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I wanted to make a public announcement that BCM will be closing by mid Feb.
My wife and I have made a personal decision to move back to PA where we were living before we came to NH. The bike business is so bad right now, no one in their right mind would buy a dealership (that did not already have one) so selling is not really an option although if anyone wants to purchase please let me know. In fact things are so bad both Suzuki and Yamaha are not importing any 2010 street bikes because their 2009 sales were so bad there is enough product here to satisfy the 2010 projected sales. The euro brands were not hurt as bad but most dealers saw big declines in business.
Again this is part of my reason but the real reason for closing is our desire to be back with our PA friends and be a little closer to family so our girls will have more opportunity to see their relatives.
Kyle and Miles will both be at seacoast and you will get just as good service from them as ever. Jim and Jesse are great people and Jon Martin ( was at BCM ) is there as well so you get the best of what we had to offer at BCM anyway.
I really enjoyed the time spent at the shop and getting to know all of you, it truly was special to have a shop with more friends than customers. I told one person yesterday who was very disappointed that the only real bike shop left was going. BCM was a really special place and that is what attracted me there as a customer when Bruce owned it. I had just bought a new 748 and found BCM while I was living in VT. It was a great place and hopefully there will be another one one day.
I will be opening a small shop in PA/NJ ( as well as a few other business opportunities )where were are going but it will not be a franchised dealership. It will be a small shop focused on selling late model used bikes and doing service work on all late model bikes. The bike business will always be a part of my life but will not be the main focus of my energy. The franchise is good but it takes a lot of $$ and Ducati is in a lot of trouble right now so the break from them could not come at a better time. Ducati is ignoring all the economic conditions and will continue to import more bikes and leave their dealer network swamped with non current product, bad move on their part. They are really going into 2010 blind just as they did in 2009 when they projected 10% growth over 2008 (one of their best years ever). So i am not sad to see that relationship end just the one with friends and great customers.
We were here for 5 years and it is time to move on to something else. I encourage anyone with a gift Cert to come in a use it before the opportunity is gone.
I would also like to note that we will be having a very good sale from now until closing on any instock inventory so please come by as most everything will be at or close to cost.
I wanted to make a public announcement that BCM will be closing by mid Feb.
My wife and I have made a personal decision to move back to PA where we were living before we came to NH. The bike business is so bad right now, no one in their right mind would buy a dealership (that did not already have one) so selling is not really an option although if anyone wants to purchase please let me know. In fact things are so bad both Suzuki and Yamaha are not importing any 2010 street bikes because their 2009 sales were so bad there is enough product here to satisfy the 2010 projected sales. The euro brands were not hurt as bad but most dealers saw big declines in business.
Again this is part of my reason but the real reason for closing is our desire to be back with our PA friends and be a little closer to family so our girls will have more opportunity to see their relatives.
Kyle and Miles will both be at seacoast and you will get just as good service from them as ever. Jim and Jesse are great people and Jon Martin ( was at BCM ) is there as well so you get the best of what we had to offer at BCM anyway.
I really enjoyed the time spent at the shop and getting to know all of you, it truly was special to have a shop with more friends than customers. I told one person yesterday who was very disappointed that the only real bike shop left was going. BCM was a really special place and that is what attracted me there as a customer when Bruce owned it. I had just bought a new 748 and found BCM while I was living in VT. It was a great place and hopefully there will be another one one day.
I will be opening a small shop in PA/NJ ( as well as a few other business opportunities )where were are going but it will not be a franchised dealership. It will be a small shop focused on selling late model used bikes and doing service work on all late model bikes. The bike business will always be a part of my life but will not be the main focus of my energy. The franchise is good but it takes a lot of $$ and Ducati is in a lot of trouble right now so the break from them could not come at a better time. Ducati is ignoring all the economic conditions and will continue to import more bikes and leave their dealer network swamped with non current product, bad move on their part. They are really going into 2010 blind just as they did in 2009 when they projected 10% growth over 2008 (one of their best years ever). So i am not sad to see that relationship end just the one with friends and great customers.
We were here for 5 years and it is time to move on to something else. I encourage anyone with a gift Cert to come in a use it before the opportunity is gone.
I would also like to note that we will be having a very good sale from now until closing on any instock inventory so please come by as most everything will be at or close to cost.