<<< Continued from cover recommended to the MAG board that the holding company be eliminated as an intermediary and the individual businesses allowed to report directly to the appointed board and to make their own business policies , including their own distribution decisions . The strategy has been a success , with each of the MAG brands - Performance Machine , Vance & Hines , Progressive Suspension , Burly Brand and Mustang seats , as well as Kuryakyn and Tucker - seeing vastly improved performance in the past 24 months . However , it had been public domain that , cognizant of their responsibilities to their own investors , the ownership consortium would have an open mind where alternative ownership options or other solutions became available for the individual business units on a

moving forward basis . Tucker had been one of Kuryakyn ' s primary ( but not exclusive ) distributor customers for nearly three decades . As this edition of AMD went to press it had not yet become fully apparent whether or not Tucker would continue Kuryakyn distribution through other

Just six months after the official launch and only some three months since inventory started to arrive on showroom floors , the H- D Pan America 1250 Special (" built to endure , designed to explore ") had already become the # 1 selling adventure touring motorcycle in North America as of end August 2021 . Jochen Zeitz , Chairman , CEO and President , Harley-Davidson is quoted as saying : “ Taking inspiration from our heritage , we wanted to create a motorcycle that redefined the adventure touring category and most importantly was designed and built in America . " With the Pan America Special [ Harley ' s first venture into any off-road market sector for several decades ] we targeted a selective expansion into adventure touring as part of the Hardwire strategy . The goal is to reach new and existing Harley- Davidson customers . Pan America is squarely built on our mission to deliver a timeless pursuit of adventure for our riders ." Zeitz confirmed that Harley had already sold out of the 2021 allocation and reports suggest that some examples , generally as yet unridden , are already achieving collector level premium pricing well above the launch MRSP of under $ 20,000 . outlets , including one of its domestic U . S . rivals , but the early signals were that it would be likely to do so . As a Tucker brand , Kuryakyn will take its place alongside a powerful line-up of established in-house brands such as Twin Power , BikeMaster , Tucker V- TWIN , Biker ' s Choice and leading gear and apparel brands such as Speed & Strength and First Gear , and off-road brands such as Answer , Quad Boss , ProTaper and DragonFire .

Founded in 1982 and headed up for Tucker Powersports , the respected specialty V-twin parts brand Twin Power has added new lines of organic and sintered brake pads for Harley-

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