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KTM , Husqvarna and GasGas owner PIERER Mobility AG ( Austria ) has said that its first half-year of 2021 performance puts it on track for an 11th record year with revenue of € 1,078.0m (+ 80 % vs . H1 2020 ) and EBIT of € 102.6m from € 1.7m for the first half of 2020 . Unit sales of 215,646 motorcycles and e-bikes are reported ( 176,045 of them being motorcycles , which was + 95 % on the first half of 2020 ).
Organizers of the UK Motorcycle Trade Expo ( British Dealer News ) have confirmed the decision to postpone the show that was due to be held near Coventry in the English Midlands in October 2021 . Expo director Andy Mayo said " the risk involved still outweighs the investment required to stage Expo in the successful format exhibitors and visitors have come to expect . It ' s the second year in a row we have had to postpone , but with so much interest being shown by exhibitors , Expo 2022 is set to be a bumper show ."
Reuters reports that the Indonesian Energy Ministry has launched a pilot project to convert motorcycles that run on combustion engines into electric-powered vehicles , part of a national drive to make transport more environmentally friendly . The project has successfully converted 10 such motorbikes and is aiming to convert 90 more by November . The government has set a target of having 13 million electric motorbikes - including converted ones - and 2.2 million electric cars on the roads by 2030 . It has also pledged to stop all sales of vehicles powered by combustion engines by 2050 . Indonesia had more than 15 million cars and 112 million motorcycles on its roads as of 2019 .
New motorcycle registrations in July for Germany were -23.20 % on the same period of 2020 at 13,317 units , but up on July 2019 by over a thousand units . For the January to July period , the German market was -3.98 % at 84,701 units YTD , which is also slightly down on the 2019 YTD figure of 87,512 . In total PTW terms , the German market was -1.66 % at 138,497 units YTD . The top-seller remains the BMW R 1250 GS . With seven models in the top 25 , no surprise that BMW remains market share leader , having sold 21,331 units YTD for a 25.18 % share ; Honda is second , followed by Kawasaki , KTM and Yamaha .
National Powersports Dealer Association
Noted former owner of AD Farrow Harley-Davidson and owner of Dealernews magazine Bob Althoff has announced the formation of the National Powersports Dealer Association ( NPDA ) in the United States . " It has been 115 years in the making , but with the formation of the NPDA there is finally a national association dedicated to protecting , educating , leading and growing powersports dealers in the United States . " The association will seek to represent all powersports retailers , and the Founding Board of Directors includes Harley-Davidson dealers , metric dealers as well as independent ( nonfranchised ) shops . The nine-member Board includes seven men and three women who are dealers in locations across America , from Alaska to Virginia . " A national organization for dealers and by dealers is something our industry has clearly needed for a long time ," says NPDA Chair Bob Althoff . " With a goal of promoting retail excellence , NPDA will provide leadership , research , training , group purchasing benefits , legislative affairs , benchmarking and more . We are so excited to finally offer dealers a lifeline to so many aspects which retailers in
Seen here with Bob Althoff ( second left , back row ) are fellow NPDA Board Members - Vice Chair Bob Kee , Destination Cycle , Kerrville , Texas ; Secretary / Treasurer Kim Harrison , Coleman PowerSports , Falls Church , Virginia ; Founding Board Member Dia Matteson , Harley-Davidson Alaska ; Founding Board Member Gail Worth , Gail ' s Powersports , Kansas City , Kansas ; Founding Board Member Robert Kay , Star City Motorsports , Lincoln , Nebraska ; Founding Board Member Maurice Slaughter , Bayside Harley- Davidson , Portsmouth , Virginia ; Founding Board Member George Gatto , Gatto Harley-Davidson , Tarentum , Pennsylvania ; and Founding Board Member Mark Peterson , Southwest Superbikes , Dallas , Texas .
other industries have had for a long time ." Althoff says that " for the NPDA to become a productive and powerful force we need members to bring all of the franchised and independent dealers in the country together . Dealers
Firebrand exhaust and performance parts are under new ownership and " excited to bring you its unique brand of exhausts ." Building on its popular Loose Cannon slip-ons for H-D touring bikes , it has " upgraded the finish and materials to create a muffler designed for durability , power and , of course , ' real deal ' sound ." It also brought back its stylized Grand Prix slipons and added stainless baffles with race style packing designed to create a no-drone rumble . Additionally , its Smoothbore headers now include shields and feature a durable asphalt black finish in addition to show chrome . Distributed
may immediately take advantage of regular annual membership , special Founding Member , +/ or discounted multiyear memberships ." Dealers interested in joining can complete a membership application - available at www . npda . org
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