From what I understand GasGas Spain would like to sell a minimum of 500 bikes a year in the US.
With those types of numbers GasGas could become competitve with their pricing in the US as well as support rider contingency and national advertising.
I would estimate the for 2007 about 250 bikes were imported, double what was imported in 2006, but still only 1/2 way to the magic number of 500.
What GasGas needs is 50 commited dealers who are willing to stock 5 to 10 motorcycles each as well as stock $3000 to $5000 in parts inventory.
More importantly the distributer needs to have "flooring" (dealer financing) available for all of the above and also needs to have in place a consumer financing program for all GasGas products.
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