Los Angeles Number One Scooter Store, Route 66 Modern Classics, Celebrity scooter owners to ride with Tom Hanks as Hollywood Red Carpet Premiere LARRY CROWNE
December 17th, 2011
Marina Del Rey, CA (PRWEB) July 13, 2011
Glenn Alan Bartels, President of the Route 66 Modern Classics, the number one motor scooter store in Los Angeles, CA, is proud to announce their recent success on the celebrity red carpet event, 100 – plus a team with fellow scooter Genuine Buddy scooter owner, Tom Hanks on his new film, Larry Crown, Prime Minister on June 27, 2011.
“It’s a great movie at the perfect time. Americans are dealing with issues accurately portrayed in the film, Larry Crowne. We have a bad economy, job reductions, and trying to save people riding scooters to beat high gas prices,” explains Glenn Bartels. “Scooters are super fashionable and economical.”
parking lot on Route 66 Modern Classics was packed with a diverse array of scooters on the premier night. dijon yellow Genuine Stella scooter, complete with a side car, with black chess graphics and image of the Crown Taxi, it was obvious crowd favorite, Tom Hanks cleverly links scooter riding character, Larry Crowne. Other drivers, sports vintage Vespas and Lambretta as well as new Genuine Buddy and Stella scooters, mingled as they waited for the 12-mile ride to Hollywood Blvd start.
Twelve After spending an exhausting week and a scooter used in the majority of film production, I was curious as to what plans Tom Hanks was referring to his movie premiere, and couple of months ago, I called his assistant and whispered my idea of it, “says Bartels. “I was Envisioning a massive scooter ride with Tom Hanks leading the whole pack!
able to circulate the idea, especially Tom, and then moved to Universal Pictures. It was not until about a month ago, however, that Bartels has received phone calls from Playtone to inform him that Universal would contact him about the premiere scooter rides. “Once I ended the call Playtone when the universal call came asking me if I’m able to connect 100 scooter riders to ride the red carpet with Tom Hanks, explains Bartels, a question to which his response was enthusiastic,” Of course I can!
exactly 6:30, Tom Hanks came and greeted all the riders with their own polite way, stop to chat and shake hands with each of your RIDER. After a brief interview and photo opportunity, it was time to ride the red carpet. Hanks fired up my old blue Yamaha, revved the engine, pumped his fist in the air and said, allows the roll!
Hanks, Bartels, and the whole pack of 100 scooters its wake, rolling on Hollywood Blvd, which was barricaded from the crowd of cheering spectators on all sides. Bartels was able to walk the red carpet, conducting interviews on the scooter culture and how it relates to the film. The riders were subsequently treated with a premier show, Larry Crown, after a private party after the Rolling Stone Cafe. At the after party, scooterists rubbed elbows with Tom Hanks and other celebrities from the film, for example, Wilmer Valderrama, Cedric Entertainer, Bryan Cranston and Taraji P. Henson.
Hanks bought the scooter from its true Route 66 Modern Classics back in 2009, they had no idea he was so enthralled with the scooter lifestyle. In April 2010, Playtone, Tom Hanks’ production company, called Glenn Bartels at Route 66 “Modern Classics again. This time they wanted to rent scooters variety of extended film shoot and Larry Crowne. Vintage 1960 era scooter, Vespas, as well as new Genuine Stella and Genuine Buddy scooters, has been leased to the basic models Playtone. It has also been a number of other scooters for film, which has produced for example, blue 1983 Yamaha Riva, the Hanks character in motion.
new demographic of urban life seems to reflect more and more people working from home or live in less than five miles from their work. In cases such as these, scooter can provide the ideal solution for those who are trying to save time, money and gas. Thus, it is not surprising that the modern type, for example, Larry Crowne to the shape around the new driver culture. “Our scooter sales more than doubled over this time last year,” says Glenn Bartels.
Genuine Buddy scooters sold to Route 66 Modern Classics Marina Del Rey starts with only $ 1999.00 and more 90MPG. They come in 125cc and 170cc versions. Line Genuine Stella, Vespa vintage-style four-speed scooter manufactured in India, is only the top 3599 , $ 00, get 140MPG amazing, and comes with a two-year unlimited mileage warranty.
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Glenn Alan Bartels, Los Angeles Scooter Guru was a Harley guy from birth. Bartels family in Los Angeles, California Harley-Davidson industry for over 28 years: http://www.bartelsharley.com/
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economical alternative “green” vehicles in West LA’s need for Bartels, recently expanded by adding Harley sales of scooters and bicycles of the city’s menu. “Many of our scooters get between 90-140MPG, and did you know that cycling is equivalent to around 900MPG calorie burning!” Bartels explained.
For more information about Route 66 Modern Classics, please visit: http / / http://www.rt66mc.com
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