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Froggy
| Posted on Friday, May 28, 2010 - 07:15 pm: |
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quote:It is not my fault nor the 53 people that have shown interest in a seat that the saddle industry doesn't like your business model.
Ok, first, nothing here is *mine*, and again it isn't a business. I could of easily disallowed this from the start, but I wanted to see it happen.
quote:Only two of your BWB sponsors have shown any interest, American Sport Bike and Keda Designs.
Out of the 35 current sponsors, how many have you contacted?
quote:If the sponsorship model was working none of us would be stressing right now.
Nobody is stressing.
quote:I am afraid that if we don't adapt and work together we all lose.
Nobody is going to lose, everything appears to be going smooth. |
Hogzilla
| Posted on Friday, May 28, 2010 - 09:52 pm: |
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Depends on the brokerage fee. |
Al_lighton
| Posted on Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 12:48 am: |
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The plan that I'm working on already goes through saddlemen. Al (Message edited by al_lighton on May 29, 2010) |
D_adams
| Posted on Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 01:08 am: |
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Well there you go. |
Reducati
| Posted on Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 01:52 am: |
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me likey the saddleman options as well! |
Zip88
| Posted on Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 09:49 am: |
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Dannybuell, The blood supply is reduced or cut off and may lead to temporary ED in men according to some experts. |
Dannybuell
| Posted on Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 10:30 am: |
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Zip88 - I appreciate that, I hope to remain active for many years to .... :-) Dean , Al - Hooray!!! That still does not help Froggy. I fear and maybe I am reading between the lines here but BWB's cash flow may be the big concern. When I click on a Dark Horse Moto banner here I get a farewell. When I click on the Latus HD banner here (no/bad graphic) I get the Latus web site with no context or reference to Buell. The BWB 2009 HD sponsorship contracts were likely in place when HD pulled the plug. Since then things may have been pretty rough here as well. With all due respect NEW income streams may be the bigger issue. A Group Buy wouldn't be happening if this site were not here. We have to support each other and BWB as well. This concept needs to benefit everyone to be sustainable. THX |
Cravacor
| Posted on Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 07:13 pm: |
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Saddlemen + American Sport Bike = |
Hogzilla
| Posted on Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 10:42 pm: |
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^ +1 Now I'll take a chill pill and let Al do his magic. |
Dannybuell
| Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 09:32 am: |
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Froggy - I am assuming that some of the folks here may still want a Corbin. In an earlier post you mentioned my not contacting all of your sponsors. Please direct me to your sponsor listing page so I may keep the Corbin buyers happy too. THX |
Froggy
| Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 09:52 am: |
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Danny, on the front page there is a link that says "Buell Motorcycles, Parts, Service, & Accessories". That has the list of all the sponsors. Many are HD dealers, sure as hell at least one of them sells Corbin seats to all the HOGs that come in. http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/171 43/17143.html?1275139683 (Note there are some not listed there, but as far as I can tell all the HD dealers at least are in it)
quote:I fear and maybe I am reading between the lines here but BWB's cash flow may be the big concern.
It's not an issue. We currently have enough sponsors to keep badweb running for the foreseeable future.
quote:When I click on a Dark Horse Moto banner here I get a farewell.
Dark Horse was sold to American Sport Bike a few weeks ago. Keith, the owner of Dark Horse didn't have the time available to continue running the business.
quote:When I click on the Latus HD banner here (no/bad graphic) I get the Latus web site with no context or reference to Buell.
Many HD websites don't have references to Buell on them anymore. Hell we are lucky if they still have the sign out front!
quote:The BWB 2009 HD sponsorship contracts were likely in place when HD pulled the plug
I don't have access to the details of every sponsor, but some pay annually, some do month to month, some do 6 months, etc. I do expect us to lose a few dealers as time goes on, but we still got plenty that will continue to support us and the Buell community.
quote:With all due respect NEW income streams may be the bigger issue.
Ever since the closing, Badweb has gained several new sponsors, including Simon's Competition which came on board last week. If push came to shove we would have to investigate some other form of income, but that isn't necessary for the foreseeable future. |
Dannybuell
| Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 11:21 am: |
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THX |
Dnussey
| Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 03:38 pm: |
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Also interested in the saddlemen option Thanks |
Dannybuell
| Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 04:10 pm: |
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Cravacor , Froggy, Reducati - Catching up going through past posts, Are you in for an A-S-B\Saddlemen? Dnussey - A-S-B\Saddlemen THX |
Jornum1
| Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 04:23 pm: |
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Al had talked about a comfort seat replica. I already have one, I am more interested in their sport bike seat with the channel. Thanks for what you are doing Danny. |
Pdccd
| Posted on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 09:36 pm: |
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x2 Jornum1s post |
Dannybuell
| Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 11:43 am: |
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I just went through the BWB sponsor list and have emailed a request to one of the BWB sponsors. The closest BWB sponsor to Corbin besides A-S-B Al (issues w/Corbin) is SIMI Buell in Moorpark Ca. Here's hoping! :-) |
D_adams
| Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 12:40 pm: |
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I would give Al a little more time. |
Dms
| Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 01:00 pm: |
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I'm interested in the Saddlemen sport bike seat with the gel channel as well. I already have a Buell comfort seat, and while it's an improvement over stock for longer rides it's still not great. |
Dannybuell
| Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 02:49 pm: |
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DMS #54 - THX I think Al may have two prices the traditional comfort seat he first mentioned and the gel channel as discussed later. IDK. As Saddlemen explained in the email I posted, 25 or more orders was their sweet spot. The same could be true for our Corbin dealer. The voting should begin when we see the final numbers for the Corbin and Saddlemen seats. Voting based on design and value. I can see three distinct possibilities, A comfort seat clone, a gel channel, and a flat front Corbin. I hope that we have these orders and a few more when the costs come in and final voting starts. I am assuming that if anyone has asked for Saddlemen up to now they wanted the Gel channel design. THX |
Cravacor
| Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 04:18 pm: |
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My interest is in the Saddlemen Gel Channel. is the idea that each person will be able to choose the Sport, Tech, or Track model and color? |
Reducati
| Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 04:22 pm: |
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i also like the saddleman w channel |
Nattyx1
| Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 04:55 pm: |
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As I've previously stated, I want the saddlemen seat. This should be obvious because I contacted them and asked them to come in here and sniff this out. So yes with the channel, yes to no ED. Yes to giving our $ to people who work in a factory in the USA. Sign me the hell up already. |
Dannybuell
| Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 10:21 pm: |
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Cravacor - I am not sure how Al will work this out. Cravacor, Reducati, Nattyx1 - THX |
Bigblock
| Posted on Wednesday, June 02, 2010 - 03:31 pm: |
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I would prefer a saddlemen no gel seat. |
Bigschwerm
| Posted on Wednesday, June 02, 2010 - 04:36 pm: |
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Saddlemen gel seat here... |
Skntpig
| Posted on Wednesday, June 02, 2010 - 05:39 pm: |
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Saddleman Gel |
68eb429
| Posted on Wednesday, June 02, 2010 - 06:59 pm: |
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Saddleman Gel channel seat |
Dbolemiss
| Posted on Wednesday, June 02, 2010 - 07:50 pm: |
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I'm in for the Saddleman Gel. |
Dannybuell
| Posted on Wednesday, June 02, 2010 - 09:43 pm: |
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----VOTE---- Voting for design has started. 22% or 13 of 58 have decided saddlemen gel. Please vote NOW. This what the quotes are going to be based on! ----Vote END ----------------- ----Corbin ----------------- nothing yet from SIMI Buell. ----Corbin End-------------- THX |
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