The Best Motorcycle in the World

The usual way new and even many experienced bikers decide on what bike they are going to buy is to look at what their buddies are riding, or what the magazines have been testing recently.

While both these options have some merit they are not without their problems. Consider:

a) your mate may be a different size from you, they may be more or less flexible, they may be more or less experienced, their riding style and needs may be completely different from yours and so ultimately will be their choice of bike.

b) Magazine tests, the mags are supposed to be fair and impartial when it comes to bike and kit tests. However think about these 2 real examples

A magazine which had previously written positive reports about a particular manufacturers bikes were in the eyes of one journalist not given the respect they deserved and so wrote a negative test report on an almost identical machine which they had previously stated numerous times was a great bike.

A manufacturer withdrew all national advertising from a magazine and encouraged their dealers not to advertise with that particular publication due to a lengthy test piece critising certain things the magazine regarded as unacceptable faults in a new machine.

So the magazines can affect bike sales by unfair writing and manufacturers can punish magazines by withdrawing valuable advertising revenue.

You decide; can all bike tests then be truly impartial?

Another way is for you the rider to take a long hard honest look at your current riding style, ability, overall size weight and strength and the type of riding you do or are going to do i.e. that sexy 600 supersport may not have the best riding position if you are doing a lot of urban heavy traffic commuting, a heavy touring machine may be comfortable but is it the best machine for back road blasts with your mates and while you may love the idea of a dual sport/supermoto a fuel range of around 60 miles may not be practical when taking that cross country trip you do once a month with your mother riding pillion.

Once you have narrowed your choice down a bit, if you already have a bike licence take as many test rides as you can on as many different styles of bike as you need in order to make an informed decision. I have come across too many bikers who bought based on little or no thought or information and ended up with a bike they hated and in some cases gave up biking and blamed the bike shop for selling them that pile of s**t and ended up losing money when selling it because in their eyes they had bought the worst bike ever made.

Follow the guidelines in this article, give thought to "how you fit the bike and the bike fits you" and I promise you that every bike you buy will truly be for you the Best Motorcycle in the World.

Alan Walker
www.motorcycle-guide.com

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About Alan Walker

Alan Walker - Ex owner of rider training company and bike shop. Web publisher www.motorcycle-guides.com.

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Success From Failure Is As Simple As Focus, Plan, Execute

You excitedly signed up for that pre-made money generating website you saw in a popbehind window. You signed up for the affiliate IDs. You set up your autoresponder and signed up for several "traffic generators". You read the writings of all the internet gurus. Then you sat back and waited to pull in those MASSIVE PROFITS!

Its now a year later and what do you have to show â€" 150 subscriptions to your ezine and a couple of downline affiliates. You are disgruntled, dejected and more broke than you were when you started this venture. You feel that it is time to give up.

Don't.

A major breakthrough leading to increasing success in your home business may be just around the corner. Here are a few steps to take before throwing in the towel.

Why did you start?

When you first signed up there were circumstances in your life that led you to look for a home business opportunity. These may have been due to a job loss, desire for more time with your family or need to supplement retirement income. Whatever the reason, most likely they still exist. Write them down. Put it in big letters on a single page and post it where you will be likely to see it several times a day â€" on the bathroom mirror, on the refrigerator, on a kitchen cabinet, the bedroom door â€" somewhere that you will see it and remind yourself of the ultimate goal.

Focus

When you started you become excited about a product or service. But along the way you have been bombarded with the "next best thing". It's easy to get started but then but when it comes down to DOING what you start, it gets hard and doesn't happen as fast as you would like it to.

Jack Humphrey, in his article "Focus and Fear of Success - The Biggest Monkey on Your Back?" http://tinyurl.com/5zr6e says "The problem lies with your focus and your fear of success. You must CHOOSE the opportunity you are passionate about, or create a product you stand behind and love, and then hunker down for the long-haul! Make yourself do everything you are taught to do to build your business and build it - all the way or not at all."

Create/retool your marketing plan

You may or may not have created a plan for marketing your opportunity. The two must haves to be successful are a large and growing opt in list and massive traffic to your website. In all those forums you probably learned several methods to boost your online presence, including:

  1. Listing your ezine in ezine directories
  2. Signing up for pay-per-click advertising
  3. Exchanging links
  4. Buying leads from a lead generator
  5. Signing up with traffic generators, such as searchestate
  6. Buying ezine advertising

You may have tried these and several more. But did you have a plan?

Stone Evans, the Home Biz Guy, in his free ebook, 30 days to success http://tinyurl.com/63rfj, says "Some of the key marketing activities that you should perform on a regular basis are starting to show up once every week: write and article, submit your article, create links back to your site, network in forums... I strongly recommend that you keep these vital practices up for the life of your business."

" You see, it is very unlikely that one BIG event is suddenly going to make you an Internet marketing success story and cause you to become rich overnight. In truth, it's all the small things you do that add up over time and ultimately allow you to become successful in this or any business undertaking."

Execute the plan

Now that you have refocused on your goals, narrowed in on your product and built a marketing plan all that's left is to execute that plan. Set aside time every day that you will spend on your plan. Write an article on Monday, submit it on Tuesday, exchange links on Wednesday and so on.

Ultimate Success

You had your reasons for deciding to start your own home based business. You must always keep your reasons in the forefront of your mind. You must always be able to rely upon your own self and your dedication to the success of your business.

Success is within your reach, if only you can stay focused on your goals. You must decide to reach for your goals, and then, you must have the discipline necessary to reach them.

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About Timothy Spaulding

Timothy Spaulding is the owner of the Work At Home Business Resource Center http://www.workathome-awesomeopportunities.com. He has been employed in the restaurant, retail and aerospace industries.