Working for a Harley-Davidson Dealership: What it's really like...
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Thanks for the tour Uncle B!!!. That was fun.😊
Cheers Doc! 🍻
Looks like things are going well for you there. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Not bad!
Good to see you doing something you enjoy.
Hell yeah. Thanks
Love this video. Great to see you killing it at work. 🤘🤘🤘
Thanks my brother!
Very well done video. Graphics, music and information is spot on!
Appreciate it!
Fun to see a bit of your working day and what comes by on the day.
Thanks my man! Cheers 🍻
Cool to see some of the inner workings pf a big dealership. Cheers from Canada buddy
Thanks my man!
Hello Mr Branch... I'm glad that I was able to spend the day with you...another great video..much love to you and your family from your buddy in Ohio 😊😊😊
Thanks Tony!
cool video, I enjoyed the inside look at the dealership and your day
Appreciate it!
That new scenic bridge route is stunning scenery. A nice 4k evening ride with some yacht rock playing would be epic. I also think the bike spinner for photos is a great idea. I will have to check the website to see how they look. Nice work.
Thanks buddy
Great Video!
Well done uncle!...thanks for showing us "a day in"!....appreciate it!...stay safe...ride safe!😎🤙👍🤙👍🇨🇦
Appreciate it my man!
The pan America will be my next bike. Cool video, and nice to see what it's like working at a dealership, waiting to see if I can secure a parts sale position at my local dealership now myself. Keep shinny side up
It’s a great bike! Good luck on the gig
Glad I could be involved in the best part of your day! :)
Hell yeah my man
Wow, you guys have a lot of the Enthusiast Pan Americas! I've only seen one in my area! Thanks for taking us on a "Day in the life" journey.
Thanks man!
I have never met a Harley salesman that didn’t think he was the coolest cat on earth. What a turnoff. Will never step foot in another Harley store. Ever!
Alright
New rider have. Took the MSF course at a HD dealership. Bought my first bike. Iron 883. Didn't buy from a HD dealership after a terrible experience. However have had my bike serviced and modified by another fantastic HD dealership.
Great to hear Lee!
Bogator, Baby powder works as a grease and oil absorber you can also put a generous amount on the floor boards and leave overnight.
Great tip
I start MMI in about a month for their full Harley program, currently I ride a 2005 softail springer fxstsi and i’m just in love with it, I was going to buy the new 2023 softail but something about the older springer drew me in.. so I made the purchase about a month ago in Chico California at Sierra steel Harley
Once I’m out of school I’m looking for a dealership to work at 😎 can’t wait!!!
Dude hell yeah! I just took in a 2005 fxstsi last month and sold it to a guy in New York who appreciates that style motorcycle. Awesome bike.
Riverside
I’m 50 years old, own super bikes and sport touring bikes. Walked into the local Harley dealer expressing interest and admitted to knowing little to nothing about the different models and was left in the show room alone with my d1ck in my hand. How many days into training did this get taught? Man I love my K1600.
Went to the wrong dealer. Come down here.
@@UncleBogator fair. It’s not to slight everyone’s experience but around my area up here in Canada, it’s a pretty common experience a lot of us share. Maybe someday 👍🏻
If I ever decide to buy another new/used Harley, I’m coming down to Bert’s to buy one from you!!!
Hell yeah I appreciate that!
Great video, you need to include your lunch, calls to the mother in law. Your sore foot and what you think about the new stop sign. Also a long review about your planned fishing trip. All of these would give a better feel of reality.
good show!😎👏 your audio is 💯
Thanks my man!
Has anyone ever told you there's a hint of John Goodman in your voice? Great video!!! Thanks for the perspective!!!
ha! never heard that one before. I'll have to listen to myself a little more and see if I can hear it
This was really cool. I took the Academy and passed. Thanks for the inside look
Hell yeah congrats!
I like the word Patreon. Reminds me of the people at the red light with the cardboard sign and a dog. Lol!!
Road warrior!
Nice road king you got there man. It must be pretty damn awesome to work there.
It's great!
Sorry I missed the premiere but good stuff and Glad its working out!
Ps. love my Stryker 😁
(You wish it was a Harley)
Splurge and get the fork lock cover for the RK. Little pricey at $54 but looks nice.
Enjoy the channel.
May do that
I just subscribed to your channel thanks to shadetree love the Harleys brand love the sounds they make but i ride a Triumph Rocket 3 GT pure torque and power looking foward to see more content ride safe man.
Rocket 3s are for madmen. Hell yeah
I always wanted a Fat Bob since 2008, I had plan on it being my next Harley when I trade up from my sportster.
