Sovie’s Cycle Shop

Sovie’s Cycle Shop has operated as a Honda and Yamaha powersports dealer on Ames Road just off Route 11 in Potsdam since 1959. The dealership stocks new and pre-owned ATVs, motorcycles, scooters, utility vehicles and watercraft, and runs a full parts and accessories department alongside a service shop handling repairs and maintenance, with financing available for purchases. It is a family-run operation led by owner John Sovie, and the experience on record splits: repeat buyers have collected multiple machines over the years without incident, while other parts orders and repair jobs stretching across weeks or months, promised delivery dates that kept slipping, and final bills some found steep for the work performed. The staff make no pretense of white-glove treatment — the shop’s own culture expects patience and a low-maintenance attitude from its patrons. Hours run Monday through Friday with a half-day Saturday. For North Country riders seeking a long-established local source for Honda and Yamaha machines, parts diagrams, and factory parts ordering, it remains one of the area’s longest-running options.

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