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BRIEFS
BMW has announced that BMW Group Classic , its Grand Hotel Villa D ' Este collaborator , has decided to postpone the 2021 Concorso d ' Eleganza Villa d ' Este ( again !) from the initially planned end of May 2021 date to the weekend of 1 to 3 October 2021 .
PIERER Mobility AG ( KTM , Husqvarna , GasGas etc .) has announced guidance for 2021 aftermarket share gains in key motorcycle markets ( USA , Australia and Europe ), allowing it to better define its 2021 outlook and forecast further expansion of its e-bike segment . For the financial year 2021 , sales of between € 1,800 to € 1,900m , an EBIT margin between 8-9 % and an EBITDA margin exceeding 15 % are expected . It says it expects demand in the motorized two-wheeler sector to remain high , with a further increase in sales and operating profit compared to 2020 . The operating margin in its motorcycle sector is expected to return to pre-crisis levels . Growth is expected to be driven primarily by continued high demand in North America , Australia and China , as well as by the anticipated market recovery in Europe .
The first results are emerging from Polaris ' 2020 partnership deal with Zero Motorcycles , in the form of an all-new 2022 electric RANGER utility side-byside slated to debut in late December 2021 , advancing the company ' s strategic rEV ' d up electrification strategy . This full-size RANGER is the first EV Polaris has developed since that deal was announced in September last year , with models of the new electric RANGER due to start arriving in dealerships in early 2022 .
In an effort to curtail what it sees as EPA overreach , SEMA has filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit between the U . S . EPA and Gear Box Z . Inc . of Colorado City , Az ., arguing against the EPA ' s contention that the Clean Air Act ( CAA ) does not allow a motor vehicle to be converted into a racing vehicle used solely for competition . In the lawsuit , the EPA asserts that once a vehicle has been certified as a street vehicle , it cannot be converted into a racing vehicle , even if that vehicle is trailered to the track and is never driven on public roads - contradicting its previously stated position on the matter .
Hawaya Backing AHDRA Pro Fuel and Nitro Funnybike
AHDRA Pro Fuel racers will have some extra financial security this year ( Tim Hailey reports ), and Nitro Funnybike racers will have a class sponsor - all courtesy of Johnny Vickers and Hawaya Racing . Pro Fuel ( formerly called Pro Dragster ) racers will know before their trailers hit the road that they will be racing for a guaranteed purse , regardless of how many competitors show up in the class . " Something that I ' m pretty adamant about , because I ' ve raced all my life too , is to see that the Pro Fuel racers know what to expect ," said Vickers . " Hey , there might be only two here , only four there , but it costs the racers just as much money , just as much time off , and they are going to have just as much stuff break as if there ' s eight or twelve bikes . " The racers that show up have done their part , and I ' m gonna do my part to see that they ' re rewarded . So , if two bikes show up , one of them ' s gonna be the winner , and they ' re gonna get the full $ 1,200 winner ' s purse ." Runner-up is guaranteed $ 600 , with $ 300 for semi-finalists and $ 200 for quarter-finalists , based on five or more entries . " When Bill Rowe announced he was buying AHDRA , I said ' Well , put Hawaya on the carburetor class .' So that was a fast deal and a done deal and boom , we ' re off and running .
" It makes sense for us to go back now and offer more support for the AHDRA . We ' re trying to help grow the sport and help the racers as well ." That help will also extend to Nitro Funnybike , formerly called Pro Fuel . Vickers and Rowe both feel that until class participation develops , Nitro Funnybike is better off run with a purse scaled to the number of entries . But having a major sponsor like Hawaya shows that both are committed to building the class to a solid future . The AHDRA all-American motorcycle drag racing series kicks off its second season under the stewardship of Rowe on April 17-18 at Atlanta Dragway , followed by May 22-23 at Cecil County Dragway , June 4-6 at Rockingham Dragway , June 19-20 at National Trail Raceway , August 8-10 at Sturgis , September 17-18 at South Carolina Motorsports Park ( eighth mile ), October 1-3 at Summit Motorsports Park ( Norwalk ), and November 6-7 at Gainesville Raceway , with a regional event April 30-May 1 at Darlington Dragway . Classes are Top Fuel , Hawaya Racing Nitro Funnybike , Hawaya Racing Pro Fuel , GMS Racing Pro Open , Zipper ' s Performance Pro Modified , Modified , Law Tigers Pro Bagger , Horsepower
HardDrive Driving Growth
Boise , Idaho based HardDrive , the V-twin parts and accessories division of Western Power Sports ( WPS ), says it has added more than 1,500 new parts to its 2021 catalog , with a new distribution deal being announced with NAMZ / Badlands and exclusives such as Ken ' s Factory , Kodlin USA and Nomadic . Further additions include DK Customs , Hard Street saddlebag organizers , Lectron ( originators of the slide carb design ), and Motorscan diagnostic tools , with many other vendors stepping-up and deepening their inventory availability as HardDrive continues its growth . Krys Brown , the new Director of V-Twin Product for HardDrive , told AMD that " NAMZ is the industry leader in motorcycle
electrics , providing connectors and terminals from 1971 through to today . For anyone restoring a metric , vintage , repairing an AMF , rebuilding a 1990s pro street or building a 2014 and up CAN bus Bagger , the job is simply a lot harder without using NAMZ products .
Inc . Hot Street , Outlaw Street , 9.30 index , Vreeland ' s Harley-Davidson 9.90 , 10:30 index , Universal Fleet & Tire 10.90 , 11.50 index , T-Man Performance Bagger Eliminator , Mad Monkey Motorsports Eliminator , and Trophy . This report was prepared by Tim Hailey . See and watch more motorcycle drag racing at https :// www . eatmyink . com . www . raceahdra . com
" Starting in 1990 , Badlands modules were the ' originals ', and their patented technology continues to be the best choice with modules like the all-in-one run , brake and turn with load equalizer modules , standalone load equalizers , self-canceling and sequential flashing modules - all backed up by the NAMZ / Badlands lifetime warranty ." WPS / HardDrive completed a new 245,000 sq ft warehouse at Midway , Georgia , in January last year - as an upgrade to its former Memphis , Tennessee facility . The company also completed expansions at its California facility and Idaho headquarters warehouse - taking its six strong distribution center network in the United States ( which also includes Texas and Pennsylvania ) to over 1 million sq ft in total . www . hdtwin . com
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