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Tris - 4/9/11 at 09:01 AM

Just a heads up - according to the tv listings, there's a 'car that thinks it's a bike' on tonight's episode of Dragon's Den. Last weeks episode showed a quick flash of what looked like Andy Bates's Sabre !

Jon Ison - 4/9/11 at 09:11 AM

its a programme I normally watch, saw that snippet to

tompat3463 - 4/9/11 at 09:54 AM

Yeah I seen the advert and I thought it was an mk Gt. Wonder who it is and what it's all about ??

Anyone know ??

Ninehigh - 4/9/11 at 10:13 AM

A car that thinks it's a bike? You mean it's (tick all that may apply):

Invisible to other cars
F**king noisy
Requires the wearing of leather, or you're an idiot
Rarely seen on wet/snow days

zilspeed - 4/9/11 at 10:17 AM

Theo and Peter very interested.
Duncan Banatyne, blehhh.
Don't know about the rest.

Those are my predictions.

Coopz - 4/9/11 at 12:12 PM

Indeed it is the AB Performance sabre, not a program I normally watch but shall tune in this evening.

mad-butcher - 4/9/11 at 04:11 PM

Going by years of watching Dragons Den, the reaction will be "you want how much for what %" "too limited a market" "will make a nice business for you in the long term but sorry I'm out"
be nice if I'm proved wrong, but what their all looking for is another levi roots Regae Regae Sauce.

tony

eddie99 - 4/9/11 at 06:05 PM

Cant wait to see Andy in a suit

Stuart_B - 4/9/11 at 06:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eddie99
Cant wait to see Andy in a suit


snap

stu

welderman - 4/9/11 at 07:05 PM

Wonder if it's his. Naughty suit. ie infront of your honour lol

MikeR - 4/9/11 at 07:39 PM

had to wash and feed my lad so missed it. How did it go?

tomgregory2000 - 4/9/11 at 07:45 PM

its on now

loggyboy - 4/9/11 at 07:57 PM

Jonesys in

afj - 4/9/11 at 07:58 PM

He doing ok

YQUSTA - 4/9/11 at 07:58 PM

well done Andy great job

koiking125 - 4/9/11 at 07:59 PM

Well done Andy, from the outside it looks like you made the right choice.

tompat3463 - 4/9/11 at 08:00 PM

Well done Andy. He came across very very well. What a very nice guy

clairetoo - 4/9/11 at 08:00 PM

Well done Andy

chris mason - 4/9/11 at 08:00 PM

Good Pitch Andy, well done

will121 - 4/9/11 at 08:00 PM

a very profesional presentation well done

rb968 - 4/9/11 at 08:01 PM

Well done Andy. Must have been nerve racking!

Rich

welderman - 4/9/11 at 08:01 PM

Get in Andy good work

eddie99 - 4/9/11 at 08:01 PM

Been waiting for that for weeks hahaha, Well done andy!!

loggyboy - 4/9/11 at 08:03 PM

Does this mean we will be seeing PJ at a 750mc meet sometime soon?

MikeCapon - 4/9/11 at 08:03 PM

And another well done. Good to see a techy person win out.....

McLannahan - 4/9/11 at 08:06 PM

Quality! Brilliant result for you Andy! Great publicity for the business too, on Radio5 too! Would be great to see PJ round the BBQ at Stoneleigh

TimC - 4/9/11 at 08:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
Does this mean we will be seeing PJ at a 750mc meet sometime soon?


It's probably just as likely that you'll see AB at Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi

mad-butcher - 4/9/11 at 08:07 PM

Nice one, Really made up to be proved wrong

tony

Gordy - 4/9/11 at 08:09 PM

Well played Andy, does this mean your prices are going up

matt_gsxr - 4/9/11 at 08:11 PM

Well deserved.

Let's hope your new investor can carry his weight.

If nothing else the publicity should be worth a few sales.

Stuart_B - 4/9/11 at 08:15 PM

well done andy

great pitch

Hellfire - 4/9/11 at 08:16 PM

Congratulations Andy, I think you chose the right dragon and hope that with Peter Jones backing your company goes from strength to strength.

Phil

flak monkey - 4/9/11 at 08:19 PM

Congrats Andy

sdh2903 - 4/9/11 at 08:20 PM

Well done Andy! One of the most genuine nice blokes in the industry, very good honest pitch too.

lococost - 4/9/11 at 08:23 PM

Awesome job Andy!

It's one thing to be a very decent honest person, but then to prove it in front of those people, that's amazing!
Hope you will do well in the future!

[Edited on 4/9/11 by lococost]

Coopz - 4/9/11 at 08:27 PM

Fantastic pitch mate! Really came across well and held your own, just showed how passionate you are about the car and the business

Hope it all works out how you want it to.


Toby

Tris - 4/9/11 at 08:44 PM

Congrats Andy - really fantastic news. Must resist

There's some more good coverage of Andy on the red button too

Fozzie - 4/9/11 at 08:45 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
Congratulations Andy, I think you chose the right dragon and hope that with Peter Jones backing your company goes from strength to strength.

Phil


+1 ....

Well done Andy!

Blackbird Rush - 4/9/11 at 08:58 PM

Well done Andy, great pitch, got the best dragon!

BEC Power!!

Dangle_kt - 4/9/11 at 09:10 PM

Well done Andy!
I hope it turns into all that you hope.

See you Thursday

karlak - 4/9/11 at 09:19 PM

Just watched it from recording earlier and finally could look at this Thread.


Well done, very impressive pitch. Congrats

lsdweb - 4/9/11 at 09:23 PM

Impressive! I didn't realise Andy was ex 'job'.

scootz - 4/9/11 at 09:34 PM

Congratulations!

Richard Quinn - 4/9/11 at 10:12 PM

Just watched it on "catch up". Nice one Andy. Hope it's not going to mean big dividends having to be paid and therefore price increases or "consultancy fees" for all your advice now

Wheels244 - 4/9/11 at 10:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lsdweb
Impressive! I didn't realise Andy was ex 'job'.


Me either - you too Wyn ?

Well done Andy

Volvorsport - 4/9/11 at 11:25 PM

does this mean theres some jobs going......

lsdweb - 5/9/11 at 06:59 AM

quote:

Me either - you too Wyn ?


I'm still in the job (link) but it's complicated! Happy to tell you by U2U!

Regards

Wyn

TimC - 5/9/11 at 07:31 AM

quote:
Originally posted by lsdweb
I'm still in the job (link)
Wyn


I can assure you that hours of air-brushing went into that image.

[Edited on 5/9/11 by TimC]

cloudy - 5/9/11 at 07:41 AM

Great pitch, and well done!

James

Lightning - 5/9/11 at 08:40 AM

Superb result. First thing to do is to get the car modified to get peter jones to fit!!!

I could see a market in the middle east which PJ could open up.

Well done that man.

Toprivetguns - 5/9/11 at 09:31 AM

Well done that man !