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MP 23 Motorcycle Show Helsinki , FI • Feb 3-5 www . mp . messukeskus . com
Garage Brewed Cincinnati , OH , US • Feb 4 www . garagebrewed . com
AIMExpo Las Vegas , NV , US • Feb 15-17 www . aimexpousa . com
Mama Tried Milwaukee , WI , US • Feb 17-19 www . mamatriedshow . com
MCN London Show London , GB • Feb 17-20 mcnmotorcycleshow . com
MotorBeurs Utrecht , NL • Feb 23-26 www . motorbeursutrecht . nl
Salon du 2 Roues Lyon , FR • Feb 23-26 www . salondu2roues . com
Moto Festival Bern , CH • Feb 23-26 www . motofestival . ch
Motosalon Brno , CZ • Mar 2-5 www . bvv . cz / motosalon
Daytona Bike Week ( 82nd ) Florida , US • Mar 3-12 www . officialbikeweek . com
Motorama Madrid Madrid , ES • Mar 10-12 www . motorama . es
Warsaw Motorcycle Show Warsaw , PL • Mar 10-12 www . motorcycleshow . pl
The Prowl Bizbee , AZ , US • Mar 18 Mecanic Show Pecquencourt Pecquencourt , FR • Mar 18-19 www . mc-pecquencourt . fr
Tokyo Motorcycle Show ( 50th ) Tokyo , JP • Mar 24-26 www . motorcycleshow . org
VG Motorcycle Splits into Two Businesses
Well known Dutch frame maker Guus Hoogland has announced changes to the corporate structure and engineering focus of his VG Motorcycle frame building business . Due to the increasingly comprehensive activities and ever-broadening range of products made by VG Motorcycle , in consultation with his engineering team it has been decided to split the company into two separate businesses . From now on , VG Classic Frames & Parts , owned by Herman Hulzebosch , will produce the classic hardtail replica frames and do restorations and repairs for Knuckle and Panhead frames . This will leave Guus Hoogland special order , chopper , Softail and newer type Shovelhead and later frames . Historically it has always been producing ' specials ' that Guus has enjoyed most - one-off frame and swingarm design solutions and construction for Softails , choppers and custom builds . His side of the operation will be known simply as VG Motorcycle Specials . www . vgclassicframes . com vgmotorcyclespecials . com
Three months ago , PIERER Mobility ( KTM , Husqvarna , GasGas etc .) announced a strategic partnership with Italy ' s Varese based MV Agusta to distribute the Italian manufacturer ' s motorcycles through its own dealer network in the United States . MV Agusta has often struggled to be able to manage a viable dealer network in USA and , these days , with the Russian owned Italian marque ( Timur Sardarov is CEO ), to have a more stable production program stepping up its American availability made sense . Stefan Pierer does very little without it being associated with a bigger picture , and in early November 2022 more of that picture started to emerge . This second stage strategic announcement has three elements to it . First , KTM AG , the PIERER Mobility , Husqvarna and GasGas subsidiary that owns the KTM motorcycle manufacturing operation , will provide MV Agusta with strategic supply chain and purchasing management . Second , MV Agusta will partly
Herman Hulzebosch and Raymond Kleeman , VG Classic Frames & Parts
Guus Hoogland , VG Motorcycle Specials
KTM Takes 25.1 % Ownership Stake in MV Agusta
distribute its product range via PIERER Mobility ’ s worldwide distribution network . In the long run , the announcements from both MV and Pierer strongly suggest a further deepening of MV ' s joint venture distribution relationship with KTM beyond the existing announcement . Third , and most tellingly , effective November 2022 , KTM AG ( as opposed to Pierer AG ) " will acquire a 25.1 % stake in MV Agusta Motor S . p . A . by way of a capital increase ." The structure of the deal suggests that MV Agusta CEO Timur Sardarov ' s primary driver in seeking to ally MV to KTM so closely is capital requirements and availability . The extent to which that itself is driven by financial issues at MV , or by financing needed to fund Sardarov ' s ambitious plans for electrification of the MV range , and other previously
alluded to new model plans , will no doubt become clear in the months and years ahead - though don ' t expect a 25.1 % stake to be the high watermark of Stefan Pierer ' s own ambitions for the strategic alignment .
In other news , PIERER Mobility has announced that it is to distribute its Chinese partner CFMoto ' s motorcycles and scooters in select European markets from 1st January , 2023 - Austria , Germany , Switzerland and the UK .
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