Patriot Motorcycles Strengthens Commitment to Dealer Network; Exclusive Recruitment/Training Alliance Signed With Family Motor Sports
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.--May 2, 20055, 2005--Patriot Motorcycles Corporation (Pink Sheets: PMCY) today announced it has formed an alliance with Family Motor Sports Inc. (FMS) of Costa Mesa, CA, to further its "commitment to excellence" and to continue to build a first-rate certified dealer network.The agreement awards rights to Family Motor Sports to recruit and train new Patriot dealers in the United States and Canada. The FMS group has established a state-of-the-art multi-purpose facility in Costa Mesa that will serve as both a functional "model" dealership and hands-on training facility for new Patriot dealers.
The facilities are housed in two adjacent locations. FMS will maintain both a flagship Patriot dealer showroom - with a high-tech service center - and a facility dedicated to recruiting new dealers as well as providing comprehensive on-site training and certification.
As of mid-June 2005, new dealers in the United States and Canada will be enrolled for orientation, training and certification in the newly built 25,000 square foot-plus facility. At this "campus" of Patriot Dealer University, new dealers will experience first hand Patriot's commitment to quality and excellence - both through classroom education and hands-on training in a functioning "model" Patriot showroom and service center. Dealer education and certification will cover all operational aspects - from safety, compliance and product assembly to fulfilling customer service.
Family Motor Sports is headed by Rob Zahr, who brings over 15 years experience in developing creative training, marketing and customer relations techniques for major corporations that ensure company objectives and commitments are fulfilled and delivered through dealers to end-users.
"We have made a commitment to Patriot Motorcycles...to facilitate the dealer-educational process...from initial recruitment to full certification in a real working environment...and to provide a flagship focal point to introduce Patriot products to both the public and new dealers alike," notes Family Motor Sports President Zahr.
"This new alliance for advanced recruitment and training underscores our commitment to building a dealer network that is second to none," notes Patriot Motorcycles President Dan Cwieka, "and to making the Patriot brand synonymous with dependability and excellence."
About Patriot Motorcycles Corporation
Patriot Motorcycles (PMCY) is the exclusive distributor of the Yamoto line of Dirt Bike motorcycles and All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) manufactured in China. The company and its management are firmly committed to building the Yamoto by Patriot (TM) brand, to building a significant and substantial Domestic and International dealer organization and to distributing the finest products that consistently out-price the competition (by as much as 50%). Patriot is also the first and only company to offer a Five Year Guarantee based on after-sale use of its co-branded zMAX(R) Micro-Lubricant. Additional Patriot branded products and accessories are also being evaluated. Yamoto by Patriot (TM) - poised to become the first great Chinese-manufactured brand.
Note: Statements contained in this release that are not strictly historical are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are made based upon information available as of the date hereof, and the company assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Editors and investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties and the company's actual results may differ from these forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are no limited to, demand for the company's products and services, PMCY's ability to continue to develop its market, general economic conditions and other factors that may be more fully described in reports to shareholders and periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.