My local dealers didn't last long.....

[mrhyak]

There were 2 China bike importers within 6 miles of my house. Daves Deals on Wheels was selling Lifan bikes and the other called "Go Ride ATV" was selling 4 wheelers and scooters. Both have vanished after aprox a year, Dave about 8 months. Dave's still sells cars, but the Lifan signs and bikes have been gone now for at least 3 months....

Looks like the China bike import surge has pretty much dried up. Too bad, but at least we got ours when we could.

[phil]

this is happening a lot with distributors not just dealers you really need a love of bikes not just money

[Dragon]

The fact that regular bike shop bashes china bike must have something to do with it, also. I was in a regular bike shop trying to order a sprocket, and when the parts guy learned about my china bike outside, he gave the usual spill about its crappiness, eventhough he has never owned or ridden one. He even said I should forget about the sprocket, sell the bike now, and buy a japan bike instead.

[SpudRider]

Originally Posted by Dragon

...I was in a regular bike shop trying to order a sprocket, and when the parts guy learned about my china bike outside, he gave the usual spill about how crappy they are. He even said I should forget about the sprocket, sell the bike now, and buy a japan bike instead.

Wow, that is great customer service, isn't it? :evil: I guess he thought it was polite to degrade his customer's motorcycle, just as the rider was ready to spend some money at his shop. :roll: This idiotic shop owner is the individual who should be going out of business! :evil:

Spud

[BillR]

Originally Posted by SpudRider

Wow, that is great customer service, isn't it? :evil: I guess he thought it was polite to degrade his customer's motorcycle, just as the rider was ready to spend some money at his shop. :roll: This idiotic shop owner is the individual who should be going out of business! :evil:
Spud

And why I don't take my business to a shop. I would like to get things local, but I'm tired of getting the run-around and the attitude that I don't "really" know what I'm doing/talking about.
Thank goodness for the Internet :wink:
Bill

[phil]

i like the guys who cut downgrade and belittle anything that they didnt sell for a couple of reasons i know that people said "em riceburners wont make it, you should get a real bike like my montesa" and i learned what butter bolts were from the japanese but the best reason is karma :twisted: but its good for my business when they talk down on somebodys machine sometimes they send them to me :wink: