Cape Town's premier Harley-Davidson car dealership has actually been liquidated. Harley-Davidson Cape Town, in Somerset Roadway, shut down on December 20 and was put under provisionary liquidation in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday, following a court application brought by Turnsil Investments, which owns the store. According to court documents, the dealership's motorcycle sales had actually decreased over the previous 3 years and it presently had a deficiency of more than R2.
According to an affidavit by Jason Nicol, among the Green Point branch's directors, they required to sell about 200 motorbikes a year to sustain business. Sales figures had steadily declined given that 2006 and 2007, during which years it sold 214 and 222 bikes respectively. Sales dropped to 170 in 2008 and 141 in 2009.
Nicol stated they had actually tried to protect extra financing from banks, personal companies and vehicle groups, without success."Between 2006 and 2011, the number of sales of motorbikes efficiently halved. The only description for this is the global monetary crisis,"he said. While there is another Harley-Davidson branch in Tyger Valley, the Green Point branch was the very first official dealership to open in Cape Town in 1999 and its closure came as a blow to motorbike lovers.
Harley-Davidson is a family and for a lot of us it's like a loss in the family." This Author , who likewise chauffeured individuals around the city on the pillion of his Harley-Davidson, said he hoped somebody would restore the Green Point shop one day. The club's chairman, Gary Pretorius, stated that while the existence of the club was not dependent on the store, it was an iconic landmark in the city."When I travel anywhere, I always look up Harley-Davidson dealerships and pay a check out; even in Cape Town, travelers and enthusiasts would drive for kilometres simply to see the shop since it was such an icon," he said.
Went into shop with associate to buy. Staff was friendly, their stock was truly great too, dream i knew how to ride a bike, lol. i, Its an open area, so on a hot day with the right breeze you wont be sweating. Received bottle of complimentary water while there as the day was hot.
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