Morrissey
Well-known member
I know that Longley HD in Peterborough always has their own fleet of demo bikes on hand ready any day of the week. This way they aren't beholden to the "Test Our Metal" HD tour that sometimes gives you a Tuesday from 10am-2pm. Not many folks available to demo a bike on a Tuesday morning!
I'm not surprised by this trend. With the already small market in Canada and it seems to be shrinking, its got to be a costly venture where they aren't seeing the number of sales directly related to the demos to make it worth it. I'm sure if the bean counters crunched the numbers and saw that sales spiked at dealerships directly after a demo day they wouldn't be pulling out of them. Every time I've been to a demo day it's 95% guys who just want to go and try the latest SS bikes to see if the 3lbs shaved off and 3hp added makes their SS bike obsolete or guys who just want to know what it's like to try a super-moto or other weird bike they'd never actually buy.
I'm not surprised by this trend. With the already small market in Canada and it seems to be shrinking, its got to be a costly venture where they aren't seeing the number of sales directly related to the demos to make it worth it. I'm sure if the bean counters crunched the numbers and saw that sales spiked at dealerships directly after a demo day they wouldn't be pulling out of them. Every time I've been to a demo day it's 95% guys who just want to go and try the latest SS bikes to see if the 3lbs shaved off and 3hp added makes their SS bike obsolete or guys who just want to know what it's like to try a super-moto or other weird bike they'd never actually buy.