Ducati Monster Forum

We lost our BMW/Ducati dealer a few years ago.  Now a new BMW dealer has moved back into the exact same location.  They are finishing out a back section of the building now that will be the new Ducati & Triumph showroom.  They are expecting bikes sometime this month.   [clap]

Hopefully they have new owners, management, and staff ...and not the idiots that ran the place before. However, since they are at the same old location, I'm suspect that their is some residual remaining interest of the old shop group involved.

The old shop had the worst service department that I’ve ever encountered (from failure to tighten things down ie., oil plug, brembo brake block, etc., to failure to honor warranties).  I knew it was a matter of time before the old place would close.

So yes, I've been tainted gun shy from my previous experiences dealing with them, and I'm not terribly excited to see them come back.

I will at least check them out to see if my nose hairs twitch before rendering a final determination of acceptance or rejection.

They are not the same crew, these guys have come up from Ft. Worth to open the shop.  I don't know how or why they chose to open up at the same location - I kind of wonder if BMW had some interest in the property.  That does not guarantee good service, but I've heard they have had a pretty good track record down in Texas.  Like you, time will tell.

 Will they be able to sell Ducati hoodies?

 [laugh] nice

That shop was so tiny, did they expand?

They did not expand, but they used some of the space where they kept used bikes for the new showroom.   I'm really liking the R nine T but trying to find a lopey cam for a BMW is a fool's errand (I've been looking) lol.

Coming from choctaw whats the fastest way there

I-40 W - If you look close it fronts to I-40 but you'll have to go past and take the Meridian exit. Take Meridian North to Reno then East to Hudiburg Circle and drive to the end - turn right and you are in their parking lot.  I don't think they have Ducati in yet but I've met their factory trained mechanic who moved here from Ft. Worth.

edit:  I think I saw you last summer checking out a Monster for sale - it was in the back of a pickup off of I-240 service road in a parking lot.  If that was you did you buy it?

Yep that was me. No that bike was a mess

What guys from Ft.W?

Eurosport? Local riders? Some investment group?...

..? 

I don't think it is Eurosport - that is where I bought my 1st Aprilia btw.  I will try to find out, but it is an existing bike shop that *I think* BMW made an offer to get their shop going again here in OKC.  The previous owners - as you can see above - made a mess of things.  A friend just bought a new '14 R1200RT there yesterday - I think he knows all the details.  He didn't buy a new bike because of the weather lol, BMW is blowing out last year's models and he couldn't resist a deal.

Stopped by today. Realy expanding that shop. Ducati gets 2nd billing on 3 stage shop. Maybe mid feb before bikes and parts/accessories are in. They are getting triumph as well.

 [popcorn]

sub'd for more info, family in okc so I may stop by this new dealership when the wifey and I swing thru to visit familia [Dolph]

They have encountered a 'snag'...  They already have Triumph in but BMW has decided that they want 600 more feet of showroom space - after they had agreed to the previous plan. That leaves the dealer in a bind.  They are thinking of eliminating a couple of offices to free up room to make BMW, Triumph and Ducati happy.  What a mess after already spending a chunk-o-change getting the showroom to where it is now.  They are still trying to make it happen but I expect a delay.

The dealership has put Ducati signage up.  Not sure if they have bikes yet but it will not be long.

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Ducatis are on the floor.  They had 4 bikes out, had already delivered a few and I saw some being readied in the shop area.  A pretty large crate of parts, they said it was a "starter kit" of Ducati parts and accessories for newly franchised dealers.

bmw make the beast with two backsing a dealer?  nooooooo, that's never happened before.  talk about institutionalised arseholeness. 

"what, you managed to jump through our hoop?  well then, here's a smaller one"

Way back when I used to live in Reno, NV.  There was an old-school BMW dealer that had been kind of a land-mark in BMW land for many many years.  They sponsored rallies and hosted a staging area for the cannonball - a really good shop.  Then BMW Motorrad got all boutiquey and decided the shop needed to remodel and put up an expensive new BMW sign. The shop refused and BMW shut them down.  The new shops are really pretty but the new bikes are not as reliable.

Same thing happened here to Aloha BMW in the PDX area. The Corp. sucks.

I will have to go see them once I have the ST2 finished.

We "Ducati Panama/Moto Strada SA" are part of BMW Panama . . . yes, you read that right and Ducati Spa, was OK with that . . . certain "terms" had to be met . . . that was all

I think you might be missing the point Carlos.

Could be . . .