Dirt & Trail Aug2020

Salleys Yamaha/
Kawasaki/SYM
Owned and managed by the timeless and
ageless Petrol Head Alec Salley who seems
to have found the proverbial ‘Fountain of
Youth’ and it is called ‘riding motorcycles’.
Alec is one of the longest standing Yamaha
dealerships in South Africa and is incredibly
well stocked on everything Yamaha. From
bikes, to golf carts, power products, jet ski’s,
the coolest Yamaha kit and … I’m pretty
sure if you ask really nicely he might even be
able to sort you out with some pretty cool
sound equipment and musical instruments
… but only if you ask really, really nicely. It
goes without saying that they carry a serious
amount of service parts and accessories
as well for anything Yamaha and that
they have a top notch service centre and
workshop on the premises. Now,as if that
wasn’t enough, about two years ago or so
they also acquired the Kawasaki and SYM
agencies for the Central Free State. Now
having being employed within the Kawasaki
group in another life, I can tell you that they
don’t just sommer award their agencies to
just anybody. You really have to be a mover
and shaker in the motorcycle industry to be
considered to represent any of the KMSA
groups brands. And as with the Yamaha
brand, Salleys is well stocked on everything
Kawasaki, including SYM and Bikewise,
(KMSA’s hot shot aftermarket division), and
a lot more parts and accessories than you
might believe possible for a little ‘platteland
dorpie’. I have only seen a few dealers in
Gauteng, the “financial hub” of our beautiful
country, as well stocked on accessories
as Salleys, to be honest I was properly
gobsmacked at their stock on hand. Alec
Salleys just shrugged his shoulders and
said, “if we have it , we will sell” and that is
the truth. I remember standing in a small
dealership a few years back with very
little stock on the shelves and the owner
bemoaning how tough the industry is when
a potential customer stuck his nose through
the security and said, “Oh! I see you don’t
have any stock, can you direct me the
the closest dealership with stock, I need
to buy a helmet now.” The owner of the
shop told that customer that he could have
whatever he needed by the next afternoon
but the customer was adamant that he
wanted to buy that afternoon. Sadly that
particular dealership closed down a short
while later. But, I digress, get down to 55
Nelson Mandela Drive, (yup … the same
one that brings you off the N1), City Centre,
Bloemfontein or give them a call on 051 430
3326 for absolutely anything you might need
motorcycle wise.
14 DIRT & TRAIL MAGAZINE AUGUST 2020