Roger,
I ain't no kinda businessman, but even a dumb ol' aviation wrench like me knows you don't really own these dealerships. If you did, you could run 'em right.....instead of the way Mother Milwaukee tells you to. Yer just frontin' the jing, the dirt, and the building in which Harley will move its "business" and end up at their mercy as to how it's run. That ain't right. Where I come from from, you buy it, you own it, you budget it, and you run it the best way you can to keep your employees and customers happy and make a reasonable profit..........................................
And then sell it before you die, spend all the profits, and enjoy the fruits of your labor so your children don't inherit the fruit of your hard work and never learn what it's like to start from the bottom eatin' PBJ, and ramen. Make 'em make their own way. They'll appreciate it more.