Shawn Bailey - Engine Production/Technical Service
Employee #157

I was hired in the fall of 1998, and was the second production person hired (right behind Bonnie B.).  Having been a motorcycle enthusiast my whole life, this was a dream job for me.  The early months required some long days getting the production line finished and set up in the proper order so the bikes flowed down the line.  Those long days also lead into some long nites at some of the local taverns... with most of our time being spent at Johans and Andys (gotta love that free popcorn and peanuts).

When the word finally came down that we were going to build bike #1, it was a huge step and had to be done on a set day.  Being part of the Engine group, this was a major project that had Ken, Kenny and myself working till well after midnite to get the engine complete so the Chassis group could start on it first thing in the morning. The Trench I had to travel to get the job done (but that's another story).

After a couple hundred bikes were built, I moved to the Technical Service Dept. with Dr. Dave and Dave Becker, where we spent most of our time talking with new owners and dealer Tech's.

Most employees elected not to buy a bike, but 45 did and those are the RCX (Road Crew) bikes that were numbered with your employee #.  There is no #157, but I have the IPS tags and owners manual.  Later I did buy one of the twenty 2000 model demo bikes, #1260. 

We -The Road Crew- were some of the most talented people around and I have always been very proud to work with each and every one of them.

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