Had a great weekend there what with the V8's, m/cycle and Swap Meet on Saturday and street races Sunday. It was the most relaxed and pleasurable way to "do business". Staying at Miranda, dinners at Kaiuaua, lovely!
Had the pleasure of meeting more people and putting faces to names as well as catching up with others I know again.
It was great to meet Karl Morgan, a very nice young man who deserves all the support he can get. I was introduced by him to Gentleman Ray Clee and was impressed with his quiet self-effacing manner and down to earth natural way of speaking. Quick, quiet and professional we had a good chat about Suzuki's - I think I convinced him of the superiority of the Kizashi over its competition...
To top it off he is now a dealer for Shorai! He and Karl were very impressed with them and Ray will be running them in his race bikes.
I have a few more dealers lined up and will be signing them this week. Watch this space for some well known racing identities to be dealer in your area.
I am already referring customers to my dealers and am getting regular orders from my earlier dealers now.
Scooter World in Kelston is now a dealer so anyone over that way can pop in and check them out. Malcolm was Gobsmacked, that word comes up all the time with Shorai, at the huge weight difference and has reported his BMW GS is going great with its new 21A. He's dropped from 6kg to 1.6kg with more power!
Sean Donelly is rapt with the performance and reliability of his 18A1 and several others who have been using them said how good they were with no complaints or any issues!
My sales have jumped 300% over the last three months and this is only just starting!
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!
Aircraft Logistics Support in Rangiora is now a dealer, my first in the South Is. He emailed me as soon as he got his sample 9A and couldn't over the tiny size and weight compared to his little 4A.
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!
Experience Motorcycles is now my main Auckland dealer! Call in and have a chat to Daniel, Dave or Neil. Daniel is very excited about the technology and will be featuring them on his Kawasaki stand at Hampton Downs, Sunday 18th! To say he was impressed with the weight and performance of the Shorai would be a massive understatement!
Travis Moan will be using one in his S1000RR from now on. He probably doesn't know it yet...![]()
So do stop in and have a chat to Daniel and the guys, I'll be around also if anyone wants more detailed tech info or if Daniel's too busy.
So that makes 14 dealers so far throughout NZ with more on the way!![]()
Last edited by Edbear; 9th March 2012 at 15:46. Reason: Corrected date
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!
I thought it was time to update on progress in signing dealers for the batteries. I now have a lot of the country covered, but much more to go. So here's a list of dealers so far that may be in your area. Please pop in and see them and you can check out the batteries. Tell them Ed sent you...
Dealer Address Phone
Hibiscus Coast Service Centre 2/23 David Sidwell Pl. Whangaparaoa ph. 09-242 0477 North Harbour Batteries Unit 1 70 Forge Rd. Silverdale ph. 0800 53 63 74 Watercraft World/Auckland Yamaha 346 Church St.. Penrose ph. (09) 525 0300 Scooter Imports 52 Roma Rd. Mt. Roskill ph. 09-620 6626 Ram Solutions Newmarket ph. 0800 246 426 Experience Motorcycles 625 New North Rd. Kingsland ph.09-845 5950 RCMP, Ray Clee, RCM Performance 1d Woodruffe Ave. Henderson Ph. 09-838 2036 Biggles Racing Waitakere, Auckland ph. 021-921 794 Boyd Motorcycles 403 Te Rapa Rd. Hamilton Ph: 07 838 1209 Surtees Boats 2909 State Highway 30, RD2 Whakatane 07 322 8461 Helispecs 1067 Poihipi Rd. Taupo 07-376 7628 Wellington Motorcycles 12 Kent Terrace, Wellington ph. 04-384 4149 Scooterazzi 185 Victoria St. Te Aro, Wellington (04) 978 7388 Aircraft Logistics Support Airfield Road, Rangiora Airfield, Rangiora ph. 03-310 7290 FILCO Farm and Sport Regent Park 141/143 Quarantine Rd. Annesbrook, Nelson Phone (03) 547 2420
I have a few more interested and am going through the processs with them, so will update again once I have a few more on board.
Last edited by Mental Trousers; 16th March 2012 at 10:43. Reason: Learn some HTML Ed ;)
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!
Looking good there Ed, you must be really chuffed at that so far?
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!
Has there been any problems with batteries at low temperatures? Read somewhere that they don't go too well when it starts getting cold.
If cold enough they can be a bit sluggish at first go but if the temp is very cold, turn the ignition and lights on for a minute or two while you finish getting your gear on. This will warm the battery up and give full kick. If below freezing you might need to allow five minutes, but even without waiting, the first try would have warmed it some and each start after that will get it warmer.
They work the opposite way to a lead acid which gives greatest kick first and then gets weaker with each start attempt. Never had one fail to start a bike or car or boat or helicopter yet.
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!
R & R Powersports are now a dealer in Albany. If you know Lincoln and have work done by him for your bike Kart or Jetski, ask him what he thinks about the Shorai batteries!
I'd approached him some time ago and he declined but recently he was able to experience the Shorai difference personally with an 18A in a race jetski. To say he was blown away is about right, he rang me eating his words and said he wanted to sign up immediately!
He had a problematic race ski that frequently stranded the rider on the start line as the new, fully charged Yuasa would barely turn the crank enough to start and after one go called it quits requiring a boat to go out with a 30Kg starter pack. Why so hard to start? It just happens to be the former world champion's ski and has a very high performance motor with 56mm carbs and 95mm pistons! I think he mentioned something like 100km/h in 2.9sec...
The other issue was that the Yuasa was too heavy to mount up front and had to be mounted in the rear, requiring 3m of cabling, reducing its efficiency. The Shorai being smaller and so much lighter, could be mounted up front with minimal cable length to the starter.
So the owner comes along to try out this new fangled battery, without too much in the way of hope it would be a lot better...
He called in the other day to pick up two more to take to the jetski championship this week and was absolutely fizzing! He claimed the motor was running before it had done a complete revolution! It wasn't a case of winding for a few turns, he emphasised it was literally instant starting! He hit the starter and it immediately burst into life, he nearly fell over! He took it down to the river for tuning and testing and he was shaking his head as the ski started instantly time and time again with no drop in performance of the battery... until it died.What went wrong?
He runs total loss electrics and didn't give the battery a boost charge all day...So he becomes the first person to flatten a Shorai battery by cranking an engine... He accepted it was his fault.
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You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!
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