It's Fall!

Or it will be in a few hours anyway. Summer has come and gone once again and we're headed straight into the season of leaves, acorns, pumpkins, and football (O-H!). But more importantly, if you live in our neck of the woods, we're headed into the most beautiful riding scenery of the year. While I personally am partial to the scorching rays of sun and 95 degree days, I would venture to say I'm part of the minority.

Here is what most riders look forward to:

Tell me this road is not asking for a motorcycle to venture onto it.

Or how about this:

This is what the fall riding season is all about.

So, as you can see my friends, I am heavily outvoted when it comes to the adoration of Fall/Autumn/whatever else you want to call the 3rd half of the year. Most people love it. And I'm sure you can see why. Doesn't this just get you excited about riding in this weather?

I'll leave you with one more just because they're so nice to look at:

Enjoy the weather but most importantly, ride safe!

:) Nicki

Tattoos, Tricks, and Teddy Bears...This weekend is our biggest yet!

I've been hyping up this weekend for the past 5 months. I can't believe it's finally here! As promised, this will in fact be our biggest weekend of the year. I have no doubt in my mind.

Saturday, September 18th 9am-5pm
FALL OPEN HOUSE
...And one like you've never seen before. The Flat Out Freestyle stunt team is back for the 3rd year in a row to show off their tricks, flips, and fashionable twists off the huge ramps that have made them famous.

We are hosting a highly requested live used bike auction beginning at 12pm with one of our local auctioneers doing the calling.

We'll have Jessica Haney from MyMuseum back and ready to create some art on your body as she does on the spot tattoos on a first come, first serve basis. If you're not from this area, you may not know what a big deal this is. Jessica is not only one of the most talented artists in a tri-state area (we may be biased), but she also has about a year waiting list that you will be jumping if you come to this event.

Electric Mud, one of the most followed bands in our area, will be bringing their musical talents to our parking lot for your listening entertainment throughout the day.

Mahlon Troyer, our coveted pinstriper will be making an appearance and taking appointments to decorate your much loved motorcycles.

Keeping you in Stitches will stake out in our Motorclothes department ready to sew your new patches on for FREE.

And to top it all off...we will have a Kids Tent in case you want to bring the family!

Oh, and of course there will be food and ice cream. When have you ever known us to have an event without food and ice cream?!

Sunday, September 19th 8am-12pm
15th ANNUAL TEDDY BEAR RUN TO AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
I know what you're thinking. 15 years!? That must be an awesome ride. You're right...it is. This is our largest group ride with over 1,000 bikes almost every single year. You'll come to the dealership between 8-11am to register. Registration is $5 and a new teddy bear or $15. We will line up the bikes according to entry time. Everyone will hang out, shop, and enjoy the dealership for a few hours while we wait for everyone to arrive.

At 11am, there will be a small presentation for the chosen "caravan kid" that is or was a patient of Akron Children's Hospital. We'll give out door prizes and announce the winner of the CUSTOMIZED MOTORCYCLE that has been raffled for the past few months. We'll then give the explanation of the route and everyone will leave at 12pm sharp for a police escorted ride to Akron Children's Hospital!

I hope you don't have plans for this weekend because we've made the plans for you! See you all on Saturday and Sunday as you help this weekend in September will go down in history as Adventure Harley-Davidson's biggest weekend ever!

Ride Safe. :) Nicki

Live to Ride, Ride to Eat!

Enjoy that crafty title? This is a fun motto adopted by our H.O.G. chapter before I came here. They always tell new members "we love to ride, but man do we love to eat!" What a fun way to welcome new members :) So...the point of this post is, I don't think this is limited to our H.O.G. chapter. Our dealership is notorious for our food.

If you haven't noticed, we do a lot of events at our dealership. We do rides, music, door prizes, kids stuff...you name it, we've done it. But every event seems to have one common denominator: food. We always have popcorn on Saturdays. We always have lunch on Saturdays. We always feed our H.O.G. chapter for their meetings. We always have food vendors for events. We always have appetizers for ladies nights. I'm telling you - when I'm event planning, I am ALWAYS ordering food! This, of course, benefits our customers. We're not trying to make you plump or anything, but you have to admit that after a long ride, nothing is better than a fresh cookout or ice cream.

I don't think I need to ramble any more. Let's leave it at this: If you're a person who loves to ride and loves to eat, Adventure is somewhere you need to be. Live to ride, and ride to Eat!

:) Enjoy.
Nicki

Thunder Through the Valley 2010!

You heard it here first, folks. I am personally inviting all of you to join us for our 3rd annual Thunder through the Valley Poker Run. The poker run is set up to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Ohio and is guaranteed to be a great time. It will take place on August 28th (mark your calendars now) and registration will run from 10am - 11:30am.

