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Holeshot RF1
Trev:
I never threw anything out either. But thanks to the local chav community, both my Skyways and my Piranha have been moved on.
Like I said in a previous post, I so nearly bought an RF1. I just think that if I did have one and that got nicked instead of my Skyways, I would have been even more p*ssed off.
dannywhiteley:
That is a very good point about the decal design putting potential customers off buying. Think of the classics like Haro (as you mentioned), Skyway, Kuwahara, Hutch, GT, SE (particularly the Ripper) even Firebird Freestylers graphics looked cool. All sold by the bucket load.
Swivel:
What date was the RF1 released? ??? Could the low sales been due to that?
lodge:
Good points, the RF1 frame decals were the same as the Holeshot decals that were given away in there thousands at the Holeshot comps, also the paint on the frames was poor at a time when skyway, Haro etc were putting alot of effort into how there frames looked, twotone ,nice graphics etc.
Holeshot just didn't have the image that the likes of GT, Skyway, Haro, Vincent had. I'm sure this is why they didn't sell many.
Paint and graphics aside the RF1 is not a million miles away from a streetbeat.
Trev:
The biggest problem was that it came out around November / December 1985 time and Neil had stopped riding by June 1986. So they only really had about 6 months to really push it.
During that time, I don't think it was promoted that well. I'm pretty sure that Neil kept himself to himself most of that time too. Craig & Pepi were doing well in comps and riding for Skyway / Vincent and they also done lots of interviews etc.
Also Skyway had Carlo, Damon, TonyMc etc riding for them and Vincent had Dave Young & Paul Hudson, so their frames had a lot more exposure.
I don't think Holeshot sponsored anyone else did they apart from Robert?
And you're right about the decals. I'm sure they were just standard Holeshot stickers which were given out free at comps. I don't think the RF1 ever had it's own decals. The decals are a big part of a frames indentity. I just think the RF1 was rushed to get out before Christmas and not enough thought went into it.
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