Sunday Morning and my paper hasn't arrived yet. I'm sucking down my first cup of coffee and about to sift through orders from yesterday. Got lots of orders, I can tell it's Christmas time. Spent most of yesterday cleaning and painting the walls of the new store. I need to get my orders taken care of this morning and head back over to put on a second coat of paint and finish the trim. Also, I need to take a 'before' picture of the store before I do too much more.

I realize I've posted about the store, but I haven't given a good location description. Let's put it this way, it's a PERFECT location, for the northern San Joaquin Valley anyway. It sits on a very busy intersection of Woodland and Carpenter roads in Modesto. The Address is 1300 N Carpenter Rd, Suite B. Carpenter Road is locally known as "Motorcycle Alley" for those in the business locally. The building is primarily a Chevron Station in the front with a small 24 hour food mart. I am located next to the food mart in the front corner on Carpenter Road. I've got 1640 square feet. Now the good stuff: 8 blocks south on Carpenter is the local Harley Dealer, Mitchell's Harley Davidson, 500 N Carpenter Rd---2 blocks south on Carpenter sits the local Honda-Kawasaki Dealer, Honda of Modesto, 1120 North Carpenter Road---1 Block North is the local Ducati Dealer, Modesto Ducati, 1408 Carpenter Road. Now the competition, Cycle Gear is located at 1521 N Carpenter. Not really competition because they sell pretty cheesy stuff for a high price, plus their parking lot is hard to get in and out of. Renegade Classics is located about 3 blocks away on Woodland in a VERY subdued location that is difficult to see, get into, or get out of. Renegade sells pretty good quality stuff, but for a pretty high price and with a limited selection. About every item listed on my site will be represented in the store, plus some I don't even sell anymore. I may not have all the sizes, but I can get them.

While working on the shop yesterday, at least 45 motorcycles entered into the parking lot to either gas up at Chevron or get money from the Wells Fargo ATM which is located in front of my store. Anyway, my opening date is scheduled for Dec 5, HOPEFULLY!

Tomorrows list:

Recheck on the business card order with the new address
Insurance
County business change of location paperwork
Security system meeting at 10:00 AM
Process orders
Pay bills.
Computer register? Make a move to either get new or use what I've got.
Inventory.

Later