OK, this is preliminary. I am in the final stages of negotiatiing the lease on the property but it is right on main ave in clifton, nj about a block or so before Speers Yamaha in Passaic.
I initially started off just looking for a new workshop for my own bikes and projects and came across this place. I am putting another service center for my business in there,
www.northeastsmartstart.com , But that still leaves me with about 2200 sq ft of which about 1800 or so is open flooring. To give you an idea of the space, it currently has a boat and 5 or 6 cars in it.
So I have this space and it should be making me money. But the question is, which avenue do I take with it. I want to keep things simple and not get complicated since I don't have a ton of money to pour into the place, like stocking parts inventory. This is an off-shoot of my existing business so I can't get too carried away off the bat. Eventually I can ramp up into parts, but I can't afford that inventory right off the bat.
I have been looking into chrome and powedercoating plus doing assembly/dissasembly work. I have a line to the best chrome plant in the state of who I used to work for when I was 19. I have a friend who owns a powdercoating operation and she is going to give me the run-down on that.
I also own
www.apexracetire.com and
www.puckedup.com -I might get a tire changing station and do lower-cost tire changes and swaps since the dealerships are just brutal to people as well as get the mail-order thing going. And puckedup.com was a site that I started building to just sell knee sliders and pucks.
I like the idea of being a motorcycle service station where you can come in and get your oil changed, get your tires changed and have your bike looked over and be back on the road in a matter of minutes instead of hours. It limits the stuff you need to stock. You can carry batteries, sprockets, chains, tires and oil/filters and have a nice area to chill in while your bike is being worked on. And of course I can get pretty much anything special ordered.
I have been toying around with several ideas but I want to hear from you guys what you think will work as well as what you like to see or have provided to you. My big thing has always been customer service. Taking care of people and not letting them feel screwed over after they leave your place. And just having a place of business that people like and are happy to have available to them.
let me all know what you think! You comments really mean something so please respond!
-Eric
New Shop Opening in Clifton, NJ - Need Your Input
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