They’re cool bikes
love that logo uncle Bo... love yall...
appreciate it!
That's an awesome American flag. Bert also wears Greg Norman hats all the time which shows his support for Jamal Khashoggi's assassination.
Mike you don't get paid enough! The best of luck to you. When I stopped in at Bert's, my impression was, turn down the music. The second, tooo many salespeople. What are your thought's of the amount of salespeople?
Depends. Most Saturdays we need all of them. Some days are slow so it feels overkill.
I like your bike turntable, also I like your Road king, very nice 👍
Hell yeah! Thanks my man
Video Quality looks great! This GoPro 4K ? Great Vid also my man.
Appreciate it! Yeah I did 4k on this whole video. I don't normally.
@@UncleBogator looks awesome that ride in to work, image looked great I have a 4K monitor on my desktop. I kept saying man this looks great lol
Nice video 😎👍
appreciate it!
Good VIDEO 😎🤘
Thank you!
Good video. Not sure if you have rode a vulcan 650 s, but I had an 883 custom and I won't go back. The 650 is quicker every day of the week... I'm not just saying that because I love mine, the bike stats speak for themselves. The 650 is almost half the price. The only thing lacking is that harley sound. I can't comment on the Honda as I have never rode one.
a heritage softail classic is very easy to ride for shorter riders , and not as heavy as the fatbob ,
She doesn’t like the heritage
I prolly won't be able to make it to the premiere, but thanks for the video!
It’s on here forever now
All that open air/zero traffic on the Courtney Campbell is selling a dream! I never get so lucky, haha. Good things happen to good people, I guess!
That traffic is only like that in the morning.
Those problems you mentioned and more with the GoPro cameras have been around since the first camera came out. You can quickly lose those problems with a JDI camera. Jay from 2LaneLife has a JDI drone and a camera, with the camera and three days of heavy pouring rain he lost the microphone. with the GoPro 2 hours at best and you would lose everything.
I'll take a look!
Hi Mike just wanted to let you know that I joined your patreon. Sorry for taking so long brother.
I appreciate that my man!
Nothing wrong with being a patriot brother!
Hell yeah!
What stop sign 14:42 😉🤣
Sales Tax On Pan America
I'd love to talk wit you ,about your Roadking. What year model is it and is the collor searra red?
2014 FLHR. Mysterious Red Sunglo. Love the color.
Have two horns extra on my Freewheeler, one plays God Bless American and the other Star Spangled Banner. I get enjoyment playing them in parking lots and at stop lights. If they don't like it they can leave. I also have given out over 1200 stickers that says STAND BY YOUR OATH = PATRIOT under that it says DENY YOUR OATH = TRAITOR. I don't care who don't like them or my horns.
I love this
@Uncle Bogator just had my trike in for a recall and three hole oil change and the guy who works on my trike knows about the horns and he said he hit one of the buttons and played Star Spangled Banner and the guys across from him jump to attention before they realize it was coming from my trike. Anytime I have her in the shop they love playing the horns. My sissy bar is two Battlefield Crosses with a M1 bayonet on top. Back to if you don't like my trike or this great country GET OUT
The Harley Davidson dealerships by me, you'll see more employees than any customers.
Worked for Hooligan HD in AL, owned by Russoms Group. Terrible owners and Dealerships stay away from any owned by them IMO. Least you found a good Dealership to work at it not easy to find one.
Hell yeah man
At 14:44 the whole "Law abiding citizen" went out the window.
Never
I worked at a Harley-Davidson dealer. I worked my butt off, met some great people (both other employees and customers) and was fired when sales turned down. I don't regret my time there but wouldn't do it again.
Why not? I'm about to start on Monday
@@blairrichards4175 I also start this coming Monday what should I expect?
Whoa. Where can I buy that bike swivel?
Not sure! Pretty cool though
I’m 58 I’m 9n my 4th and last harly. My experiences last few years are nothing but horrible to the point I will never buy another Harley ever again. I’ll ride this one until it dies. I have a 17 FLTRU. Any service issue that arises I’m going independent. Last dealer made my bike worse then when it went. I’m all done with them. Next one will be a Indian.
alright my man. safe travels. i get it
Hey Mike, would you suggest a harley dealer be a good place to get a salesman job, as a first time sales job? I'm 42 and considering it lol
Depends on which one but yeah man!
never would want to do long miles on a Pan America... they put a stupid chain on that thing... I know that's cheap and easy, but if it had a shaft, it would have been beyond awesome.
and I don't wish my Vulcan was a Harley... the Harley isn't worth the extra $12,000 they want... I'd rather buy multiple bikes than 1 Harley.
