t’s both good for business and an occupational hazard that the summer fever for bike buying and customizing is as easy to catch as a winter cold in a Chicago airport.
     I guess I’m pretty susceptible—with the first warm wind of spring comes exposure to another dose. And after a few fast months of traveling to rallies in my new role as national sales manger for Drag Specialties blew right by, I was off to the urgent care center (a.k.a motorcycle retailer) for the only known treatment.
     As we know, there is no cure.
     In this case, I sought the care of Harley-Davidson of Youngstown in eastern Ohio. And my thanks to owner Tom Wronkovich, sales manager Keith McCowin and the rest of the fine “healthcare” professionals who made the medicine go down easy. Tom and Keith and the rest of the “Y-town” crew made the purchase a pleasure, let alone painless.
     Now, it’s ongoing “medication” that’s needed—a healthy prescription of aftermarket parts and accessories from the FatBook.
     When I’m not out in the field visiting dealers and seeing to our hospitality efforts at the rallies and races Drag Specialties sponsors and attends, I’m at the office combing through sales reports that track page after page of product found in our catalog—and also, I’d point out, in our warehouses and ready to ship. But as might be the case with most of us, the line between work and play (and purchase) can get a little blurry as I try to pick from the many accessories I’d like to fit to my new FLHTC/I.
     I really like the sales numbers showing on the computer screen, but it’s also really hard to stop flipping through all those glossy pictures of parts in the Drag catalog open on the other side of the desk.
     A Rinehart Exhaust by Bub will alleviate what ails the stock sound. I like horsepower and flash in equal quantities, and the performance pedigree of big-time racing—and these pipes offer stiff doses of all three. Besides, Gerald would never stop chewing on me if anything else was installed. This is about healthcare, not extra abrasions!