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Opening a shop
« on: February 03, 2012, 10:43:18 AM »
So congress has aproved the 15yr retirement plan. im just waiting for the army to finish lining out its own policies and im done. I am opening a shop with a mobile dyno. I have been picking Rob's brain onideas and he's been awesome. Thanks Rob. I have no dilusions of grandure of being successful right out of the box, but I would like some ideas and what services to offer. The thing i have set in stone right now is how to sell the dyno time and how to sell power packages along with it. Now, lets not get wrapped around the axel on prices because we all know prices are different everywhere you go, and are determined by the demographics of an area.

I will have the dyno on a trailer for mobile dyno days but the plan is to sell the dyno time as a performance package. Someone comes into the shop and is thinking of an exhaust or Power Commander.  Say..for example a 09 GSXR 1k. I will sell them a package deal like this.

Hourly service charges in the area are between 75 an 90 an hr. So i'll stay toward the bottom end.

PCV                              = 350
2 Bros Slip ons             = 700
4 hrs of labor @75hr    = 300
dyno run before install = 50
dyno run after install    = 50
total                              = 1450

this is about what it would cost someone to buy the parts from a dealer and have them installed.

 i would offer it to them like this.

 "If you buy these parts individually it would cost around 1400 dollars. I'll sell them to you as a package deal and show you how much power you made, all while saving you 200 bucks. Also in this deal you'll be given Dynojet referral coupons. Put your name on them and every time someone comes in with one of your coupons you recieve 10 dollars off of merchandise or services in our store."

 Now what I figure is that I will research the demographic of the type of bikes in the area. So if there are more GSXR 1k's than anything else ,for example, then that will be the package I have in stock.

 What do you think?
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Re: Opening a shop
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2012, 11:11:48 AM »
Sounds good! But if you come back to the states and decide to do this in cali..... You'll have some friendly competition  :thumb:
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2012, 12:10:02 PM »
nice! me likey! :thumb: also make sure you allow ppl to rent the dyno for their own testing. it takes time, and they will do it several times while tuning it. i mean for proper tuners, not the "i want a faster car/bike" one shot guys.
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« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2012, 12:33:47 PM »
thanks guys, junky no worries man ill be in ga with this endeaver. 

cosmo, not a bad idea, but how do i keep them from destroying my shit? or should i only do it at the track or at the shop?
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« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2012, 12:42:32 PM »
insurance and liability forms!
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Re: Opening a shop
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2012, 07:55:32 PM »
Sounds like an excellent endeavor. Best of luck, I really hope it works for ya!   ;D
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Re: Opening a shop
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2012, 08:15:05 PM »
Keep in mind, not everyone is interested in getting a PC. Especially since they're only getting a slip on exhaust. Without the PC sale, you lose the dyno time. Without the dyno time and without the PC install, you lose valuable labor profits. Might want to calculate different scenarios to make sure you cover your bases in different situations..
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« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2012, 09:50:22 PM »
i understand, and i have built this in several stage packages. this was just one such scenario. thanks for the input. this si a starting endeaver so the pc is what i will start with. majority of the people in the area are not racers or really even hard riders. mostly they care about 2 things, looks, and the hp number itself. 90% of them are stretched and lowered with alot of bling.  so the smart business thing to do until i am successful will be to cater to the local crowd.
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« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2012, 10:31:42 PM »
Up-most importance in your situation I believe would be to provide QUALITY tunes, if you are going to be tuning them yourself. As we all know anyone can load a preloaded map, but doing it individually on a per bike basis would be the key.

Also, to help bring in a little more business, I'd offer minor maintenance for them available at the same time (synthetic oil change, change plugs, etc.)even the small things like an oil change when you make a dyno run will give a higher hp than with older oil (so your making your dyno runs look better as well), and other "performance upgrades" such as velocity stacks, air filters, etc. In the shop world you make your money on labor, not parts, so the more small items you can sell, the labor time then adds up, especially when you become efficient at the minor stuff. I would highly advise limiting your mark up on parts, and make up for it with customer service and good labor pricing. All the successful shops I've worked at have worked that way. People feel better about paying for quality service(s) when they don't feel raped on the parts end, especially when people can go online easy enough now and look at pricing on parts, and when you can see online that they are getting a "good deal" on the pricing compared to what they are picking it up for at a local parts store or online, or then you'd be looking at a lot of people bringing their parts to you.

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Re: Opening a shop
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2012, 04:50:35 AM »
i understand, and i have built this in several stage packages. this was just one such scenario. thanks for the input. this si a starting endeaver so the pc is what i will start with. majority of the people in the area are not racers or really even hard riders. mostly they care about 2 things, looks, and the hp number itself. 90% of them are stretched and lowered with alot of bling.  so the smart business thing to do until i am successful will be to cater to the local crowd.
Definitely. Gotta do what you gotta do to survive. Once you have a large enough following/stable business flow, then you can focus more on specialized stuff.

Best of luck to you in your new endeavor  ;D
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Re: Opening a shop
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2012, 06:11:02 PM »
Best of luck man! When business picks up and life is great...don't forget about us. Do come back and tell us how it's going.