What are the gloves that you are wearing?
Indie Ridge. Good gloves
Hey Mike ,very interesting and enjoyable video as it was kind of interesting to see some of your day.and im a bit shocked that the wife feels ready to make that jump .to go from a 750 to a fat boy Harley ..hell iv been riding for going on 30s and i dont feel ready to ride one of those big boys lol
Thanks my man! I think you should give it a shot. This one is a Fat Bob. same motor as the fat boy but smaller bike by a hair.
@@UncleBogator umm that mam if you please lol and sorry i didn't know theirs a fat boy and a fat bob..well ya learn something new everyday ..lol oh and i hope you do film the next day ,,well at least the wife trying out the fat bob..
I'm patriotic as well. Kinda sad that some are scared to say. Thats a bad ass work day. The cowboy hat was rad too. Cheers
Work ain’t too bad when you’re around bikes all day
There’s nothing like a Harley. The biker community knows that to be fact. Harley has something no other bike has it’s got sole. Hope the little woman gets the Harley.
Stay tuned!!
Even Sonny stated he would rather ride a Honda.
Harleys with the awful M8 engine have no soul, no character, no feel. The EVO Sportster was the last real Harley, then they dropped that. The "new" so called "Sportster" and Pan America might as well be battery powered. No feel, no sound. What other reasons are there to ride a Harley??
@@geraldscott4302 Harley is trying to capture the new generation customer, while doing enough to keep the old loyalists. All about keeping investors happy on paper.
Get over yourself lol
FATBOB will need the foot controls moved back for her to be comfy....I had one and my feet would start slipping off the pegs after about an hour of riding
We're doing something a little different.
They are NOT "grampa" jeans Bogey! Doug🏍️🤓🥺🐻😇
Truck full of free bikes 😁
Lol! He said working! 🤭😁😆🤣😭
I did
Life ain't bad brother.
The Pan America isn't selling because they aren't great bikes. Everyone I know that bought one has traded it or sold it because it spends more time in the shop getting repaired than the time they were able to enjoy it. My buddy Dale absolutely loved his Pan America but he got frustrated with how much time it spent in the shop. He said, "In his 48 years of riding, the Pan America is probably the most amazing bike he has ever owned, but it breaks down too much."
i have 3 friends with them. 1 of them had repeat issues so he traded his in within a few months. other 2 seem to be ok for now. they've had them over a year each. time will tell
@@UncleBogator Yea who knows. Anytime HD steps out of their comfort zone they usually fail. I was really hoping this would be an amazing machine that they could use sell a lot of units. I was excited for the Bronx till they axed it. The company needs a high thrill bike that looks good, that the younger generation can afford. The new Sportster S isn't it.
5 mins in and it’s been about traffic and camera settings
That’s for the play by play.
Are Harleys actually selling? Just an honest question, I bought a Sportster in 2012, it was a good deal, nowadays every bike it's more than 15k, and every year, I mean EVERY YEAR, they are like 1k pricier, at least in Europe, and they have ditch the more affordable ones of the line up, like the regular low rider (non S or ST) the sport glide, the road king classic... so, are they selling bikes?
Harley’s had a significant price drop this year. And most people aren’t comparing apples to apples. Harley doesn’t have a 10k or under bike but they’re not competing in that displacement range either. Price a 1,000 cc Japanese bike (usually not actually 1k cc) and compare it to Harley’s lowest displacement at 975cc.
@@UncleBogator not in Europe, I just checked, 1k € higher in most models, the nightster here it's 15k, the rebel 1100 it's 11k, I've test rode both, they're extremely comparable.
Harleys man
Yessir!
Given the fading demographic of HD riders almost every model should have reverse-assist. If that ain’t symbolic, what is?
Idk I used to think similarly til I worked here. Buyers/riders span all age groups pretty well.
Yeah, The Pan American went over like a lead boat anchor..
Love the Flag
Same man
actually, the Honda Goldwing has more "made in America parts" on it than a Harley. Use to be about Harleys and real USA steel and parts, now Harley is about selling Harleys with a 28-32 % interest giant payment and a bunch of mechanics that only change parts after part after part. past bikes 91, 97 09 Ultra Classics, I probably spent 50,000 80,000 on brakes, exhausts, handle bars, power commanders, burnt exhaust headers and an engines with onkly 32000 miles. I bought a butt load of headlight's, starters', batteries and wiring harnesses repeatedly. Met a lot of goos people and had good times. Now it seems its abour chrome, show, blow, and event/entrance fee's up the buttt.
