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Kenny Ives Jr., Owner ----- Kenny was born in Willimantic in 1970 and has been around motorcycles ever since. He grew up in his Grandfathers shop, Burt Ives Honda in Columbia. Kenny started his motorcycle racing career on a CR80 in 1979 and went on to race 3-Wheelers in 1985. With four championships at southwick on Quads, and one AMA Grand National Race win in New York in 1987, his illustrious career continued into the winter of 1988 as he was crowned New York Ice State Champion. When asked whether or not he would make a comeback on the track, he simply stated, anything's possible. His life experiences growing up in the industry has given him the knowledge and expertise in order to grow his own business into what it is today. When not at work, he enjoys RC racing with several of the guys in the shop and enjoys beating them badly. He is an avid street bike and mountain bike rider. In 1991 he met his wife Jessica at the Sturbridge Ice Races and they have been married for 12 years. During a recent outing at the local National MX event, Kenny was quoted as saying, "My wife and I do everything together. We come to work together, we ride mountain bikes together, we do everything together. I love her more than anything in the world." Jessica Ives- Owner ----- Jessica has been around dirt bikes and atv's since high school. When she met her husband Kenny, she was riding dirtbikes and he convinced her to give the quads a chance. That year she raced a Yamaha Blaster that Kenny tricked out up at Southwick. Now with the demands of a growing business, the free time they have is spent riding street bikes which she also loves. When Chaplin Kawasaki was first started, Jessica owned her own salon and had over ten years invested into her career as a hairdresser. With the growing demand of her help at the new motorcycle shop, and as she began to work less and less hours at her job, she gave up her career to work full time mainly as the business manager for Chaplin Kawasaki. During her limited free time she also enjoys mountain biking in the good weather, and snowboarding in the winter.

This is Ken Ives Sr, Kenny Ives Jr's Father.
He does not work at Chaplin but he still sends
many customers to us.
Thanks for all the help.

Mark Olsen-- Service Manager and Head Technician. -- Profile to be updated shortly.

Jeff Waddell-- Service Technician-- Jeff comes to Chaplin Kawasaki/Polaris bringing 30 years of automotive experience into our powersports business. He recently attended school in New York and achieved Polaris' MSD certification. Jeff is an avid snowmobiler and enjoys riding his touring motorcycle on the street. He also owns a 1983 Kawasaki KDX200, an oldie but a goodie. He also enjoys getting out and playing a round of golf and specializes in photography on the side. Jeff works occasionally as a wedding photographer, not to be confused with Adam Sandler as the Wedding Singer.



Kevin Cordier-- Technician-- Kevin has worked in the Motorcycle Industry for the last five years. His formal training in the industry took place at MMI in Phoenix Arizona and is Kawasaki certified. When he's not working, you'll find Kevin either getting his truck covered in mud or riding his sport bike all over. An avid outdoorsman, very rarely will you find him lounging around inside doing nothing. His other passions include fishing, camping, riding dirt bikes, and being the resident bull here. Very few people can walk around with a full size dirtbike in both arms. "Hey Kevin! Whats in the red cooler behind you on the back of that Quad?"

Meet Brenda Morin our Finance Manager. Brenda has been an employee of Chaplin Kawasaki since 2007, it is a proven fact she gets the job done! She began her career in the industry at the "bottom" (so to speak) which enabled her to acquire a vast amount of experience in many areas of the business. Everything from cleaning bathrooms to her current past time - helping enthusiasts "ride" at an affordable price and with piece of mind. Brenda grew up in Killingly and currently resides in Brooklyn. She is a mom to three wonderful teenage daughters (which could explain why she lovessss to come to work!)
Lonnie Humphries- Custodial Engineer & Employee Morale Coordinator



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