I've been in the Harley world since early 2003. In that span, the closest dealer has changed hands twice, inside people are different almost everytime you walk in. The other two local shops, while I don't frequent them that much, it seems like counter and service people change frequently. At the next town, where I bought my current bike, of the three sales people, two, including the guy I bought mine from, are gone.
Also, since 02, I have bought four trucks from the same dealership (GM) from 4 different sales people. I would always ask for the same sales assoc, but they would be gone. So I like loyalty, and would prefer to deal with the same, friendly, familiar faces, but it's just not possible in todays fast paced retail world. So I usually start at my favorite place to do business, but usually buy where the best deal on the particular vehicle I want is. It's a little eaiser with vehicles as dealers will trade inventories, but the Harley dealers don't seem to want to do the same, at least not here.