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SEMA has announced that automotive specialtyequipment retail sales reached a new high , growing to $ 47.89bn in 2020 ($ 46.2bn in 2019 ), with early evidence suggesting stronger sales in 2021 . While the industry was certainly affected by the pandemic , some businesses were spared from full lockdowns as auto parts were considered an essential business in some areas . Even amid the disruption of the pandemic , many of the industry ' s companies reported record sales in 2020 as enthusiasts spent money on their cars instead of other pursuits , with 48 % of enthusiasts doing more online shopping for parts in 2020 than in 2019 , and 40 % reporting spending more time working on their vehicle .

Yamaha ' s recent ' Environmental Plan 2050 ' is the first acknowledgment by a major PTW manufacturer that ' synth gas ' can and will have a role to play in the market ' s future . Given that ICE units have at least an average life expectancy of 15 years , and will remain available for sale right up to whatever deadline each individual country chooses , there will be a need for zero tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions gasoline for at least 30 more years if 2035 is taken as a median international adoption benchmark - longer if the powerful German auto industry lobby group ( VDI ) is able to maintain its grip on policy making .

Swiss watchmaker Breitling and British motorcycle manufacturer Triumph have announced a long-term partnership - gearing up for a limited-edition watch and a customized motorcycle to be revealed in early 2022 .

PSB reports that , in the United States , Kawasaki has announced increased capital spending , employment growth at its Lincoln , Nebraska factory . Kawasaki has been manufacturing in Nebraska since 1974 . Currently the facility covers approximately 2.4 million sq ft and employs over 2,400 , and an estimated $ 200 m in capital and tooling will be spent there in the next 18 months - much of it aimed at rail car projects .

Despite breaking his elbow a month ago in the Superbike race at Road America in Wisconsin , Kyle Wyman did what was necessary to back up that weekend ' s Mission King Of The Baggers win to secure the title on his factory Harley-Davidson Screamin ' Eagle Road Glide on the iconic 2.238 mile Laguna Seca circuit , California , on Sunday July 11 . The three-round Championship wrapped up with Wyman starting from the pole and never headed in the eight-lap race . He gained more than a full second on second-place finisher and Mission Foods S & S Cycle Indian rider Tyler O ' Hara on almost every lap of the race until he decided to slow his pace a little towards the end . At the checkered flag he took the win by just under four-and-ahalf seconds over O ' Hara , with an average speed of 86.100 mph , a total time of 12:28.596 minutes and a best lap time of 1:31.983 minutes . Third place went to DTF Performance / Hoban Brothers Performance Racing Harley- Davidson rider Michael Barnes , just 4.913 seconds behind O ' Hara with a 1:33.249 fastest lap - this followed up on their win in the premier Bagger GP

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Class two weeks earlier at the inaugural Bagger Racing League event at Salt Lake City . Round one of the Roland Sands Design Super Hooligans QuaTTro Championship also took place at Laguna Seca on Sunday with the road race portion of the multi-disciplinary series . Two KTM-mounted riders battled at the front , with Chris Fillmore prevailing over his teammate Andy DiBrino by just . 045 of a second . SportbikeTrackGear . com Junior Cup regular David Kohlstaedt rode his Indian to third place .

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Riding KTMs , Chris Fillmore ( 11 ) beat Andy DiBrino ( 62 ) to win the RSD Super Hooligans race .

Pictures by Brian J . Nelson

Kyle Wyman ( 33 ), riding his factory Harley-Davidson Screamin ' Eagle Road Glide , jumped out front at the start of the Mission King Of The Baggers finale and was never headed - going on to win the race by nearly 4.5 seconds from S & S Cycle Indian rider Tyler O ' Hara , with the DTF Performance / Hoban Brothers Performance Racing Harley-Davidson of Michael Barnes third .

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