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

Million Mile Monday!

The national H.O.G. club does this really cool promotion called Million Mile Monday. It started out as a fun event to get people all riding on one day. The event started in 2008. Because of the overwhelming response, they kicked up the goal for the 2nd year and got over FIVE million miles in 2009. Let's see how much more we can kick it up for 2010! Million Mile Monday is this coming Monday, June 28th. All you have to do is ride on Monday and register your mileage at the end of the day at www.members.hog.com.

If you need somewhere to ride on Monday, we have a Tuscarawas County H.O.G. Chapter ride to West Virginia leaving our dealership at 10am. Make sure to bring a helmet because West Virginia has a helmet law. If you need more information about the event, feel free to contact me at 330-364-6519 or email at nicki.snyder@hmhd.com. Or you can visit the national H.O.G. website.



Hopefully you'll find time to participate! Have fun... :)
Nicki

WORK STINKS - LET'S RIDE

Alright people...we all know work stinks, right? Ok, well my job doesn't really stink, but you get the picture. But everyone needs a break, RIGHT!? So take one! Come visit Adventure this Wednesday at 12:30pm (yes that means you won't be going back to work after lunch) for a ride! Matt Perry will be leading...he's our floor supervisor. All the more reason to come.

These guys did it last month - you don't wanna miss this!


That's all that needs to be said :) -Nicki

LONG OVERDUE!

Hey all! Sorry for my brief hiatus from blogging...won't happen again :) I have so much to catch you up on! Well where to begin. May was better than could be expected. We had our HOG Wild Party and Red Cross Red White & Chrome Poker Run, which area always a good time. Big Brothers/Big Sisters took the win for the charity bbq contest and earned over $1,300 for their charity! The other charities did a wonderful job and we had so much fun with this contest. The Swap Meet was a big hit. It was our very first time ever doing this and despite the rainy day - people were everywhere!

Our Red White & Chrome Poker run raised over $3,000 for the American Red Cross and took our riders on a nice long ride through Amish Country. We got great feedback on this ride, more than ever before.

Our first "Work Stinks" ride was also a success. We had just shy of 20 people skip work and ride with our parts manager, Jim. I'll post photos soon.

And probably the biggest blowout success of May was our first ever bike night at the dealership. We've never had our bike nights on site before. We always set up at a local restaurant. But, we wanted to switch it up this year and man was it worth it! We had over 400 bikes, over 600 people, and more HOG HEAVEN food than we could ask for. Mobile Jams DJ'd the night and we gave away door prizes every 15 minutes.

If you missed out on May, don't worry. We're doing it all over again in June! We'll have free Bob Evans Breakfast every Saturday, Bike Night, Double Rewards Points days, Demo Days, and of course another "work stinks" ride. Just follow our facebook page (www.facebook.com/adventurehd) or our website for more information.

Until my next post (which will be within the week, I promise!) - enjoy the riding weather. I'm at our other dealership, Mad River Harley-Davidson for Ohio Bike Week. If you haven't been here yet...trust me, you need to.

Talk soon,
Nicki :)