help me celebrate a huge accomplishment for my younger brother!

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Edited Date/Time 12/22/2015 4:57pm
So my younger brother Jacob, part time poster and full time lurker here on Vital, finally accomplished his dream of owning a Honda dealership. Jake has poured his heart and soul into his work for the past 11 years, working at the local Honda shop, and I can say without doubt - he is passionate about his work!

It has been a long process, with a few setbacks and bumps in the road, but everything was finalized in Nov and Jake is now the proud owner of his Honda shop!

Cool Congrats dude, I am very happy for ya!





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Crisp BRAAAP! 12/15/2015 5:44pm
12/15/2015 5:44pm
Congrats! It's a fine looking shop.
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newmann 12/15/2015 6:03pm
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Congrats are in order! Looks like an old established dealership. Back story for those of us who like a little history???
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slipdog 12/15/2015 6:26pm
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How do I get a sponser?
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DPR250R 12/15/2015 6:51pm
12/15/2015 6:51pm Edited Date/Time 12/15/2015 6:51pm
Discount code for online orders?

Oops... I mean... Congrats!!!

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Team Ideal 12/15/2015 7:05pm
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Nice, congratulations man, hard work pays off.
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Calihusky 12/15/2015 7:28pm
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Congratulations! I've always dreamed of owning a motorcycle shop. Did it require a lot of start up money or was he able to get a loan for everything? I always wondered what was required to do something like that.
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Radical 12/15/2015 10:06pm
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Congrats!
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ebers 12/16/2015 12:51am
12/16/2015 12:51am
Congrats! Great to hear the hard work paid off for your brother.

Like newman said, let's hear a little history and back story.
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BS261 12/16/2015 1:24am
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Congratulations to your brother, his hard work paid off. Love seeing the American dream come true.
I agree with the others, need the back story.

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DownSouth 12/16/2015 8:42am
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BS261 wrote:
Congratulations to your brother, his hard work paid off. Love seeing the American dream come true.
I agree with the others, need the back story.

Brian
Looks like it's the Canadian dream.
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500guy 12/16/2015 8:57am
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Right on, best of luck on many years of success !
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chase383 12/16/2015 11:02am
12/16/2015 11:02am
Two questions:

1. Is there a VitalMX member discount?
2. Do they ship anywhere in Canada for free Wink

In all seriousness... Congrats to your brother. Looks like a great shop. Next time I am in that neck of the woods I will be sure to stop in.
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Camp332 12/16/2015 11:05am
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Congrats Bro!
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ron727 12/16/2015 11:36am
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Congrats! I will definitely stop in and say hi next time I come through High Prairie
madmaxperformance 12/16/2015 1:22pm
12/16/2015 1:22pm
No kidding!?? I bought the last new battery for my wifeys cr230F there. Nice little place. I'm only a little over an hour away. Cool.
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Redrcr34 12/16/2015 3:22pm
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Congrats!
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dirtnapper 12/17/2015 4:37pm
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newmann wrote:
Congrats are in order! Looks like an old established dealership. Back story for those of us who like a little history???
Its definetly an older established business, Newmann.

Its been here in our small town since the early 1980s. I can vividly remember going in there as a 7 or 8 year old and just staring at the CR80s and XR100s they had, brand new all orange and red and with blue seats. The old crank who ran it at the time ( Tongue ) wouldn't let us touch anything!! I spent so much time day dreaming about those bikes!!

Jake had worked there for the past 11 years, after spending some time before that at a Yamaha dealership, and he just fell in love with the business, the brand, and the people around it. Its been a long process but he finally made it happen.
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dirtnapper 12/17/2015 4:39pm
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slipdog wrote:
How do I get a sponser?
ALL Vital members get 90 % off ....................


PS: this is a huge lie - I made that up........ Wink

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dirtnapper 12/17/2015 4:41pm
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madmaxperformance wrote:
No kidding!?? I bought the last new battery for my wifeys cr230F there. Nice little place. I'm only a little over an hour away. Cool.
Gonna have to get off that KTM and get yourself on a Honda! Wink

Hope to meet you some day, madmax!
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slipdog 12/17/2015 5:04pm
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slipdog wrote:
How do I get a sponser?
dirtnapper wrote:
ALL Vital members get 90 % off ....................


PS: this is a huge lie - I made that up........ Wink
Since it's well known that Vital members only hear what they want to hear, I'll be expecting my discount on my first order.

