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APRIL 2025 (# 309 )
COMMENT : AIMExpo 2025 - " The Best Year Yet "...................................................... 4
When AIMExpo arrived for an extended four-year spell in Las Vegas in 2022 , the future of the much changed three-day , trade only V-2.0 iteration of the show was unclear . However , in its fourth year in America ' s southwest it has now matured into exactly that kind of hybrid , mixed profile international motorcycle industry nexus that the 21st century calls for .
DRAG SPECIALTIES : NVP Product Expo , Louisville January 2025 ...................... 20-26
The two Drag Specialties and Parts Unlimited NVP Dealer Expos - in September and January each year - bookend the last rays of the prior summer season and the forward-looking optimism for the year ahead . This year saw dealers return to busy-ness after a slow winter with an Expo that saw the return of the V-twin market ' s usually prolific new product habit .
SP CONCEPTS : ' Elsinore ' Stainless Steel Mid-Length 2-1 .................................. 30 Named for its Lake Elsinore , California hometown , the still young but fast-growing V-twin exhaust manufacturer ' s new hand TIG-welded , handmade design for M8 Softails ' 18- ' 25 and all M8 Baggers ' 17- ' 25 features stepped headpipes , a custom cone body into a muffler body , and a perforated core - all designed for maximum torque and horsepower .
HERO MotoCorp and Harley Extend Deal ...................................................... 16 Harley-Davidson struck a licensing deal with Indian bike-making behemoth Hero back in 2020 , one that allowed Hero to develop , manufacture and market Harley-badged motorcycles in its home market . Now that deal is being extended to cover additional bikes and international sales in certain markets .
S & S Cycle : Vintage Tour 2025 .............................................................................. 14
S & S Cycle is bringing back its custom bike builder tours after a 17-year hiatus with a 2025 Vintage Tour that features six builds on its KN , P and SH Series engines by featured builders , Brian Klock , " Teach " Baas , Chip Kastelnik , Chris Callen , Mike Beland and Xavier Muriel . Following Daytona , tour stops include St Paul for the Donnie Smith show , Born Free in California and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally .
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