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20 De-merits and shitty e-vals are comin'...I can tell.
The Shop
DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
Luxon 4-Post Bar Mounts
$189.95 - $239.95
Saw the same pair at millville for 200 less, not one month later.
On the other hand, I seen a guy loading up a brand new YZ125 at my dealer today.
Powersports Business
Tuesday February 1, 2011
Exports of metric motorcycles into the United States continue to rise over 2009 comparisons.
December marked the fifth straight month that exports of Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) members rose past year-ago numbers. JAMA’s December exports into the United States totaled 7,208 bikes, a 46.5 percent increase over December of 2009.
The percentage increase was in line with November’s rise, which was 53 percent.
Canada also is seen higher export numbers. JAMA members exported more than 900 units there in December, a 59 percent increase over the year-ago period. Exports in Canada have increased for four straight months.
JAMA members include Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki.
I would be amazed if dirt bike sales are rising over 2009 sales.
As time went by more and more stuff started coming out and after the money guy installed his wife and brother in law at the shop to monitor things it wasn't long until they closed the doors.
The money guy IMO never should have let things go on as long as they did............
It's combined
Off road has typically been flat or down on average, except ATV and side by side
My local shops do not stock most of the parts I need and the parts they do stock are usually overpriced. In the old days, local shops could gouge customers, sorry the internet eliminated that. and now those days are gone. Many people might pay a slightly inflated price to have it right now but as soon as the economy tightens up, people learn, I don't need it right now, they start planning ahead, they start buying tires 4 at a time when quanitiy discounts and free shipping from places like rockymountain atv offer them.
Racing and riding MX is not a need so when the extra money goes away people start buying within an budget. It is not just this, new motorcycles are not selling like they use to, the prices are too high. I know I am holding onto my bikes a lot longer, the days of a new bike every 2 years is gone and motorcycles manufacturers are going to have to fight to get my money and if they don't want to, I don't buy, I will wait for some other sucker who makes a lot more money than I do, buys a bike every year and let him take the depreciation hit. There is a glut of used bikes out there at great prices.
I am sad that YOT is gone, it hurts the sport but other bike shops should take note and be responsible with the money they get and find new ways to attract customers.
are down again for 2010.
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Motorcycle Sales Down 15.8% in 2010
The Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) has released its monthly sales report for December, with year-to-date motorcycle sales in 2010 registering a 15.8% drop from 2009. This marks another year of decline in the market, with 2009 totals registering a 40% drop in motorcycle sales.
Motorcycle Industry Council
With the release of its December sales report, the Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) shows a 15.8% drop in year-to-date motorcycle sales for 2010.
Total motorcycle sales were down 82,198 units, at 439,678. Year-end estimates from the MIC at this same time last year showed a 359,408 unit loss from 2009 to 2008.
Breaking it down by segment, Off-Highway motorcycles dropped the most, at 23.3%, losing 24,562 unit sales. The dual-sport class fared better, bleeding only 13.5% of its 2009 totals at 3679 units.
On-Highway motorcycles, which includes all street-legal models excepting dual-sports and scooters, dropped 14.3%. Losing 50,989 units, On-Highway totals were 306,702. Scooters dropped the least amount at 9.4%, with a total of 28,483 units sold. (Scooters exhibited the worst sales losses in the same report last year, dropping 59%).
The ATV market exhibited considerable decline, dipping 20.1% in 2010 and 64,431 units. The MIC does not include UTV sales in its ATV totals (A notable exception to the overall downturn, Polaris credited its impressive sales growth in the fall of 2010 to increased sales of its side-by-side UTV and the announcement of a five-year contract to provide UTV to the Army National Guard.)
The MIC collects its monthly sales data from participating manufacturers, including the Big Four, American OEMs Harley-Davidson and Victory, as well as the European marques BMW, Ducati, KTM and Triumph and Canadian marque Can-Am. Final sales totals rise when the MIC releases its Statistical Annual, which includes sales estimates from non-reporting manufacturers.
2010 2009 Change %Change
DUAL 23,531 27,210 -3,679 -13.5%
OFF-HWY 80,962 105,524 -24,562 -23.3%
ON-HWY 306,702 357,691 -50,989 -14.3%
SCOOTER 28,483 31,451 -2,968 -9.4%
TOTAL 439,678 521,876 -82,198 -15.8%
ATV 256,750 321,181 -64,431 -20.1%
Pit Row
Fact is, businesses come and go whether it be electronic goods, fresh produce or even labour hire. Business owners should be aware of their position in the market and react accordingly. Easier said than done but being in business is a fluid situation, some can act, react or pre empt. Some can't.
In my racing days I bought my bikes, parts, accesories etc from my dealer. Years later I actually worked in spares for the same guy. His business model hadn't changed. The fact is he made a LOT when Yamaha went watercooled (80's) made a LOT when Yamaha brought out the YZF/WRF and the same with the R1/R6. He didn't realise that it was the product and not his business that was bringing the customers to his door. He ran his bike shop until he retired but meanwhile other OEM dealerships popped up around him and eventually it was mowers and chainsaws that paid his rent.
You can't run a bike shop today with yesterdays ideas.
rant over
With YOT, from what Alderton has said in print interviews was that mail order was a large portion of their business. I know he has not been part of the YOT dealership for many years, he was just speaking from past knowledge.
But what really stood out for me was that YOT ran the exact same ad in MXA/RacerX for almost a decade. If that was a large percentage of their business, and they spent the money to run the ad, how about actually update the ad every couple of years? They had Ivan Tedesco pictured in the ad- he rode for them in what, 2002?
Seems like they just lost focus on the business, like others have said when times are good being a business owner seems easy. It is when times are hard that the work begins, and only the strong and smart survive. Evolution.
Hopefully things have hit bottom.
It is hard for dealers to stock much as there are about a bazillion brands and options out there.
I am involved with a aftermarket shop and we have limited stock but we work close with our customers to get them what they want. For 95% of them we can have stuff through Parts or Tucker in one to 2 days. This way they get exactly what they want.
Gas prices are going up and I don't see any of them rolling out anything close to a commuter bike.
It's $15k cruisers or crotch rockets.
As for as off road stuff, try making more 2 strokes. They are thing that sells.
ALL things Honda/ONLY Honda...all the time.
Btw, even some dealerships are "A Buyers Market"...
I'm somewhat involved in a "transaction" in the one of the bigger mrkt's in the southwestern U.S.
A good location and dealership (once) that had been run into the ground by a douchebag...
As the economy rebounds: Those that have survived and built a "viable" biz will be able to make money...
Same as it ever was...
Btw, as to Gas prices are going up and I don't see any of them rolling out anything close to a commuter bike.
The Kawi 250 Ninja (Now a legit ZX-R-esque-type scoot) and the new CBR250 are damn ince; also, the 250 "S/M" models didn't really catch-on...but...they sure are pretty damn nice for the $...
IMHO
Another one bites the dust.
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