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https://blog.motorcycle.com/2019/07/31/motorcycle-news/motorcycle-indus… I recently Read this, even though it was from few months ago , but pretty interesting.
Thoughts ?
Has there been any findings released ?
Anyone have any more info?
I wonder how long the study is supposed to be?
Thoughts ?
Has there been any findings released ?
Anyone have any more info?
I wonder how long the study is supposed to be?
The Shop
The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.
2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator??
Wrong Answer.
Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.
3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend... except one. Which animal does not attend??
Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. This tests your memory. Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.
4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?
Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
Also the kid can't qualify for the 18% loan even if he wants to half the time.
And they widened the River over time = evolution
And it got a lot more dangerous to try to cross.
That question was designed to see if you spent time watching children's videos on work computers
You failed
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Whenever you hear corp-speak associated with a niche activity, it is generally going to be a fail.
On the street side, intimidation is a major factor. Dealers don't really offer "lessons" to noobs, so they have to go into a dealer, with little to no knowledge, be pushed in several directions on what to buy, then they're pushed out the door to figure it all out on their own. Your state may have a MC DL like mine, but there's no where to go before that, no one to educate the noob on how to ride, not to mention a convenient, safe and legal place to learn.
In many cities or with many dealers, it's "buy this bike, see ya."
This is driving away buyers. Buyers who have the money or credit, but don't know where to turn once they sign on the bottom line.
Poo-poo this all you want, these are legitimate issues. How the industry addresses them is the question.
How do you make the buying experience less intimidating? How do you make it less intimidating for the single female who wants to ride? How do you assist them more through the buying experience, and after making a purchase decision? What about continuing education? Ride nights are cool, but rookie riders may be wary or intimidated of riding with more experienced riders, not knowing all the "unwritten rules" of riding in a group. How does a noob test ride a bike, when they really have no riding experience?
Everyone's ridden in cars, so they have a rough idea how to drive and after sitting in a car, know what makes them comfortable.
How can a similar experience be had in motorcycling?
You have to remove your biases and try to view this objectively.
Attracting them, educating them, teaching them to ride, test rides, sell the right bike, continuing education
Easy to sit here and judge, we're all experienced (I think) riders, but to someone who knows zero, but thinks it looks like fun, it can be very intimidating, especially when you consider very few cars are delivered as manuals anymore, so you have to teach (an odd) shift pattern and proper clutch use, not to mention, two different brakes, not a single brake pedal.
My wife can drive a stick, but gets confused on a bike, it's all different and backwards (hand/foot controls)
Pit Row
But... I always thought if I was a dealer it would make sense to:
1) include the pass of a membership to a local track with the bike and market advertise as such. This would help support what is likely only one track per dealer area in most cases. No track open no dirt bike sales.
2) find a super low cost lightweight trailer (think harbor freight) with a couple of bike rails and market a package to newcomers where you’d arrange to have a hitch installed (outsourced to a shop down the road for liability maybe) on their vehicle so they could tow the trailer with their new bike(s).
Fact is people finance stuff, great bike is covered there at 18% but now I have to pay another $500/year to ride (cheap by ski hill standards) and $1500 cash to be able to get my new bike anywhere.
Have to consider the total cost of all of this and make it as easy as possible.
Dealers get this wrong I think. Start soaking them for the higher priced items once they’re hooked not when they’re trying to start out.
Again, I know this is but one piece of the puzzle, and a small one at that.
Also a dealer or dealer satellite location at the track like alot of hobby shop setups with rc tracks.
1. Why the fuck are you putting gigantic animals in a refrigerator?
2. Where did you get a fridge that big?
3. How did the animals not die while in the fridge without oxygen?
4. Since when do animals attend conferences?
Hey, a guy can take his wife or gf along, she's part of it. Any trail or off-road area will do. You can have your buddy right next to you, having fun. No pressure. They double as work horses out on the farm.
I heard the big dealer here in Morgantown WV, the home of MX Sports, is selling side by sides at a rate of 27 to 1 as of late. 27 to 1.
Eh, things come and go.
A megastar like McGrath, even bigger maybe, that could go mainstream might help MX/SX for a bit.
But face it, it's been a good run, the times, they are a changing........
As far as the money sure, it's a concern.
But price a loaded side by side.
Loaded, heaters and all the bling can go 25k.
How many of your friends ride an e assist mountain bike but have never been on a dirt bike?
I’d really like to know those numbers.
Locally I see some positive efforts happening. A local shop sponsors several kids ride free days at the local MX track. I also see a local track going way beyond to encourage first time riders and beginners with free entry fees for newcomers and special classes for entry level bikes.
I don’t buy the cost being the biggest issue we are facing. Families are buying side by sides and boats that cost tens of thousands of dollars for recreation. There are enough iPods, X boxes, Kindles, and other BS in most kids bedrooms that add up to more than a good used YZ 80.
I don’t desire to be pessimistic but people are just not coming....and a reality is they just might not.
We will never see a boom like the 70s but how do we just stay healthy and consistent at whatever size moto can be?
A long time successful industry guy said to me last year....It’s just a dying sport. I’m thankful I got to see and be a part of the good years.
This of course is what I notice in my area.....I also don't know anyone who has a private track.....even though I hear and sometimes see them.... IE. The one I see all the time off 405 on my way back to Mukilteo.
If dealers, manufactures, don't create more places to ride.......no matter the cost of any of it......it's all hopeless. It's already hard enough to go ride myself, let alone trying to get someone new to go out and ride. Just my 2cents.
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