Ground Breaking New Site in the Motorcycle Industry. Finding Used Motorcycle Parts

Author: Joe Burda

Greetings to all, this is the first installment of topics concerning the Powersports industry. This article is in response to articles we have read out there concerning used motorcycle parts. My family owned and operated a motorcycle shop for over 10 years. We were an independent shop and sold almost every brand out there. We also go into the salvage side of the business and purchase damaged bikes from insurance companies and sold off remaining undamaged parts on the vehicles. This industry has boomed for the past 5 years. As most enthusiasts know, you now have TV shows on customizing, building, and even restoring your own bikes. The feature concerning our article today is the used parts aspect of the industry. Now almost everyone knows the terms bone-yards, junk-yards, salvage yards, etc. When we here these terms, almost everyone thinks of the automotive industry. The parts recycling business has been around since the productions of vehicles. The Powersports industry, however, never had a prominent foot hold in this aspect of the industry, until now.   I would like to refer to a ground breaking company bringing these hard to find motorcycle salvage yards together into one meeting place and showing, in real time, what parts they have in stock.  This company is called Salvage Dealer Link. They are an Internet based software company, that stores all subscribing dealer’s data, in the system, by original part number. The ingenious software uses an interchange system to tell you, the consumer, which dealers have the parts in stock, how much they are asking for the part, how far the dealer is from you, and even let’s you know if a dealer has the part you need, even if it’s off a totally different bike. Wow, thats a lot of service to offer you in one simple search, and that is just the tip of the iceberg. But today we are focusing on the used parts feature they offer, and how these parts are handled. Dealers enter their used parts with the point and click method, to keep consistency in the database. In return they made it just as simple to search for the parts. You simpley select year, make, model and then select the part you are looking for. You don’t have to worry about misspelling or not finding the part because you are searching with different terminology than the dealers. To top off  the searching experience, all data is real time. No more filing out a parts request form, that gets sent who knows where, and waiting days or even longer for a reply. If a dealer has the part, you see it instantly. Best of all, if many dealers have the part, you can compare pricing, condition, age of parts and even find the closest dealer to you. They will also be launching version 2.0 in a few weeks and individuals like yourself will be able to open a free account to track your favorite searches and keep an eye out for those hard to find parts.  I hope you enjoyed our first article about the Powersports industry. Our next article will be about finding used vehicles, where to look, and how to get the best deal even if it’s across the country.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/motorcycles-articles/ground-breaking-new-site-in-the-motorcycle-industry-finding-used-motorcycle-parts-595159.html

About the Author:

Largest selection of  Motorcycle Parts  


Dealers  anywhere.  Finding Your  
 

Parts  is thier business.

 

Joe Burda