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PSB reports that " motorcycle industry stalwarts Lloyd Greer and Tim Sutherland have acquired Bison Thunder Motorcycle in St . Paul and will offer their exclusive performance work , accessories and customizing skills at the dealership now operating as Indian Motorcycle St . Paul ." The service center will be expanded with a second Lloydz Garage custom and performance hub - Greer and Sutherland have owned and operated Indian Motorcycle Charlotte in North Carolina since 2018 , and last summer they opened Lloydz Garage on the grounds of the Sturgis Buffalo Chip .
Honda Motor Co ., Ltd has announced a one million euro donation to the Japanese Red Cross Society to support humanitarian aid for those affected in Ukraine and neighboring countries . The donations will be used to support the crisis response in Ukraine and the relief efforts in nearby countries hosting refugees .
The Board of Directors of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme ( FIM ) announced its condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its decision to suspend the Motorcycle Federation of Russia ( MFR ) and the Belarusian Federation of Motorcycle Sport ( BFMS ) as a result . The Board of Directors of FIM North America unanimously concurred with the FIM Board ' s action and will honor its request by prohibiting riders from the Russian and Belarusian motorcycle federations from participating in FIM North America activities .
Though already much recognized and honored for their career contributions and passion for motorsports , Vance & Hines lifelong petrol head performance obsessives Terry Vance and Byron Hines received another accolade at Daytona Bike Week this year - both were inducted into the Daytona-based Motorsports Hall of Fame .
' AMD ' to Remain Suspended for 2022
AMD Magazine owner and World Championship of Custom Bike Building owner Robin Bradley has announced that there will NOT after all be an ' AMD ' Finals staged at the Cologne , Germany Expo in October 2022 . The ' AMD ' program will therefore remain suspended for the foreseeable future " as we examine options for the future of the event program - options that represent a viable , sustainable and future- facing formula ." Evaluating the history of the ' AMD ', Bradley says : " When we started to get involved in lending our magazine name to supporting custom bike shows in Europe in the 1990s ( with Custom Chrome ), the best years of the custom parts and accessory market were still to come . As the custom build market burgeoned in the 2000s , the AMD World Championship ( as the event had become ) thrived . It certainly did much to change the structure , staging values and profile of the custom motorcycle show scene . I am proud to be able to say that most would subscribe to the view that it did so for the better of the market and provided a timely and much needed injection of integrity - especially where class structures and judging have been concerned . " There is no question that the ' AMD ' remains a popular and powerful concept that is admired worldwide . It has proven to be a viable and valuable showcase for the design and engineering excellence that has always existed , and still exists , within the international custom motorcycle market . " An important part of our mission has been to ' spread the word '. There was a large element of ' singing to the choir ' about the custom show industry before the ' AMD ' program gave it a focus that a wider public could relate to . It became essential that custom bike builders the world over were able to reach a wider audience , and we are very proud to have played a part in achieving that . " What was once niche has become mainstream , and the effects had been able to be seen increasingly in the sales being achieved by the major OE manufacturers the world over in the past decade , and in the direction of travel that motorcycle design continues to take . " Our mission now is to consult and rebuild the ' AMD ' concept with a viable , relevant , future-facing formula that is sustainable in both financial and timescale terms . Our focus in the short-term will be to find an event formula that can be staged on a long weekend rather than a week-long undertaking . " That formula will also need to be one that recognizes , indeed showcases and promotes the new school of design , engineering and performance excellence that the PTW industry needs to see to prosper if two wheels are to take their place as a transport solution whose time has come . " The trick will be to do that without throwing away our market ' s heritage
and , so far , I think that the versatility that we built into the ' AMD ' formula from the start has proven to be robust enough for it to achieve that - we will never forget to dance with the girl who brung us ! " Finally ( for now !), I want to pay tribute to Koelnmesse , the Cologne , German exhibition center that organizes INTERMOT , and to the IVM , the German motorcycle industry trade association that owns the show . " Both have been outstanding partners who have dug deep and done much allow the custom motorcycle industry itself to prosper , build their businesses and build futures for their families and lifestyles for their customers .
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