January 10, 2008
Welcome from Bryan Hudgin
Hi, and welcome to the Bike Blog! My name is Bryan Hudgin (“Huggy” to folks at work). I’m a marketing rep at Yamaha Motor Canada, where I’ve worked since November 2003.
What do I ride? Everything, and nothing! Meaning, I don’t have my own bike right now – but I probably rode more than two dozen Yamaha models this past year.
All the loaner bikes I ride are good at what they do, but my roots are with motocross. I like to razz the sport bike guys around the office, saying ‘everyone knows that real athletes race motocross, the rest of you putt around on pavement!” 
Bikes I have owned include a series of unfortunate purchases I don’t particularly like to recall. There was red, then yellow, then red, then yellow. What can I say, I was young and naive! Then the first love of my life (or maybe second?) was a 1997 Yamaha YZ 125.
My favourite bike model of all time is the 2001 YZ 250F. My friend owned one in 2002; I hadn’t been on a bike in a couple years, and I was back from university for the weekend. I jumped on my pal’s YZ 250F, and just loved how fat the power was! (I’d never ridden a 4-stroke specifically built for motocross before.)
My favourite trip ever on a bike was probably riding my Mom’s Virago 750 the day after I turned 16. The beauty of the M1 license in Ontario at the time meant that I didn’t need a chaperon to drive with. So I was off to the job site at my summer job (where I was officially a blue-collar redneck).
My hobbies used to be working out, riding, partying…you know, typical early-20s stuff. I’m at that stage now, though, where home renovations, weddings, and paying bills seem to be taking an inordinate amount of my time (and money).
I am choosing to blog on this new Yamaha Bike Blog to… increase my typing words per minute? No, wait … I want to communicate to our customers stuff they might find interesting, or want to get involved with. Hope you enjoy!
-Huggy
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Hi Bryan,
What does a ‘marketing rep’ do?
Just a brief recap will suffice.
No need to post your entire job description.
Gary.
Hey Gary, thanks for asking. At Yamaha we have a handful of reps or coordinators, all with their own responsibilities. My duties pertain to PR & Advertising, while others look after areas such as:Point of Purchase Materials, Brochures, Event and Show Support, Parts and Accessories,Media Purchasing, Dealer Co-op Processing and most importantly, making our national marketing manager, Tim, look good!
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:22 pmThere is always a million other things that we end up working on, but you asked for brief, and brief and million don’t usually go together
Huggy
Bryan
I won a pair of Yamaha Podium pants that you provided to RacerX Canada for a giveaway, just wanted to say thanks, they are awesome. I’ve been riding Yammys for quite a few years now and am considering replacing my 2005 YZ250( this bike was ridden by Blair Morgan in 2005 MXdN and montreal SX)with something new.
Thanks Again
Craig Hillrich
“You’re welcome Craig! I’ve got a pair of those pants myself and they’re beauties!
I have a friend who owns a 2008 YZ250 and a 2007 YZ450F, and he loves them both for different reasons. Sometimes, he has a hard time deciding which to ride on any given day. In the tight woods he prefers the flickability and handling of the two-stroke, while on the track he prefers the broad torque of the four-stroke. Either way, it’s a nice decision to have to make. Hope your search goes well.
Huggy”
January 28th, 2008 at 9:46 amhai.. hm.. wht u can share here? visit my site so we can xchnge any tips,info on yamaaha..
July 3rd, 2008 at 1:41 pmLove this article and all things YZ450, but cant see many comments. Any hoo great stuff. Ill pass this on to a friend or two, thanks for this.
May 27th, 2010 at 7:12 amHi Pamy,
I like all things YZ450 – and YZ250F – as well! When you say you can’t see many comments, do you mean you can’t actually see where people are commenting (you need to click the link “Comments” under each blog) or that the blogs are lacking comments?
DanBro