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MPN Motorcycle Powersports News BMW Motorrad Dealers Top-Ranked in 2025 in Powersports Study

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BMW Motorrad Dealers Top-Ranked in 2025 in Powersports Study

June 2025

BMW Motorrad dealerships ranked highest in the 2025 Pied Piper PSI Service Telephone Effectiveness (STE) Powersports Industry Study, which measured the efficiency and quality of customer attempts to schedule service appointments by telephone. Following BMW were Kubota, Triumph, Polaris Off-Road and Harley-Davidson. Pied Piper submitted service calls to 1,531 powersports dealerships representing 27 brands, then evaluated the telephone ... Read More >

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Powersports Business BMW dealers rank No. 1 in PSI study measuring service appointments

Powersports Business
BMW dealers rank No. 1 in PSI study measuring service appointments

June 2025

BMW Motorrad dealerships had the highest score on Pied Piper's 2025 PSI Service Telephone Effectiveness (STE) Powersports Industry Study, which measured the efficiency and quality of customer attempts to schedule service appointments by telephone. Following BMW were Kubota, Triumph, Polaris Off-Road, and Harley-Davidson. Pied Piper submitted service calls to 1,531 powersports dealerships representing 27 brands and evaluated the telephone ... Read More >

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Press Release: BMW MOTORRAD DEALERS TOP-RANKED IN 2025 POWERSPORTS STUDY FOR PROVIDING QUICK AND EASY SERVICE APPOINTMENTS Missed Opportunities: Industrywide half of all customer calls ended without a service appointment date and time being offered, and 4 in 10 customers were told to "just drop it off" despite a typical one-week service availability backlog

Press Release: BMW MOTORRAD DEALERS TOP-RANKED IN 2025 POWERSPORTS STUDY FOR PROVIDING QUICK AND EASY SERVICE APPOINTMENTS
Missed Opportunities: Industrywide half of all customer calls ended without a service appointment date and time being offered, and 4 in 10 customers were told to "just drop it off" despite a typical one-week service availability backlog
BMW, consistency in difficult times: While the industry faces tough conditions, BMW maintained consistently high performance three years in a row

June 2025

MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, USA – June 2, 2025 – BMW Motorrad dealerships ranked highest in the 2025 Pied Piper PSI® Service Telephone Effectiveness® (STE®) Powersports Industry Study, which measured the efficiency and quality of customer attempts to schedule service appointments by telephone. Following BMW were Kubota, Triumph, Polaris Off-Road and Harley-Davidson. Pied Piper submitted service calls to 1,531 powersports dealerships representing 27 ... Read More >

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Press Release: INDIAN MOTORCYCLE DEALERS TOP-RANKED FOR THIRD YEAR IN 2025 STUDY MEASURING RESPONSE TO WEBSITE CUSTOMERS Overall industry average score unchanged: improvements in phone behaviors and overall response rate offset by fewer personal email responses

Press Release: INDIAN MOTORCYCLE DEALERS TOP-RANKED FOR THIRD YEAR IN 2025 STUDY MEASURING RESPONSE TO WEBSITE CUSTOMERS
Overall industry average score unchanged: improvements in phone behaviors and overall response rate offset by fewer personal email responses

April 2025

Monterey, California, USA – April 7, 2025 – Polaris Inc’s Indian Motorcycle dealerships ranked highest in the 2025 Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® (ILE®) Powersports Industry Study, measuring responsiveness to internet sales leads coming through dealership websites. Following Indian were Harley-Davidson, BMW, and BRP’s Can-Am off-road dealers. Pied Piper submitted customer inquiries through 2,523 powersports dealership websites ... Read More >

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DEALERNEWS 2024 ILE Reveals Shocking Results – Dealers Leaving Business on the Table

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2024 ILE Reveals Shocking Results – Dealers Leaving Business on the Table
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May 2024

"Three out of ten powersports customers who inquire about a vehicle will be ghosted by the dealership," said Fran O'Hagan. Read More >

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Press Release: INDIAN MOTORCYCLE DEALERS RANKED HIGHEST IN 2024 INDUSTRY STUDY MEASURING RESPONSE TO WEBSITE CUSTOMERS Industry's average performance declined: Increased use of texting was offset by lower speed and quality of email and phone responses

Press Release: INDIAN MOTORCYCLE DEALERS RANKED HIGHEST IN 2024 INDUSTRY STUDY MEASURING RESPONSE TO WEBSITE CUSTOMERS
Industry's average performance declined: Increased use of texting was offset by lower speed and quality of email and phone responses

April 2024

Monterey, California – April 8, 2024 – Polaris Inc’s Indian motorcycle dealerships were ranked highest according to the 2024 Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® (ILE®) Study, which measured responsiveness to internet leads coming though powersports dealership websites. Following Indian were Harley-Davidson, Polaris Off-Road, Triumph, and BMW. Pied Piper submitted mystery-shopper customer inquiries through the individual websites of ... Read More >

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DEALERNEWS Harley-Davidson Dealers Ranked 1st for Providing Quick and Easy Service Appointments

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Harley-Davidson Dealers Ranked 1st for Providing Quick and Easy Service Appointments
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August 2023

How much does your service department deliver to the bottom line? What kept the lights on when supply chain SNAFUs stifled unit sales? Booking service work has never been more important to dealers than the past 24 months and yet 11% of all customer calls looking to book service work were lost, according to the latest study from Pied Piper. Read More >

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Motorcycle Powersports News Harley-Davidson Dealers Ranked 1st for Providing Quick and Easy Service Appointments

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Harley-Davidson Dealers Ranked 1st for Providing Quick and Easy Service Appointments

July 2023

Harley-Davidson was ranked first of 26 powersports brands by Pied Piper’s 2023 PSI Service Telephone Effectiveness (STE) Study, which measured the efficiency and quality of service telephone calls from a customer’s objective of quickly and easily setting up a service appointment. Following Harley-Davidson in the rankings were Polaris Off-Road, BMW and Indian Motorcycle. “Powersports customers soon decide whether their service experience is a ... Read More >

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Powersports Business Pied Piper reveals brand's service phone call effectiveness

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Pied Piper reveals brand's service phone call effectiveness
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July 2023

Pied Piper has shared the results of its Service Telephone Effectiveness (STE) Study, which measured the efficiency and quality of service telephone calls from a customer's objective to quickly and easily set up a service appointment. Harley-Davidson was ranked first of 26 powersports brands. Following Harley-Davidson in the rankings were Polaris Off-Road, BMW and Indian Motorcycle. "Powersports customers soon decide whether their service ... Read More >

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Press Release: HARLEY-DAVIDSON DEALERS RANKED FIRST FOR PROVIDING QUICK AND EASY SERVICE APPOINTMENTS

Press Release: HARLEY-DAVIDSON DEALERS RANKED FIRST FOR PROVIDING QUICK AND EASY SERVICE APPOINTMENTS

July 2023

Monterey, California – July 10, 2023 – Harley-Davidson was ranked first of 26 powersports brands by Pied Piper’s 2023 PSI® Service Telephone Effectiveness™ (STE™) Study, which measured the efficiency and quality of service telephone calls from a customer’s objective of quickly and easily setting up a service appointment. Following Harley-Davidson in the rankings were Polaris Off-Road, BMW and Indian Motorcycle. “Powersports customers soon decide ... Read More >

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