How Do I Find The Nearest Harley Dealer

[04FJR4ME]

It was kind of funny today, I had a customer that came in to my store mad as hell because the brand new Garmin Quest he purchased will show just about every motorcycle dealer except Harley Davidson dealerships.

He contacted Garmin, NavTeq etc with no possitive reply.

I told him it was either a Info U.S.A or D&B issue and not to get to mad at the worng parties.

I also told him do it the old fashion way by picking up his cell phone, call the nearest H/D dealership, ask for the address and input this information in his Garmin GPS Quest and go.

Then I thought, he owns a H/D, those dam things probably break down much more then our Japanese bikes and need this dealership information much more then we do.

I guess he has right to be mad, and he also have the right to buy a Yamaha and not worry so much about breaking down.

 

[FJRocket]

Harley probably wanted Garmin (or the other data vendors) to HD to put their addresses in the database. That's the kind of company it is.

If the guy is a HOG member, they get maps and dealership addresses every year in a nicely bound paper atlas. Guess he's going to have to get lost the old fashioned way!

 

[jbay]

You don.t need that info in your GPS. Just find any oil trail and follow it to a HD dealer.

 

[Woodstock]

You don.t need that info in your GPS. Just find any oil trail and follow it to a HD dealer.

That was just _way_ too easy... :bleh:

 

[Rogue]

I was thinking look for the chrome parts in the road!

 

[gulag]

he should ask a trailer dealer.They LOVE Hardley Ablesons & the chromosexuals who buy them..

 

[Woodstock]

chromosexuals

:haha:

 

[deanw]

It was kind of funny today, I had a customer that came in to my store mad as hell because the brand new Garmin Quest he purchased will show just about every motorcycle dealer except Harley Davidson dealerships

HD sells a badged version of a Garmin GPS with the data he wants.

Of course, he has to go to a HD dealer to buy one, so it's kind of a chicken/egg problem...

 

[Vulcan]

......and pay the HD premium for the chromed HD GPS!

 

[jbay]

HD sells a badged version of a Garmin GPS with the data he wants.
Of course, he has to go to a HD dealer to buy one, so it's kind of a chicken/egg problem...

Theres good and bad with the badged Harley version.

The bad is ,it never turns on and the screen stays black.

The good is the screen will match your shirt,pants and dew rag. :haha:

 

[gulag]

my motorcycle dealer has this posted on his showroom wall; 'Would you go into space on a rocket built by Harely Davidson"? rumble,rumble ,splat!

 

[Rogue]

my motorcycle dealer has this posted on his showroom wall; 'Would you go into space on a rocket built by Harely Davidson"? rumble,rumble ,splat!

:haha: :haha: :haha:

 

[DrEvil777]

Dude, that's cold!

I was just making fun of the Annual Love Ride here in LA which is only 50 miles long. A fellow doctor just picked up a Harley and was shooting his mouth about his 883 Sportster!

I explained to him that the ride is only 50 miles long because they either run out of gas or they self-destruct. It is funny to ride behind and see all the HD's along the side of freeway!

 

[gulag]

I was sitting in a gas station in Oregon the other day.A Harley boy and his hog,er ,i mean his big fat wife, we're sittin behind me. Some more guys pulled in on Harley's.He says to his oinker, "Damn yuppies"(I guess he couldn't smell them). He lifted his leather covered carcass onto his Harley,started it and sat there trying to break eardrums. Apparently just owning a Hardley isn't enough to be a member of the Hard Core Harley boys. You gotta be dumb, stupid and ugly too. Gawd,whatta bunch of freeks.How come my muffler goes on my truck, I get stopped by cops yet these Harley boys can roar with impunity?

 

[FatNakedGuy]

I rode up to Crestline yesterday via the 138 (nice ride!)

About 1/2 way to the lake I came upon two riders and their wives on brand new Ultra Glides. These guys were going incredibly slow, probably around 30mph or so (the road was marked 55mph and straight with a few small turns). In turns when oncoming traffic came around the corner, they would jam on their brakes and swerve to the right. Scared the crap outta me several times and finally I'm like, !@$ this and blipped the throttle and passed (double-yellow line). I waive as I go by and look in the rear-view mirror... they and their wives are flipping me off... haha! What's up with THAT?! They were riding those bikes as if they had training wheels on them. Must have been hard to balance. It was strange.

