New U.S. Enduro Importer Q and A

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I sent a summary of the questions from the previous thread about details on GasGas OffRoad US to Clay Stuckey - the head of the new gasgas enduro importer for the U.S. I have responses to those questions from him and they are listed below. He also sent me his resume and I have summarized it below.

Please post up any additional questions you have and I will update this thread with the responses. I will edit this post so that it has an updated summary of all questions with their answers, etc.

An Introduction to Clay Stuckey :

Clay Stuckey brings 30 years of motorcycle sales management experience at the district level and at the national level. He has 20 years experience as a regional sales manager for Kawasaki and another 10 years at KTM/Husaberg where he was a regional sales manager for KTM and a national sales manager for Husaberg.

On a personal level, he is passionate about motorcycling and motorcycle racing. In years past, he has competed in the SETRA series, winning overall A, 200A and Senior A classes. He currently competes in the Senior A class and finished second in 2009.

Q & A with Clay Stuckey - GasGas Offroad US.

1. Someone mentioned a shipment of discounted 2010 models on the way. Can you give us more details on this. What is pricing and availability?

The factory had 67 2010s that were left over and we agreed to buy them. The 250s have a MSRP of $6599 and the 300s have an MSRP of $6699.

2. Does this change have any effect on the operation of Gofasters as the enduro parts importer?

No. Go Fasters still handles parts at this time and we are glad of it. Their knowledge of the Gas Gas line is unbelievable and I feel fortunate that we have them to back up motorcycle sales.

3. Gofasters has been working hard to support racers and a race team, etc. What is your philosophy towards supporting racing to build the brand, etc.? What will be the division of work here now?

I believe in a Regional approach towards racer support. I want riders in as many of the regional series as possible who can answer questions for potential Gas Gas racers and who can show what the bikes are capable of. Supporting a pro like a Lafferty or Fahringer on the national level is out of our reach for the first year. Racer support is a marketing tool and sales and marketing is under our company but we have already gotten a lot of input from Go Fasters about long time Gas Gas riders like Jim Senecal. We want to support Gas Gas riders who have been loyal to the brand through some tough times before we look for other riders. But I do have some other riders in mind, like Robbie Jenks, who I supported while at the other company I worked for and who was dropped when regional race support was all but eliminated.

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If you have any additional questions - please post them here and I will summarize and update this post with Clay's responses. He is quite busy right now communicating with his dealers, etc. So I am doing this to save him some time.Thanks,
Jeff
Webmaster
GasGas Riders Club