Team Rees Motorcycles, at 16 Gateway Crescent in Coastlands, Whakatāne, is the town's Honda dealership and a family-owned business for more than 30 years. It sells Honda motorcycles, ATVs and side-by-sides, along with power equipment, gear and accessories. The business also supplies genuine Honda parts and services the full range of Honda Outdoors equipment, such as lawnmowers, generators and water pumps. The workshop works on all makes and models, and the website lists Yamaha, Suzuki, Can-Am, Polaris and Harley-Davidson among the brands it services. Services include routine servicing, WOF preparation, diagnostics, engine and suspension work, tyre fitting, and on-farm servicing for farm bikes and ATVs. Trade valuations and demo rides are available. Enquiries can be sent through the website.
Customers mention the helpful team and the parts ordering most often. One family says they have bought and traded about five bikes over seven years and have never been let down, and the team goes out of its way to order anything not in stock, including for a farm bike. Another calls the service excellent and singles out a staff member for thanks. A third says the owner knows motorbikes well and the prices are fair, and drove three hours each way to do business. Our pick in Whakatāne for a farm bike or a Honda service from a team that works on the farm.