Went to drop in at Gasoline Custom Garage the other day and discovered they've closed the doors - they're facebook page confirms it - http://www.facebook.com/GasolineCustomGarage

Anyone know why?

 

 

 Right.  Given the clout they had behind them with Deus and Action it shows how tight the economy is at the moment.  

 Dead right mate.  Harley riders are pretty switched on and I guess that's the difference - that is - people who ride Harley's understand their machines probably more than most.  

The model of attacking a Yamaha TW 200 with an oxy torch and then selling it for $15,000 to hipsters in Surry Hills might have worked for Deus in that market, however, it obviously didn't cross pollinate. 

I heard they spent a lot of money trying to get the Zero's complied - will be interesting to see whether they end up being the Leyland P76's of bikes.

Can't wait to see your shop - opening it in Richmond? 

Wow.  Shows how much you have to understand your target audience - the Zero's are unique, but they obviously just weren't right to get out cover some serious hard riding across this big land.  Maybe if the economy was in better shape people would have been willing to shell out that sort of money for something to go and buy a coffee on.

Congratulations on the progress of your store bud - great location with people coming on and off the mountains.

 

 

They didn't last long, great concept but at the wrong time. Deus has been going for a long time now, not sure how they manage to sell there over priced bikes to the public but they maybe doing something right.

Holy crap, I bought my "grey import" Softail from them in early March this year. I am quite shocked at the news. Keep us posted on any updates or reasons why.

i was nivited to there openning night all not that long ago, with i think a bit too yuppie market  & high $ tag for some pretty ordinary bike's that just would not cut it in the real Aussie custom  road world that we ride in , but Ron Hunwick is not short of a quid so it's no great loss it's just a drop in the BIG Pacific Ocean,                                                                                                                       maybe they could of sold the Zero's in Darwin it's not the 1st time they have been across the Pacific

Harley Davidson MoCo should drop their prices even lower than they are again, they are still a way over priced motorcycle.

Can`t understand why the MoCo would want to reduce their prices even more unless the global situation demands it , as it may just do one day , they have already proven through almost half a million unit sales per year globally , @5000 per year just here in Oz , that the market is there at the prices they sell at , will other brands drop their prices also if HD do ?
What about the victory brand , they only sold less then 350 units here this year and that is concidered up from last year , will they keep dropping their prices to increase sales , I doubt they could , as their latest pitch is that if ya try one you`ll buy one ? Granting 2 day testrides , a tank of fuel and overnight accomodation thrown in !
It`s obvious they will do what they can to maximise the bottom line , seems everything is "way over priced" and exxy these days and not much retains it`s value either , that`s business in todays global market , who knows maybe the MoCo will do just that in an attempt to break into the asian markets booming middle class , if possible ?

I popped in there a couple of times last year , looking at a few bikes , last time I popped in it was closed , went down to Deus and the girl down there said that 'Buster' got sick of all the dickheads that were coming in from the housing com behind the shop and just hanging around asking stupid questions , from what I understand he went o action in the CBS and is selling the zeros from there , pity , it was a cool shop , if he had put a little cafe/br in there it would have been a great place to meet up

rang Buster last week (their website is still up) and he told me they closed in August last year, they couldn't sell enough Zero's, he's moved to Action.....I'm looking for someone to maybe look after a '97 Heritage Springer 'Ole Boy'  I just imported, which is why I rang Buster, the bike has only done 590 miles (yep hard to believe until you see the bike) and while my (car) mechanic and I have changed the oils, plugs, filter (from Frasers) to get me going and the brake fluids were done at compliance,  I'm looking for someone to be able to check out the finer aspects of the 500 mile service and beyond going forward and don't want one of the big dealers to handle it....

the bike left Florida in pristine condition and arrived here 4 months later with a chip in the tank, customs had it in their bond area for a month which probably didn't help.....shame, anyone recommend a good paint shop as well as a mechanic ?

happy to take the bike somewhere but not halfway across Sydney if I can help it, I'm around the North Sydney area...I'm told Frasers won't service an import although I haven't asked them as wasn't intending taking it to them anyway.......

can anyone help me with this ?  this is maybe the wrong place to ask the question as I've seen the posts saying the question gets asked every week but have yet to find the thread relating to it.....all pretty new to me but I'll get the hang of it....and see if I can't find somewhere more relative to post this.....

OR

P&L PERFORMANCE CYCLE

V-Twin

2/200 TOONGABBIE ROAD ,
Toongabbie, 2146
NSW, Australia.

Contact Person : Pieter
Phone : (02) 9636 9955

May be able to help ?

Cheers

yeah, thanks, I read good things about him (Wayne ? ) but a long way from North Sydney, nothing I need doing is major and would like to find someone closer to home and reading through the old posts it looks like Cyclecraft in Bondi Road could do the job but I'll keep looking.....and yeah, I'll get some pics up when I get her out of the garage !

thanks....

Their email address is ,
Pieter Vanstralin
pietevan@bigond.com.au
Just off the Great Western Hwy at Toongabbie (just west of Parramatta), Easy to find and Good Reputation !

Cheers

Thanks guys, I'll keep 'em both in mind....I am trying to find someone closer to home if I can but a strong recommendation goes a long way hey

Yeah , I know of a few shmick`as paint sets to come outa Sydney Custom Spraypainting (Guildford)

Sydney Custom Spraypainting
6 Cann Street
Guildford NSW 2161
Australia

Phone: 02 9721 2244
Fax: 02 9721 2266
Mobile: 0412 222 453
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