vanem sr500 online store

July 5, 2008 15:51

Out with the old, in with the new....

New look web site..! During July we will be getting our act together and making a few improvements to our web site. Yes we have found some new motivation to extend our already long work week to an even longer stint! Iyou are saying "It's about time!", Yes, we agree! Even though the substance of what VANEM does has been evident to many people, (you just need to check out our parts section), we agree that it is time to clean up our site and start showing you more about what we do every day.....
So as you can see we have now tried to start moving things along. We trashed a few pages and started a few new ones and hopefully we can start to bring you "some of the good stuff", the stuff that makes you want to get in the shed and build something… stay tuned.

So what's new?

Well if you are returning here after a past visit you would have noticed a few changes already, and if you have taken the time to check out our parts pages lately, then you would have also noticed some updated pages with new parts, pics, more details and info. Soon the growing list of custom goods will be added to with some new products that we now have in Australia. The details of these parts are of a slightly different theme to what you are used at the Vanem online store, but more about that later. For now we hope the site will start to get updated on a more regular basis (are you reading this BK?). Hopefully we can start to show you some more cool products, places and bikes. We will try to add the odd pic of special parts imported for our customers via our special orders service. These are parts that you will not find on the shelf ...

We want you to stop by our online store often and keep an eye on our website as we rant on about custom two wheel life and post feature articles and pics. If you have any suggestions (worth hearing) then drop us a line and make a request...

Get a better look at the custom scene in Japan, check out where the products come from, have a virtual shop visit or two and most importanly see close up shots of plenty of cool bikes from the street. After all thats where the real scene has come from, and where it continues to grow.....

If that all sounds great, before you get too excited just check out our webmaster BK to the right, (BK is short for our web master Buck, or (Supa Buck as we call him). This is an example of what we tend to look like at the end of most days, so dont call and complain if we don't provide a daily novel with each update to our site, just be thankful we have a few pics to share already and know that BK will be getting his act together to do what he can each week / month.
So we ask you to keep in mind that the running of our hectic little business makes the time slip by & days turn into night, weeks into months........... then a few beers later...… blah blah blah...you know the story, its been told before.....but we will be making an effort!

So with that all said the good news is, the delay in getting content up so far doesn't mean we have been sitting around like coach potatoes! The reality is far from it.....
Supplying SR400/500, w650 and TW200 parts to just about ever corner of the globe has been a big task and it is growing every week, so naturally a few things have got delayed while our humble little business has grown. Luckily along the way we have kept plenty of information and pics that we are sure you will enjoy. So when we return from our mid year holiday (we are closed between the 7th and the 16th July) we will be trying to get some interesting features up for you.

July 6, 2008 16:19

Just repeating, we are having a short mid year recovery session (well our first holiday in two years actually). When we return on the 17th of July we will get ready to start our features section off by digging into our little data base of pics and take you back in time to Rinku land in the summer of 2004! Yep thats right 2004 Rinku Land in Osaka. All the pics taken that day were snapped with our $50 buck camera we kicked around Japan for a few months, so they may be a little fuzzy.... or was that my eyes..?

Anyway, Rinku town was host to one of three SR shows that year called the "Sea side cafe". If you are a hardcore SR fan, you will know about these SR shows that were on in Japan a few years back. Some pics made it to the web so you may have heard about it. We were lucky enough to be there that sunny day and being the only Gaijins-[term for foreigners in Japan - ed.] - we probably have the only content from this show outside of Japan. So now we have teased you with that info... we are going on Holiday! Yea, I know, we are going to keep you in suspense. Well I hope you agree the wait is worth it because we have some pretty cool pics to share. Mind you they are all taken with the prowess of a blind man......blinded by lots of polished parts that is!

Ok, stay tuned folks, when we return from our long awaited holiday we will get to work to show you some great bikes from Rinku Land 2004! In the mean time take the time to check out our parts dept, Bethanga rally in Victoria, is not far away, so you better get to work!

July 7, 2008 19:04