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@ neiljharding

Id like to agree with you as I ride both Triumph and BMW, but unfortunately I can see Triumph going the same way. In the 9 yrs since I started dealing with them they've changed the way they treat dealers enormously. If they can pull the franchise from a dealer 3 miles from the factory who had always looked after all their press/fleet/launch bikes then stick it in a car dealership next to Lotus 4 wheelers then I don't think the future is great. This is happening all over the country. You try and walk into one of the dealerships without leaving multiple contact numbers and being pestered with calls from a sales girl who couldn't tell me the engine difference between a Street Tripe and an 800 Tiger !

bike industry

...is going under. Bike prices way too high, running costs getting higher and higher - this isnt unique to the bike industry. The UK needs an economic policy that works.

Helpfull Advice.

Phoned MCN. I asked if it was poss for them, when they wrote next weeks artical about the closyer of whites. If it would be poss for them to give some general advice to there Readers, that may have payed deposits or even the full amount or have like me a Diavel in the Plymouth Workshop. Having the normal Ducati Warrantie work done.On how best to go about getting there machine or money returned.Or what they should do if they have entered a finance contract. Now this was friday early morning. Was told that there was no chance of that as it was to late to put it in next weeks copy. I then asked is it poss the following week. (answer) Negative. Was i suprised. Well not realy. But i was still bloody peeved at there compleate,Dont give a Sh** Attitude. (Why) I think due to most of there income coming from Advertisers, Manufacters AND US READERS THAT WANT TO SELL SOMETHING.Who do you think they look after. If they had to rely on our two pound, well need i say more. So the corperate thinking is, What if G.Whites start up again, even under another name, It was one of there best advertising customers. Well Mr Mark Potter think again please, i think you owe your readership a bit more Loyalty than your attitude last week. And while were on the subject of MCN, Please stop putting misleading (IN NEXT WEEKS ISSUE, The first ever test by any mag of the new Kawasaki zzr1400, Then when we buy the paper what do we see.Just an artical that was on U. TUBE 4 Blokes (Yanks) on a Drag Strip Belting the balls out of two machines. Yes very impressed. It wernt sod all to do with any of your road testers and you gave no extra information than i got off U.TUBE, AND EVEN THAT WERNT VERY INFORMATIVE. i WAS REALY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ISSUE. As im about to order the machine. Iv been reading your mag since 1961 And i also used to buy your old compatition Motor Cycle. One came out on Wednesday and the other on Thursday,And in my humble Opinion. You ought to have an honest look at your publication. And have a rethink on your attitude to not only your advertisers but also your readers.Grumpy ol Git.

Grumpy old git

Don't worry about your Ducati. You'll go through a bit of inconvenience, but the bike belongs to you and you'll get it back soon enough. If it was me though, I'd be bending Ducati UK's ear and putting pressure on them to help you. I hope the tales of woe we've read here teach the rest of us that when buying a vehicle from any dealer DO NOT PAY FOR IT UNTIL YOU'RE TAKING IT OUT OF THE SHOP! Better to lose a £250 deposit than the full price! Anyone who has given GW's money and not had the goods are now in the hands of the Administrator who will establish what, if anything, you'll get back. I read below that some are concerned about bikes they've bought from GW's that are on finance agreements. Those people have nothing to be anxious about as their agreements are with finance companies (eg Black Horse) and not GW's.

EU, GW, etc

E.U, yep have to agree with possably 100% of Uk bikers, they will create a black market for tunning and tinkering, because in my years of biking myself and others have always tinkered tuned and change factory bikes to suit what we want, this should never change so i say the gov should say no to eu and there large salaries to seat there bums on seats and make up new laws to bugger up the uk and its passions. Gearge white, i am sad, sad because of all the staff now looking for work,  my thoughts are with them.not so much for the company maybe they tried too hard ?,

We are a small outfit here at ACEMotorcycles Cornwall, we run a dyna pro for set ups and tunning, sales and service mot`s etc, we try to keep it personnal, we love bikes, we will keep tunning and changing Bye Bye eu.