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Nault’ s Powersports’ original storefront, when the business sold Schwinn and Raleigh bicycles.( Photos: Nault’ s Powersports)

Original Honda dealer remains a force in New England powersports market

BY CHRIS OFFICER

• ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Nault’ s Powersports in New Hampshire has an 118−year history that began with selling Schwinn bicycles, and has since grown into a four-rooftop dealership that is a top−10 seller of some of powersports’ biggest brands, including Honda, Suzuki, and Kawasaki.

Nault’ s started in 1908 selling Schwinn bicycles delivered from Chicago and was one of the original importers of Raleigh Bicycles from the UK. By the 1940s, the dealership started putting Whizzer gas motors on pedal bikes. A few years later, in 1953, third-generation owner Dick Nault wanted to take his business to the next level, so he mailed a letter to a then-unknown manufacturer, Honda.