eMax Corporation's Subsidiary, Gateways Entertainment Inc., Generates Over $1,400,000 in Presale Orders for Milwaukee Motorcycles
ORLANDO, Fla.--April 11, 2001--eMax Corporation's subsidiary, Gateways Entertainment, Inc., (OTCBB:EMAX) today announced that the Gateways Entertainment dealer showcase during the Daytona Beach Bike Week 2001 was more successful than they had originally anticipated. During Daytona Beach Bike Week Gateways displayed two exciting new motorcycle brands that will be distributed through the Gateways Born to Ride Dealer Network: Milwaukee Motorcycles and Kannon V8 Motorcycles. The interest in the 2002 models was incredible, said Scott Hough, the owner of Kannon V8 Motorcycles. From the attendants at Daytona Beach Bike Week, and for the three weeks following Bike Week, Milwaukee Motorcycles generated over $1,400,000 in presale orders for 2002 models and Kannon V8 Motorcycles sold over $300,000 in motorcycle sales.Leon Hatcher, President of Gateways Entertainment stated, "If the first presale orders are any inclination of the reception the motorcycle community is going to have for Milwaukee Motorcycles and Kannon V8 Bikes, then first quarter and year 2001 earnings and revenues are going to be exceptional for our companies and for our shareholders." Leon Hatcher stated, "We are meeting with dealers everyday and the interest for the new motorcycles has been greater than we initially anticipated. The Bike Dealer community is such a wonderful group of people to work with. They are hard working, honest people who love life and their country." Gateways Entertainment plans to make a difference in the motorcycle industry as NASCAR has made the hotrod industry.
The Gateways Born To Ride Tour will also promote for sale this year products and services of their sponsoring partners which include: Chrome Express, Born To Ride TV, Milwaukee Motorcycles, Kannon Motorcycles, and Barney's Leather.
About Gateways Entertainment, Inc.
Gateways Entertainment was formed with Leon Hatcher, in year 2000 to build a new traveling live music and sports entertainment Events Company.
Gateways Entertainment, Inc.'s President, Leon Hatcher, has been very successful over the past 14 years promoting and producing special events in the motor sports industries and motorcycle rallies. Leon Hatcher was instrumental in the development and opening of 42 Easyriders stores in 1997 and 1998. Mr. Hatcher has watched the motorsports industry grow from a small industry to over a $35 billion power sports and motorcycle industry worldwide. Mr. Hatcher hopes to help make the motorcycle industry become as popular with the general public as NASCAR has done to the Hotrod and stockcar industry.
About www.borntoride.com
www.borntoride.com was created as the first web site to promote biker community events, news, web streaming of motorcycle events and e-commerce sales of motorcycle related merchandise. Born to Ride TV has successfully broadcasted events from Sturgis, S.D., Laughlin, Nev., Myrtle Beach, S.C., Daytona Beach, Fla., Montreal, Canada, Phoenix and many other parts of the world promoting Motorcycle events. "Gateways Entertainment, with its new media and Internet division Born to Ride and www.borntoride.com, can offer a lot of advertising and promotional support to our distributed partners than any other company in the motorcycle industry today," stated Ronnie Galletti, of Born to Ride TV. "The power of television is huge. The sky is the limit when it comes to developing advertising and promotional campaigns for our advertising sponsors. During Bike Week 2001 Born to Ride TV aired 31 half hour shows and the exposure during the airing of the Milwaukee Motorcycle company commercials enabled Gateways to easily promote Milwaukee Motorcycles and to add five new Dealerships to the Gateways Born to Ride Dealer Network."
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