Make Sure You’re HERE!!

Join us for our Grand Opening Celebration!  

Saturday November 12, 2016  Doors Open 9 am

17080 S. Tamiami Trail  Fort Myers, FL 33908

239-481-8100

14 Years of hard work, customer, and community service has paid off!  Thanks to the best customers in the World, Gulf Coast Motorcycles is proud to share with you the Grand Re-Opening of our New Facility!  Completely remodeled, and featuring the latest in Corporate Image Display’s, there’s a lot to see and do at this great event!  

This is a super kid friendly event, with kid specific fun stuff!!  There will be great food to eat, people to meet, live music, lots of entertainment, cool bikes to see, and FUN! FUN! FUN!  

We couldn’t be any more excited about the highlight of the event. None other than World Famous BMW StuntRider Chris “Teach” McNeil will be spending the day with us and performing!  There’s fun for everyone. 

We are going to be kicking off the Holiday season with our Toys for Tots collection drive!  So bring a toy, and spread some joy, or just hang out & have some fun.  

For those of you that want to enjoy a ride event as well, on Sunday Morning 11.13.2016 we’re going to have a fun Toy Ride leaving the dealership at 9:00 am.  Check our events calendar here for more details.  

Here’s a Quick Preview of a tiny part of what is in store!

We’re really looking forward to seeing you & shaking your hand at our event!  Come have fun & We’ll See YOU at Gulf Coast Motorcycles!!

IT’S OFFICIAL!!

WELCOME TO THE FINEST, ULTRA MODERN, PREMIUM EUROPEAN MOTORCYCLE DEALERSHIP…  IN AMERICA!  

Come see us at our ALL NEW LOCATION!  

17080 South Tamiami Trail Fort Myers, FL 33908

The phone number is the same 239-481-8100 and we are all here ready to serve you.

More Room!

HUGE Parts Inventory!  

More Bikes!  

All NEW Service Facility!

Ducati Service Area

KTM Service Area

BMW Service Area

There is something for everyone, and it’s getting better & better every day!

Mark your Calendars because, next month, our Grand Opening Celebration will be November 12, and we are celebrating 14 Years being your Premium European Motorcycle dealer.

Years of hard work, and dedication to customer service has made this possible!  We realize that it wouldn’t be possible without the patronage of The Worlds Finest Customers.  

FROM THE ENTIRE GULF COAST MOTORCYCLE FAMILY, WE SAY THANK YOU for helping us make this happen, enjoy growing with us in the years ahead & we’ll see YOU at Gulf Coast Motorcycles!!  

 

‘Tis the Season

Yes, it is that fabulous time of year again.  I am not sure what’s better, Christmas, or the week before with all the anticipation running up to it. It’s been a truly amazing year, and next year promises to be even better.

This past week I was up at the Salvation Army of Lee County, volunteering to help the kids and families that need help this season.  Our county has 4,300 families registered for help.  We’ve been collecting toys and bikes, and we’ll keep doing so right up to Tuesday the 23rd.  I’ll be making a special run on Christmas eve to drop off any last minute donations, so don’t forget…there is still time for the people that need you!  Give yourself a Christmas to feel good about by making it special for a child in need.

This past week Jeff & I were out at the all new Florida Tracks & Trails with Rachael Ketterman, the Marketing Director for the park,  out the trails to help get our GS’s, and Multistrada’s that well used look.

Florida Tracks & Trails is an amazing place that has to truly be seen to be believed!  There is going to be a spectacular Country Life Festival there in just a few short months.  Over Three Days, the festival will feature some of the biggest names in today’s popular country music, accent the park, and help celebrate the way of life that makes our area so special!  Yesterday, we were speaking to the promoter of that event too!

Here’s a look at the from the Big Hill on the Professional Motocross Track…Yes!  It IS taller than the trees!

There are tracks for little kids, ATV and UTV trails, GS Trails, 22 miles of one direction trails, a drag strip, a mud area, 80 acres of paintball, speedball (look that one up, it’s way cool!) a beach with a tiki bar, zip line park, PLUS the big concert venue.  This place has got just about it all.  Can you imagine zooming a new Ducati Scrambler around there??  For folks who like motorcycle racing like I do, it’ll have full on AMA Motocross in the not too distant future too.  IF you have the ability to amuse yourself, then this is YOUR Amusement Park!!

A couple weeks ago, we announced that there is going to be a move in our future.  This is just about the most exciting thing since our grand opening 13 years ago.  All of the staff here have been up to the new facility and the ideas are starting to flow in great order.  We’re talking about integrating a riding school at the facility to have the ability to help people become better, and safer riders.  One of my next blog posts will be another episode about fitment for the new rider.  It’ll be great, and will help those looking for a new or first bike make sense of it all.

A great aspect of the new place will be space.  We’ll have room to grow and to be the perfect dealership for each and every one of our great customers.  There are some amazing things in store over the next few months, and the new year promises to be the best year ever.  Are there more great things in store?  You bet.  Just keep an eye on our website, or come by the store.  There are so many new things, exciting events and cool happenings on the horizon, we will make history together.

