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Harley has launched H-D Collections , a grouping of " unique and distinct lifestyle apparel lines " aimed at groovy young folk who like their gear " defined by heritage and craftsmanship ." Harley ' head boy ' Jochen Zeitz said : " H-D Collections brings together the many facets of moto-culture lifestyle , paying tribute to our heritage with both Harley- Davidson Originals and Authorized Vintage , while pushing the limits of design , form and function with Bar & Shield ." In addition to planned collaborations , three product lines are planned - Bar & Shield by Harley-Davidson , Harley- Davidson Originals and Harley- Davidson Authorized Vintage .
In preparation for the 97th ISDE , which will take place Nov . 6-11 in San Juan , Argentina , the AMA is changing how the U . S . ISDE qualifier process is staged for 2023 . In an effort to improve rider turnout , reduce costs and event conflicts , instead of an ISDE qualifier series , two three-day qualifiers will be held - one on the East Coast and one on the West Coast . They will be held in SC in February and Utah in March .
Through its venture capital fund BMW i Ventures , the BMW Group has taken a stake in U . S . ( Colorado ) based company Jetti Resources . " The goal is to foster responsible and resourceconserving copper extraction to address rising demand in a more sustainable way . Founded in 2014 , Jetti Resources has developed a pioneering process for copper extraction that utilizes previously unused ore from existing copper mines ."
BRP has reported Q3 revenues of CAN $ 2,709m , up + 71 % compared to the same period last year , a record performance for a single quarter in the company ' s history . Normalized EBITDA of $ 488m was up + 94 %. Retail sales up for powersports products were + 43 %, with market share gains for SSV unit sales in North America . Normalized diluted EPS of $ 3.64 is an increase of $ 2.16 per share or + 146 % and a record performance for a single quarter ; diluted EPS of $ 1.76 was an increase of $ 0.23 per share , or + 15 %. As BRP ' s expansion activities continue , the quarter saw the Canadian manufacturer acquire 80 % of the outstanding shares of Pinion GmbH , and the purchase of substantially all the assets related to the powersports business of Kongsberg Automotive ASA in Quebec .
<<< Continued from cover Calgary and London , Ontario in Canada . Along the way , Fred has been recognized for his contributions to both the snowmobile and motorcycle sports and industries . In 2010 , Fred was inducted into the Snowmobile Hall of Fame . In 2002 , he was inducted into the Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame , as well as the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2011 . He was also the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2007 V-Twin Expo and a Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame ' s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 . After getting to know Fred in the late- 1970s when he was one of my accounts when I was an ad sale rep at Motorcycle Dealernews magazine , he was later a Bell Helmets distributor when I worked there in the 1980s . Then , a few years after I started my publishing business in 1990 , I made a proposal to Fred for my company to produce magazines for him that LeMans could mail to their Parts Unlimited dealers in the USA and Canada . He liked the idea and Parts Magazine was born in 1994 . A similar publication for his Drag Specialties dealers followed a year later , and in 2010 , we added a quarterly magazine for his Parts Europe business in Trier , Germany . This year we are in our 30th year of publishing magazines for LeMans Corporation and we will produce 16 separate issues .
Since 2021 , I have been working on a biography of Fred ' s life that we ' ll publish later this year . The book , titled " Unlimited . The Fred Fox Story ," dates back to the years when his father and grandfather had a business in Janesville building custom-made enclosed racks for trucks to transport cans of milk from dairy farms to the processing plants in Southern Wisconsin . After graduating with an Engineering Degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1958 , Fred went to work in the family business . The young college graduate saw a brighter future , however , for sport-related vehicles and when the go-kart craze exploded in America around 1960 , Fred built a prototype kart in his spare time with a chassis made from light , but strong , chromoly tubing . A friend in nearby Rockford , IL , was also into go-karts and when he saw Fred ' s creation , he offered to order ten of them . Fred convinced his father to
H-D1 : Private-Party Listings
When Harley first announced its H-D1 Marketplace for used motorcycle sales two and a half years ago , it was initially launched as a dealer-only used motorcycle sales platform . As such it was a welcome but long overdue and blindingly obvious idea that should have been implemented years earlier - even before the ' More Roads ' strategic fail first attempted to formerly address used models as the new ' entry-level ' on a structured basis . At the time , Harley did state that eventually it would be expanded to include ' private-party ' pre-owned Harley model listings , and so the announcement that came out with the MY2023 news last week should come as no surprise . Harley has described the decision to now start hosting ' private- party ' sale listings as an " exciting step to connect a wider range of riders to their next bikes . " Customers who are interested in purchasing a bike from the H-D1 Marketplace can either contact the private party seller or the dealer directly through the site . Rider-to-Rider financing options are available to customers purchasing from a private party , in addition to in-dealership financing ." The financing option is interesting . It is potentially a good idea from the buyer ' s point of view . It is clever too from a Harley point of view , in that it gives an ongoing profit stream opportunity as late model sales age . If you can make money from the metal once , why not try to make money from the same metal as many times and in as many ways as possible , right ? take the order , thus opening a whole new product category for the company . Fox minibikes followed the go-karts , then Fred created the Fox Trac snowmobiles , which became nationally known when he drove one to victory at the first-ever Eagle River Snowmobile Derby in 1964 . Fred went on his own in 1967 and ran the business which grew into LeMans Corporation until he retired from fulltime business activities in the fall of 2021 . He then named industry veteran Paul Langley as Chairman / CEO of LeMans Corporation . My condolences to Fred ' s wife Paula , sons Steven , Brian and Craig , daughters Teri and Lori , several grandchildren , nieces and nephews and all of his many friends around the world . At this time , funeral services are pending . Please respect Fred ' s wife ' s and family ' s privacy at this time and direct any communications to me at : don @ emdebooks . com
The past 12 months has seen over 500 US dealers participating , and some 34,000 plus sales are claimed to have been made through the platform ( in two and a half years ). Harley says that private-party listings on H-D1 Marketplace will be limited to Harley-Davidson models located in the United States . Each listing will include photos and details about the motorcycle . All bikes will also be validated by VIN and go through a review-and-approval process before the listing is launched .
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