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Thursday, February 15, 2007
The eve of the big show…
Here we are ready to embrace another year of the Indianapolis Dealer Expo and these final 48 hours are killing us. Besides all of the good times we will enjoy with dealers, distributors, and international customers that we rarely get to see, we actually have some stuff that we have been working on for over a year and we finally get to roll it out. The highly anticipated Halo Sprockets, Atlas Bars, Pistol Grips, and factory two tone handlebars will be at the show for the collective motorcycle industry to critique and let us know their thoughts. Universal has no doubts that these products will be widely accepted by our colleagues and spread like wild fire once they hit the marketplace.
Smitty plans on meeting up with his major domestic dealers and mail order accounts and taking them out for a few wild nights of whiskey, strippers, steaks, and possibly streaking. Not sure what he plans to accomplish with the streaking, but Mike D. has vowed to capture the moment on video if it happens. Stay tuned on YouTube.com for further info.
Mike D. will be doing much of the same, but with our International clients and domestic distributors. Hopefully he will get some sleep and wash the blood and vomit of himself before the early 10:00 appointments he has set for himself. We’ll give that a 50/50 shot.
Erik and Jackle will be holding the fort in Temecula on lock down while the sales guys “entertain” customers at the trade show. However, our hours will be shortened to 9:00-4:00 PST February 16, 19, and 20 while Smitty and Mike D. are out of town.
We have attached a picture of our new Atlas Handlebar in Factory Gold for your viewing pleasure. Cheer’s to us for keeping it real!
Mike D. and The Universal Posse
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Busty went to New Zealand for X-Air
One of the perks of getting good on the bike is sponsorship. When you've reached a certain level, companies start flowing you free parts. Freestyle Motocross guys start being asked to do a show left and right and sometimes end up in amazing places. Recently German Universal MX rider Busty Wolter made a trip to New Zealand for the X-Air comp. He managed to get 4th place. Not bad, but it's the experience that counts. Have fun out there.
FMX X-Air results, Wellington, NZ.
1 Robbie Adelberg
2 Diace Suzuki
3 Libor Podmol
4 Busty Wolter
5 Rhys Hillier
Thursday, February 08, 2007
MX Jarno switches to Suzuki
Universal rider Jarno Verhorevoort has signed on with Pol Motors to ride Suzuki bikes for 2007. Jarno has received the RMZ-450-s and left for sunny Spain to get some training in. Jarno will be challenging YZ factory pilots Josh Coppins and Marc de Reuver, RMZ factory riders Kevin Strijbos and Steve Ramon and a whole lot of other hungry riders at the first round of the Open Dutch Championships in Gemert on 18 March. Jarno will be riding the Dutch and Belgian championships series as well as any Grand Prix that he can.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Showtime with Fabian and Busty
Fabian Bauersachs and Busty Wolter did some FMX shows at the Dortmund indoor SX that were well received. The FMX posse consisted of Mike Mason, Adam Jones, Jimmy Verburgh, Libor Podmol and UMX guys Fab and Busty. And the crowd went wild......
Friday, February 02, 2007
Universal supports the kids in SX
Universal is represented well during the '07 Supercross season by KTM North America and their halftime show with every one of these bikes supported on a Universal medium Monocoque stand. They have been custom painted for KTM, but you can get the same stand for your little racer by contacting Smitty, available in factory colors Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Orange as well as Black and Scotchbrite.
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