
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