Back
in
time.
A
Quick
History
of
Honda
World
Ron
Perry
and
Paul
Buhanan
(Brothers
in
law)
started
the
business
Cycle
City
Incorporated
in
July
1971
as
Honda
service
and
repair
specialists
at
3068
Highland
Drive
after
both
had
been
working
at
different
Honda
dealerships
in
Salt
Lake
City.
Paul
left
the
business
in
1973
and
Ron
brought
in
2
of
his
brothers
(Dick
and
Dave
Perry)
into
the
business
as
partners.
The
brothers
moved
the
business
to
3161
Highland
Drive
and
expanded
into
selling
parts
and
accessories
to
complement
their
growing
service
business.
Over
the
next
5
years
the
Perry
Brothers
added
Honda
Power
Equipment
(Generators,
Tillers,
and
Snowblowers)
and
also
Toro
Lawnmowers
and
Snowthrowers
to
their
business.
The
brothers
added
the
Indian
motorcycle
franchise
and
used
motorcycles
to
the
products
that
the
business
sold
and
serviced.
In
1979
the
opportunity
came
available
to
purchase
the
Pacer
Honda
dealership
which
was
then
on
State
Street
in
Murray
and
the
Perry
Brothers
moved
it
to
their
new
location
at
the
corner
of
3900
South
and
Highland
Drive
where
the
business
grew
for
the
next
25
years.
In
1980
the
Polaris
Snowmobile
franchise
was
added
to
the
product
mix
offered
to
their
customers,
and
Cycle
City
recorded
its
first
1
million
dollar
sales
year.
Dave
Perry
left
the
business
in
1983,
so
Ron
and
Dick
Perry
ran
the
business
as
partners
for
the
next
15
years.
At
that
time
the
business
was
known
as
Perry
Brothers
Honda
Ranch.
In
1985
they
expanded
to
another
Honda
dealership
in
Provo
Utah
which
they
ran
for
only
2
years.
The
Provo
store
was
closed
after
the
government
CPSC
put
a
ban
on
3
wheeler
sales.
The
Perry
Brothers
re-focused
their
efforts
on
the
Highland
Drive
business
for
many
more
years
and
ran
the
business
from
that
location
until
Dick
sold
his
partnership
to
Ron
in
1998.
Ron
has
been
running
the
store
since
then
and
Dick
has
been
working
behind
the
scenes
as
the
comptroller
of
the
business.
As
the
Honda
product
line
continued
to
grow,
and
because
the
building
space
and
the
customer
parking
were
so
limited,
in
1999
the
Polaris
franchise
was
sold
to
devote
the
entire
effort
to
the
Honda
product
line.
In
2004
Perry
Motorsports
became
the
first
Honda
Powerhouse
dealership
in
Utah.
It
was
obvious
that
in
order
to
continue
to
grow
that
the
business
would
have
to
re-locate
to
a
larger
facility.
After
searching
for
many
years,
in
2005
the
opportunity
came
to
buy
the
existing
Exotic
Imports
Lamborghini
building
and
open
in
its
place,
the
new
“Honda
World”
dealership
and
open
the
only
Honda
Powerhouse
dealership
in
Salt
Lake
County.
2006
was
the
first
year
that
the
Honda
World
store
sold
over
10
Million
dollars
of
products
including
over
1000
new
Hondas.
In
2008
the
company
expanded
to
purchase
a
multiline
motorcycle
business
in
Maui,
Hawaii
and
Ron’s
daughter
and
son
in
law,
Josh
and
Tiffany
Wilson
left
the
Salt
Lake
store
to
run
the
business
in
Maui.
In
2010
the
Cycle
World
Hawaii
store
was
sold
and
Tiffany
and
Josh
came
back
to
the
mainland
to
help
run
the
Salt
Lake
store
with
Ron.
2011-
Today
Ron
and
Linda
Perry
along
with
their
oldest
Daughter
Tiffany,
Son
Adam,
and
youngest
Daughter
Crystal
has
assembled
one
of
the
best
staff
of
employees
and
managers
in
the
country
that
are
all
devoted
to
running
one
of
the
best
Honda
stores
in
the
U.S.A.
There
is
no
question
that
the
Honda
motorcycle
company
employs
the
best
engineers
in
the
world
and
has
set
the
standard
for
the
powersports
industry
for
quality
and
value
in
every
product
that
they
build.
The
“Honda
World”
company
represents
American
Honda
in
Salt
Lake
County
with
one
of
the
best
teams
of
powersport
professionals
ever
assembled,
who
really
care
about
the
entire
ownership
experience
of
their
customers.
The
amazing
employees
are
the
biggest
reason
that
Honda
World
is
one
of
the
most
successful
dealerships
in
the
country
today.
Ron
and
Linda
Perry
want
to
thank
all
of
the
customers
that
have
put
their
trust
in
us
for
the
past
40
years
and
promises
to
continue
to
earn
their
business
and
trust
in
the
years
to
come.
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