One of my ideas to get current owners involved in fun Spyder events, was to organise some track time. I would have loved to have the entire day just for Can-Am products, but that gets quite pricey and there is never a guaranteed turnout of customers. I then contacted Jacques at Red Star Raceway who was very accommodating and created some sessions for us on 23 April.
Organising the track day was not a problem and all my arrangements were running smoothly – I’d made sure the dealers had been promoting the track day, I had demo stock lined up and ready to go…. But then somebody casually mentioned that they would need stock for the Rand Easter Show. Well, not being a show going person, I’d clean forgotten about that! Together with that, the dealers were suddenly selling bikes like they’d never done before, so all my carefully stockpiled bikes were literally running out the door.
Time was not a friendly companion and I started getting heart palpitations about not having enough bikes for both the show and for the track day. As part of my track day planning, the demo bikes would go on sale the first week of May and I’d carefully worked out colours and quantities of each. Suddenly, in the last week, all of that careful planning went out the window. The short week didn’t help matters much either!
When there is stress and people have to change direction in mid-stream, you quickly find out who you can rely on. I have discovered absolute jewels who have supported me by actually thinking for themselves. Logic; taking control; not relying on somebody else to make decisions – these are all rare commodities in our day and age. The people I’d like to single out are Jan (the one driver), John (in the one workshop), Themba (in the other workshop), Michael (one workshop manager) – they have all come through this last week without once getting grumpy. John just became a father and even wanting to be with his new son over the Easter weekend, he and Jan have agreed to do the bike deliveries for me on Good Friday and on Sunday.
So now I’m ticking off the stuff I have to take to the track and it looks like I might just remember to take everything. Jan and John will be loading at around 9h00 and then I’ll see them at the track at about 10h30 and make sure the bikes and other stuff are safely locked away. I would like to ride a few laps before tomorrow, but I must also still do the final arrangements with the other instructor – one last thing I wasn’t able to get to this week.
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