EBR's New Models?

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To me it always made sense for the new EBR bikes to be sold alongside Victory. Victory is a modern, forward thinking American cruiser company. I think Polaris could have quite the combo with those 2 brands.
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I understand your thought process here but only slightly agree. If they are sold next to Victory they still are tied in with cruisers and I don't know if that's what EBR should be. I feel they should be sold next to the best sport bikes in the world. If it is going to compete with Aprilia, KTM, Ducati and the like they need to be next to them in the showrooms. just my $.02 :)
 
I understand your thought process here but only slightly agree. If they are sold next to Victory they still are tied in with cruisers and I don't know if that's what EBR should be. I feel they should be sold next to the best sport bikes in the world. If it is going to compete with Aprilia, KTM, Ducati and the like they need to be next to them in the showrooms. just my $.02
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Independent dealers may be able to get away with it but I doubt Ducati is going to allow a competing brand (especially one that seems so DIRECTLY aimed at them as EBR) to be sold alongside if they have any say in it at all (which they may or may not have).
With Victory you have an established American brand and by combining the 2 you have a broader scope of products to offer. Remember, Victory isn't Harley. They tend to be MUCH more open minded to technology and I think they have a customer base that would be more likely to own a Vic and an EBR than a Harley customer owning a Hog and a Buell. I would bet dollars to doughnuts that their dealers will be more accepting of EBR's in the showroom than HD dealers ever were as well.

Nothing wrong with selling cruisers and sportbikes in the same showroom.
Suzuki sells C109's right next to GSXR's
Yamaha sells Roadstars right next to R1's and R6's
Honda sells Shadows right next to CBR's.
I would love to see a well rounded American motorcycle company showroom instead of ones that just focus on one area of motorcycling.
 
Independent dealers may be able to get away with it but I doubt Ducati is going to allow a competing brand (especially one that seems so DIRECTLY aimed at them as EBR) to be sold alongside if they have any say in it at all (which they may or may not have).
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Well, maybe I'm wrong but I don't know of any pure Ducati dealers anywhere in the U.S. I bought my 916 new in 1997 in AZ from a multi dealer. Here in San Diego GP Motorcycles sells Ducati, Aprilia, Husqvarna, KTM, Moto guzzi, and MV Agusta so EBR would be a direct fit. Hell, even our biggest dealers in town like Fun Bike Super Centers don't just sell Suzuki, they sell Honda and Yamaha too. Victory would be great if they made sport bikes too but they don't. This philosophy says to me "we can't compare to the best, but we are the best American Sport company", don't try to be the best of America, be the best period. I know that's what Erik is shooting for.
 
because of the need for specialized training and qualified service personnel, a dealership oriented to high performance, quality engineered products such as the superbike exotics would be perferable. Read to many posts that started with ' the Harley mechanics couldn't figure out sh*t'.:eek:
 
Nothing wrong with selling cruisers and sportbikes in the same showroom.
Suzuki sells C109's right next to GSXR's
Yamaha sells Roadstars right next to R1's and R6's
Honda sells Shadows right next to CBR's.
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This is only because it's part of their dealers agreement. They have to sell the whole line. Yes it works well for most of them them but I am sure there are many who would rather not sell the whole line, especially some smaller dealers who don't have the room or capital to carry dirt, sport and touring and cruisers.
 
Well, maybe I'm wrong but I don't know of any pure Ducati dealers anywhere in the U.S
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Advanced Motorsports in Dallas, Texas is a Ducati only dealership, and a nice one at that! :)
 
That article made it sound like he is only producing affordable 1190s in the future, surely he will produce something like our lightnings.... something in the naked category? Or did I just misunderstand it?
 
I was just out at ebr and I was told they want to try and keep the price range around ducati 848 and 1098 so between 12900-16000 I would imagine.
 
I'm most excited about AX and I hope it steps up the Uly to a true "adventure" bike. The X and the XT were/are both great bikes. But they are more soft-roaders (especially the XT) than adventurers.
 
I'm scared to take my XT any where near offroad, my dirt driveway is enuff, I consider it more sport tourer, than adventure tourer
 
I wonder how their financing is right now, do they have the capital to build multiple models? And do they have a dealer network yet? I know on their website they have an application for potential dealers.
 
I can't imagine that EBR could actually put out a new line of bikes priced between 6k and 8k. That just doesn't seem realistic. That would rock...but I dont think its realistic.

I hope he gets them out on the market though soon...i can't wait!
 
12k would work for me until I went for an insurance quote. My lightning cost almost 1/2 of an R I quoted that was 1 year newer. The 1125's were even more than that so I can imagine what the new bikes will run on insurance.[sad]
 
Maybe i will buy stock in EBR...its gotta go up once the new models come out, right? :D
 

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