6/13/2008

Sponsorship
Well I got a couple of interesting e-mails yesterday and today. Yesterday I recieved an e-mail from a reporter at the Tulsa World and I am to meet with him next monday for an interview. As scooters have become very popular all of the sudden, he'd like to do a story on the ride and the money I am raising for my chosen charity The Smile Train. Hopefully this will help promote my ride and help me to get some more donations. So if you are in the Tulsa area be looking for that article, or you may even be able to find it on the web. I have no idea when it will come out but I'll keep eveyone posted.
The other e-mail I recieved was from Philip Mccaleb regarding a sponsorship from Genuine. At first I was a little worried by his first sentence..."We have decided that Genuine will not officially sponsor the Cannonball run this year. Small displacement scooters were not really engineered for cross country "racing" as such, and we risk implying that they are intended for that or capable of being evaluated under those circumstances." However he went on to say that Scooterworks would be happy to support me in any way that they could. Scooterworks is giving me big discounts on anything I need for the trip, plus Philip put me in touch with his head tech for any questions that my mechanic or I have about preparing for the trip. If you don't know Scooterworks is a big scooter dealer in Chicago that is related to the Genuine Scooter Company.
All-in-all pretty good news from both e-mails.

Doomsday Clock
A new addition to the cannonball website is a counter that is counting down the days, hours, and minutes until the ride begins. I got a big lump in my throat when I saw today that there are only 89 days 15 hours 4 minutes and 10 seconds until the big ride. There are so many things that I have to do before I am ready to go, not the least of which is to figure out how to get my bike to the starting line and back home. I've got to figure out what I will do for support along the way, make hotel reservations, and buy plane tickets. I'm sure I'm forgetting all kinds of things. One of my biggest worries if having the GPS all worked out before I get there. The seconds are ticking down.

If you have any input on my gear questions please drop me an e-mail at robonz23@yahoo.com