Lessons From the Past
Vintage bike businesses share their recipes for success.
Paughco Fender
Manufactured in the USA, Paughco’s “old school” bobbed fenders offer a nostalgic look for your ride. Sure Sellers: • Front fenders designed for use with Paughco and early OEM springers with brackets repositioned for correct clearance and bobbed look • Rear fenders come pre-cut with that early style rounded design for an unmistakable bobbed appearance
Sapphire Lounge Mechanic’s Shirt
The new Hard Chrome line of gear from Sapphire Lounge Inc. features a mechanic’s shirt. The shirt offers a high thread count and deep color embroidery, as well as a base material that has a softer touch than a normal off the rack mechanic shirt. Sure Sellers: • Available in 15 different color and design
Drive Systems USA Sprockets
Drive Systems’ 520 Superlite steel sprocket kits are available with premium D.I.D. 520VM, 520ERV3 and new heavy duty 520ZVM-X series chains, and they’re perfect for street or track use. The kits feature a chromoly steel drilled and lightened front sprocket, strong black Superlite steel rear sprocket, premium D.I.D. X-ring sealed chain cut to length, and
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2009 Dealership Superstar
Motorcycle Product News Magazine and Mark Rodgers from Peak Dealership Performance present the second annual Dealership Superstar competition. Dealership Superstar is designed to honor those of you who engage in extraordinary acts of every day sales heroics and customer service.
Dealing With the Inevitable
Getting Robbed Is Not the End of the World
AFAM Sprockets
Drive Systems, the exclusive importer for AFAM Sprockets, now offers the new AFAM K2 Workslite rear sprocket in black hard anodized with a Workslite countershaft and a D.I.D. ERV3 gold-on-gold race chain. The sprocket weighs approximately 9 ounces and is teflon-coated for a top-notch appearance and wear resistance. AFAM K2 Conversion Kits are offered for
Moose Racing Sprockets
Moose Racing offers up these aluminum read sprockets, boasting 7075 T651 with extra tempering, which reduces distortion and provides optimal thickness versus typically thinner 7075 T6 sprockets. The sprockets are 100% machined with no stamping or grinding. Optimal tooth thickness results in maximum tooth and chain contact, and Moose leaves the cleaning grooves out of
Sunstar Rear Sprockets
Works Triplestar Aluminum Rear Sprockets — 520 Street Conversion — are constructed of high-quality, aerospace-grade 7075 T-6 aluminum for extreme lightweight. These sprockets utilize the same exclusive tooth-valley design as Sunstar’s off-road aluminum product, which provides 24% more chain contact area for the best power transfer possible. Sunstar claims this sprocket gets more hard-anodized coating
Vintage Marketing: Old Bikes Build New Business
If you ride your restored bevel drive Ducati, Panhead Harley or Black Bomber Honda on a regular basis, you are probably used to being mobbed at gas station stops and motorcycle hangouts. A nice looking vintage bike just naturally stops traffic. “I was going to a military vehicle meet,” explains Robin Markey, partner in Bob’s
Sunstar Works Triplestar Aluminum Rear Sprockets
Works Triplestar Aluminum Rear Sprockets for ATVs are constructed of high quality, aerospace-grade 7075 T-6 aluminum, and boast computer-designed weight reduction holes for lightness. An exclusive tooth-valley design provides 24 percent more chain contact area for the best power transfer possible in this $64.80 product. For more info: Braking-Sunstar 700 Watkins Glen Drive Franklin, OH
Panic Is Dead
Business owners and managers become better suited at handling adversity over time, gaining the ability to listen to customers’ problems and respond with better solutions. This deadened sense of panic is, perhaps, the most important step in the development of any business owner/manager.
Forget First Impressions
Underneath the dirt and grime a seemingly less-than-wealthy store browser can potentially be a repeat customer with a shared passion – anything with a motor.
The Used Parts Salesman
Would you try to sell a customer a used chain? Bill gets beat at his own game . . .
What Do I Need To Do To Put You In This Van, Err . . . On This Motorcycle Today?
Avoiding auto industry offenses that have a strong potential of becoming common place in the motorcycle industry.