gasgas249uk Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 The Jgas is undoubtedly a good bike - It's certainly better than a GasGas in terms of quality and ride-ability. Just look at Ross Danbys results on one . Way better than what he achieved on a GasGas! but what is the owner doing? Why go through all that time and money producing a good bike and then walk away from your customers? One question... If the company is still going, who is buying the bikes? On a more uplifting note, It's clear that Jordi Tarres can design a bike so we should expect the TRS to be as good, if not better than one. Let's hope it is and the business does well for Steve who put in the work for the Jgas brand and was let down! Jgas aren't making many bikes at the moment . This is simply because they have been building to order and without the importers the sales aren't coming in at the rate that would enable them to scale things up. But from what I've been told Jgas have some good news. I've been told this morning by a reliable source that there is a new importer. I don't know who it is but it's good news. As you said the bikes are just great and in my opinion the best of any brand. The quality is also good. With a UK importer in place the communication will increase. Hopefully we will hear fairly soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyboxer Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Jgas aren't making many bikes at the moment . This is simply because they have been building to order and without the importers the sales aren't coming in at the rate that would enable them to scale things up. But from what I've been told Jgas have some good news. I've been told this morning by a reliable source that there is a new importer. I don't know who it is but it's good news. As you said the bikes are just great and in my opinion the best of any brand. The quality is also good. With a UK importer in place the communication will increase. Hopefully we will hear fairly soon. Good news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomant Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Jgas aren't making many bikes at the moment . This is simply because they have been building to order and without the importers the sales aren't coming in at the rate that would enable them to scale things up. But they HAVE had orders from people here in the UK and not delivered. Why is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telecat Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Probably down to logistics. Building a couple of bikes per week isn't going to ramp up production. An importer who can buy 100 bikes in a batch can allow the Maker to make the deals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadof2 Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Eddie . They're not demised yet . They might limp on .. as they are doing now and produce a 16 bike because the change cost is very minimal. You have to understand this. The owner could drag this out until 2020 easy. .... and possibly will producing a new bike .... but the company is a shadow of its former self. Jgas hemorrhaged badly when Jordi left. .... then all the GasGas colleagues left. ... then our importer .Its no surprise that there's no life and no blood left. There's no shortage of people in THE UK who fancy a bit of profit is there. There's no shortage of people willing to over look minor issues with business opportunities either is there. But despite this ,noone is jumping in for the UK role. You've just read the reason for that. Without risking offending Pieber can you post a bit more info on what is going wrong. I would have thought that the bike no longer needed input from JT or any other ex GG employee. Just keep building them as they are with minor tweaks to sort any issues that appear over time. To me it looked like he had the ideal set up, compact easily managed factory, small batch manufacture and a bike that riders seem to like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-shock 250 Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Noticed Jack Sheppard's machine looked well worn & was pinking/knocking when I saw it at penrith. I wonder how much the factory is able to support him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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