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COMMENT : Happy Anniversary ' Trough of Despond ' ................................................ 4
With uncertainty swirling and less than stellar OE results beginning to suggest that the party of the past decade might be over , Robin Bradley looks back to 2014 , when the global motorcycle industry ' s new model registration numbers bottomed out , and at the 2008 Financial Crisis that triggered the ' Great Recession ' and still shapes our global trade today .
AFT RACING : Has the music stopped ? ............................................................................... 8-14
Widely characterized as ' The End of an Era ', will the withdrawal of the Indian FTR 750 and all-new Brave New World of Production rather than race engines mark a high-water marker in the AFT comeback from oblivion story ? Or will it be a platform for an ever brighter future for the series ?
MORE MILWAUKEE : A Part II Vendor News Review .................................. 20-25
The long-awaited move to Milwaukee ( from Madison ) for the Drag Specialties / Parts Unlimited NVP Parts Expo was always going to be a watershed , one way or another . But would LeMans have bitten off more than it could chew ? That ' s a Big Fat No !
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