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Discussion at Motorized Bicycle Engine Kit Forum in the Motorized Bicycle General Discussion forum. Originally Posted by Dan
Spunout, ask supplier to put your company name on shipping label. For one at a time ...  | | 
10-05-2008, 07:54 AM
|  | MB Builder Extraordinaire | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: coventry, RI
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| |  Re: market for stretch cruiser MB's?
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Originally Posted by Dan  Spunout, ask supplier to put your company name on shipping label. For one at a time sales, use the distributer as a "drop shipper" that way you don't have to pay for shipping to you or sit on product. You buy it first hand, but ship to end consumer. That and you have a bigger inventory then you are paying to warehouse. Shave 20%, make a profit but above all else offer a good deal so you sleep well with no worries.
Folks shop by price but they stay with a company that looks out for them and makes them feel like they are part of a larger thing.
Thanks for the laugh, I waz feeling estupid, snork. All about the fun. Man I love this place. | I didnt know about using them to drop-ship *JUMP SHIP!!*, and thats a heck of an idea. thanks for that. SnOrK. Quote:
Originally Posted by RedB66 I am very fond of the stretch cruiser bikes. I've built a couple. I am however not fond of Micargi. Nice looking bikes but....the just dont hold up. I have two cracked frames. My first bike (the red one in the header) cracked around the crank housing and now the second one cracked around the head tube. maybe I have got a couple lemons by chance but I am done with Micargi.
I do like the ride of the stretch so I have ordered a Greenline BC 103 26'' Greenline BC-103 Chopper Springer Stretch Beach Cruiser Bike Berry The dimensions are the same as the Micargi's, the cost is less and hopefully the welds are sufficient to hold up to the demands of cruising at 35MPH.
As far as marketing goes....I have had several offers on my bike ($700-$1000). It is a conversation piece. | thats your bike ive seen at the top of the page.... nice!
thanks for the 411 re:micargi. you're not the only one thats said that.
thats a good bike link....300bills w/shipping. i found this one: Skateboards and Longboards from skatesonhaight.com which, is also greenline. $267 total with shipping. we've already knocked a hundred off, by using another bike.
using dan's idea about drop-ship, we can get it down even further.
i could see big offers for redb66's cruiser. nice work.
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Originally Posted by Bikeguy Joe You are one sick man spun, I like that quality in a person. | |
10-05-2008, 09:48 AM
|  | Senior Motorized Bicycle Builder | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sonora Ca.
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| |  Re: market for stretch cruiser MB's?
It is early in the A.M. for me, so the old brain might not be working very well.  sort of goes around in circles with little focus.
How do you Build a bike if you have it dropped shipped to the customer? They have the bike and you have the motor. |
10-05-2008, 12:25 PM
| | MB Builder Extraordinaire | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: coventry, RI
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| | Re: market for stretch cruiser MB's?
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Originally Posted by TwoWalks It is early in the A.M. for me, so the old brain might not be working very well. sort of goes around in circles with little focus.
How do you Build a bike if you have it dropped shipped to the customer? They have the bike and you have the motor. |
no no. its drop-shipped from factory to me, instead of from factory to 'joe's bike shop'. i pay joe's bike shop for the bike, factory sends it to me.
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10-05-2008, 12:41 PM
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| | Re: market for stretch cruiser MB's?
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Originally Posted by Spunout no no. its drop-shipped from factory to me, instead of from factory to 'joe's bike shop'. i pay joe's bike shop for the bike, factory sends it to me. | Alright, now I get it. Normally drop ship is when you have the factory ship it to your customer. You are going to order direct instead of through a bike shop. This is how I order mine, unless you need a company account to order direct. If you know the company you will be purchasing from then by all means set up an account to be a distributor. |
10-05-2008, 01:19 PM
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| | Re: market for stretch cruiser MB's?
I love the look of a nicely done stretched cruiser...the guy selling the attached cruisers are pricing them around 700 - 900. |
10-05-2008, 01:49 PM
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| | Re: market for stretch cruiser MB's?
DAAAAMN, vincent. whoever that guy is, he's not asking enough...there's a whole lot of custom fabrication done on those. more time went into those than i'd have.
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10-05-2008, 02:13 PM
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| | Re: market for stretch cruiser MB's?
who is this guy Vincent...you? |
10-05-2008, 02:25 PM
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| | Re: market for stretch cruiser MB's?
No not me... somebody posted his stuff before and I saved the pics... I'm just in awww with some of those bikes... its funny how a different seat, tank, cut fenders and an exhaust can totally change a bike. Here is the guys myspace page... OLDSCHOOLGARAGE
I'm definitely stealing ideas for my build though...
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10-05-2008, 02:41 PM
|  | Master Motorized Bicycle Builder | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
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| | Re: market for stretch cruiser MB's?
Gasp, pant,drool, My kind of bike! Sitting here looking at this Point Beach if it was three feet longer and a little lower. Never been the kind to run with the crowd. Choppers make my heart beat. Mod RedB66 would you post a pic of that streach bike so I can see it better. You got to have months of work and God knows how much $ in it. I want to build one for me. Black and chrome for me. There is a member with a green chopper that makes me have goose bumps. A chopper don't have to be big to be sweet!
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10-05-2008, 03:17 PM
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| | Re: market for stretch cruiser MB's?
not sure if this is your cup of tea.... but if you're looking for lower and longer, a 90 degree bent springer will give you that effect... attached is my bike pre motor install... it's a different ride feeling but I kinda dig the front look???
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