This Sunday, come celebrate the winter solstice with us by enjoying a great ride, great company and lunch at Solomon’s Castle in beautiful Ona, FL.  We’re taking a great ride from the Alva diner, out Old State Road 8, (a local favorite) and out to the Castle for Lunch.  The ride starts at 8:00 am from the Alva diner out on Rt80, we hope to see you there.  It’s going to be a lot of fun.

After that, it’s time for Christmas, and New Years.  Enjoy the time with your family and friends.  Note that we have some special holiday hours this year for any last minute gifts, or that perfect shirt, or jacket for the rider in your life…and hey, if it’s for you, all the better, bring a Toys for Tots toy, and get a discount.

So, from Our Family to Yours, Have the Happiest of Holidays! We’ll see YOU at Gulf Coast Motorcycles!

Be well and ride safe!

Best regards,

Web Benninghoven

Sales & Marketing Director
BMW-Ducati-Select Pre-Owned

Gulf Coast Motorcycles
16090 S. Tamiami Trail
Ft. Myers, FL 33908

Office 239.481.8100
Fax 239.425.3100

webb@gcmotorcycles.com
http://www.gcmotorcycles.com

Thanksgiving…time to give thanks for…

You can fill in the blank at the top.  Each and every one of us has something unique, wonderful and exciting to be thankful for.

Thanksgiving!  It’s my favorite holiday!  One that revolves around eating & napping.  What could be more perfect??

Maybe an early morning ride?  A bit of a chill before breakfast and hitting the roads or trails?  What ever your perfect day is, please celebrate it.  Be thankful for it.

Our phone has been ringing off the hook this week, and we’ve had a tremendous outpouring of support in answer to all the questions.  As you celebrate your day, please know each of our customers that no matter what changes happen on the front of our building, YOU  are the reason that the store exists.  We are so completely and truly grateful for you.  Gulf Coast Motorcycles is here to serve our great customers.

Surely motorcycles are what we enjoy, or even love in most instances, and riding, whether its on the road, off the road, in nice weather or in the most inhospitable environment, we’re all thankful for the ride. As we move forward in the months and years ahead, we’ll all experience more new, different, and exciting changes.  We so thankful to be able to share them with you.  Don’t forget that coming up next week there is our spectacular dinner & movie night!  Please let us know that you’re planning to attend so we can get our order right!

So…enjoy your ride, have another plate a food and enjoy an excellent nap…I know I will!

See you on the road, ride safe, and we’ll see YOU at Gulf Coast Motorcycles!

Best regards,

Web Benninghoven
Sales & Marketing Director
BMW-Triumph-Ducati
Gulf Coast Motorcycles
16090 S. Tamiami Trail
Ft. Myers, FL 33908

Office 239.481.8100
Fax 239.425.3100

webb@gcmotorcycles.com
http://www.gcmotorcycles.com

We are Riders

We ride…

Why we ride is different for each of us.  As a store, Gulf Coast Motorcycles, is a safety forward place, so improving our rider safety individually, and collectively, matters.  It’s as important as riding.

We sell some of the best rider safety gear on the market, and we buy & use it ourselves, with our own money.  That makes a difference because we’re not being posers when we tell you whether we’ve tried something or not, and whether we liked it or not…and what we like and don’t.  Its part of what you get when you do business with us here.  I think about it every time I try something new…will our customers like it.  What will they think?  My recommendations seem to make a difference to quite a few people, and I take that very seriously, as does everyone else here.

We also recommend that all our riders make the commitment of time, effort & energy required to improve their skill set, and comfort level in all types of riding.  There are a lot of ways to do that too, reading, professional classes, and practice, practice, practice.  It all has real world applications that will make a difference.  That’s one of the main reasons that we’re committed to shop rides & events here.   Speaking of shop rides & events, please make sure that you check our events calendar on our website.  Here is a link to it, in case you don’t remember how to find it!  

Riding as much as I do, (pushing 20k miles a year & some years more than that,) it amazes me how much my riding style has effected the way I drive a car also.  Down here in our neck of the woods, we have a great migration of drivers from the North Country…and it sure is different there.  They add a tremendous dimension to our riding experience.  Defensive driving is the norm, and you’re wise to spend as much time focused on the environment (cars & drivers) around you as anything else.

One of the particular things I like about riding is that for me, I must be hyper-vigilant to be as safe as I possibly can.  The pay off to that is that it does a great job of scrubbing your mind of everything that could occupy your mind other than what’s happening ahead & around you.  There’s nothing else I’ve experienced quite like it…that’s probably why I enjoy it so much.

However, and for what ever reason you ride…enjoy it, and ride safely.  Improve at every opportunity that you get.  We’ll see you at Gulf Coast Motorcycles.

Best regards,

Web Benninghoven

Sales & Marketing Director

BMW-Triumph-Ducati

Gulf Coast Motorcycles

16090 S. Tamiami Trail

Ft. Myers, FL 33908

Office 239.481.8100

Fax 239.425.3100

webb@gcmotorcycles.com

http://www.gcmotorcycles.com