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ciao a tutti -

a quick posting here to advise all that nichols is having their grand opening of nichols motorsports ... should be a fun time for all who attend, even if your not in the market for a scooter.


You are cordially invited to our Grand Opening Celebration
when: Saturday • February 28 • 10am to 6pm
where: 46249 Warm Springs Boulevard
           Fremont, CA 94539
           +1-510-683-8804
           Map: http://www.nichols-motorsports.com/index.php?option=com_contact&view=category&catid=0&Itemid=3 (http://www.nichols-motorsports.com/index.php?option=com_contact&view=category&catid=0&Itemid=3)

Join us for a day of fun, food, and refreshments!

Come meet our friendly and knowledgeable staff, including the fine folks from our service facility, Nichols Sportbike Service. Representatives from several major manufacturers will be on-hand to talk with you about their latest and greatest products.

You’ll find lots of great gear for both scooterati and motorcyclists, including Rev’It!, Firstgear, Corazzo, Armadillo, Fieldsheer, Shark, Sparx, Vemar, Nolan, Suomy, and more.

You’ll also find hot deals on just about everything in the store, and we’ll be giving away lots of cool stuff.

We are pleased to offer the full line of Kymco motor scooters, from the 50cc Sento to the 500cc Xciting 500Ri—and everything in between.

Whether you ride, or are just considering it, we hope to see you here!

www.nichols-motorsports.com (http://www.nichols-motorsports.com)

I may stop by.

I wonder if they will have any decent pants for sale ???

ciao rob -

have not seen the entire inventory, so can't advise positively ... suggest you give them a call to find out.  moe is pretty cool, and should be able to advise what they have in stock at present.

a presto,
johnc

I got their flyer in the mail yesterday too.  I'll try to swing by.

Do you know if they are keeping their service business in Milpitas or is that moving too?  I've got a buddy at work who may come join the festivities, but needs to get some work done on his bike as well.

Added to Calendar (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=18706.0)

Please gang -- if you have an event or ride, post up in the calendar thread and it'll get added.  I can't do all the legwork.

aw ... gee mom!!!

nichols sportbikes service stays in milpitas ... this is the scooter sales shop  nichols motor sports.

I hope to attend if I can.  I'm curious if Jim Davis will be there to discuss service issues.

Gotta remember to go to Fremont and not Milpitas.

jim, josh and mike all still work out of the milpitas location, where nichols sportbike service is still located.

the fremont location is the scooter shop, nichols motor sports.

From what I gathered from their site, you can drop off your bike/scooter at either location.

I was looking at their catalog and noticed they're selling 2-stroke scooters... is that possible? i thought street 2-strokes were illegal in CA.. ??

being that i'm officially unemployed i might as well swing by and get some free food n what not..

lol!

If the engine is less than 50cc's it's still okay.  The Aprilia SR-50 scooter is a 2-stroke and pretty cool looking for a scooter.  But it feels awfully weak if you ride one after getting off of a Ducati.

riding ANY aprilia feels weak after riding a duc.  [evil]

I'm headin' out there after lunch tomorrow.  Hope to bump into some of the DMF peps.

giggity giggity  [thumbsup]

I just got back from spending a couple of hours at the new Nichols Motorsports grand opening.  I'm fairly impressed with their Kymco scooters and would seriously consider one if I were in the market for a scooter.  The Sport 150 would be a great little scooter for running around town.

But they have more than scooters there.  They sell helmets and riding gear on both scooter styles and sport riding styles, plus some that would work for adventure riding.  There were representatives from a number of the gear suppliers.  I got full descriptions of the Rev-It and Firstgear jackets.

The best thing of all is that they have a section of stuff that every motorcyclist needs, but you can't ever seem to find anywhere else.  Battery Tenders, tire plug kits, grunge brushes for chains, Cramp Busters (I bought one), and quite a few other things like that.  Obviously the person stocking products knows what motorcyclists need.

I was able to talk to Jon Nichols for a little while, about the new business, about why they won't be a Ducati dealer in the foreseeable future, and about how many times he blew up the engine in his 1991 851 Superbike (4 times).  Plus there was food and a 10% discount on any purchases (not sure if that applies to scooters or not).

It was worth the visit, and if you can get there before 6:00 today, worth stopping in.  There were a lot of different Ducatis coming and going, apparently to show support.

I wish them success in this new business.

ciao scott -

good seeing you @ nichols scooter shop grand opening.  how's the new throttle grip do-dad you got?

a presto,
johnc

It looks like it will work well for longer trips.  I managed to use it riding back to Pleasanton without any problems.  I probably need to take it back off for normal riding, though.  It helped to check out the Cramp Buster web site to see how they recommend to use it.  Now I know that I can bend it way out without damaging it.  Yet another item that will spend most of its life in my left hard bag.  ;)

i spoke with jon this afternoon, and he was very happy with the turnout yesterday at their grand opening.

based on this success, jon will be trying to line up a demo day with the kymco distributor for north america, with the goal of offering group test rides, ala the hyper tour that ducati north america has been doing to great success.  if this comes to pass, expect the same sort of setup ... a bunch of each of the kymco scooters available to test ride in a group, with a leader and a sweep. 

ok, you may think that test riding scooters will not be as much fun as a hyper ... and perhaps this is true ... but i can offer that riding scooters is a blast (thanks sig. moore), and can get you into just as much, if not more trouble  [moto]

so, stay tuned, as updates will be posted when known ...

a presto,
johnc

I went there today for the first time.

Very nice store. Great Layout with a cool little lounge area with a big screen TV and leather couches.

They where playing On Any Sunday  [thumbsup]

I picked up a courier bag for my laptop.