| Super Bikes & Cars N.V.
is one of the largest motorcycle companies in the Caribbean, Central
and South America, situated on
St. Maarten N.A. one of the smallest islands, a perfect place
for vacation.
How this company became the distributor for
the caribbean with six sub-dealers, one designer store on St.
Maarten is something that we, the team of SuperBikes, would proudly
like to tell you about ....
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It all started when one man came from France to
visit St. Martin to relax under the Caribbean sun and thought
that is was a good idea to come back and promote motorcycles
products on the island. It was in 1986 when Gil Guadalpi moved
to St. Martin and opened one shop on the french side of the
island. In 1988 he opened a second store on the dutch side in
order to cover the whole island market. In 1991 Gil decided to
bring a "HARLEY-DAVIDSON ®" to St. Martin. The idea of having a
big twin on our narrow roads was mainly to test the market
hoping to make a couple of sales. But Gil fell in love with
"HARLEY-DAVIDSON ®" bikes and the whole history behind the
legend.
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that same year Gil applied official status as a "HARLEY-DAVIDSON
®" dealer. Mr. Lou Boltik was the district manager of the Latin
American region so he visited St. Martin and invited Gil to the
dealer meeting in Orlando where SuperBikes N.V. finally became
the official dealer for St. Maarten / St. Martin and the
neighboring islands.
Fadi came along and joined SuperBikes in 1991,
with his knowledge and experience in the sales and customer
relations he would have to push the sales of the big twins as
far as he could. Bruno was brought in from France as our service
manager. He has a twenty years experience in providing the best
motorcycle service a biker can have. The team got strong and we
were ready for the challenge. The first new Harley in its crate
arrived to the Caribbean in September '91 when the '92 model
production invaded the market. Our focus turned to
"HARLEY-DAVIDSON ®" and the big twin started to grow numbers
every day.
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"Gil and Lou"
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"superbikes
... superstore!"
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The big change in
SuperBikes history occurred when Gil decided to unify both small
stores under on big roof, in 1993 SuperBikes unified both shops
and moved to our actual 1000 M2 building situated on the main
road joining French and Dutch St. Maarten / St. Martin. Sales
went very well, people started to accept the American Legend and
to be interested more and more. "HARLEY-DAVIDSON ®" bikes,
parts, accessories, Motorclothes and collectibles became our
main business. We set up a rental fleet with all types of
"HARLEY-DAVIDSON ®" bikes and we opened a designer store right
in our superstore. Operated By Leandre who is specialized in
fashion.
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| Abraham Zajac,
the owner of "HARLEY-DAVIDSON ®" Venezuela joined Gil in 1995 as
a partner with SuperBikes. By that time the Latin American
department under the management of Mr. Darrell Fink succeeded in
being one of the fastest growing departments of "HARLEY-DAVIDSON
®" Motor Company and SuperBikes was honored with several awards
for good and hard working teams. Our store has already been
visited by over half a million visitors and today, SuperBikes
N.V. is the "HARLEY-DAVIDSON ®" distributor for all the
Caribbean Islands including French Guyana and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. Hundreds of "HARLEY-DAVIDSON ®" Motorcycles are riding
throughout the Caribbean thanks to the hard work of Team
SuperBike, the passion for the sport of motorcycling and the
unique sense of freedom that only the legendary "HARLEY-DAVIDSON
®" Motorcycle provides to us and to you.
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"half a million and counting ..."
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