After hearing that some lucky bugger bought a Stelvio up the Sunshine Coast last week, and seeing as JSG have placed full page adds in the motorcycle press recently extolling us all to get along to our friendly Moto Guzzi dealer for a test ride, I thought surely the "official" BNE dealer (Pro Kawasaki - :blink: ) would have one, or at least know when one would be available for a look see.
So yesterday morning I braved the Moss Street motorcycle mayhem and went to have a gander to see if one might have turned up. What was the response from the Guzzi product manager????????
"Nah mate, they're not available yet" and then followed a long load of BS about the GFC and how Oz was the arse end of the world and stock was a problem and his mother in law was sick and his wife had left him and he had just wet himself and he didn't want to be at work on a Saturday morning anyway and why was I asking and indeed what was I asking about again???
These blokes are obviously not interested, and it seems that for some reason there just isn't a dealer in Brisbane who gives a toss about new bike sales, and now I hear that even a bloke in New Zealand has got one!
And don't even mention the NTX, or the rear wheel and fuel tank size problem - all you will get is a blank stare.... and some drivel that any 12 year old would be proud of, I was speechless - I wonder what happened to "product Knowledge".
Some years ago, a bloke at Peter Stevens in Melbourne told me that Brisbane was the largest motorcycle market in OZ per head of population, so for the life of me I just don't understand the JSG strategy.... specifically I just do not understand why JSG bother having dealers at all, the ones (at least in Brisbane) either don't know, don't care and don't even ask about a test ride.
With every day that passes I am getting closer and closer to walking into Morgan and Wacker and putting cash on the table for a GS. :dry: :angry:
So yesterday morning I braved the Moss Street motorcycle mayhem and went to have a gander to see if one might have turned up. What was the response from the Guzzi product manager????????
"Nah mate, they're not available yet" and then followed a long load of BS about the GFC and how Oz was the arse end of the world and stock was a problem and his mother in law was sick and his wife had left him and he had just wet himself and he didn't want to be at work on a Saturday morning anyway and why was I asking and indeed what was I asking about again???
These blokes are obviously not interested, and it seems that for some reason there just isn't a dealer in Brisbane who gives a toss about new bike sales, and now I hear that even a bloke in New Zealand has got one!
And don't even mention the NTX, or the rear wheel and fuel tank size problem - all you will get is a blank stare.... and some drivel that any 12 year old would be proud of, I was speechless - I wonder what happened to "product Knowledge".
Some years ago, a bloke at Peter Stevens in Melbourne told me that Brisbane was the largest motorcycle market in OZ per head of population, so for the life of me I just don't understand the JSG strategy.... specifically I just do not understand why JSG bother having dealers at all, the ones (at least in Brisbane) either don't know, don't care and don't even ask about a test ride.
With every day that passes I am getting closer and closer to walking into Morgan and Wacker and putting cash on the table for a GS. :dry: :angry:
