AMA Announces Award Recipients, Selects Craig Vetter for Dud Perkins Lifetime Achievement Award
The American Motorcyclist Association has announced that AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee Craig Vetter is the winner of the prestigious AMA Dud Perkins Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016. The annual award acknowledges the highest level of service to the AMA in any area of activity.
December Wholesale Pricing in Review
Average Wholesale Pricing (AWP) improved overall in December. Prices rose for all street categories other than sport bikes over the prior 3-month average.
2015 MPN Feature Highlights
Throughout the 2015 calendar year MPN focused on a number of different topics to engage you readers. Therefore, it was an awfully tough task to pick some of the year’s top feature stories to highlight in this special issue. But here are the top 10 we chose.
16 Things To Watch For In 2016
…As We Turn the Page on a Solid Year [dropcap]B[/dropcap]efore we turn the page to 2016, it is important to take stock of what happened in 2015. There was no shortage of stories across the powersports landscape in the past year, including Harley’s struggles; Polaris’ inability to keep pace with the demand for the Indian
More Female Riders Than Ever According to Latest Motorcycle Industry Council Owner Survey
Female motorcycle ownership is at an all-time high according to the latest data from the Motorcycle Industry Council. The MIC’s latest Motorcycle Owner Survey found that women account for 14 percent of all U.S. motorcycle owners, well up from the 8 percent reported in 1998.
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.
Kendon Industries Adds Parts Unlimited/Drag Specialties Distribution in America
Kendon Industries, LLC has announced the addition of Parts Unlimited/Drag Specialties as its newest distribution partner in the United States market. Parts Unlimited/Drag Specialties will distribute the full line of Kendon Stand-Up Powersports Trailers through a 9,000+ dealer network.
NPA Pre-Owned Monthly Recap – October In Review
Seasonal Average Wholesale Pricing (AWP) stabilized further in October with signs of improvement in certain regions of the country. Metric Cruisers, Sport bikes and ATVs were up from the prior three-month average.
We Can’t Afford This Type of Trouble
Call it cyber attacks or data breaches or whatever you like, but this stuff is scary. One online report said the average cost per stolen record was $150-$200. That’s per record! Can you imagine if you had a couple hundred or couple thousand records stolen from your system? It could mean the end of a dealership.
MAG Announces Executive Shifts
The Motorsport Aftermarket Group (MAG) has appointed Kevin Strawbridge to head its Retail and Media Groups. The parent company to both online retailers Motorcycle SuperStore and J&P Cycles, as well as Motorcycle-USA.com and “America’s Motorcycle Weekly” CycleNews, recently consolidated its retail operations in Irving, Texas.
Habits To A Highly Effective Sales Professional
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]irst published in 1990, Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is one of the best-selling and most influential personal development books of all time. The Seven Habits themselves are a simple set of rules for life and powerful principles anyone can apply to improve their personal productivity and performance. In this article,
Chrome Capital Completes Financing
Chrome Capital, the nation’s leading lessor of pre-owned Harley-Davidson motorcycles, has closed on the first $40 million of an $80 million senior credit facility with Alostar Bank of Commerce and Comvest Capital, as co-lenders.
SEMA 2015
SEMA offers powersports dealers a one-stop marketplace for all the new products and services offered by some of the leading powersports manufacturers. It also offers automotive parts and accessory retailers and distributors new opportunities to add complementary cross-over products and services.
September Wholesale Prices in Review
Most Categories Return to Typical Seasonal Trends Seasonal Average Wholesale Pricing (AWP) began to stabilize in September. Metric Cruisers, Sport bikes and ATVs were only down slightly from the prior three-month average and Side-by-Sides were up. The MX category was down further and Domestic Cruisers continued to slide as new models entered the market despite
Work ON Your Business Not IN It
As of this writing, we are preparing to head down to Orlando for what looks like the biggest AIMExpo ever in only its third year. Show officials say there are more than 550 exhibitors signed up with 17 OEMs on hand as well as hundreds of powersports aftermarket companies. We’re excited to be a part of it as the Official Publishers of the AIMExpo Show Daily and Show Directory as well as the Souvenir Program.
Giant Loop Timbersled and Snow Bike Products
For winter 2015-2016, Giant Loop is turning its focus on the unique requirements of Timbersleds and other snow bike riders, with the market segment’s most comprehensive collection of fender-to-tunnel solutions.
