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Cape Town's premier Harley-Davidson dealer has been liquidated. Harley-Davidson Cape Town, in Somerset Roadway, shut down on December 20 and was positioned under provisional liquidation in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday, following a court application brought by Turnsil Investments, which owns the shop. According to court documents, the car dealership's motorbike sales had actually decreased over the past 3 years and it presently had a shortage of more than R2.

According to an affidavit by Jason Nicol, one of the Green Point branch's directors, they needed to offer about 200 motorbikes a year to sustain the company. Sales figures had gradually declined because 2006 and 2007, during which years it offered 214 and 222 motorbikes respectively. Sales dropped to 170 in 2008 and 141 in 2009.

Nicol stated they had attempted to secure extra financing from banks, personal business and automobile groups, without success."In between Found Here and 2011, the number of sales of motorbikes efficiently cut in half. The only description for this is the worldwide monetary crisis,"he said. While there is another Harley-Davidson branch in Tyger Valley, the Green Point branch was the very first official dealer to open in Cape Town in 1999 and its closure came as a blow to bike lovers.

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Harley-Davidson is a household and for a great deal of us it's like a loss in the family."Richelmann, who likewise chauffeured people around the city on the pillion of his Harley-Davidson, stated he hoped someone would revive the Green Point store one day. The club's chairman, Gary Pretorius, stated that while the presence of the club was not based on the shop, it was a renowned landmark in the city."When I travel anywhere, I always look up Harley-Davidson dealerships and pay a go to; even in Cape Town, travelers and lovers would drive for kilometres just to see the store since it was such an icon," he said.

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Went into store with coworker to purchase. Staff was friendly, their inventory was truly nice too, wish i understood how to ride a bike, lol. i, Its an open space, so on a hot day with the best breeze you wont be sweating. Gotten bottle of complimentary water while there as the day was hot.