[Ducati] Cycle Cat?

[Stephen Abramson]

I read it as doom and gloom. It's kind of tough to sit it out over a long
period of time when there is a part you want to buy just to see when (if) it
comes up for production. I've waited 14 months to get a clutch cover and
pressure plate. I love their products, and have their triple clamp on my
bike, but I think I'm now looking elsewhere for my pieces. On the upside,
forcing me to search all over again has turned up this awesome pressure
plate.

 
http://www.streetfightersinc.com/images/OberonClutchCoverDucati.jpg

Steve






Steffan & Cody,
 
It's not all doom and gloom, read here: _http://www.oncycles.com/preorder/_ 
(http://www.oncycles.com/preorder/) 
 
To me it seems that they are merging their businesses a bit is all.
CycleCat 
has always produced excellent products (I have piles of them on my  bikes) 
but as you said, accessories alone might not be enough to keep you going.  
Reading this seems to me like Just-In-Time supply side only this time, it
includes 
the manufacture of the product. Might just keep their expenses down and
keep 
the products available.
 
This is going to be tough for me though as I intended to purchased rearsets

for my 888. The production run of that is prolly gonna be fairly rare.
 
W
 
 
In a message dated 4/27/2008 11:38:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
steffen at rhinomoto.com writes:

Cody,

I've been trying to figure this one for a while myself. I  heard rumors a
while ago that they were not producing parts anymore, but  this is the first
time I've seen the notice on their site. That seems to  confirm what people
have been saying. But even reading that I still don't  know what this means.
I did notice their shift towards oncycle.com when I  stopped by their
trailer
at the '06 GP. It was obvious they were shifting  their focus more from
being
a manufacturer to a retailer. I guess they have  found that it's easier just
to sell other people's products. It's too bad,  too. I really liked the
quality of their work. But making things and  selling things are two
entirely
different businesses. But at some point  somebody still needs to actually
make the parts. Everybody can't just sell  them. As you can imagine, the
price pressure from offshore is tremendous,  which makes it hard for
US-based
shops. But we as a country have to find a  way. 

Steffen





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