Nate’s News XXXVI Frontline Eurosports ________________________________________________________________________________ 5/30/13 -Sunday Ride – Sunday Ride Report -Nate's Bike Review – Ural Gear-Up -Nate's Parts Dept. Deals – Pit Bull & Baxley Motocycle Stands -CornerSpin - May 4th-5th Report / Oct Sign-up Starting -Track Days – Frontline Track Day Report / VIR June 1st-2nd & Frontline Race Team June 15-16th -Upcoming Events – Track days, Frontline Race Team, CornerSpin -Inventory – Summer Time Savings and New Models -Customer Corner - 1) Track Day Ambassador Steve Bellamente 2) Rider’s Night at the Village Grill 3) 2012 BMW F800R/ST Ready to Roll out -Quick Links Sunday Ride: Sunday Ride Around Smith Mountain Lake We will be taking a special Sunday Ride as soon as the weather and our schedules allow, weather permitting, guided by one of our great customers, Alan Frederick, owner of a Triumph Street Triple R, Triumph Bonneville T- 100, and Moto Guzzi Norge, who has offered up his stomping grounds for us to explore and take us to a great food destination. We will be going around the Smith Mountain Lake area on a little bit longer ride then usual, this ride will be pretty brisk but very, very enjoyable with a stop for a bite to eat right next to the water front at Moosie’s. https://plus.google.com/118172242233790223174/about?gl=us&hl=en Suggestions are always welcome and we love to explore new territories to expand our horizons!!! Met a new friend at a Rider’s Night who prints maps and has some excellent routes in mind for us. 5.26.13 Sunday Ride had a great turn out with many sport bikes, sport touring machines, and myself..well I like to be different so I was on a Adventure Touring machine. We took the slowest ride ever as we got held up by super inconsiderate Sunday travelers who were going 35-38 miles an hour in 55 mile an hour zone and wouldn’t pull over to let the 13 motorcycles behind them slide by and enjoy their day as we don’t pass on the double yellow and usually not on the passing zones to ensure everyone is safe and can pass in a safe manner, hard to do with such a large group. So we sucked it up and took advantage of the time we had on the road anyway, stopping at the Swinging Bridge to attempt to meet up with our Christiansburg Sunday Rider’s group who never got there or already came and gone waiting for us. We got to enjoy each other’s company on the back patio and tell stories about our background and how we found out about the rides and share information on how to improve our rides and riders themselves. We had to split into two groups to allow one group to continue on the long route while I took a group on tighter time schedules straight back to the shop. The group I took got to experience a little road side training with myself, which I will start giving away little tips of the week on improving riding style every week that we go…just another great thing to look forward to..knowledge is power!! Look forward to the next ride and hopefully the next Sunday Ride will take us to the Smith Mountain Lake Tour with Alan…keep posted by connecting on my Facebook page for updates via the link below. Who: Any Rider What: Sunday Ride with Frontline Eurosports Team Where: Frontline Eurosports 1003 Electric Road, Salem VA 24153 When: Assembling at 10:40AM and departing promptly at 11:00AM Why: Fun, Great Food Destinations, Socialization, weekend get-a-way, TO RIDE THAT BIKE!!! Nate's Bike Review: 2013 Ural Gear-Up Now I know I said I was going to do a review on the 2013 BMW F800GT but I haven’t had enough saddle time to see how easy I could tap the foot peg feeler on the ground for one of my customers as promised yet, need more time on a Sunday Ride or solo ride up the mountains, but I have spent a lot of time on the Ural lately and would love to share the experience. This review won’t be a super long report as there isn’t much to the machine, at least spec wise, she is as basic as it comes which is half of the appeal of this machine. The 750cc engine puts out enough horsepower to be sufficient on the street but isn’t interstate worthy right out of the box, you might say “that stinks”, but then again, that’s half of the appeal of this machine in most individuals eyes who are seeking a Ural, a machine that forces you to bypass the hustle bustle of point A to point B on the interstate and allows you to enjoy the more scenic route to your destination. Which is where you encounter the people, places, and things that really add substance to your adventurous ride in a Ural machine. I am doing a review of the Gear-Up which is my personal favorite model, and my wife’s favorite in Gobi Desert, but the machines are all based off the same platform and power plant despite a few accessories, trim, color options, and two different suspension packages . The Gear- Up has all the spunk of a full on military vehicle from is Forest Fog paint scheme, Forest Camo paint scheme and the Gobi Desert Camo paint scheme. The Gear-Up is fully trimmed with the 2WD option, blacked out suspension and wheels, spot light, E-tool, fuel can, tonneau cover for the sidecar, spare wheel, spare wheel rack, front safety bumper, tire pump, expansive tool kit, and map pocket on fuel tank. With the large capacity fuel tank, 5 gal., and dual carburetion feeding the air cooled opposing twin gives you a large range to take you to places you have never been before, and in conditions you have never been in before on a typical two wheeled motorcycle. You can plug your heated suit in with no problems as the Ural features a 770W generator allowing you to ride deeper in the riding season and pull you machine out earlier in the season, if you ever put it up to begin with, she is fully capable in the rain, snow, or even fording creeks in the back roads of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and beyond. The motorcycle does operate completely different than any standard motorcycle and I recommend hooking up with Mark McFaddin, MSF sidecar instructor, to get instruction on how to properly operate this head turning machine. She isn’t the fastest, 65 mph top speed, she isn’t the most beautiful, unless you choose the spicier colors of the Blue or Orange Patrol, but she is designed to run through the roughest of conditions on road or off road. There are lots of customizations available for the Ural line to make this bike fit your character and we encourage that which is part of the freedom of motorcycling. Riding in a Ural not only improves your ride quality as a pilot but also improves the quality of ride for the passenger who now has the same perspective you do as a pilot, and the communication is different between passenger and pilot as you can actually communicate while making eye contact which is near impossible on any two up motorcycle situation out there today.The biggest complaint that I have had from our many happy Ural customers is that they now have to leave the house 15 minutes earlier everywhere they want to go because there is always a crowd of individuals who are stopping you to ask what it is and where you got it, so prepare yourself to stand out and set yourself apart whether you are seeking adventure down the dirt roads you have always wanted to explore or are just out for a joy ride with our pup. Feel free to contact Chip who runs the Ural Riders of the Southeast Facebook site for his personal experiences and to become more involved in the Ural community!!! Link to Ural Gear-Up site: http://www.imz-ural.com/2013-ural-gear-up/ Link to Local Customer Ural: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V9JhbJ6MRk&list=UU5YHNAjt0hoGO-j4SNM351g&index=13 The link below is a great Ural video that I love to show customers to show the ruggedness of this machine and what it is truly build to do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3fGZKWjqpc Link to Ural Riders of the Southeast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UralRidersOfTheSouthEast?fref=ts NEXT MACHINES TO BE ROAD TESTED: 2013 BMW F800GT & 2013 BMW C650GT Nate's Parts Dept. Deals: Motorcycle Stands Check out our inventory of Pit Bull Motorcycle Stands and Baxley Front Stands!! In Stock!! For more information Contact Van or Travis in our Parts Dept. (540) 387-9780. CornerSpin: The next CornerSpin in Oct is going to be huge as I have already almost filled the school with request of CornerSpin graduates from this year wanting to return for their second session with Aaron Stevenson and his fantastic crew. I will release a date very soon and look forward to having them tell you the story of their experiences at CornerSpin. NEXT CORNERSPIN IS IN OCT. SIGN UP NOW!!! Here is first time CornerSpinner, Rodney’s story: Had a great weekend. Learned a ton, and the way the track was setup was exactly what you would see on the road.