Already listed you guys on my vital page so you can expect the ROI to start flowing in to the shop. Best decision you guys ever made!
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h&m_cycle 12/17/2015 5:17pm
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What's with all the containers? congratulations by the way... not a big Honda fan but they make a nice quiet Generator...
AHRMA361 12/17/2015 5:29pm
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h&m_cycle wrote:
What's with all the containers? congratulations by the way... not a big Honda fan but they make a nice quiet Generator...
Makes for great, cheap storage. And you don't need a building permit or pay property taxes for them!
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yak651 12/17/2015 5:32pm
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Congrats, always dream of having a shop
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h&m_cycle 12/17/2015 6:05pm
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h&m_cycle wrote:
What's with all the containers? congratulations by the way... not a big Honda fan but they make a nice quiet Generator...
AHRMA361 wrote:
Makes for great, cheap storage. And you don't need a building permit or pay property taxes for them!
Yeah, I know... I was in the fireworks business... you don't put all your eggs in one basket and keep them far enough
apart.. but I would put new crated motorcycles in them...
madmaxperformance 12/17/2015 9:44pm
12/17/2015 9:44pm
madmaxperformance wrote:
No kidding!?? I bought the last new battery for my wifeys cr230F there. Nice little place. I'm only a little over an hour away. Cool.
dirtnapper wrote:
Gonna have to get off that KTM and get yourself on a Honda! Wink

Hope to meet you some day, madmax!
I thought you were in Slave, not High Prairie! Do you know Harold Bellerose, Darrell Gill, Leo Forseille, Bob Calhoon? Any of those guys? I was production superintendent for PennWest for a few years. Bob Calhoon and my son played AAA hockey in GP for a few years as well.
Richard Tease II 12/17/2015 9:49pm
12/17/2015 9:49pm
slipdog wrote:
How do I get a sponser?
dirtnapper wrote:
ALL Vital members get 90 % off ....................


PS: this is a huge lie - I made that up........ Wink
Slipdog try using spell checker :-)
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dirtnapper 12/22/2015 3:53pm
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madmaxperformance wrote:
No kidding!?? I bought the last new battery for my wifeys cr230F there. Nice little place. I'm only a little over an hour away. Cool.
dirtnapper wrote:
Gonna have to get off that KTM and get yourself on a Honda! Wink

Hope to meet you some day, madmax!
madmaxperformance wrote:
I thought you were in Slave, not High Prairie! Do you know Harold Bellerose, Darrell Gill, Leo Forseille, Bob Calhoon? Any of those guys? I was...
I thought you were in Slave, not High Prairie! Do you know Harold Bellerose, Darrell Gill, Leo Forseille, Bob Calhoon? Any of those guys? I was production superintendent for PennWest for a few years. Bob Calhoon and my son played AAA hockey in GP for a few years as well.
I spent almost 10 years in Slave Lake, but have been in High Prairie for the past few years.

And although I recognize a few of the names you listed, I can't say that I personally know any of them.

The motocross scene SUCKS here in High Prairie, we have to go to Grande Prairie, Peace River or Slave Lake to hit a track.

Hoping now that Jake runs a "moto - related" business we can form a club and maybe work towards building a track here in town. That's the dream anyways...........

Tongue
mxbenchracer 12/22/2015 4:31pm
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newmann wrote:
Congrats are in order! Looks like an old established dealership. Back story for those of us who like a little history???
Thanks for all the good vibes everyone. The dealership has been in business in the same location sense 1979, I remember going in there as a kid and dreaming of one day being able to buy a bike from there, I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would end up owning the place. I started working here in 2005, as the shop helper and PDI guy, I worked my way through my apprenticeship and got my Red seal as a motorcycle mechanic. Two years ago my boss had heart problems and told me he was going to put the dealership up for sale, and if no one wanted it he was going to shut it down because he didn't have the drive to do it anymore. I didn't have very much going for me and didn't think that I had a shot at getting the money, but my wife and I prayed about it and we felt like we at least had to try, long story short 2 years latter we got the papers signed up and own the place. Some people may not believe in God, but I know how much I prayed in those 2 years and I know that without Him I would have given up when things looked like they weren't going to work out. I'm really looking forward to the next few years there's lots that I've wanted to do with the place but my boss was never on board. If any of you are ever in the area stop by, and yeah I'll give 15% off to anyone tells me their on vital lol
Jacob
mxbenchracer 12/22/2015 4:40pm
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Calihusky wrote:
Congratulations! I've always dreamed of owning a motorcycle shop. Did it require a lot of start up money or was he able to get a loan...
Congratulations! I've always dreamed of owning a motorcycle shop. Did it require a lot of start up money or was he able to get a loan for everything? I always wondered what was required to do something like that.
I was very lucky, because I've been my bosses right hand man for so many years he made it very easy on me, I bought the building and land from him and instead of paying him for the business and the good will he still has shares in the company, once I have a few years under my belt I can buy out the rest of his shares and he'll be on his merry way. So I was able to get the loans that I needed for the purchase because they were all tired to the purchase of the land and had assets to back them up. Ordinarily a person would have to come up with the money for the business and good will on there own, banks won't lend money for it because there's no assets they can reclaim if you default on your loan.
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Mini Elsinore 12/22/2015 4:57pm
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Awesome adventure ahead!
Congratulations!

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