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Shawnee Cycle Plaza By 100 Mile Mike “You can’t buy from a nicer bunch of guys!” I bought my first two motorcycles, a 1980 Honda CB400T Hawk and a 1982 Honda CB900F Super Sport 900, from the ‘nice guys’ at Shawnee Cycle Plaza. Four of the ‘nice guys’ have been with Shawnee Cycle Plaza for more than 30 years; Barry Bunner, owner/president, Mike Sarver, sales, Jerry Nicholson, parts, Ken Gay, service, and Susan Cummings, accounting. The entire staff has more than 250 years of combined service at Shawnee Cycle Plaza. Located at 13020 Shawnee Mission Parkway in Shawnee, Kansas, they are obviously in the motorcycle business for the long haul. Barry Bunner sold me one of my bikes, and Ken still remembers servicing my silver with blue stripes ’82 CB900F for about a dozen years, until I moved to the opposite side of the city. I would have purchased my third bike from them as well, but they could not obtain the red 1994 Honda VF750C Magna that I was lusting after. (My ’94 Magna currently has 112,196 miles on it.) 42 Wide Open Naturally, Shawnee Cycle Plaza has improved and expanded over the years. They currently offer Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Victory, and CF Moto (sport and utility ATVs) for your purchasing options. Whether you’re looking for Sport, Adventure, Motocross, Cruiser, Dual Purpose, Scooters, ATVs, 4x4, Supersport, Touring, Off-Road, or Utility, they’ve got an option available to satisfy your desire for some wheeled excitement. They stock an extensive selection of riding gear and accessories to get you started, plus the necessary parts and service to keep you going. They provide the service to the Lenexa Police Department to keep their Victory motorcycles road-worthy. Shawnee Cycle Plaza has a plethora of events planned on a regular basis to offer you more reasons to ride with them and visit. MidMarch was the new 2014 model introductions for their Honda, Kawasaki, Yamahas, Vi ctory, and CF Moto lines. End of March was their Chili and Chaps Ride starting and ending at Shawnee Cycle Plaza with the rallying cry