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Organizer Ruth Lemass has had to announce cancelation of the Carole Nash Irish Motorbike & Scooter Show slated for March 5-7 at Dublin . The show would have been the next due AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building official affiliate event . The plan at this time is to stage the next ' Dublin Show ' in March 2022 .

The annual Bigtwin Bikeshow & Expo , originally slated for October 30 through November 1 this year , at Expo Houten near Utrecht in the Netherlands , has also been canceled .

Harley-Davidson recently removed the ' Bronx ' streetfighter motorcycle from the Future Vehicles page on its website . According to PSB , BMO Capital Markets says that at a stroke , this removes sales of 1,550 units and $ 17m from 2021 forecasts , with knock-on impact on its 2022 unit forecast of 1,430 units and a further - $ 18m of revenue to $ 4.322bn .

PSB ( via Newsbreak . com ) reported that as at September 15 at least three motorcycle dealerships had been destroyed by the forest fires in Oregon - D & S Harley-Davidson , Medford ( Est . 1971 ); Hansen ' s BMW Motorcycles , Medford ( Est . 1972 ) and Oregon Motorcycle Adventures KTM , also at Medford , Oregon ( Est . 2004 ).

Slated for Columbus , Ohio in January 2021 , the Board of Directors of the MIC has confirmed the not unexpected news that it has had to cancel AIMExpo in January 2021 - which is itself a rebuilt date from the original early October 2020 slot . Indeed , the entire expo was a rebuilt concept , having abandoned the consumer attendance days and folded back into the classic three-day trade expo format that the market appears to have left behind - certainly in terms of theoretically independent trade shows . While the burgeoning market of distributor events has been hit by COVID-19 concerns , AIMExpo appears to have been hit by a double whammy - the pandemic and , to judge by the show floorplan , a decidedly lukewarm response from vendors . Which is a shame as it had been hoped that co-joining with Tucker Powersports to host their traditional January Dealer Show at AIMExpo , and in the Midwest rather than its usual venues in Texas , should have helped to put wind back into the event ' s sails - however , with COVID-19 reshaping the way specialty and traditional channel based industries such as the motorcycle market do business , we may now never know if the initiative and changes would have made a difference . Cinnamon Kernes , Vice President and General Manager MIC Events , is quoted as saying : " We have made the difficult decision to postpone the 2021 AIMExpo , the industry ' s annual trade show , and while this wasn ' t an easy choice , it is certainly the right one . " With local directives limiting gathering size , travel restrictions , and a myriad of other obstacles created by the pandemic , there are too many unknown factors limiting our ability to create a safe environment that will also deliver the experience and ROI our

exhibitors and attendees expect . We do not want to deliver a show that doesn ' t live up to their high standards . Also impacting our decision to postpone are the dealers working to rebuild their businesses after suffering devastating damage from fires , hurricanes and floods that have hit both the East and West Coasts . " There is tremendous value in face-toface meetings and in-person events , and we believe in their ability to create irreplaceable opportunities to connect with people and businesses to drive commerce ." For the record , we here at AMD Magazine 100 percent agree with that and hope that once the impacts of the pandemic are tamped down , there will still be a role for such events - distributor shows and independent or trade association-backed initiatives alike . It is a worry that , as is the case in Europe , if national motorcycle industry trade associations can ' t maintain such events , then it will be very difficult for anyone other than the

market ' s distributors to be able to do so . Kernes went on to say : " The AIMExpo team will continue to work with key industry partners , including Tucker Powersports , to explore options that deliver relevant and important educational content for dealer attendees in 2021 . Likewise , the team will be looking for opportunities to connect the powersports brands through quality networking events later this year . We look forward to bringing AIMExpo back in 2022 and will celebrate the industry of powersports and everyone that makes it great ." Earlier this year , AIMExpo and Tucker Powersports announced co-locating shows . Tucker supports the decision to postpone and has made a separate announcement regarding their plans for 2021 . In it , Marc McAllister , CEO of Tucker Powersports , stated : " While we at Tucker were very excited for the opportunity to be a part of the AIMExpo show this year , the health and safety of our dealers and supplier partners has to be our first priority . We want to respect public health restrictions and we don ' t want to put anyone at risk . We are now looking forward to reconnecting with the MIC and AIMExpo in 2022 ."