Bike Prices

dietzl41
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dietzl41 10/6/2010 2:54pm
10/6/2010 2:54pm
MCfan4life wrote:
Aus prices:

250F = $10,995
450F = $11,995

Feel better now?
Jake-247 wrote:
Americans don't know how good they have it....
I agree....and I think we can both agree that we are happy to not live in Denmark.
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bd 10/6/2010 3:19pm
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Imagine the profit marin on a two stroke. The COGS on 250F has to be 1/3 more than a 250T
PicardsFacepalm 10/6/2010 4:32pm
10/6/2010 4:32pm
bd wrote:
Imagine the profit marin on a two stroke. The COGS on 250F has to be 1/3 more than a 250T
So a cam chain and a 4-stroke head cost 1/3 as much as entire motorcycle?
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bd 10/6/2010 4:56pm
10/6/2010 4:56pm
bd wrote:
Imagine the profit marin on a two stroke. The COGS on 250F has to be 1/3 more than a 250T
PicardsFacepalm wrote:
So a cam chain and a 4-stroke head cost 1/3 as much as entire motorcycle?
Good Catch.... ...33.33% more in COGS

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iudi2006 10/6/2010 5:03pm
10/6/2010 5:03pm
In Brazil a 2011 KX250f is 28,000 Reals. That comes out to about $16,000. Don't complain. Haha
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TerryK 10/6/2010 5:10pm
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Matt#49 wrote:
As a former business owner, I contributed my great success to the following very simple strategy. I will just use "easy" figures to show my point...


As a former business owner, I contributed my great success to the following very simple strategy.

I will just use "easy" figures to show my point.

Lets just say a 2011 mx bike retails for $5,000

Shop buy price is $4,000

Most shops will try to sell as close as possible to $5,000 looking for maximum profit.

As a result, over the year they sell only 5 bikes.

In my shop I sell the same bike for $4,300.

Yes I only make a small profit on each bike, but as a result of a much cheaper buy price for the customer, I sell 30 bikes!

Now do the maths.

5 bikes @ $1,000 profit each = $5,000 profit

30 bikes @ $300 profit each = $9,000 profit

So I make almost double the profit PLUS I get an additional 25 customers in my shop that will spend money on parts and accessories thus increasing my profits even more!!!

It's not that hard people!

Feel free to comment!

Matt nailed it.

My friend started a shop 25 years ago with this exact mind set. In less than 10 years he was selling more biks and more accessories than 5 other local shops....COMBINED!! His shop was a little hole in the wall type deal but the staff prides themselves on good prices and great customer service and it works. It works so well that his bike sales this past year increased rather than declined like every one else in the country and to top it off they moved into a much larger building.

Poor economy be damned, this shop is rockin'.
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mxb2 10/6/2010 5:20pm
10/6/2010 5:20pm
MCfan4life wrote:
Aus prices:

250F = $10,995
450F = $11,995

Feel better now?
Jake-247 wrote:
Americans don't know how good they have it....
dietzl41 wrote:
I agree....and I think we can both agree that we are happy to not live in Denmark.
I heard the chicks were hot!

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