Author Topic: Motus dealers (Read 6045 times)

The bike really interests me, and I can probably justify the price if I think its something I'll want to own 10 years from now. Hopefully they are working on traction control and abs as I think they'll need it at a 30,000 price point.

sherob · « **Reply #9 on:** May 29, 2012, 10:33:45 AM »

Quote from: Pokey on May 25, 2012, 06:45:19 PM

Really, I happen to see quite a few BMW dealers across the country, hell there must be for them to keep running.

Funny. BMW has 138 dealers across the USA... some states have no dealers... Wyoming, North Dakota, Kansas... just to name a couple. Now compare that to Kawasaki, which has ~1k dealers in the USA. It seems even Triumph has ~200 dealers nationwide.

I won't even mention Yamaha, Suzuki, or Honda.

Dealer network support was one of the biggest complaints I've heard from ex BMW owners, and future buyers.

Scaffolder · « **Reply #10 on:** May 30, 2012, 02:24:00 AM »

I would buy one for the $13,000 it's worth. What is bringing the bikes price to $30,000? That doesn't even make sense. They should sell at a low price for a few years and then after all the great examples are out there they could raise prices. Like all the other companies in the world.
It can't be much better than the C-14. I do honor the made in U.S.A. Part, but how much is really made HERE

Gsun · « **Reply #11 on:** May 30, 2012, 10:57:09 PM »

I'm pretty sure all of it is made here. Maybe some bearings or the like are not. The motor itself was designed and built by them.

badhabits · « **Reply #12 on:** May 31, 2012, 01:43:22 AM »

When they were in Scottsdale, az last summer at the BMW, ducati, & Kawasaki dealer my dad and I went out and checked out the bikes and shook both of their hands. Great couple of guys to talk to. As for the bikes they had an absolutely musical sound. Think small block, and who else has gasoline direct injection? If I remember correctly compression ratio is 2-3 points higher than my c-14 AND uses unleaded, not premium. If I had the $ I would buy one of them no questions asked. Pic was taken by one of the company owners sat very comfy and was super light feeling.

Jeremy Mitchell · « **Reply #13 on:** May 31, 2012, 05:40:27 AM »

Quote from: badhabits on May 31, 2012, 01:43:22 AM

When they were in Scottsdale, az last summer at the BMW, ducati, & Kawasaki dealer my dad and I went out and checked out the bikes and shook both of their hands. Great couple of guys to talk to. As for the bikes they had an absolutely musical sound. Think small block, and who else has gasoline direct injection? If I remember correctly compression ratio is 2-3 points higher than my c-14 AND uses unleaded, not premium. If I had the $ I would buy one of them no questions asked. Pic was taken by one of the company owners sat very comfy and was super light feeling.

They scrapped the direct injection for the production models, they are running a regular fuel injector setup. They were trying to keep the cost down supposedly. As if an extra $1000 for direct injection (and I am just guessing here) would really keep someone from buying a $30,000 bike.

Pokey · « **Reply #14 on:** May 31, 2012, 08:23:30 AM »

The open headers by your feet......not smart.

badhabits · « **Reply #15 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:34:43 PM »

I wasn't aware they scrapped the direct injection system. The two they were using ran superbly and honestly that was one of the biggest selling points for me.

AZBiker · « **Reply #16 on:** June 01, 2012, 03:30:43 AM »

Quote from: Scaffolder on May 30, 2012, 02:24:00 AM

I would buy one for the $13,000 it's worth. What is bringing the bikes price to $30,000? That doesn't even make sense. They should sell at a low price for a few years and then after all the great examples are out there they could raise prices. Like all the other companies in the world.
It can't be much better than the C-14. I do honor the made in U.S.A. Part, but how much is really made HERE

lrn2 economy of scale

Strawboss · « **Reply #17 on:** June 06, 2012, 07:40:02 PM »

I think its cool looking. I think its great being made in the U.S.A. I like the whole idea of it. I wish them all the luck. I'll never buy one.

Scaffolder · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2012, 02:33:19 AM »

Learn to economy to scale?

AZBiker · « **Reply #19 on:** June 08, 2012, 04:24:55 AM »

Quote from: Scaffolder on June 07, 2012, 02:33:19 AM

Learn to economy to scale?

Yes, economy of scale, or why a huge auto battery costs less than our small bike batteries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economies_of_scale

They are only looking at selling 200 units MAX per year. To the entire world.

There are no low-cost high margin products to support R&D. They must live off what they make from sales of these 2 models.

I don't think they're going to make it, but I hope they do.

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Author Topic: Motus dealers (Read 6045 times)