We went to the bike show here in Michigan. I have a buddy that made our annual trip last year, he had a hard time getting a dresser for 10 days at a reasonable price, so he rented a Goldwing for the time for only $900. As a result, he's torn between the Goldwing and the new BMW tourning bike. Now i will get to the point. I run a BMW store, I had a BMW bike before I started riding HD. I told him to buy the Goldwing! He's not a do it yourself guy either, so around here theres only 2 BMW motorcycle stores, it takes you a week or so to get your bike looked at let alone worked on. The second part, if you have issues on a trip, LOL finding a BMW motorad! Last year my friends Ultra broke down in Lake Placid on our way to Bar Harbor. He rented a truck, we through his bike in there, he drove down to Laconia gave them his bike, rented an 2011 Ultra and met us in Bar Harbor the next day. Honda, Harley you have that frequency, BMW you don't.....but then again they are the best engineered motor machine on the planet! Anyway, with all these HD stores closing it opens the doors hopefully for some great independents. They will be busy, their technicians fat, and the quality which is often questionable already, will get worse.
I must be bored!