jimanold22 wrote:
I understand what you guys are saying.I've seen people try to reproduce parts on every forum from quads,bikes,jet skis,cars,etc and usually never gets off the ground usually because of money,lack of interest,time,or other prioritys in life..I'm looking to start reproducing things on different machines that are not available from anyone anywhere.Coming from a background of atc's,atv's,mx bikes,stand up jetskis,buggies,classic's,lifted trucks,etc I have a passion for it all.I'm not looking to get rich in the next month on one product.I'm looking for the long haul.It's always been my dream to reproduce custom and restoration parts for these old machines.I'm just looking to where I wanna start.I have some other idea's as well......The way I see it is there's guys reproducing just about everything for the old z50,honda US 90 three wheeler,etc so there's got to be a market and lets not even talk about how much money people pay for NOS stuff.So the money is there.I just seen 2 christmas special 1986 z50's in the create bid up to over 24k and still not meet the reserve.A few years ago there was a man that had nos US 90 tires and got 3k a piece.My stuff will obviously not be NOS,but just shows the money is out there."hopefully"lol......I would think that as well as the Fl350's hold there value,people would be inclined to keep them cosmetically pleasing.
Assuming my price was competitive and there's 10k units out there tucked away.I sell to 10 percent of the oddy owners in the next 10 years which is 1k .@ $300 each that's 300k.Is my thinking totally off here?Some will say,well no one here will pay that.They could be correct,but I can say when i had my watercraft salvage business people would pay over twice as much on ebay then they would on the jetski forums.I know it probably sounds like I've made up my mind already,but it's quite the contrary.I'm saying what I think and would appreciate constructive criticism.
Sounds like you know the risk and have it well thought out I say go for it.
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