Harleys payments are individual credit driven just like any other bank my man. If someone has a 25% interest rate, that’s on them.
Sounds like your ready for a Wing, just last no expenses
So did your wife get the fat bob beautiful bike one of my favorites
Stay tuned!! Video Friday
The algorithm said I should watch this. Here's a tip for you. 4k is overrated. However, shoot 4k, edit proxy, delete 4k after, upload 2k. Repeat. Ride safe, say hi to Josh for me 👋
Kind of. I’m on the 1440p bandwagon. Have been for the past 2 years. The 4K footage is too big for what you get (overrated as you say). But the camera I used for this video shoots 4K 24fps or 1080p 60fps. I don’t like 1080p and I despise 60fps unless I’m going for 40% slow motion. So to get 24fps, I was pigeonholed into 4K.
I don’t need proxies on my pc thankfully. That’s another time sink waiting to render all those. I could still export in 2.7k though.
@@UncleBogator Yeah I was shooting 4k for a long time then I realized after RUclips compression, you can't even tell the difference between 2k or 4k or good 1080p. I mostly shoot 4k 24k off the bike now and 2k 60 on the bike. I find I get that Hollywood look with these settings. What's that word everyone's throwing around now, oh, Cinematic. Lol
@@AkaBull your project will dictate your fps in your video. I’d recommend shooting the same fps on both. Whichever that is.
Bert's is not your average Harley dealer....
I agree
Bogey, at the 8:30 mark through the 10;00 mark, you seem to suffer from the ailment of: " noassitol", your jeans don't have any booty to hold up on. Those are NOT grampa
"The wife cooked tonight. So I'm going to take advantage of that. You know what I mean?" Yeah, definitely taking advantage of the wife 🤣
Hey she offered!
Did you see that Honda in the parking lot? I'd drink a Bud Light before I ever rode a Honda!
Daaaaaang!
How you backed up in traffic on a sled. Kinda defeats the purpose of riding to work lol
No idea what you’re referencing my man
Think you missed something there, my man... not everyone on a V-twin cruiser wishes they had a Harley. That's why Indian is cutting a nice niche in HD's market these days! The black & orange brand has pissed off a LOT of riders over the years with it's business practices. I've heard a LOT of riders describe their preferences, as a result, as "Anything BUT a Harley!" over the years.
I don’t think Indian is making the dent they need to make in order to even stay in business. Their bikes are beautiful but they’re just missing it.
I beat all that by owning tools I know how to use, the gumption to use them and a pasel of common sense. Sooo. I buy all my Harleys used. Usually one owner, low miles. I know corporate has enough flaws to count and alot of the dealerships are full of asinine people. Not all mind you, but significant enough to call it a problem. I live about 500 miles from where you work and would go there to buy used and if I ever buy my first new bike it will be from there. Lowrider st I'm looking at this year for my first new bike. Biking now is more of a fad nowadays than a lifestyle that it used to me. More motorcycle "enthusiast". All those motorcycle t.v. shows did it I think. Great for the dealers. Neat vid. thanks for posting.
@@scottfree8848 Hell yeah man I love your approach
@@UncleBogator Seriously. For me I can buy one brand-new mid level bike or buy the 05 wide glide, 02 lowrider, 57 ironhead, my dragstar and Pops is giving me his 96 Fxr. I have 88 hundred dollars in all of them. How much money do I have left over for repairs and customizing?
So how much do you get paid lol. That’s the real question.
Depends on what I sell. Like any sales job.
Why even bother to wear the SOUP BOWL.😂😂😂
Inside the dealership where im going like 5mph?
I want me a pan america
They're awesome bikes man
skip the 1st 6 min
thanks for the update
This video makes me want to move to the U.S. from the crappy wet, cold, miserable and over-populated U.K.. Damn……
Hell yeah
Why do I have the feeling that this guy is wasting my time? Oh, wait, now I know his videos cannot possibly compete with Jon Maxwell's.
I’m also not a tech. John’s talented and I appreciate his old videos.
do ya have to wear the helmet in dealership? ugg
on a running bike yeah
F-16s?!? What kinda man are you?!?
FA-18s, make your heart skip a beat, your chest swells with pride, bring tears to a real man's eye. Only thing that would be better would be a submarine flyby...
USNAVY all the way!
JK, lol.
🫡 to you, Sir.
Idk man something about an F16… 😀
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Harley Dealership are RIP Offs
Not true.
Wont never pick up chicks on panamerica
That’s right.