Big News From Big Buck!
In early June, Yamaha assembled the media in South Carolina for the unveiling of its 2017 ATV/UTV product lines.
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USA Pro Supermoto, promoter for the AMA Supermoto National Championship Series, has added Johnny Lewis to the team. A former AMA Supermoto racer, Lewis is a consultant in charge of sponsor relationships. “I think the whole concept of blending all disciplines together – motocross, flat track, and road racing – make it one of the
Triumph Takes Center Stage
Starting with the “Bonneville Reborn Tour” spanning North America in the fall of 2015 and rolling through a record sales month in April, Triumph is the top European brand in the U.S. once again.
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“There are only a few professionals in powersports who crossover the many skills needed to work with these aggressively growing brands.”
The New Face Of Motorcycling?
If you have to ask what a Millennial is, you may not understand how much of your future business is going to be dramatically impacted by those currently between the ages of 16 and 30.
Alternative Profit Centers
When somebody asks you what you do for a living, do you automatically answer that you are in the motorcycle business? We all tend to identify powersports dealers as “motorcycle” dealers… however there are a growing number of alternative profit centers.
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Industry veteran chooses Biker’s Choice. Formerly with Peterson’s Harley-Davidson of Miami (North) and most recently a field sales representative at Drag Specialties, Jeffrey Colon is now with Biker’s Choice.
V-Twin Expo – A Success Story 16 Years In The Making
For nearly two decades, the V-Twin Expo has brought together business-minded industry professionals each February to network, collaborate and exhibit the latest products for the V-Twin market.
Shifting Gears December 2015
Our friends at MotorcycleIndustryJobs.com report a record year for the number of “Help Wanted” ads placed in the past 12 months. We have tracked some of the highlights of this year’s new hires going back to January.
INTERBIKE
Interbike is the largest bicycle industry tradeshow in North America, hosting the two-wheeled world for five full days of product demonstrations, education and industry networking in mid-September. However if you didn’t notice the lycra instead of leather in the apparel booths, a dealer could be fooled into thinking this was a motorcycle trade event.
Western Power Sports
WORK HARD, PLAY HARD! Many companies can claim to treat their employees like family. Others proclaim their passion for the powersports industry or their ability to do things better than the competition. However, at some point it all starts coming across as contrived – or at least a well polished script. That is not the
Tucker Rocky Distributing
From Ed Tucker’s humble beginnings selling oil to dealers in Dallas in the late 1960s to Bob Nickell taking over in the 1970s and the acquisitions of leading competitors in the 1980s, contraction in the 1990s right through to last year’s merger with the Motorsport Aftermarket Group (MAG), Tucker Rocky Distributing has been deep in the heart of the powersports industry from day 1.
