ýý-WHITBY FREEýPRESSY1,EDNESL1TYMAY6 1987i PAGE 9 Egan liscreln a ihBrooklin Cycle .. . ROB EGAN, owner of Brooklin Cycle, rolis one of 20 Honda motorcycles onto a truck for delivery to Durham. College. The bikes were donated for a new course at the college. Free Press photo Construction begins on clinic ..,.y DONNA DONAIDSON Asod-turning was held recentlyJ to mark tbe beginningof construc- tion of a cbiropractic clinic on Dun- das St. E., just west of Sunnycrest Nursing Home. Owners of the clinic are Dr. Rudy Enns and Dr. Peter Wysotski, wbo now practice ini Oshawa and will be two of the six chiropractors at the PETER WYSOSTSKI cllnic. It's an excellent location,~ ser- ving both Oshawa and Witby," said Enns. "W'e've been looking for the right place for two years, " said Wysotski of the choice of the Whitby location. "We tbought this was the new hub of the region - Witby is really up and coming. " Mayor Bob Attersley and Neil Smith, construction manager for WinValley Construction Ltd. of Whitby wich is building the clinic, were on band for tbe sod-turning ceremony. Smith says the clinic will be a one-storey, 5,500 sq. ft. structure witb a brick ven eer. Construction is expected to be compMeted by Oc- tober. Enns says the clinic will feature a "6wellness centre," the first in Durham Region and one of the first in Ontario. Wellness centres, begun in the U.S., provide nutrition analysis, exercise advice, aerobics, sports medicine and laser accupressure. The clinic will also bave 18 treat- ment rooms. "More and more people want to find ways to feel better, and we can belp tbem do tbat, " said Enns. "There is no other facility in the area that can provide sucb a diver- sified service like this, " said Enns. Zoning for tbe location was ap- proved last July. Wysotski bas been in practice 17 years and Enns, 10 years.---- By JANETBROWNE Rob. Egan's Brooklin Cycle business bas corne a long.way since its origins in a two-car garage on Highway 7 in Brooklin. Now, with two stores on the go, one on Dundas St. in Whitby and the other in the Oshawa Center, and two extensions going up beside and in front of the Whitby location, Egan says be bas bardly enougb time to enjoy the motorbikes him- self., "Thne main reason I got into this business was because I liked riding, bikes were my sole source of tran- sportation. Now, I bardly bave time to sit on one."$ Althougb the extensions are Egan's project, tbey will not be oc- cupied by the Brooklin Cycle store. Instead, the 33,000 sq., ft. of space will be leased to other businesses. Construction of the east extension has already begun and its main tenant will be Smitty's Pancake House, a "Big, big, chain from out west. " There is still room available for lease in tbe east extension, and there are not yet any confirmed tenants for the front extension. Smitty's Pancake House is set to open in mid-JuIy, but the other tenants may be ready beforé tbat. The front extension wiil undergo construction shortly, and Egan ex- pects it to be ready by mid-fail. He says bis decision to expand was not because tbe cycle store was too small. "We've got enougb room here. We just didn't need ail tbat extra parking space tbat everybody else was using. " Despite the fact tbat motorcycle sales have dropped as much as 28 per cent in tbe last few years, Egan says Brooklin -Cycle managed to "bhold its own," and sales are going up again this year. The market for motorcycles is cbanging, be says, a the predominant buying group is now tbose age 24-30, rather than the 17- 21 age group of previous years. "They're people wbo are a littie more.sensible, a little safer," says Egan. In order to imprnve safety awareness in ail age groups, Egan, along with the support of the Honida company, bas donated 20 brand new motorcycles to Durham College for the Canada Safety Council motorcycle training programn. Held at the college, the 25-hour course is open to anyone wishing to obtain a motorçycle licence for the cost of $150. "It's an excellent course. I'd recommend for any first time biker to take it. It wouldn't hurt more ex- perienced. drivers to take it, either. " Brooklin Cycle is "by far the largest bike dealersbip in Durham,'. and one of the larger ones in Ontario, ac.cording to the owner. Aside from the sale of Hon- da bikes and power equipment, the store offers a full-fledged service department, and a machine shop where 'Iany, operation that can be performed on a bike can be done," says Egan. The original Brooklin Cycle had a yearly output of 15 or 16 pieces of equipment, back in 1975, or "many, many moons, ago," as Egan describes it. This year, he expects to sell approximately 800 pieces. The most promising, piece ' f equipment for the future, at least in tbe Honda line, may be the scooters Egan feels. "The crowd that rides them now is just the tip of the iceberg, " he says. "Sales wiil take off in the next couple of, years. It's cause they're so easy to drive - it's just a matter of getting on one andgoing." Scooter'riders are abundant in the bigger cities like Toronto, and "Everybody bas one in Quebec. "We're at the point now where aloteverything -is- city from Pickering to Bowmanviile," he, says. Another device which is sure to.' N.become popular is the "Wetbike, " a scooter which transports its -rider over the surface of the water. Egan will carry a line of these in the near future. "We've got it all covered now - road, land, dirt, and now water." DR. RUDY ENNS * "ecL Rem. 2 * ~Park.large 3lfcfrm GHPark Gen, fcol b~m.m0 *To, seil the small items that youj * ogh weren't worth advertising 0 . *. .... nl Provided as a service to oure * m..dm. readers livinf0 ail items mus b priced at iess than $50 lae 2 price muis be stated in ad l(nmultiple items <r *G sets must have a total prwce tf Iess than $50> Ormesl maximum 15 u'ords (pieuse have u'ording 0 S rm.f~~L% of.413ove? ready - u'e re floti naking anvthing on theseà *~~~~~~~~ Cff/o,~'efefr*strirtl , ash or VIJSA4 j dropThe Whitby Free Press cu 131Brock St. N. l668-6111j