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05-16-2018, 07:27 AM | #1 |
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Wonder how much each would cost, including shipping, if you order a container load from China?
How much demand is there for small cc street bikes in the US? What's the top speed? |
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05-17-2018, 09:00 PM | #2 |
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When the Grom first came out, there was big demand, then it seemed like the 'trend' went away, but then there was demand again, not to mention all the Chinese minis which kind of/sort of copy the Grom. You could order a container directly through Boom! aka Baodiao who have an office in So. California.
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06-05-2018, 04:55 PM | #3 |
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enough for a squad
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06-11-2018, 04:15 AM | #4 | |
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LOL--reminds me of a mother duck and her ducklings!!
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06-13-2018, 09:54 AM | #6 |
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all assembled now and tuned
titles due any day now from state.
prob lost my profits in the carb upgrade learning curve on the x20. carbs have always scared me and i now know why my instincts were to stay away from them. i do come out knowing lots more about them, but the voodoo is real for me. almost ready for business. hopefully this test run at least breaks even. i can hold out and not rush the sales bc the loan was free of interest and long term. Attachment 13362 Last edited by imapdog; 02-14-2020 at 08:48 AM. |
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06-13-2018, 12:32 PM | #7 |
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Are you selling the ATV as well?
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06-14-2018, 11:20 AM | #8 | |
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You may have taken a small loss or broke even on the first one, but now that you grasp it, the rest should be simple. Plus, now that you have figured out the jetting, pretty much every bike after that will more or less need the same formula for your area. That will make initial setup very quick and easy. One advantage of them being technically used bikes is that you can state the sales as-is. This idea is actually something I had considered doing with the Hawk 250. The issue is, the labor hours going over the whole bike like I do combined with the materials, would easily tack on $500 to the price of the bike. If I could get a deal on a few of them cheap enough (say $1000/ea.), and then do all of the improvements necessary to make them a GOOD bike, it might make them worth it to some guys, but it would still be potentially placing them in the $1600-1700 price range. Heck, at that point it would likely be a lot cheaper for me to spec out my own bike with a manufacturer and order a container of bikes, but then that comes with it's own mess of headaches. I honestly wish I had the means to open my own shop to sell these bikes legitimately. My idea of the perfect Hawk includes a 450cc engine though, which would price it well out of the "cheap and cheerful" market.
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