Wednesday, February 2, 2011

The Scooter Maven on 2Xtreem TV

The Maven really persona really started taking off in 2007. During that time we hooked up with some great guys from 2Xtreem TV probably one of the best shows to have ever come out of South Florida. http://www.2xtreem.com/ make sure to check out the website.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rA3SKqx-wI


The first episode that went up featured a CN 250 engine Kinroad Runmaster Sahara 250cc Go Kart. Since then Kinroad USA is no longer around it got replaced by Kandi USA as the distributor, but this was at the beginning of the GoKart craze in America. Everyone from Pep Boys (Baja Motorsports) to Sam's Club (Baja Motorsports) were selling these. The sales were rising faster than scooters so we had to take a look.

When this episode went into syndication our phone didn't stop ringing. People as far as Oregon were calling saying "hey at 2am the other night I caught you on TV," I thought that was way cool. I just met my girlfriend at the time and she was sitting on the couch flipping channels when I came on the screen, needless to say her whole family got to see me that night. Next thing you know it we had over 60 shops in the country specializing in GoKarts. Like all things it was a new market that grew too quickly for its own good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2vcd3b4meE

I'm extremely grateful to Joe Capicotti and the whole crew at the show for helping get the word out on MRP. Chase, April, and the whole crew are top notch people and if you ever meet them at a race or trade show they are the real thing. I'm looking forward to working with them in the future.

The GoKart episodes remain some of the most popular from that season and were one of the best promotions we did. I can't use clips from CNN or Univision, but 2Xtreem has always been more the willing to let us promote them and use the interviews and TV appearances.

Go Karts are fun, safe, and easy to upgrade. I highly recommend them. It will be interesting to see all the new engines and models that are set to hit the market in 2011.

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