The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
General Category => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Bob_Roller on October 21, 2007, 08:23:27 PM
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A co-worker has a new website for his BMW shop out of his garage in the eastern part of Phoenix. It's azmotoman.com, if you're ever in Phoenix, and need work done , I recommend him highly.
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I wish more of the smaller shops would return. When I bought my R50 in 1967, it was from an audio-visual store that didn't even have a poster of a motorcycle on its walls—nothing but pictures of Nikons, Leicas, Hasselblads, Wollensaks, and so on. My bike was first they'd ever ordered on the agreement with BMW, and they ordered a second one at the same time. The store went on to open a big BMW dealership. A friend at the same time bought his R50 from a man who lived in the country. He had an agreement with BMW and sold them out of his garage. This was near where my friend and I went to college, and we went out there to look at those beautiful machines numerous times. He had only one R60 and one R50 on display in a tiny, but neat garage, where he also worked on the bikes of his own and others. Another friend (the 3 of us would travel together) bought an R69 with telescopics from an oldtimer outside of Pittsburgh who sold and repaired out of his small garage. My friend bought that the bike in its crate and did the finally assemblies himself.
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My how times have changed! My husband bought his bike from a small shop out in the boondocks as well. These days BMW won't allow the small shops. You must meet their demands or be on your way. So an independent shop is left out as far as new bikes. It's great to see the small service shops around that have the experience on the older bikes. The new bikes take too much computer diagnostics for my liking! :P
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I worked for a brief time at a small bike dealer in N.J. called AMOL. They sold BMW, Honda and Nortons out of a tiny little shop. I recall friends buying Triumphs from a Good Year tire store that had a few as a sideline in their waiting room. One of my favs was Dicks Motorcycle shop in Bergenfield N.J. a small storefront place but he seemed to have a bit of everything on hand just when you needed it.
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I remember the BMW dealer (back in the late 70s) in Fairbanks, AK, had one or two bikes in the garage at his house and shelves of parts and accessories. I don't know if he had a "real" store somewhere else but every time I needed anything I always went over to the "house"! Yeah, BMW is trying to make themselves "attractive" to the uppity yuppies who they figure have wads of discretionary income and I feel they don't really have much use for the likes of us...