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through bicycle racing, we all have been involved in that, but the first
five have all raced motorcross together, and there is a rugby connection
and
old high school buddy connection with some of them as well. All are
gearheads of the highest order, most have some cool hotrod, sports car,
racing car, or motorcycle tucked away. I don't think we have a single Elvi
with just one Mini Trail. Two of the Elvi are extremely accomplished
amature
machinists (not their professions) and have shops where major surgery can
be
done. We never resort to proper motorcycle shops for service, and paint
our
own bikes, a few of which are drop dead show quality. The professions are
wide-ranging, with a therapist, bicycle industry rep, aerospace industry
manager, three newspaper photographers, two lawyers, a security expert,
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teacher, soft drink
bottling company owner, carbon fiber fabrication company
owner, and a student as members. Two of these, Brad Sawyer and Chris
Watson,
are past and current national motorsport champions on motorcycles and
racing
cars. Our wives have even ridden with us as the "Chicklets". We
have ridden
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broadened our schedule
to include the annual Parade of Lights in Fort Worth
(over 100,000 people each year)( we were the judge's favorite pick this
last
weekend). We have ridden in the Cotton Bowl Parade in Dallas, Mardi Gras
parade in Austin, Texas, appeared with the Fort Worth Symphony at their
summer Concerts in the Garden, at Texas Christian University's (TCU) Frog
Alley, in Fort Worth's annual RetroFest, Alcon Labs "Light Up The
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composer Marvin
Hamlisch as we rode through the hotel ballroom! We have been
featured in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Dallas Morning News, all
four
major local TV affiliates, ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox Television. Our photos
have run in newspapers from San Antonio to the New York Post. The group is
not entirely about Elvis, though. We are first and formost, now and
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Mini Trail fanatics,
just like you. We all were around them in the sixties,
and now we have them again. The Elvi thing is just a way to ride your Mini
Trail in front of thousands of people at a time, anywhere you want.
Legally! We have ridden in restaurants in Austin, hotel hallways, country
clubs,botanical gardens, and had drag races in front of the Texas State
Capitol, all while the police watched us and laughed their heads off. You
cannot believe the reaction from people when they see us, whether it is
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