HUGE NEWS FOR ESPB
.VRRRROOOM! Online Bike Site Gets 4-Million Hits A
Month
By Jack Burney
06/13/2000 08:58 AM
Save your obituaries for the dot-coms. Here?s one that?s a roaring success, unlikely as it may initially
seem.
eSportbike.com, Inc. (OTCBB: ESPB) has signed up more than 250,000 members at its website
and gets better than 4-million hits a month, according to Kent Courtice, President. A motorbike
company? Yep.
Here?s why: Believe it or not, more than two out of every three new motorcycle owners (66%) report
having access to the Internet. Half of those consumers said they used the Internet to shop for the bike
they eventually purchased.
Consumers in the sport and dual-sport segments show a higher propensity to use the Internet. Such
individuals tend to be younger and more educated than new motorcycle owners in other segments and
are more likely to have access to the Internet. This according to J. D. Powers and Associates.
For those of us who thought bikers weren?t Internet users, we need to think again.
The news has been good about the company.
Pascal Picotte, lead rider for Harley Davidson Racing, just signed a personal endorsement and
sponsorship deal with eSportbike.com. Picotte is the first road racer in AMA history to sign a
long-term contract with Harley Davidson, after podium finishes at the Sears Point AMA Superbike
National and second place at Pikes Peak after leading the race for several laps.
In April, the American Motorcyclist Association agreed to grant eSsportbike.com title sponsorship
of the AMA Formula Xtreme Series throughout the year 2000.
Earlier, eSsportbike.com signed a comprehensive sponsorship and personal endorsement agreement
with Miguel Duhamel, considered, by many in racing circles, to be one of the sport's greatest riders.
For the last decade Duhamel has been the winningest road racer in America, and holds the all-time
record for the most races won (22) and the longest winning streak (6).
Nonethtless, the stock price has plunged for no apparent reason. It had been on a downward trend in
April, but suddenly in May, it dropped like a rock and then leveled off at Monday?s close on $0.68.
eSportbike.com calls itself an Internet startup company focused on meeting the needs of the sportbike
and motorcycle audience online. On its website, esportbike.com, such folks can create
their own websites, publish pictures of their bikes, share information, communicate, shop and
discover meaningful, relevant content targeted to their specific interests.
Takes all kinds to make the Internet.
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