I'm giving you PLENTY of advance notice on this, so you should have no excuse for not coming. Here's the deal...one of our very kind H.O.G. (Harley Owners Group) members has mapped out the ride and rode it himself to make sure it is "biker friendly." You'll come to the dealership on that Saturday morning and sign yourself. up. After we havce your release form, we will give you the directions for the route. Registration is $10/single rider or $15/couple. ALL of this money will go directly to Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Ohio. The registration includes your entry to win the $250 gift card and a cookout after the run. We will also have event t-shirts for sale for $15 each. Here is a sneak peak at what the front of the t-shirts will look like:

After you have registered and purchased your t-shirt, you will take off no later than 11:30am and will have just under 3 hours to complete the ride. You'll need to be back by 3pm to be eligible to win.

I'm telling you, this is going to be a great event. It is every year. And this year we have more support than ever from local businesses. The stops will include: Breakfast House at Zoar - Zoar; Coblentz Chocolates - Walnut Creek; Lem's Pizza - Fredericksburg; Berlin Hickory Smokehouse - Millersburg; Tavern at Ragersville - Ragersville.

You'll come back after the ride for music and a cookout. Mobile Jams Entertainment will provide the tunes and BBBS will be doing the cooking. I anticipate this year being our best turnout yet!

Will you be there?

:) Nicki

Let's HOG!

It's that time of month again. Time to H.O.G® it up! Harley Owners Group style. I'm about to head downstairs to our much anticipated H.O.G® Chapter meeting. Every month, riders from all over come together to celebrate their sport. They join for food, fun, friends, and a beautiful ride. Every meeting comes complete with a recap of last month's ride, a look at what's to come, and most importantly...FOOD! The dealership feeds the members every month. Before the meeting starts, a member will lead an hour long scenic ride throughout the county. If that's not a great way to get in the spirit, I don't know what is. I don't have much time to tell you all the details, so I'll let these photos do the talking...

Thanks to Cathy Archer, our chapter photographer, for the great photos!

Now come join the chapter!

:) Nicki

Bring It On!

Ok so I have to tell you...this July has been one of my absolute favorite months since I started at the dealership. Next to August of 2008 of course, only because that was our 105th Anniversary Party and 4,000 people in one day is hard to top! I feel like July of 2010 is screaming positivity. We always have lots of great events, but I think people are just itching for that Harley feeling this month because we have been PACKED.

Saturdays are always our busist days. (side note - if you haven't visited us on a Saturday, you are missing out) We guarantee to have food and some sort of entertainment or event. But lately, Saturdays have been "boomin" for lack of a better term :) It's so great to see the excitement. People are riding, they are enjoying each others' company, and they are LIVING THE ADVENTURE!

Hope to see you all soon!
:) Nicki

It's JULY!

Is that even possible? Here we are, more than halfway through 2010, and I feel like the snow just melted! I suppose our flowers should tell me otherwise. ANYWAY... as we head into this wonderful month of July, we ofcourse have many many events to tell you about. So let's get started. I'll give you the scoop and you can mark your calendars. Sound like a plan?

THIS WEEKEND
Huge Independence Day Party. Food, Door Prizes, Vendors, Specials. You name it, we'll have it. Just take note of the GIANT balloon that will be in our parking lot all weekend. I can't give you any more details. This party is a SURPRISE.

Saturday, July 10th & Saturday, July 17th
Sign up to win a BRAND NEW 2010 FORTY-EIGHT SPORTSTER PLUS A $3,000 ADVENTURE GIFT CARD. No you are not misreading this. You could actually win all of this. We're doing a game called the Lucky Lock. The first 750 people each day can sign up to win. You will guess a 6 digit combination. If your combination is right, YOU WIN and the contest is over. Sounds easy, right? It is. So come do it!

Wednesday, July 14th
WORK STINKS RIDE! 12:30pm. Yeah we have these once a month. Skip work after lunch and join us for a 2 hour ride leaving from Adventure. We'll always ride somewhere to eat, and each ride will be led by an Adventure employee playing hooky with you! All rides are secret until you show up.

Thursday, July 8th and Thursday, July 22nd
BIKE NIGHTS! 6-8pm. DJ, Contests, Door Prizes, A chance to win a $1,000 GIFT CARD, a $100 cornhole toss, and of course food and ice cream for sale!

Saturday, July 24th
DEMO DAY! 10am-3:30pm. We are dedicating this day to demo rides. We'll have 10 bikes available for you to demo and you can switch them up all day. Find the perfect fit! Every rider gets a free gift. Why WOULDN'T you come?

Saturday, July 31st
PINK WARRIORS SCAVENGER HUNT! I'm super excited about this event. All registration fees will benefit Susan G Komen for the Cure and it's only $5 per person! You could win a $250 gift card or some great door prizes. Here's how it works:
- Registration is from 10-11am
- Each person will be given a list of locations, targets, and/or items to find
- You will have until 3pm to complete the scavenger hunt and be eligible to win
- Anyone who successfully finds all items will be entered to win the $250 gift card! If no one finds all of them, the people who find the most will be entered.
- Everyone else will be entered to win door prizes just for going on the ride
- You'll come back here and will have music and a cookout. The New Philadelphia Girls Volleyball team will be cooking for donations to benefit their team.

Tell me this doesn't sound like a great month! I better see you here... :)
- Nicki