Got a great motorcycle related business or product idea?

**RantyDave** · 11th September 2007, 18:56

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Cafe Press NZ style would be good - is there one

CafepressMe?

Might be some mileage in trying to talk someone like FrogPrints into it. Or me. It's the distribution, and needing monster expensive gear, and people. You might be able to get a bunch of companies together to do it.

Hmmm.

Dave

**RantyDave** · 11th September 2007, 19:00

Originally Posted by Paul in NZ

Then instead of calanders, why not use our technology to present these images and animations into the showrooms effectively building a Motorcycle TV channel.

There's a couple of these "advertising on plasma" type companies around. It's an Auckland thing. BTW, regarding web video being shite (couple of posts down) you need to see what Adobe are doing with Flash at the moment.

Start here: http://www.zedkep.com/blog/index.php...o-is-over.html

Dave

**mitchilin** · 11th September 2007, 19:02

Haven't read the whole tread but used to know this stoner who wanted to make road kill knee warmers for bikers.He reckoned you could turn them inside out, cure them, and get people to buy them to pull them up over their jeans.It kinda made sense at the time but......

**Macstar** · 11th September 2007, 19:34

Originally Posted by mitchilin

Haven't read the whole tread but used to know this stoner who wanted to make road kill knee warmers for bikers.He reckoned you could turn them inside out, cure them, and get people to buy them to pull them up over their jeans.It kinda made sense at the time but......

Now there's a winner!!!!!!!!!!!

**Macstar** · 11th September 2007, 19:47

Originally Posted by Big Dave

OK - I'll play - no need to PM.
What about this.

I'm a freelancer - multi skilled, with my own creative services business.

I have a collection of reasonably high resolution images of motorcycles and New Zealand Panaoramas in general.

Currently looking at producing some calendars and stuff the cafe press way.

http://www.cafepress.com/davidcohen/3639543

These are the images:
http://homepage.mac.com/david_cohen_...oofs/index.htm
Was thinking of screen savers to match the calendars. (I note some typos - just proofs at this stage)

It involves compromises (for American consumption), but it's attractive because it lets me worry about being the artist and designer and not the production manager. But I only get a small commission and limited creative space. Beer money.

The trouble with freelancing is you have to do both sides of all of it.

My wish list is a model where I could create press ready art - and then hand over to production/sales - and hopefully split proceeds.

But then I'm not even sure it's got legs.

The images look great and the videos are an awesome promotion of NZ. So to be clear, at present you are contracted to produce images for specific publications such as calendars etc for retailers / manufacturers?

I agree that there could be potential to broadcast your media on LCD monitors / tvs in motorcycle and possibly tourism stores.

I'll send you a PM about it, as there may be some other applications in addition to printed press...

Cheers!

**Paul in NZ** · 11th September 2007, 19:49

Originally Posted by scracha

Hmm...actually workinng on something similar with HDTV capabilities. Can't go into too much detail y'know but it's suitable for NZ's $hitty excuse for broadband.

Why? I can sell you 4 systems tomorrow that already exist.. and are working in the real world...

**Paul in NZ** · 11th September 2007, 19:53

Originally Posted by RantyDave

There's a couple of these "advertising on plasma" type companies around. It's an Auckland thing. BTW, regarding web video being shite (couple of posts down) you need to see what Adobe are doing with Flash at the moment.

Start here: http://www.zedkep.com/blog/index.php...o-is-over.html

Dave

Really?? You mean I have competition??? Drat...

The technical parts the simple bit - the commercial parts the tricky thing. Its just one of the things i do but we have been reasonably successful at it - ie we are still here and actually making some $$....

**mitchilin** · 11th September 2007, 20:00

Cold knees. Whybas noonelse? ccliccckddddd

**Big Dave** · 11th September 2007, 20:19

Originally Posted by Macstar

So to be clear, at present you are contracted to produce images for specific publications such as calendars etc for retailers / manufacturers?

Mostly for Kiwi Rider Magazine - but produce marketing and branding support for numerous customers.
as long as what I do doesn't negatively impact the mag or them - mutual benefit is always a goal

**Ocean1** · 11th September 2007, 20:34

Originally Posted by mitchilin

used to know this stoner who wanted to make road kill knee warmers for bikers.He reckoned you could turn them inside out, cure them, and get people to buy them to pull them up over their jeans.It kinda made sense at the time but......

Have heard about Kiwi produced possum skin golf gloves which apparently fetch ridiculous money... nice ring to that... ridiculous money... ridiculous money...

Wonder if there's room for high-end Gerbil-skin willey warmers for the thermally challenged but fiscally overburdened biker...