04-16-2009, 11:42 AM | #1 |
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My local dealers didn't last long.....
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.
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04-16-2009, 09:20 PM | #2 |
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this is happening a lot with distributors not just dealers you really need a love of bikes not just money
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04-16-2009, 10:33 PM | #3 |
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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.
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04-16-2009, 10:40 PM | #4 | |
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Quote:
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04-18-2009, 08:03 PM | #6 |
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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:
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