Comments on: can you make a good living as a Harley Davidson Salesman?

By: rockbase

rockbase — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:52:59 +0000

Good question, The mechs make around 30k a year, which ain't enough, and allot of dealers pay commission only, so during the winter they loose these guys and have a whole new staff in the following year (Summer). What I would say is if you were laid off and it was summer, It would be a OK short term job.
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By: chopperchopster

chopperchopster — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:28:59 +0000

doubt it yuppies arent buying bikes any more companies like TITAN are going under. bikes that were 30,000 dollars a few years ago are going for 12,000 now.
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By: DoH

DoH — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:02:59 +0000

How much you make and how the commission structure works would depend on the dealer. The dealerships are individually owned, they aren’t owned by Harley Davidson themselves.

Typically the winter is REALLY bad for selling motorcycles.

In my opinion, the market fell off for HD about 4 years ago. The market is saturated with low mileage used bikes, why would anyone buy a new one? The dealerships around my area used to get $3K-$5K over MSRP on the new bikes. Now they asking MSRP and I’ve known people who got bikes at under MSRP – that tells me they are starving. The dealers themselves are also offering incentives for customer loyalty, which is unheard from an HD dealer.

Again, I think this depends on the dealership, but I’ve noticed that the dealer I frequent has a lot of turnover with sales reps.
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By: Brian S

Brian S — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:59 +0000

I want to buy one but can't afford it. Maybe with another stimulus check I can put a down payment on one and finance the rest, but not make any payments and have it repossessed.
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