Dealernews - September 01, 2009

Management: Bayside Harley-Davidson: Tidewater Style

Dennis Johnson

Top 100 Maurice Slaughter Bayside Harley-Davidson Virginia dealer AS YOU'RE HAULING DOWN I-264 east toward Virginia Beach, Bayside Harley

Sales: Top 100 Dealers Sound Off on Military Sales
survey feedback dealer sales military report For this issue, Dealernews surveyed its Top 100 dealers on how they work with their military cliente

PWC Sales: That Sinking Feeling

Matthew Camp

special report power products marketing forcast economy Power Products Marketing, a Minneapolis research firm, has been tracking the PWC market

Military Special Report: Securing a Slice of the Government Pie

Guido Ebert

special report financing government military sales Shannon and Scott Tracy, owners of UV Country Kawasaki in Houston, earlier this year won a

Is Riding More Dangerous Than War?
sales military report soldiers safety In 2008, 25 U.S. Marines died in motorcycle accidents. By comparison, 22 lost their lives while fightin

A Trio of OEMs Help Put Military Butts on Bikes

Guido Ebert

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Soldiers Talk Dealerships: Good, Bad and Ugly
sales military report soldier feedback Sister publication 2Wheel Tuner is a sportbike magazine whose readers include soldiers. We asked seven

Service: Sound Service Advice: Working Around Noise Laws

Dave Koshollek

Koshollek noise laws exhausts law IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, excessive motorcycle noise has been increasingly destructive to our sport's image.

Marketing: Web Shorts: SEMA, DP Brakes and more
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When Hiring, You Get What You Pay For

Todd Shafer

hiring staff employment online web TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE of the Internet is not easy. It requires full-time staff who know how to do it. Unfort

Display: Scorpion, Cycra displays at Tucker Rocky show
Here are just two merchandising tools we saw at Tucker Rocky's recent dealer show. Dealers use Scorpion Exhausts' bike riser to merchandise sportbike acce

Speed Read: Cycle World Revamps Print and Online Publications

Dennis Johnson

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Tucker Rocky Show A Success Despite Economy

Arlo Redwine

Note: The following article appears in the September issue. It is based on earlier online stories, which can be found by clicking on the link at the bottom of thi

2009 Gear Guide: Gear Guide 2009: Gloves
The crew over at our sister publication, 2Wheel Tuner, compiled this glove guide from a huge mountain of gloves that they received. Each pair was fitted to check

2009 Gear Guide: Apparel and Accessories
This year's Gear Guide features products from Moose Racing, Icon, Scorpion, Joe Rocket and other top manufacturers, modeled by Dealernews editors and Advansta