It kind of amazes me in this day in age the way they do business. I would swear they are modeling their business practices after the old British bike industry. A friend of mines dad used to be a (old) Triumph and BSA dealer and the stories he tells and from what I read about the way their companies worked sounds like the Guzzi of today. BSA was the largest motorcycle manufacture in the world at one time and look where there attitude got them. They now make over priced cafe racers using Yamaha single engine mainly for the Japanese market. They build around 30 bikes a year.
Skip & Jane Kologiski Bird at The Wheel Vintage Motorcycle Stuff http://home.earthlink.net/~kkologiski/bird.html Central Florida Reps for the MGNOC (Moto Guzzi National Owners Club). ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ulrich" <johnulri-@yahoo.com> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 6:11 PM Subject: RE: Atlanta Moto Show.....Guzzi doing it's thing!
Skip & Jane wrote:
I ran into a MG rep at a open house at a old Guzzi dealer now closed, and was on my Eldo. His attitude was basically when I was > going to get rid of the dinosaur and get a new Guzzi. He kind of > thumbed his noise down on the older bikes.
From: "Ian Adkins" <ianad-@linkamerica.net> What REALLY turned me off at the MG display was seeing how the Moto Guzzi reps treated their customers. all this rep could do was make excuses about how ALL bikes break down and that he should > go and see his dealer.
Apparently this Rep kept his job after the trimming last week at Corporate. Ian saw, Passing the buck....(the hell with helping after a sale, that's a dealers problem not mine!) Skip experienced, Snubbing of an enthusiast...(my job is to move new inventory out of the warehouse..old bikes don't pay my wage) Apparently the only function left for them is arm twisting dealers to accept more inventory.
As a Factory Rep myself, I'm intriqued with their "bedside manner".