Motorcycle Superstore is an Internet-based retailer of motorcycle riding gear, apparel, parts, and accessories with two retail outlets. Motorcycle Superstore also sells products for scooters, ATVs, snowmobiles, and personal watercraft.
Overview
Motorcycle Superstore is a privately held organization based in Medford, Oregon. Club motorcycle racer, Don Becklin, started selling motorcycle gearfrom the attic of his grandfather's house in Grants Pass, Oregon in 1998. By 2000, Becklin's motorcycle-related Internet retail enterprise moved out of the attic into a corporate office, a warehouse, and a retail outlet in Medford, Oregon under the Motorcycle Superstore name. The company opened an additional distribution center in Louisville, Kentucky in 2010, with an attached retail outlet that opened in 2011. In May 2014, the controlling interest of Irvine, California-based Motorsport Aftermarket Group was acquired by Indianapolis-based holding company LDI Ltd. to merge Motorsport Aftermarket Group with a Fort Worth-based motorsport distribution company called Tucker Rocky. In 2015, The parent company for Motorcycle Superstore and J&P Cycles merged workforce and the corporate offices from Medford, Oregon and Anamosa, Iowa to a new temporary facility in Irving, Texas where a permanent facility was completed in October 2017.
Products
Motorcycle Superstore's product selection includes motorcycle-related helmets and riding gear, parts, tires, accessories and casual apparel for all riding styles including street/sportbike, cruiser, dirt bike, scooter, and ATV as well as gear and accessories for snowmobiles and personal watercraft. In 2009, Motorcycle Superstore established a cooperative program with many U.S. motorcycle tire installation shops, called the "Preferred Installer Program," through which customers can purchase tires, exhaust systems or Power Commanders from Motorcycle Superstore and have them shipped to a local motorcycle shop for installation.
Traffic
The Motorcycle Superstore website received over 900,000 visits per month from April through August 2011. The Motorcycle Superstore Facebook page had over 185,000 "Likes" as of December 2011, partially resulting from Facebook sweepstakes giveaways.
Facilities
The company's corporate headquarters is currently in Coppell, Texas. An Eastern distribution center is located in Louisville, Kentucky.
Rankings, ratings, and awards
Ranked #197 for online sales among all Internet retailers by Internet Retailer as of February 2010, with $71 million and 18.3% growth in 2010
Ranked #7 in online sales among sporting goods websites by Internet Retailer in 2010
Motorcycle Superstore and Albertson Enterprises announced the launch of their Supercross and Motocross race team, Motorcycle Superstore / Suzuki at the end of 2015. The team will contest the full 17 race Monster EnergyAMA Supercross Series and 12 race Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship with a four rider roster in the 250 class on the new 2016 RMZ250 Suzuki.
