Hello Everybody,

We are a performance aftermarket distributer of primarily automotive parts in China and are looking to expand into Powersports. Although this is a tiny niche market in China right now we get the sense from some of our initial research that it is terribly underserved. I was recently speaking to a guy in the Bimoto shop in Shanghai and he was explaining the difficulty in getting aftermarket parts as well as genuine OEM parts for the imported bikes. A similar story to what we heard when we visited a Polaris dealer in Beijing. I would think for most expats you could easily order parts online and have them shipped to you in China without too much hassle. Obviously finding someone to help install them is a whole different issue.

We would like to put together some information on which foreign manufacturers have already established dealerships in China, how many they have and where they are located, etc. We would also like to get input on what types of accessories would be popular in China and what acceptable pricing would be. Generally speaking China retail would be roughly 25% higher than US due to duty and VAT, but removing some steps in the distribution channel could bring this down a lot.

Any thoughts, input or details you can provide are appreciated and yes in return we will come up with some type of "mychinamoto" discount.

Thanks!

Jim