Motorcycles Parts for sale

LIMESTONE, Maine — A classic motorcycle parts company based in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, is on its way to taking up residence at the Loring Commerce Centre, pending successful completion of the building sale.

The Loring Development Authority recently approved the sale for $83, 000 of Building No. 8716, part of the former “Blue Goose” complex, to British Cycle Supply. The company is in the process of closing its U.S. warehouse in Hackensack, New Jersey, and wants to relocate closer to Canada.

Speaking from Nova Scotia last week, Mark Appleton, the company’s president of Canadian operations, said he was “very favorably impressed” with the northern Aroostook area. He said he is pretty settled on the local facility for his business, thanks in large part to work done by the Loring Development Authority and its president and CEO, Carl Flora.

“I would say I’ve chosen it, ” he said. “Everybody we’ve talked to has been very supportive. … Nobody treated us like we were too small to deal with.”

If all goes well, he foresees beginning operations this summer.

While Appleton acknowledges the business won’t be large at first – he plans to start out with two employees – he foresees room for expansion.

“We’ll start off with two [employees], and if it works well, I could see expanding a bit.”

At present, the U.S. operation is warehousing and distribution only, but Appleton said he’d like to get into providing some clothing such as T-shirts, and perhaps even move into assembling a few lines of motorcycles.

“A U.S.-made product has an advantage in the markets, ” he noted. “I’ve learned that.”

British Cycle provides parts for motorbikes of a certain age.

“Nothing we sell parts for is after 1987; most are pre-1983, ” he said. “I’m a third-generation wholesale distributor — my grandfather sold wholesale cycle goggles.”