Vance & Hines Appoints Paul Langley As Company's New President

Vance & Hines has appointed Paul Langley as the company’s new president. In turn, Terry Vance, having served as the company’s president since its founding more than 30 years ago, will move to the role of chairman.

Langley has served most recently as senior vice president of sales and marketing at Vance & Hines as well as overseeing the development of its newest manufacturing facilities and race programs in Brownsburg, Ind. Prior to joining Vance & Hines in 2005, Langley served as a senior vice president at Dynojet Research having played an instrumental role in the company’s global expansion and its transition to a publicly traded enterprise.

Having founded Vance & Hines with longtime business partner Byron Hines in 1979, Terry Vance has led the company from its start-up as a two-man operation to its current capacity of 250,000-plus square feet of manufacturing space with more than 500 employees.

“I have enjoyed the unique privilege of building this company and brand from the ground up. Beyond everything we have achieved on the racetrack, this company stands as the proudest accomplishment of my career,” said Vance on the announcement of his successor. “Like myself, Paul has more than three decades of experience in this business, and there isn’t another person in this industry that I have more confidence in as I hand over the baton of day-to-day operations going forward.”

In his new role as chairman, Vance will continue to focus on next generation products as well as guiding the direction of the company as it moves ahead to meet the challenges of the future.

“Terry has built a company that stands as a benchmark for the motorcycle aftermarket in all respects. I am keenly aware of this and firmly committed to ensuring that Terry and Byron’s legacy will endure as the company progresses in the years that lie ahead,” stated Langley on the announcement of his appointment.

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.