Do people ever ask you to go into business with them?

I was lucky enough to bump into another rider one day (Alan Price) he owns a business called EziRide Cycles was importing Starfire motors.I now work as an agent for him.As a semi-retired old fart it been great for me being involved in an industry the interests me.
 
Unless you have access to bike shop prices, the only real way to look at it is as a hobby, where the liability isn't yours, but the bike owners, and you try to streamline the builds to make a decent rate per hour.

If that potential partner has a bike shop, then he can buy frames in bulk, and you can design a build that may have a 33% gross profit margin.

Until you get that type of arrangement, just treat it as a hobby, that takes the stress level down a bunch of notches, and gets the customer involved in fixing some of the initial bugs and hiccups.

Show the customer all the little things, so he can answer folks questions during his rides. The customer is your partner, in other words, a rolling promotion of your sideline enterprise.

If you aren't having fun building them, spreading the word via grassroots and minimal advertising, then there isn't enough money involved (until $5 gas creates real demand).
 
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Everybody wants to be a partner when it's time to get the paycheck,but nobody wants to be a partner when it comes to doing the hard work.:whistle:
 
I was lucky enough to bump into another rider one day (Alan Price) he owns a business called EziRide Cycles was importing Starfire motors.I now work as an agent for him.As a semi-retired old fart it been great for me being involved in an industry the interests me.

NICE

i have a starfire GT4 66cc and it's pretty good :) my first starfire 66cc was absolutely awesome, it pulled so hard and i sheared quite a few engine mounting bolts through my own fault, but those starfires are pretty good.
 
I've been asked too many times from others to go into a business making MBikes. I've also found out it's easy to bump into every weirdo out there when they see some young dude under 40 on a bike. That's why I try to KEEP MOVING and not stop much in town.

You don't need someone you don't know or just met, making business with you. IMO Do it yourself instead of involving others!

I had 2 really WEIRD cases of so-called business opportunities! :eek:

I had some old dude in his 70's try to con me into cleaning his yard, when it was originally to help design electric cars........he ended up being a nutcase that treated me like I was 14, disrespected me and played mind games, tried to dominate me and tell me how to be and act, and asked nosy questions about me to judge me (so he could validate his regretful and sorry life by judging mine) and even asked my parents if I had a curfew (I'm 26 years old wtf) and even called me his "son". VERY CREEPY. :rolleyes:

Had another 41 year old guy that welds tanks to make smokers, want to weld frames with me to make a few trailers and some money, and gave me some old junk pocket bike wheels..............He ended up being an insecure wacko that's easily offended and afraid to look dumber than someone else, and also talked to me like I was a subordinate child. On top of that, he came out of his closet, told me he was GHEY and continued to tell me I'm beautiful, and hit on me! I told him that was NOT COOL, so then he got religious and I told him I wish NOT to discuss any religion at all, and keep it business and he went nuts. I had to tell him I don't associate with ghey people and we need to part our ways. He told me that he already bought parts and needed my help - and I told him figure it out yourself just like I did for mine! hahaha REALLY ODD AND CREEPY.

And I wonder why I get homophobic around other dudes............you don't know these days anymore who is who! :confused:

I've learned as a VERY valuable lesson, to think for yourself and rely on yourself and not on others. When you can do things for yourself that don't require involvement of other people, the power is in YOUR hands, and not theirs.
 
im guessing people think of making M/B's when they are perceived as unique.

A friend of mine has 2 M/B's that he doesnt use (confused about that), it's more of a toy to him, but the thing is he was thinking of going into buisness because it was something novel for him....then a couple of weeks later he went to a flee market, and there they were, hundreds of kits being sold...he was bombed out..

im guessing you could make money by distributing to stores, but just building would be more hassle then profit.

of coarse if someone in the street offers/or is willing to pay the right price, then i would sell my bike to make a better one......but thats more of a dream

why would anyone want to buy a Homebuilt MB when they can homebuild the M/B themselves???
 
A Lot of folks

Would by a ready made m/b !!!

We have a whole generation that doesen't even know what a socket is !!!!

It's the x-box generation !!!!
 
im guessing you could make money by distributing to stores, but just building would be more hassle then profit.
If you're not making enough profit on a quality build, you're either not building it right and/or not targeting the right type of customers.

why would anyone want to buy a Homebuilt MB when they can homebuild the M/B themselves???
I would if it was a good build at the right price. Who wouldn't? That's why you think someone shouldn't start a business selling pre-assembled MBs... it's too much hassle for most people to do individually!! Go read some Adam Smith and learn something about assembly lines.
 
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