Motorcycle & Powersports News
Indian Motorcycle Dealers Rank 1st for Website Customer Response
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April 2025
Polaris Inc.’s Indian Motorcycle dealerships ranked highest in the 2025 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Powersports Industry Study, measuring dealer response 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 representing 27 brands. Each inquiry asked a ...
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Powersports Business
Indian dealers top-ranked again in PSI study measuring website responses
April 2025
Polaris Inc’s Indian Motorcycle dealerships ranked highest in the 2025 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Powersports Industry Study for the third time, measuring responsiveness to internet sales leads from dealership websites. Following Indian were Harley-Davidson, BMW, and BRP’s Can-Am off-road dealers.
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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
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 ...
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AIMExpo 2025
Pied Piper Presentation: Harnessing the Power of A.I. for Powersports Dealers
February 2025
Artificial intelligence is transforming industries at a rapid pace, and powersports dealerships are beginning to feel its impact. During a session moderated by Meagan Kusek, Editor of Motorcycle & Powersports News, Eric O’Hagan, Director of AI/ML Innovation & Integration at Pied Piper, and Fran O’Hagan, CEO of Pied Piper, discussed how AI is revolutionizing dealership operations and enhancing customer experiences. The speakers shared specific ...
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Motorcycle & Powersports News
Triumph Motorcycle Dealers Rank 1st for Easy Appointments
June 2024
Triumph was ranked first of 27 powersports brands in Pied Piper's 2024 PSIService 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 the Triumph dealers in the rankings were dealers who service Harley-Davidson's electric Livewire brand, BMW, Aprilia and Polaris Off-Road. "Well-run service ...
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DEALERNEWS
Speaking of Techs, Pied Piper points out that your customers are still on hold!
June 2024
"Well-run service departments focus on increasing customer loyalty, and the first service experience to drive that loyalty is a customer's phone call to schedule an appointment," notes Pied Piper CEO Fran O'Hagan, as a preface to the 2024 Service Telephone Effectiveness (STE) study. He points out powersports is failing — miserably — at picking up the phone. "Industrywide, 1 in 7 customers failed in their attempt to schedule a service appointment ...
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Powersports Business
Study: Triumph dealers ranked No.1 for providing service appointments
June 2024
Triumph Motorcycles was ranked first of 27 powersports brands in Pied Piper’s 2024 PSI Service Telephone Effectiveness (STE) Study. The study measured the efficiency and quality of service telephone calls based on a customer’s objective of quickly and easily setting up a service appointment. Following the Triumph dealers in the rankings were dealers who service Harley-Davidson’s electric Livewire brand, BMW, Aprilia, and Polaris Off-Road. ...
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Press Release: TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLE DEALERS RANKED FIRST FOR PROVIDING QUICK AND EASY SERVICE APPOINTMENTS
Industrywide 1 in 7 Powersports Customers Failed in their Attempt to Schedule Service
June 2024
Monterey, California – June 3, 2024 – Triumph was ranked first of 27 powersports brands in Pied Piper’s 2024 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 the Triumph dealers in the rankings were dealers who service Harley-Davidson’s electric Livewire brand, BMW, Aprilia and ...
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DEALERNEWS
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.
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Dealernews
DEALER RESPONSE RATES DOWN!
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April 2024
“The powersports industry is facing some tough conditions following COVID,” concedes Pied Piper CEO Fran O’Hagan as a preface to the 2024 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Study which measured responsiveness to Internet leads coming though powersports dealership websites. “But for many brands, dealership web response behaviors have deteriorated. Why? It’s not malicious. There aren’t many powersports principals or GMs who would ...
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