Baker Drive Train Update

The Baker traveling sales team stopped by a day early. That turned out great for me but bad for all my friends and customers that wanted to meet Bert. It was awesome getting one on one time with the mad scientist and transmission genius. The funny thing is we didn't even talk about transmissions. We did spend most of our time talking about the changing land scape of the motorcycle industry. Bert was kind enough to share his knowledge about marketing and  advertizing, something I know vary little about. I'm just a gear-head trying to run a small business. I only recently discovered that this is as important as the mechanical skills that I have spent the past 20 years "trying" to master. All in all Bert and Mark are great guys and I hope to get to know them a little better. I want to thank Mark for seeing something in me that made him want to have Bert stop by and meet me and I want to thank Bert  for spending the time to share his knowledge and give his insight on the industry that WE love so much.

BMR 2011

Well I've been back for a week and I'm still stoked about the fun time I had at the BMR. The mountains of Tennessee are the prefect setting for a good old fashion bike run. The camp grounds were right on the Hiwasse river witch was nice for catching some trout for dinner, swimming and just hanging out with your feet in the water. The facilities were nice and the staff at the campgrounds were friendly. Thanks to Zinger for inviting me to ride with his group on Friday. I was able to ride with Kevin Baas, Warren Jr., Colleen Swartz and don't want to forget Bondo, Zinger, Willard and Ben. It was a blast riding behind Baas watching him carve up the twisties on the Knuck. Good times. Forgot the battery for the camera that day. Good thing Colleen was there.

Lunch stop.

I had a chance to chill with Chris Callen and Colleen. I thought it was really cool that he came over to thank me for coming out to support his event. I had meet Chris several times before but never had the time to really talk to him. He is a cool down to earth dude. It was interesting to here his vision for the future of the biker scene and motorcycle industry in general. He has a very positive outlook. Anyway I had a great time and would recommend this rally to anyone who is sick of the vendor swap meet atmosphere of the big mainstream rallies.

AMD Magazine

Check out our new press release in AMD magazine page 47

The online version of the June 2011 issue of AMD
Magazine is now available at this link:

http://www.dealer-world.com/issues/amd143

Thanks to 
Mary Beth Crowe
DEALER-WORLD.com

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Baker Drive Train Update

I just spoke with Mark and it will be Thursday the 9th. The time is not set but they will be starting out in Waco and working our whey. So early morning to late afternoon I'm guessing. I will be providing snacks and some free shwag till it runs out. I hope to see you here. Stay tuned for a closer time frame a couple of days before the event.

Baker Drive Train

I just spoke with Mark @ Baker and he asked if anyone in my area would like to attend one of their seminars. So If anyone wants to meet Bert Baker in a small shop setting come on. We are looking at June 7,8,9. Call, post, reply whatever just let me know if your interested. Should be a good time for all.

Big Mountain Run 2011

I have decided to head over to the Big Mountain Run and help support Chris Callen’s event. He is the editor of Cycle Source Magazine, which is one of the magazines that I advertize in monthly. Not vending this time around, just me and the open road. Can’t wait to meet some of the Limpnickie LOT and Chop Cult guys.

See you there!