Motonation Announces Sales Team Changes

Headed into 2012 Motonation says it is expecting a strong year. The 2012 collections from AGV Sport, Sidi and Vemar will require that the sales team be up to the task for the opportunities and challenges that the year will bring, the company announced recently.

To that end Motonation, has made some personnel changes to its corporate, in house brick-and-mortar sales team.

Andreas Hengstberger has joined the company as its new national sales manager. Andreas arrives with a very strong background in sales management, most recently as a regional sales manager for KTM.

Paul Eddy will now assume a new role as dealer development manager. Rounding out Motonation’s re-tooled sales team is Chris Holstein who will work in support of Andreas and Paul.

Former regional sales managers, Matt Kary and Rob Fischlowitz have left Motonation to seek other opportunities, the company said.

Motonation said its staff, both old and new, is ready to work closely with its partner retailers and sales reps and is expecting great things from its new sales team. You can visit the new team at the upcoming Dealer Expo in Indianapolis at booth #6115.

For more information about Motonation, visit www.motonation.com.

The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame recently named Marilyn Stemp and Steve Piehl to its board of directors.

Stemp is a pioneering figure in the motorcycle industry, founding IronWorks Magazine with her late husband, Dennis, and becoming the first female editor of a nationally circulated, mainstream motorcycle magazine. She also revived their trade magazine, Iron Trader News; edits the monthly Kiwi Indian News; contributes to several powersports media outlets; and is the founding editor of Sturgis Rider Daily. Stemp is a noted editor and writer of several motorcycle-focused books. Her consistent support for charitable efforts in the industry include the annual Biker Belles Celebration, Las Vegas BikeFest and as campaign chair for the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum’s development plan in 2014. She co-founded the Flying Piston charity events taking place in Daytona and Sturgis each year and is a National Ambassador for All Kids Bike. Stemp was inducted into both the Las Vegas Motorcycle Hall of Fame and the Sturgis Museum's Hall of Fame in 2018, and in 2022 she was recognized as one of the Top 100 Women in Powersports by DealerNews.