Topic: INFO ON MANUFACTUARES?

[RACERTON]

HI EVERYONE MY FRIENDS AND I ARE THINKING ABOUT STARTING A MOTORCYCLE COMPANY.MY QUESTION IS DOES ANYONE HAVE A SOURCE FOR PRODUCING/MAKING
HELMETS,GLOVES,GOOGLES,GRIPS,BRAKE LIGHTS,AIR CLEANERS,GAS CAPS GUAGES?
 IM NOT LOOKING FOR A ONE STOP SHOP BUT JUST A LITTLE HELP WITH CONTACTING SOME PEOPLE FOR PRICEING. WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT IN THE U.S BUT COST IS AN ISSUE,SO ASIA MEXICO OR ANYWHERE IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.
                   
                                    THANKS WES
                                         CAFERACERTON@GMAIL.COM

[medic09]

My first advice is find a copy writer.  If your initial contacts with people is in poorly written and poorly spelled form, you'll be off to a bad start.

For internet and email communications I would suggest NOT USING ALL UPPER CASE.  See the difference?

I'm afraid I know nothing about business, so I wouldn't have anything to offer on the info you requested.  Did you do your market homework?  Is there a market?  When I look at the ads in all the bike magazines, I always think the market must be pretty saturated.  You would need to fill a pretty unique niche to make it in today's economy.  Who are you planning on selling to?  Where?  What is your unique hook that will have customers buy from you instead of the competition?  Also, what I understand from my family's small business experience is that any new business can expect to operate at a loss for the first one to three years.  Do you have the capital to survive that?

Good luck!  I hope it goes well.

[RACERTON]

thanks for your help i take anything i can get right now.
 keep it coming.
 

[Really?]

Medic said a mouthful and all very correct.  You had better have a nice stash of liquid assets (Money) on hand if you plan on making it to start or have a very convincing business plan to present for a loan.  You need to know what you are gonna be - Sole proprietership and the other business types - and understand the legal issues of all.  If you do not have at least the above at a minimum, you stand a strong chance of failing.

Getting all excited about a business is kewl but what it takes to start one right and the ability to make it work and keep going takes more than you can imagine.  It can demand your life - 20 hours a day 7 days a week and no more social life for a while.  If you can do this and succeed you deserve it.

I have tried this twice and failed both times.  Not to say I am a failure, it is just that I just did not do it right enough to survive and lost financially both times.  i a not trying to sound negative but ust want to get in your head some of the hard truth.

Take a business course at your local comunity college to get some knowledge under your belt before you take on a venture like this.

[seaweb11]

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[kghost]

Better bone up on your Federal regulations with regard to motor vehicle requirements.

Ask Jesse James how he feels about government and fines.

[nickjtc]

Better bone up on your Federal regulations with regard to motor vehicle requirements.
Ask Jesse James how he feels about government and fines.

Crossing the t's and dotting the i's with the bureaucracy of getting a business started is crucial. Mess with the Feds and they come down on you, hard. Don't forget the liability insurance.... sell something which could lead to 'harms way' for the consumer....well I do not need to say any more.

[RACERTON]

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im 28  the other guys are 28  and a 40.
we have a good understanding of what it takes to do a clothing company. the other guys  have started and are still going strong.but as far as motorcycles go. we are fanatics about it and know alot about bikes.with that said we are new to producing parts and running a bussiness of motorcycles,and are willing to listen to anyone with good info thanks for everything.keep it coming
may i ask what happened to jesse james?details please.

[kghost]

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im 28  the other guys are 28  and a 40.
we have a good understanding of what it takes to do a clothing company. the other guys  have started and are still going strong.but as far as motorcycles go. we are fanatics about it and know alot about bikes.with that said we are new to producing parts and running a bussiness of motorcycles,and are willing to listen to anyone with good info thanks for everything.keep it coming
may i ask what happened to jesse james?details please.

Yeah CARB the California Air Resource Boarb slapped him with a $271,250.00 fine.

Thats a 1/4 million bucks.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/101001

[RACERTON]

oh c.a.r.b they suck b.a.r sucks to.anyone here a smog tech to. im a mechanic by trade.so i hate when the bar guy comes in.they make you fell like you did something wronge. even when your in the right. i once got written up and asked b.a.r why.they said that the upper managment wanted to see something wronge with every review.