MotoMark1 is at Rommel Harley-Davidson in Durham on June 21st for Anniversary Party

Please join @MotoMark1 in congratulating Rommel Harley-Davidson on their first year in the Durham NC area.  They are throwing a big party and #MotoMark1 will be there to celebrate.  Come on over and join in on the fun!  Learn more about MotoMark1 at www.motomark1.com. 

MotoMark1 Newsletter

MotoMark1 publishes a bi- weekly informative, educational and entertaining newsletter.  If you have not signed up and would like to, please visit www.motomark1.com.  In today's issue you have a chance to win a MotoMark1 gift certificate to use towards the purchase of a skills enhancement class.

New Web site design is here.

We've done it!  Redesigned our web site with a new look and great new features. Enjoy more photographs from our classes and see the video from our Overland Confidence Course. We hope you'll take the time to browse through the pages to see what we'll be up to this year. We have lots of classes planned and some special events as well. Check it out and come see us!

Love to read? We've had two articles published recently in magazines.  The IronButt Magazine did a feature on our Overland Confidence Course in their Winter 2012 edition. You can read it HERE.

Also, RoadRunner Magazine just featured MotoMark1 in the March/April 2013 edition. It gives you a nice feel for what to expect on our Overland Confidence Course. We will be at the RoadRunner Touring Weekend in Maggie Valley, NC during July 2013. We've designed a special half-day Intro to Overland Course that will be offered.

We have more exciting plans for the future. Sign up to receive our newsletter so you won't miss out on any of the announcements!

Always remember ~ Drive on purpose!

We're going to the mountains!

Basic Overland Confidence Course

This has been a very big year for MotoMark1.  Mark has retired from the NC State Highway Patrol and is working full time on making MotoMark1 an even bigger success.  We've found a permanent home in Burlington as a central office and training center for our street courses.  We've taught corporations like GE and SAS.  We've taught a Police Motor Officer course and have heard a lot of interest in doing more of them.  We have developed a new dual purpose/touring course that is a completely new direction for MotoMark1.  It's held in the Great Smoky Mountains of NC and TN.  The first Basic Overland Confidence Course was met with great enthusiasm as the students proclaimed, "Got Training?  Get Some @ MotoMark1!"  Follow us on Facebook to see some great pictures from the first class.  Now is the time to sign up for this adventure as we have a special introductory price for 2012!

Now...even more big news.  We're teaming up with CrossRoads Harley-Davidson in Wilksboro, NC to begin offering our street course in western NC.  We have a great team of instructors in that area and they are very excited about this new opportunity.  Daniel Prevette, his brother David Prevette and Heather Lawson, along with Mark Brown himself, will teach Precision Maneuvering classes beginning in October.  Plans are to have at least one class per month through the end of the year.  We want to give a very big THANKS to Mike Lipford of CrossRoads HD for welcoming us with open arms. If you're in the area, please go by and check out the dealership.

MM1 instructors David and Daniel with CrossRoads HD's Mike Lipford

Check out the website for the complete schedule at CrossRoads Harley Davidson in Wilksboro, NC.  Interested in keeping up with all the news as it happens?  Follow us on Facebook!

Get Some Training @ MotoMark1

Announcing new courses!

We've finally got it up and running.  THE BASIC OVERLAND CONFIDENCE COURSE offers training for the dual sport enthusiasts in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.  You'll get 2 days of on and off road training along with lodging and meals at the popular Iron Horse Motorcycle Lodge in Stecoah, NC.  You will hone your skills on a variety of the most beautiful and well-known routes in the western Carolina-eastern Tennessee area, including the Cherohala Skyway and many miles of beautiful, remote Nantahala National Forest dirt roads.  The class sizes will be limited so we can offer a significant amount of personal "hands on" instruction by a team of expert instructors with decades of real-world experience. Check out all the details on the website and sign up before the spots are gone!

Also, MotoMark1 is offering a Police Motor School in July. This is a full 44 hour course that will provide a police motor certification. The dates are Friday-Sunday, July 13-15 and the next Sat-Sun, July 21-22. This is a 5 day course with a long day on the second weekend to conduct night training. This course is not on the website, but we are opening it up to the public and Law Enforcement Agencies for those that might be interested. Here you can see Mark demonstrating the Motor Officer lean angle. This is one of the techniques you can learn. Call or email Mark for details and pricing.

New Class Offerings!

Mark's son plays football for Campbell University and he plans to attend those games, as a good father should.  ;-)  Now that the Campbell University football schedule is available, we've announced more dates for your favorite MotoMark1 classes. We've added NINE more Precision Maneuvering Classes as well as one more Dirt Bike and Adventure Off-road class. You can check out the new schedule HERE.

But wait, there's more!   We're still in the process of developing several new offerings.  Firstly, we've come up with a course called the Basic Overland Confidence Course.  This course is for all those with those dual purpose bikes that want to learn how to get the most out of their motorcycles.  It will include a day of street skills and a day of off-road skills.  It will be based out of Iron Horse Motorcycle Lodge in Stecoah, NC in the heart of the beautiful Smokey Mountains. This is a gorgeous area with plenty to see and lots of amazing roads including Deals Gap (aka The Dragon) and the Cherahola Skyway along with lots of great dirt/fire roads to explore.  We hope to run our first Basic Overland Confidence Course in July, so keep an eye out for more information as July gets closer.

Also, we're developing three half day seminars.  These seminars will highlight specific skills and will include classroom as well as driving work.  The seminars are four hours long and will be offered beginning in August.   They will include Curve skills, Two-up riding, and Braking/Crash avoidance.  We'll use the morning hours during the hot season and the afternoon hours when it starts to cool off.  If you want to work on a specific skill set or have limited time, these seminars will fit the ticket!

Always remember to DRIVE on Purpose!

OPEN HOUSE APRIL 29th!

MotoMark1 is hosting it's first Open House to introduce everyone to our new location in Burlington. Please come out and take a tour of our new facility. You'll be able to meet some of our instructors, see our course layouts, check out the Triumph Tiger XC and more. There will be refreshments and door prizes for those that attend.

WHEN? SUNDAY, APRIL 29th, 2012 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

WHERE? ~ 2727 Tucker St. Ext., Burlington, NC 27215 ~ Click HERE for directions.

WHY? So you can see our NEW LOCATION!!

HOW? By motorcycle, of course. :-)

THIS JUST IN ~ The NEW TRIUMPH EXPLORER will be at the Open House, thanks to Ray Price Triumph.