Sorry if this is old news but I've only just seen it.
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2011/11/30/st-paul-harley-dealer-wins-ruling-on.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_milwaukee+%28Milwaukee+Business+Journal%29
St. Paul Harley dealer wins ruling on new sales rules The Business Journal by Jim Hammerand, Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 2:49pm CST Related: Retailing & Restaurants Enlarge Image Tom Giannetti of St. Paul Harley-Davidson A federal judge has put the brakes on new Harley-Davidson sales restrictions that a St. Paul dealership said would put it out of business. U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz on Monday ordered Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Motor Co . not to enforce its ban on sales of parts, accessories and apparel through third-party websites or to international customers. The judge's order is effective through Feb. 29. St. Paul Harley-Davidson (incorporated as St. Paul Motorsports Inc.) sued the motorcycle manufacturer in October to fight the policies, which would eliminate about a quarter of the 72-year-old dealership's revenue. St. Paul Harley owner Tom Giannetti, who also owns a Harley dealership in Eden Prairie, Minn., said motorcycle sales have been dropping since 2008, but that the business has remained profitable thanks to the sales Harley wants to ban. Attorneys for both parties are negotiating a resolution to the dispute, they said in a recent court filing. Schiltz put the case on hold through January as those conversations continue, court records show.
Tom Giannetti of St. Paul Harley-Davidson
A federal judge has put the brakes on new Harley-Davidson sales restrictions that a St. Paul dealership said would put it out of business.
U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz on Monday ordered Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Motor Co . not to enforce its ban on sales of parts, accessories and apparel through third-party websites or to international customers. The judge's order is effective through Feb. 29.
St. Paul Harley-Davidson (incorporated as St. Paul Motorsports Inc.) sued the motorcycle manufacturer in October to fight the policies, which would eliminate about a quarter of the 72-year-old dealership's revenue.
St. Paul Harley owner Tom Giannetti, who also owns a Harley dealership in Eden Prairie, Minn., said motorcycle sales have been dropping since 2008, but that the business has remained profitable thanks to the sales Harley wants to ban.
Attorneys for both parties are negotiating a resolution to the dispute, they said in a recent court filing. Schiltz put the case on hold through January as those conversations continue, court records show.
+1 Dicko
Excellent news so far..................................
Great to hear that one of the dealers has the balls to stand up to the MOCO, I applaude them and hope there is a change from this dictatorship which Harley Davidson has pushed onto the US dealers.
HD Australia should be ashamed of its crazy antics, reduce your prices you have ripped us off long enough.
