2020...WTF!

One of the most challenging years is finally behind us! It’s a new year and we hope to recover and make the very best of it. Most of all, we hope to ride our bikes for days on end and see friends at the rallies!

Like many small businesses, we have taken a big hit in activity and sales. We have inventory that should carry us for 2021. Our next adventure is to try and bring all manufacturing to the USA! The search has begun to see where the products can be produced. Any suggestions?

We hope your year is great. We hope that you all stay healthy. We hope you ride more often and safely, and we hope you’ll snuggle your rides between some Knockrz!

Tips for Using a Set of Knockrz

Here are some tips to help inflate and secure Knockrz for optimal use! We’ve been playing with our Knockrz for over five years and have enjoyed every minute. We have learned through trial and error what the process and techniques have worked best for us.

TIP #1 - To inflate Knockrz quickly, remove the valve completely and loosen the cap. Connect the blower to the bike trickle charge harness (make sure you’ve used the 20 amp fuse provided if the harness at the battery has a fuse holder. Most do.). Place the Knockrz close to where it will be used. Keep the blower nozzle about 1 inch from the valve hole and begin inflating. Be ready with the valve to quickly insert into the hole when the Knockrz fills the void. Inflate the Knockrz as much as possible and then screw the valve back in. Once the valve is snug (do not over tighten the valve), place the blower nozzle around the valve and finish the inflation. Place your hand on the Knockrz to feel when the inflation is complete.

TIP #2 - Secure your Knockrz! It’s important to keep the Knockrz in place by using bungee type straps, or rope. They do not need to be tight, but capable of minimizing the movement at the intended contact points. Obviously very important if being used in a truck bed or open trailer to keep the Knockrz from being lost.

TIP #3 - Clean all contact points before use. The Knockrz material sticks nicely to metal/chrome surfaces and will stay in place.

TIP #4 - Avoid contact with a painted surface. Powder coating seems to be pretty durable, but can still scratch if movement occurs. Just not worth the chance, and the best place is against the motor. Very important for all surfaces to be cool enough to touch.

Where have we been?

It’s a long story, but worth trying to explain without going too deep into the “weeds”. First, thank you all for your patience! I’ve kept in touch with a few of our customers, letting them know the progress towards relaunching after a two year hiatus. Otherwise, I’ve been quiet.

My sister was diagnosed ten years ago with Early Onset Alzheimer’s at 51. She asked me to help her. After eight years of the disease progressing, I made the decision that I needed to be more directly involved so I moved her near me in 2017. In mid 2016, my dad said he was struggling and asked me to come see him soon. I went to visit him and found that was an understatement. His health was spiraling the wrong direction. I spent almost a year in time living with him, and away from my wife who had gone back to work to stop the bleeding financially. She’s amazing. I decided to move him near me as well so I could be directly involved with his care in 2018.

I’m sure there are some caregivers who are reading this that get it. I wanted to put my life, and business, on hold while I focused on making them both as comfortable as possible…so I did. It’s rewarding to give unconditional love back to those who have loved you. It sucks to witness those you love fade away.

My dad passed in September 2018, and my sister passed in January of 2019. In between those days, I was diagnosed with Melanoma at the wrong end of the scale, and told the evening before Thanksgiving Day when family and friends were coming for dinner. It took thirty days to line up the aggressive surgery. The “head games” are pretty tough. Its been a little over a year and I’m still cancer free! That year in time sucked.

I have since been working on two estates, and trying to get a better set of Knockrz produced for when I had the chance to relaunch. The estates are almost complete (at least enough where they don’t require daily attention), and I was finally happy with a version of Knockrz that is much better than version 1.0! I just got an initial order of inventory in and they exceed my expectations.

Now, with the help of my son and daughter in law, we are finalizing a new website and store to take orders! If you’re reading this around mid February, we made our goal.

Nice to be back! Great to be healthier! Can’t wait to see you all at rallies! Hoping you’ll consider putting your bike(s) between a nice set of Knockrz in 2020!