March Promo's

Here we are then, just three whole days left before the 1st of March 2013. It must be a sign of old age but this year is nearly already two months down and it only feels like a short time ago we were celebrating the start of 2013. Some things don't change though which at the moment, seems to be the outside temperature and the limited amount of sunshine hours. With any luck though this will all change during March, which was pretty much the best month for weather last year. Lets just hope that we see a similar change in temperature this year, but this time it stays with us throughout the season.
This year as a new initiative for us, we are hoping to start actively promoting our business in and amongst the local area, as well as holding specific demo days for the manufacturers here on Bristol Road. It all starts later this week when we shall be sending young Jerome into the city centre of Gloucester to the Sports and Leisure Exhibition in the Eastgate shopping centre in Gloucester. The event runs from Friday the 1st of March through to the Sunday the 3rd March. We have kindly been given the Vespa backdrop by the PVG Group to use, so to start off with, we shall be displaying a couple of new Vespa's together with another couple of low capacity models. Last year saw a massive national increase in sales for the Learner Legal machines and low capacity bikes/scooters. So with this in mind we are actively looking to get the message out to the public that getting out and about on two wheels can save you hundreds of pounds each year as a commuting vehicle, rather than running an expensive second car. I know you lot out there already realise and enjoy the benefits of this, so I will leave it up to young Jerome to work his magic and spread the word to the "Yet to be converted masses". If you are out and about in the City centre though, I'm sure he will be happy to see a few familiar faces and regular customers, so please go and say hello. I'm also going to squeeze Ian's arm tomorrow to see if we can get some form of discount offer to hand out over the weekend, which can then be used in store for a limited period to be spent in his parts and clothing department.
March also see's the first of our Manufacturer supported Demo Day's. On Saturday the 16th March, we shall be holding an official Kawasaki Demo Day when you can come on in and take out most of the Kawasaki range. We will have rides available on all three of their new models, ZX636, Z800 and the new Ninja 300 together with the ZZR1400, Versys 650 and Versys 1000, Z1000SX, ER6F and hopefully we will also have a ZX10R. Given that Bruce has now been re-homed in the new Kawasaki area we will be getting him to organise the times available for each bike so if any of you would like to take advantage and have a go on one of these great new bikes, then please get in touch with him and get yourself booked in. If you can't make the actual day, then speak to any of the sales team regarding a test ride, and they will try and get you booked in. If you want to find out how any of the bikes perform in the sunshine then just ask Rachel, our service manager, as she was fortunate enough to have a few days in Spain testing all three new models both on the road and on a race track.
On a personal note, the 27th of February sees our newest member of the sales team celebrate his first year on the sales floor, so congratulations to James 2 and here's to another successful year for the team as a whole. Finally the Kawasaki showroom area is now almost complete barring the trim around the edge of the raised area. Pictures attached, and I'm sure you will admit it looks fantastic, come on in and have a sit down on our new lime green sofa !! Look forward to catching up with you all again soon !! SS