 

[DrEvil777]

Just goes to show that most HD dealers have the same promotion...

Free lobotomy with purchase!

My favorite is riding around Ojai and coming up on a pack of HD's.

Some times they will single file and let a jap bike pass.

But usually they form a rolling blockade. Impeding traffic and usually going 10-15 under the posted speed limit.

The worst was when i moved to SoCal and took the MSF advanced course. The class was all HD, the Ventura County Hog chapter. HD actually reimbursed them to take the class so that HD can tout that they have safe riders. THe real reason was because on organized Harley rides, to ride first or last you have to be a "Road Captain," which requires the MSF Advanced course.

I was there on my R-1 and they spent the classroom hours taunting me. I just smiled and once the road part of the class started, all but two of the 12 HD riders dropped their bikes either during the course skills or just sitting waiting for their turns.

A mighty expensive day for them. And I am sure that their local HD dealership just loved how much money they had to spend to fixed their damaged chrome!

 

[throttlejockeyTJ]

Just goes to show that most HD dealers have the same promotion...
Free lobotomy with purchase!

My favorite is riding around Ojai and coming up on a pack of HD's.

Some times they will single file and let a jap bike pass.

But usually they form a rolling blockade. Impeding traffic and usually going 10-15 under the posted speed limit.

The worst was when i moved to SoCal and took the MSF advanced course. The class was all HD, the Ventura County Hog chapter. HD actually reimbursed them to take the class so that HD can tout that they have safe riders. THe real reason was because on organized Harley rides, to ride first or last you have to be a "Road Captain," which requires the MSF Advanced course.

I was there on my R-1 and they spent the classroom hours taunting me. I just smiled and once the road part of the class started, all but two of the 12 HD riders dropped their bikes either during the course skills or just sitting waiting for their turns.

A mighty expensive day for them. And I am sure that their local HD dealership just loved how much money they had to spend to fixed their damaged chrome!

:dribble: :haha:

 

[sparky3008]

My brother-n-law tried many bikes to find one that "fit" him. In the end he said the Harley just fit him best. He does of course wish for some power which will eventually come by way of 3-4 grand

The people that really bother me are people like my one friend who never owned a street bike until recently because he wouldn't own anything but a Harley. It is so funny to see him come to a party on his Huge Road King and not be able to get around because he is either about to fall over or is stuck in the mud. I use to ride up to his house all the time (him not having a bike of course) on my VStar and he thought it was ok for me but for him he just had to have a Harley. Now that he has the Road Ding/King he got it jetted(couldn't afford the fuel injected model ) and exhaust and it has never ran right since. The dealer told him to get a jap carb so it would run correctly .

I have a friend who is a Harley Mechanic. He has been one of their best for years and has every cert you can get. They also sell BMW's and Yamaha and is certified on those also. I gladly go pay the high HD labor charges for him to work on my bike because I trust him and many of the salesman there will only let him work on their bikes. He has always told me over the years not to buy a Harley and I have always listened to his opinion.

I have ridden many Harleys over the years (never owned) and while the sound and the fact that you can feel everyone looking at you, that soons wears off and you are left with the actual riding/money experience itself and in the end for me it wasn't worth it...

 

[PapaUtah]

Two good HD stories from the guy who loves 'em.

1. My daughter's soccer coach just purchased a new $18K Harley OIHFIWBTS UltraDynaSuperRoadRodClassicGlide or whatever the heck it is. They all look the same. I, being the HD lover, asked him, "So, are you going to take it out to Sturgis?" The reply was classic HD owner. "I can't. I don't have anyway to get it out there."

2. I stopped by the local HD dealer(it was on the way) looking for a new quick connect for my helmet. I took a chance they might have been and by God they did! While perusing the accessory aisle I noticed a couple of things. First, they had boxes of "100th Anniversary" HD logos that HD plastered all over the 2003 bikes. All cast out of some type of metal. The tank logos, fender logos, bag logos, trunk logos, engine logos...more bar and shields than I have ever seen. $40 a pop.

The best was yet to come. On an endcap they had battery tenders. The had the original Battery Tender Jr there in the factory packaging for $29.99 each. Right next to it on the next hook was the HD Battery Tender. Same blister pack, just a black HD logo'd cardboard insert and a black HD logo sticker over the yellow Beltran sticker on the power pack. The upcharge for the HD sticker and cardboard??? You got it, $39.99 for the "licensed" version.

:assasin: