THANK YOU to all that visited with us during our Fall Open House

Posted in Uncategorized on October 11th, 2011 by admin

 We here at Creative Cycles wish to say a big “THANK YOU” to everyone that came out and attended our two… YES two… “Fall Open House” events… one on October 1st and another on October 8th.

 As most of you may know, we had scheduled our “Fall Open House” for October 1st, 2011, with a “rain date” of October 8th… and it went off on the 1st of October just as planned. We had a fantastic turn out and had an amazing day. We had plenty of people, bikes, food, drinks, discounts, specials, etc.  Well, what we didn’t realize was that there must have been rain in some areas. Since it didn’t rain here and we had a great turnout, we thought we had done it, and done it very nicely. Well, come Sunday and Monday of the following week we were receiving email and phone calls from people confirming our rain date of October 8th, 2011 because they “thought” we had been rained out. So we figured what the heck, and decided to do it AGAIN on the 8th. Mind you, the attendance was a bit less on the 8th, but we still had plenty of people, bikes, food and drinks and had a very good time. All in all… our two “Fall Open House” events were a HUGE success and we owe it all to you, our clients, friends and fans. We would also like to say “THANK YOU” to our supporters, sponsors, partners and industry friends for all that they do for us, both in our day to day operations and at our events. We would like to ask you to please consider using their offerings whenever you are looking for products for your personal use. These companies include… UTZ Snack Foods, Avon Tyre, Baker Drivetrain, Drag Specialties, Zipper’s Performance, ThunderMax EFI Tuners, Meister Watch, GATORZ Eyewear, Maxi-Blast, Powertye, Mean Street Products, Delmarva Bike Week, Con-Lei Transport and In-Control Media.

 Please be sure to keep an eye on the “NEWS” PAGE here on our website as we have some big plans coming down the road for next year… and we think our plans are going to knock your socks off.

 So again… “THANK YOU” to all that attended our Open House events all year long and to our industry friends. For those of you that did not… we look forward to seeing you next season along with all of our past guests… but in the mean time, please feel free to stop in and visit with us anytime.

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What we knew all along. Glad to see that consumers are learning!

Posted in Uncategorized on June 17th, 2011 by admin

Live from Internet Retailer 2011: Consumers research online but prefer to buy local
Publish date: Jun 16, 2011
By:  Cynthia Furey

SAN DIEGO — Judging by the sheer number of attendees and exhibitors at the Internet Retailer Convention & Exhibition this year, it would seem as if the end of the brick-and-mortar store is frighteningly near. Each half hour seminar we’ve been to says e-commerce is a behemoth to be reckoned with, growing in Big Bang Theory-like proportions. We’ve overheard exhibitors telling retailers to invest most of their marketing dollars online.Of course, this is the Internet Retailer show, so one would expect e-commerce to be the preferred subject of conversation.

But oneexhibitor revealed to Dealernews that even though e-commerce is growing exponentially, he thinks consumers always will desire the comfort of a brick-and-mortar store.

“Basically, people want to feel connected to a community,” says Ed Stevens, CEO of Shopatron. “The brick and mortar store will always be important.”

Brick-and-mortar has an edge over e-commerce in one main area; people want to “buy local.” In fact, 75 percent of consumers polled by Forrester Research said they actually prefer to purchase goods locally.

“In powersports, manufacturers and consumers need dealers,” Stevens says. “I’m a motorcycle rider, and I need my dealer.”

Though there’s a large group of people who are turning to the Internet to shop, there are still shoppers who will do all of their product research online, then make their purchases in person, in a store.

“So there’s a new type of commerce that we’re seeing,” says Ed Stevens. “It’s not online stealing from offline, but it’s an online-offline hybrid. We’re seeing more growth in that area. It’s growing faster than just pure online commerce.”

To bridge this online/store gap, Shopatron acts as a middleman between manufacturers and retailers. Consumers can research and purchase products directly from manufacturers (Arctic Cat and Kendon are just two of the growing number of manufacturers employing Shopatron). In turn, the manufacturers funnel the orders to the dealers closest in proximity to the person who placed the order. The orders are fulfilled by the retailers in the manufacturer’s network, not the manufacturers themselves

Stevens says that Shopatron has been busy rolling out what it calls the “Five Point Customer Experience,” an upgrade, of sorts, to services already in place. These initiatives include better shopping and customer service experiences, more product information and delivery options, and a stronger community connection. Stevens emphasizes this last part.

“There’s a certain value a customer gets when they get to interact with a member of their own community in a transaction,” Stevens says. “We’d rather interact with people in our community than with a faceless computer.”

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Harley-Davidson has sold its interest in ‘MV Agusta’ brand motorcycles.

Posted in Uncategorized on August 30th, 2010 by admin

Harley-Davidson has sold its interest in ‘MV Agusta’ brand motorcycles. It also appears that H-D lost a great deal of money on the sale.

Read more: 

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/06/harley-davidson-announces-sale-of-mv-agusta-to-claudio-castiglio/

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Check Out Our Customer Gallery!!!

Posted in Uncategorized on February 18th, 2010 by admin

New photos and comments from MSgt Peter Cyrus in the Customer Gallery.

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There’s Only One!

Posted in Uncategorized on February 5th, 2010 by admin

Creative Cycles has become aware of a California builder claiming the bike “Rock Hard”, which Doug designed and built for the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida, as his own design and claims to be planning knockoffs of our winning tour bike, right down to the blue color! Please beware of cheap imitations! “Rock Hard” was designed and built in-house at Creative Cycles, and no where else. Don’t settle for anything less! Remember – it’s all in the details!

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