Fort worth Harley Davidson owns the Indian dealership right next door

 

It surprises me that both Indian and H.D. put dealerships in the same parking lot. The criteria for both have changed.

 

I suspect that, in the case of the Fort Worth Indian dealership, the HD dealer checked out the Indians and decided he better get in on this.

 

We stopped by last summer in O'Fallon to say hello etc... They were very nice.

 

I like it. But surprised. Manitowoc Harley sells Polaris.

The concern about combining multiple brands, is will the mechanics be any good but the rest of the powersport dealers have everything

 

Interesting, just a few years ago Lou Fusz bought thiis location out from Metro East Motorsports.

 

@Berserker

1 brand stand alone dealerships really struggle to make it. It seems to be the trend to survive selling multiple brands.

 

For non Harley it has been this way for decades. I do recall one Harley shop with jap next door.

Fairbanks Alaska had Harley, victory, BMW, and a jap bike


But Indian already has a Polaris dealer in every area. Those dealers used to sell victory

 

Seacoast Indian (Nault's) just built a dealership in Hampton, NH across the street from Seacoast HD. Two bathrooms to choose.

 

If not the same owner, it is ilreveant.

 

High Desert Harley Davidson in Meridian, Idaho also has Indian and Triumph dealerships located together.

 

My local dealerships GM said he doesn’t know how any dealership can sell Indian only. He said the busy months they sell 3-5 bikes. In the winter 2-3 and sometimes not that. They do sell Honda, Zero and Slingshots. I’m sure sales are better in warmer places, but here we usually have a down time of about 5 months for winter.

 

Is that Mungenast your referring to?

 

Are there any Indian restaurants only dealerships? Not around here, but I suppose in cities they dont sell a lot atvs

 

Indian Motorcycles of Racine here in Wisconsin has very nice complex that features a restaurant bar above the showroom as well as an outdoor entertainment space.

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I am near fuel,but a big fan of them

 

Dillon Brothers in Omaha, NE has two buildings on the same property, One is h-d. The other is Indian, Slingshot, Kawasaki, Honda, Suzuki, KTM and CF Moto.

 

That sux but the building was in a weird location and I wondered why they built the Honda shop a mile away... People claim Green Mount HD is better than Frieze was after Holzhauer bought them out maybe the same in this instance

 

I am located in Central Virginia no Indian Dealership less than 150m away .. and as a matter of fact, I traveled 350m to Canton OH (North Star Indian, a great dealership) to trade my '12 Ness Vision for a '22 Pursuit .. (I miss that Vision). So I am pleased that Lynchburg Powersports (a Polaris Dealer) finally tookon opening an Indian Dealership approx 1 month ago ... Yay! Now called Indian of Forest, VA. So I stopped in to see what kind of Indian goodies they had .. which is limited, due to they are still waiting and stocking items.
But what gets my goat .. is Polaris & Indian service mgrs will say no to working on my 05 Victory TC (which Lloyd's installed a bigbore kit yrs ago .. and she's still zooming along) .. no current need for work, but being curious and visiting 3 Polaris or Indian dealerships over the yrs .. they each state they are not licensed or certified to work-on or ORDER Parts..
I think that's just crazy, bad-business and unconcerned for their clientele.

 

My local Indian Motorcycle dealership takes in a lot of Harleys on trade, so this would make turn over much easier.

 

Welcome to Retail 101; it's all about position, being visible and getting "some piece of the pie", vs. no pie at all. Just look at a lot of Home Depot and Lowe's stores in key urban areas....they are sometimes on the same block and across the street from each other. Ditto for most the national burger and donut chains. Better to sell "something" than nothing........and these people have done their marketing research......they all know what they are doing. Most of the HD dealers that are closing are out "in the woods"; no traffic, no visibility, no options and few buyers. It's all about sales. No sales=no business.

 

My local Indian Motorcycle dealership takes in a lot of Harleys on trade, so this would make turn over much easier.

They know they can sell them.

After the Fort Worth HD dealer opened an Indian dealership he was able to afford to overhaul the HD building into what I call the "Taj MaHarley". Notice the Indian sign on the left. View attachment 876048

Many are taking on huge debt, forced by corporate. Some say that is why they are closing down

I worry Polaris is doing same thing to Indian dealers

 

The same thing is happening in San Antonio Texas. There are many different power sports types and brands in the same showroom. It’s a bit overwhelming when you first walk inside. No longer a stand-alone Indian dealership.

 

It does seem strange that there would be Indian and HD in the same store, but other power sport brands are combined at the same dealerships, so maybe it does make more sense. My go-to dealer sells multiple types of powersports equipment, but has a dedicated area of their huge store for the Indian motorcycles too (along with a dedicated Indian salesperson who is knowledgeable). I have purchased a can-am Spyder (wife), a couple of snowmobiles and my Indian, and have found them very easy to work with, along with great pricing. I think I am done with stand alone Indian dealerships at this point.

 

My go-to Indian dealership is Tytler Cycle of DePere Wisconsin. They are a multi-line dealer as well. I've always been happy going to them. The service has been good over the last 11 years that I have been riding Indian motorcycles.