dvalley
October 18, 2014, 1:38pm
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Nice bike Nick. I’d love to take a spin with a photo session.
belliott
October 18, 2014, 3:18pm
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gromicko:
My understanding is that the winner was not present for the awards event along with more than 1/2 of the other conference attendees. It was held too late on Wednesday, even I couldn’t stay. I had to interrupt the Wednesday morning technical classes to give away InterNACHI’s prizes because I had to catch a plane. Jeff Pope’s brother-in-law won one of prizes smack in the middle of his class. No choice.
I would never do it again. Fire Marshall prohibited us from putting gas in it or riding it (even though Paul did :roll:). Lawyers had to convince the Gaming Commission (at the last minute) that it wasn’t a raffle. Shipping it there was a pain and expensive. Paul’s appearance cost more than the bike. The winner can’t just take it home on the plane. It still needs new chromed parts to replace the InterNACHI ones and the PRO-LAB logos have to be repainted. Then the winner has to pay federal taxes on its value. Logistical nightmare for PRO-LAB, and it hasn’t ende
It was a fun thing to do…once, I guess. But next year we’re going back to all cash prizes.
Nick who was the winner.
Did you actually give it to someone or keep it ?
gromicko
October 18, 2014, 4:35pm
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PRO-LAB gave it to the Boys & Girls Club of America. They’re going to ship it back to FL, repaint it, replace the InterNACHI parts with generic ones, and auction it off at an upcoming fundraiser.
It sure was a fun event. Next year is going to be even crazier!
kleonard
October 18, 2014, 8:53pm
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gromicko:
My understanding is that the winner was not present for the awards event along with more than 1/2 of the other conference attendees. It was held too late on Wednesday, even I couldn’t stay. I had to interrupt the Wednesday morning technical classes to give away InterNACHI’s prizes because I had to catch a plane. Jeff Pope’s brother-in-law won one of prizes smack in the middle of his class. No choice.
I would never do it again. Fire Marshall prohibited us from putting gas in it or riding it (even though Paul did :roll:). Lawyers had to convince the Gaming Commission (at the last minute) that it wasn’t a raffle. Shipping it there was a pain and expensive. Paul’s appearance cost more than the bike. The winner can’t just take it home on the plane. It still needs new chromed parts to replace the InterNACHI ones and the PRO-LAB logos have to be repainted. Then the winner has to pay federal taxes on its value. Logistical nightmare for PRO-LAB, and it hasn’t ended.
It was a fun thing to do…once, I guess. But next year we’re going back to all cash prizes.
Bummer.
I know it’s too late now but if you didn’t you should have called Danny at Count’s Kustoms - They’re located in LV and IMO nowadays are more popular than OCC and can build just as nice of a bike.
gromicko
October 18, 2014, 9:10pm
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I’m so done with bikes they need a new word for done. Fire Marshall, gaming commission, storage, hotel fees, transporting it to and from Vegas, taxes, insurance, repainting/repurposing it so it can be used for something other than a promotion, title transfer, and on and on. Aaaaggghh.
But it sure was a fast-paced, packed inspection convention. Next year we’re going all out.
jmckenna1
October 18, 2014, 9:26pm
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Cash is always a nice prize.