Guys Please Give Me an Honest Opinion

Re: Guys Please Give Me an Honest Opinion (SP3)

Looks good! Quick, simple (in a good way!), and clean...

Might I suggest:

2005 Ducati motorcycles and apparel are now in stock!

Welcome to Crooked River Motorcycles, Inc.

Our mission, simply, is Ducati motorcycles: Sales, parts, service, and high performance tuning for the enthusiast. We also provide parts and service for most major brands, and to help you enjoy your bike and your love for the sport, we stock and sell high quality, name brand riding gear and safety products.

Please enjoy your time at our site. We hope to spark your interest, earn your business, and share our passion for riding with you. Thanks for checking us out, and perhaps we'll see you soon!

I'm thrilled that Jeff is getting this project up and running - nice looking site.

However, the main text window needs some work. I'm on Win-XP and MSIE 6 and the text is not scrolling or resizing. Without drag-selecting it I cannot read past "we stock and sell high"..

Not too keen on the blue box on a black background look. Doesn't seem to flow visually.

I like the dropdowns - nice for easy navigation.

EDIT: I just re-checked and the text issue is either fixed or I was having a mental aberration. Looking great. The style is nice - text content is probably more Jeff's call and knowing him he's definitely keen to focus on the Ducati (exclusively I'm sure if he could work that). I say keep this ALL Ducati, that purity of vision works well for me.


Modified by Bill at 8:30 AM 1/18/2005

Re: Guys Please Give Me an Honest Opinion (TL0996)

I like the new site much better. You have done a nice job. One note to pass along to Jeff is to continue to post pictures of actual inventory, which is on the new site already, but needs to be kept current as bikes sell. I know this is a bit of a PITA to maintain, but there is a whole world of people out there and somebody might know somebody who is looking for what he has in stock. I hate lame sites that show what Ducati makes for 04 or 05 when you click on inventory. Jeff might also want to a special tab under bikes and if he wants to offer some blowout deal on certain bikes it can be viewed there. I feel like the more I can actually see into an individual shop, the more likely I am to buy from them. Example, if under helmets you had some photos of all the Suomy helmets Jeff has in stock, say once a month, that would prompt me to at least call and see if my size is available on a helmet I like. Just saying we sell Suomy, Arai, etc. doesn't let me "look" into what you have. Again more site upkeep, which takes time, but I like to go to a site and see changes, it makes me want to visit often and see what's new

I am currently frustrated going to KTM dealer web sites trying to find old new bike specials, most are done poorly, if I had the time to call all of them I wouldn't have time to work.

Re: Guys Please Give Me an Honest Opinion (J.U.996SPS)

Wow! 18 replies in a night? you guys are awesome, i highly appreciate the constructive criticism... i have made a lot of changes since this thread has gone up. I changed the mission statement but do you think it needs more work? And i took off the ducati north america link on the front page. As for pics of the shop? did you guys really look at all of the pages? i put at least 3 or 4 pics of actual inventory: ie the helmet pics on the helmet page and the dyno room pics on the dyno page... and the motorcycles for sale page is 100% up to date and will continue to be. I also took the resolution down BIG TIME on a lot of the pics that were too large - namely the pics on the front page of the showroom - they are 1/5 the size they were! Thanks again! anything else please let me know