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Moto gear at Motorcycle Show

xrljoel said:
I sure wouldn't want to be a security guard at the door. Ii would think that there will be a lot of hard and softcore antivaxxers in the attendees who are just itching for a fight. Many probably aren't even interested in motorcycles but just being crap disturbers.

I'm on the fence about going. Not so much worried about contracting COVID, but I expect it will be a long line/wait and a hassle just to enter. At the same time I DESPERATELY want to go do something that I really enjoyed.
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Summed up my feeling pretty much exactly.
 
Klaatu said:
And Hack, I don't see you as a GTAM Site Supporter, but why should you give this place even $10, they have the privilege
of having you come here and post.
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I asked them to pay me, but they told me to **** off.
GTAM and any other forum I/we are on do however have the privilege of selling ad space for me/us to see and potentially be influenced by.
We're the product.
Sure... we get to post back and forth and have some fun, but really... If paying for it was mandatory how many people would be here?

No offence to GTAM, but... Forums don't require people to pay because... Most won't.

I like GTAM and the personalities therein, but if it were to crash and disappear tomorrow it would be...


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If you know what you want GP and some other stores will give you a discount on ordered product which is awesome. So if you do find something you like and they don't have it, just order it.

And I am not going to pretend i have something better to do than people watch for $20 on a January Friday night. Worth every penny in my view.
 
I can't remember if it was 25% or 30% off across the board at GP bikes, but that was on everything, special orders included.
 
robertv19 said:
It’s usually 15% - just enough to cover the tax.
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Yes that's about right. Most bike shops selling gear and parts, only get around 35% off the retail price from distributors. So if an item sells for $100, the shop pays around $65 for it.
I know we want to think that if they are selling something for $100 they are paying $25 for it, but that is not the case.
I owned a record/CD store for many years, people thought I was paying $5 for CDs that I was selling for $14.99, I used to just laugh. Retail is just not like that.

Edit: that's not to say that they don't have a bunch of clearance stuff that they can put out at 30% or 40%. That would be different than their current regular stock. The problem this year is, there is not a lot of "regular" stock, so I don't see distributors discounting much of their inventory.
 
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To give some of those a sense of what it costs to run a business:
My friend went to see the old Princess Auto location in Whitby, for a non-motorcycle related business. Location is OK, but not really a high traffic area, like maybe hwy 2 in Whitby. The rent was $38,000 a month. So you need to make $38,000 in "profit" every month just to pay your rent.

Edit: my post is showing "just" the cost of rent. Yes you will have other expenses, heat, hydro, debit/credit machines, staffing.....
 
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Klaatu said:
To give some of those a sense of what it costs to run a business:
My friend went to see the old Princess Auto location in Whitby, for a non-motorcycle related business. Location is OK, but not really a high traffic area, like maybe hwy 2 in Whitby. The rent was $38,000 a month. So you need to make $38,000 in "profit" every month just to pay your rent.
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Forgot hydro etc probably closer to 60k a month just to open the doors

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Wednesday December 22, 2021: Today, the Board of Directors of Power Sport Services announced that the 2022 Toronto and Montreal Motorcycle Shows, will not be moving forward as originally planned. The return of these shows – previously scheduled for February 18 – 20, 2022 and February 25 – 27, 2022 respectively – has now been postponed to 2023.

Earlier this fall, Power Sport Services announced the cancellation of the 2022 Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Quebec City Motorcycle Shows, due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, as well as global supply-chain challenges affecting the motorcycle industry.

Today’s decision, to cancel the 2022 Toronto and Montreal Motorcycle Shows, comes on the heels of recently announced provincial measures, in both Ontario and Quebec, to take action to limit the spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant.

In Ontario, meeting and event spaces must now limit patron admissions to 50% of fire code capacity, significantly impacting Power Sport Services’ ability to deliver the dynamic experience that exhibitors and visitors have come to expect from the Motorcycle Shows. In Quebec, all non-essential public activities, including trade shows, consumer shows and exhibitions are suspended until further notice.

Michelle O’Hara, President of Power Sport Services stated that despite the industry’s best intentions and efforts to re-unite the riding community at the Toronto and Montreal Motorcycle Shows in February 2022, the rapid advancement of the Omicron variant, coupled with the reinstatement of restrictions with no determined sunset date, means we have to put our plans on hold until 2023.

O’Hara went on to say that this was an incredibly difficult decision to make, especially since show planning for the 2022 Toronto and Montreal Shows was advancing well, with strong manufacturer and exhibitor support, as well as solid visitor interest and enthusiasm. But despite this recent setback, we remain optimistic about a return to our live events in 2023.

Power Sport Services is extremely grateful for the determination and commitment demonstrated by the shows’ exhibitors and partners in order to fuel the return of the 2022 Motorcycle Shows. This solidarity and ambition will serve as a strong foundation to actively steer the resilient return of the Motorcycle Shows in 2023.
 
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