I’m a sales guy!

Things have been hopping here at the California Scooter Company and everyone’s been busy…Steve and TK loaded up the truck for the Calaveras County Frog Jumping Jubilee yesterday, Tony and his crew are building bikes nonstop, and I’m flitting around taking photos of it all.  I’ll be up north with Steve and TK tomorrow (we’ll be at Jamestown HD, one of our dealers in northern California, with a bunch of bikes for test rides).  Tonight we’ll be at the In-N-Out event to see the In-N-Out bike charity auction.  We’ll have lots of cool photos for you in the next few days.

With all this going on, the phones have been ringing off the hook.  TK and all of the other folks who handle sales were either on the phone already or otherwise busy, so I answered the phone yesterday.  I’m not a sales guy, and Bill from Tennessee (the guy on the other end) was just calling for information (he’d seen one of our ads).   Bill asked about options…chrome wheels…a chrome pipe…a chrome luggage rack…all on a black Classic.  I had to keep asking Patty (our controller, who sits just over the cubicle wall) the price of each option. 

When I added it all up, the bike was just north of $5K.  I thought I made a mistake (it seemed too low), and Bill had the same impression.  Before either of us realized it, Bill bought a bike (or I sold him a bike, depending on your perspective).  It was kind of funny.  Just like that…Bill joined the California Scooter family, and I became a sales guy.  It was fun.

After my conversation with Tennessee Bill, I took a walk to the other end of the building where Wade works his wonderful magic on the big Pro-One V-twins. Wade’s been working on his personal bike, an ultra cool custom Twin Cam Harley-engined bike.   It’s one of those bikes that makes you stop in your tracks.  It’s that beautiful.

Wade, an awesome artist and motorcycle maestro, with his latest creation

Wade’s bike has real charisma…a combination of mechanical, visceral, and aesthetic appeal (check out the oil tank…it’s the right rear half of the fuel tank).  The detail work on Wade’s bike is beyond impressive.  I’ve been around motorcycles for close to five decades now, and I gotta tell you, this bike is awesome.  Wade’s an artist, and it shows in his work.

That’s it for now, folks…I’m off to In-N-Out!