Any good NZ Motorcycle Web Sites?

[R6_kid:Me]

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[Drum]

Pictures, prices, ability to buy online..............

Another thread has already been run on this topic I think......anyone?

[scracha]

Not suprisingly - me and the figures disagree with ya.
The brief for the front end was entertainment and branding. Both of which it does as well as any site i've seen - or built.

The meta tags and text are all on the shop site which has a different url.
Days away if all goes to plan.

As long as the new site doesn't DEPEND on flash then I await with baited breath

[Big Dave]

As long as the new site doesn't DEPEND on flash then I await with baited breath

It won't have any unless I have my way.
But you've only seen the front end yet.
And yes it's not right for the shop - unless to display images or movies of images.

I luff flash in the right spots. Many times more people get a feel good from matey (it's chris btw - if you click on him it opens a pic) wheelstanding across the bottom of their screen than those that are concered with what software had been implemented to make it happen.

It's ASP and cold fusion that blow arse.

[pzkpfw]

I am putting a quote together to build a website for a bike shop...

Make sure you convince them to pay you to make it easily updatable; and tell them it's important to actually DO it.

e.g. check out http://www.sawyers.co.nz for the "New Hondas (Summer is coming specials)" link on the home page.

(Great shop, bought my bike there, VERY happy; just commenting on the web site. Lots of other sites are like that.)

Cheers,

[Hitcher]

"Best" sites is a big ask, as almost all motorcycle retails sites are disturbingly average. Some of the organisations who should be able to afford decent sites choose to underinvest -- notably Yamaha (the absolute worst) and Bluewing Honda.

On the Yamaha site you can't even find the RRP for a bike you're interested in. The "price this bike" option takes you to your nearest dealer, who you then have to phone during office hours! The genius who thought of this facility should be sacked for incompetence, particularly considering you can get new bike prices (including Yamahas) online through www.bikepoint.co.nz.

And Honda's site is also shameful -- all sorts of crap and old stuff about motorsport events involving Honda riders -- but incomplete photo galleries or photos of model variants/colours that aren't even sold in New Zealand.

Suzuki -- Also pretty poxy. Kawasaki has recently upgraded theirs and it's a lot better than previously.

[Big Dave]

"Best" sites is a big ask, as almost all motorcycle retails sites are disturbingly average. Some of the organisations who should be able to afford decent sites choose to underinvest

There is still a general belief that new motorcycles are sold on the showroom floor - and that's where they invest what little marketing budgets they have.

I have been trying to sell banner advertising for 5 years and have one sale.

Show me the return on investment they say. The factory already does the hard yards. We only need a portal to that work.

That is the concept behind www.amps.co.nz too. Although Ray is switched on enough to have a staff member being trained up to continue web development currently.

[Hitcher]

There is still a general belief that new motorcycles are sold on the showroom floor - and that's where they invest what little marketing budgets they have.

I wonder where such organisations hire their "marketing" people. And then they wonder why they don't sell more bikes. Tragic.

[XP@]

Site should be fast, neat, clean XHTML and surfable from my phone.

It should also have something to keep me coming back to the site. But i do need a reason to put it my bookmarks. Or be reminded, not annoyed, by email.

If you want the best bike shop in NZ, then buy www.kiwibiker.co.nz from it's current owner, leave the forum stuff exactly as it is, adding only a professional internet based shop in to the site and a good CMS.
Then pay someone full time to manage the admin, shop and content for the site.

[skid]

Welcome to the site Skid!

How about these ones........

http://www.tssmotorcycles.co.nz/
http://www.motorcycle.co.nz/
http://www.motomart.co.nz/
http://www.motorcycletrader.co.nz/

Of these suggestions which do you think are good or Kack? I thought motorcycletrader slow and awkward, but good as it had the info...

[spudchucka]

I've only had a couple of looks and haven't purchased anything yet but I have found http://www.dirtbike.co.nz/ to be a reasonably good web site.

[SpankMe]

http://www.kiwimotorcycle.co.nz/ It also has forums and there are a few others listed in the bike links.

[Quasievil]

Im so hurt...

[Big Dave]

I wonder where such organisations hire their "marketing" people. And then they wonder why they don't sell more bikes. Tragic.

They don't have marketing people - the products only have enough margin to support a staff of enthusiasts - pretty much all of whom could be making more money elsewhere, and a few tradesman in the workshop - and fark call else.

I still don't think the return on investment is there for a retailer yet - time will come, but for high end product, the test ride is where the purchasing decision is still made.

A salesman in your face is still the most efficient way for the retailer - only a small % are as online geeky as us in here.

There are still tons of people who don't or won't purchase anything online - I'm one of them.

[Ixion]

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A salesman in your face is still the most efficient way for the retailer - only a small % are as online geeky as us in here.

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Gotta get the punter in front of the salesman, first, though but. *that's* the hard bit. And the bit where most bike shops are crap. I imagine it's cos there's so few of them . In many towns there's only one - so they can take a "who cares, where else you gonna go?" attitude.