The Good Life – March-April 2017
Featuring Joe Karvonen - Motorcycle enthusiast and owner of Sisufab. Local Hero - Korean War Vet, Wilbert Scheffler, Gun Safety 101, How to Tie a Bow Tie and more in Fargo Moorhead's only men's magazine.
Featuring Joe Karvonen - Motorcycle enthusiast and owner of Sisufab. Local Hero - Korean War Vet, Wilbert Scheffler, Gun Safety 101, How to Tie a Bow Tie and more in Fargo Moorhead's only men's magazine.
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“I find myself concentrating more on making other people happy<br />
than on anything else. Making money is just a byproduct. If you<br />
concentrate on making money, you aren’t very happy.”<br />
that Brittany is also into power sports and has plans to<br />
explore road racing this year.<br />
In their spare time, Joe and Brittany love to go ice racing:<br />
“We put studded tires on our dirt bikes, haul them to a<br />
friend’s lake place, plow a track on the ice, and go ride.”<br />
Joe also enjoys non-motorized recreation, of the bicycle<br />
kind, as a way to keep in shape and relax.<br />
What’s on the horizon for Joe and Sisufab? First off, he<br />
is helping to organize an indoor motorcycle flat track<br />
race at the Schollander Pavilion at the West Fargo<br />
Fairground this <strong>April</strong> 29th. Flat track racing is highly<br />
competitive and fast-paced and is also sometimes<br />
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referred to as “dirt track” racing. <strong>The</strong> last time flat<br />
track racing happened in West Fargo was in the 1980s.<br />
Joe is hoping this event will help spark excitement for<br />
motorcycle racing in this community again.<br />
For his business, Joe said, “Our future goal at this point<br />
– our achievable goal – is to try to find a new building<br />
to grow our business in size physically. Our shop is new,<br />
but it is small. We keep it tidy and clean but it is too little<br />
for what I have on a day to day basis.”<br />
Joe looked forward: “We have the hopes of expanding<br />
into doing more of a dealership set up, but not on a<br />
big scale. We have a strong market here. I am pretty