April could go on record as our busiest month ever for events.  We hosted the North American Dealer Academy for the 1199 Panigale at NOLA Motorsports with Ducati North America.  This job included prepping 20 1199s for two weeks while trying to keep it a secret from our customers that we were holding 20 of the most anticipated motorcycle of 2012.   200 dealers from around the country got a chance to experience the 1199 for the first time at the one of the premier race tracks in the world.  It was a great opportunity to show-off NOLA Motorsports and the City of New Orleans to our peers.  

This month also included the first official press conference announcing the Triumph Big Kahuna AMA Pro Road Racing event this October.  Jason DiSalvo was on hand to provide the press with some sighting laps on a stock Daytona 675R.  That evening we hosted an event at our downtown showroom.  It was a great event attended by many local enthusiasts in addition to officials from the AMA, FIM, and personalities from Speed TV.  At the end of the evening Jason signed the tank of the bike he used to test the track.

Last but not least, we ended April with the official grand opening of our track-side Motorbike Speed Shop at NOLA Motorsports Park in conjunction with the National Unveiling Night for the Ducati 1199 Panigale.  Being able to introduce the world's most anticipated motorcycle at the world's newest racetrack made for an awesome event.
Check out photos of the AMA Announcement Party
Check out photos of the 1199 Panigale Launch Party

Join us, Friday April 27th, as we welcome the most revolutionary motorcycle in decades at North America’s newest motorsports playground, NOLA Motorsports Park. In addition to the introduction of the Ducati 1199 Panigale, the night will serve as the grand opening of our track-side motorbike speedshop. Join us for a night of motorsports heaven.

 

April 27th from 7-10pm at TTRNO Speedshop

11075 Nicolle Blvd, U361
Avondale, LA 70094 

Directions: 

•Proceed from downtown onto US90W.
•Turn left on Signette Blvd.
•Continue onto Nicolle Blvd.
•NOLA Motorsports park will be on left.
•TTRNO Speedshop is the last garage on the right. 

Friday April 13th, from 6p to 9p

Friday, April 13th, will be the official announcement of the Triumph Motorcycles Big Kahuna AMA Pro Superbike Nationals in New Orleans October 5th-7th.

 

Join us for an evening of Superbike celebration as we host Triumph Factory racer, 2011 Daytona 200 winner and 2012 Daytona 200 2nd Place Finisher, Jason Disalvo as well as many other racing personalities.  This will be an evening you will not want to miss. 

 

Last Sunday was a day most of had had been waiting for since September 2009, when NOLA Motorsports Park was announced.  It was NOLA's first public motorcycle track day.  The event ran like a top, and the rider and spectator turnout was incredible. 

It is 2012, the 10th year for The Transportation Revolution.  We have grown a lot from our humble Vespa New Orleans beginnings, and we hope to do the same in the second decade. 2011 was our best year in business, and we plan to grown even more in 2012.  In the second half of 2011 we added staff for the first time since 2009.

 The AMA Pro Superbike Series will make its historic debut in New Orleans next October at NOLA Motorsports Park.  The race weekend will be October 5th – 7th, and is the last race of the 2012 season.  The AMA Pro Superbike event will be the first professional racing event held at NOLA.

Last week TTRNO teamed up with New Orleans Mens' Store, Rubensteins and NOLA Motorsports Park for our Fall Fittings event at The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans. It was a great night of motorsports and men's fashion.

You have heard us talking about NOLA Motorsports for 2 years now, and there is finally light at the end of the tunnel. NOLA Motorsports Park is a motorsports utopia currently under construction just 20 minutes from downtown in Avondale, LA. The facility will offer two full road courses (when combined make the longest road course in North America), kart facitily, autocross pad, high performance driving & riding schools, track days, kart rentals, driver education courses, spectator events, hot laps and much more. NOLA will rival any motorsports complex in North America.

There are some perks to being in the powersports business and NOLA Motorsports Park's opening is sure to enhance these experiences for us. Last Wednesday NOLA invited us to attend the Bull Run Live Rally as it came thru New Orleans on their trek from Las Vegas to Miami. The Bull Run is described on their website as "the most glamorous and high profile of the new breed of high-end luxury lifestyle automotive rallies". I would sum that up as "race" from Las Vegas to Miami with very expensive cars attended by celebrities and unique personalities.

I just could not wait any longer....I had to get a bike on the track at NOLA Motorsports Park. Set to open late this summer, NOLA invited me to do some laps on the north track before asphalting began. We had two perfect machines for the job, the Ducati Multistrada and Tiger 800XC.