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The now Chandler, AZ headquartered RideNow Group, Inc.( NASDAQ: RDNW)- formerly RumbleOn Inc. announced Q4 Powersports Revenue up by 6.3 %($ 256.1m) driven by a 7.7 % powersports revenue was $ 1,073.9m, a 6.7 % decrease. On a same store sales basis, Powersports Revenue was down 4.6 %, driven by a 1.7 % decrease in unit sales.
Yamaha Motor has announced plans to construct two new headquarter buildings at its IWATA, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan head office campus.
In a multi-year transition that will run from late 2026 through the end of 2028, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is to relocate its U. S. subsidiary from Cypress, California, to Kennesaw, Georgia, selling the land, offices, and warehouse facilities at its 25.1-acre Cypress campus. The relocation formalizes a shift that has been underway for decades. The Cypress site has served as Yamaha ' s U. S. headquarters since 1979, but major operating divisions have already moved east. Yamaha ' s Marine Business Unit relocated to Kennesaw in 1999, followed by the Motorsports business in 2019.
Founded in 2007 by CEO Ryan McFarland, Rapid City, SD. based Strider Bikes has been named the Official Balance Bike of the 2026 Progressive AFT Season. Made for children ages 6 months to 6 years old, Strider Balance Bikes are designed to " help inspire the next generation of racers by empowering children to ride at the youngest age possible "; www. striderbikes. com
RMCR- Harley Goes Café?
The Mama Tried Show in February 2026 saw Harley give an exclusive first public ' sneak peek ' to a new Café Racer design concept that their back office has been cooking up. Not even a pre-production prototype yet, it is said to have been inspired by the original 1970 ' s Willie G. Davidson designed model. Designated as the RMCR, Harley
Latus Motors Racing / Harley- Davidson / BMC Racing rider Kody Kopp opened his rookie season in the Mission Foods AFT SuperTwins Short Track class in spectacular fashion March 5-6, becoming the first rider ever to win their debut race in the premier class. Kopp, a three-time champion in the AFT Singles class, rode a Harley-Davidson XG750R to a double victory, making a clean sweep of the Race 1 evening by topping qualifying, winning his heat race, the Mission # 2Fast2Tasty Challenge bonus sprint, and the main event. He backed up those results, going 5-1-
Comms Guru Paul James confirmed that, at this stage, it really is just a " concept with no current plans for production ". However, it has been all over the SM channels and the response has been almost universally positive. Seen just a couple of weeks before the RM1250 power plant ' pulled up trees ' in the Hands of the Saddlemen Super
1 in the 10-15-20 lap Mission Triple Challenge Race 2, to take the overall win and first-place points for the event.
Hooligan team at Daytona, Bjorn Shuster, design director at Harley, is quoted as saying that " it ' s a conceptbuild that the design team put together to celebrate the performance capability that is in our Rev Max platform. " Looking at our history and our legacy, we really wanted to celebrate the iconography that ' s in Willie ' s original XLCR." RMCR stands for ' Revolution Max Café Racer ' and the 150 bhp, 1,250 cc Revolution Max V-twin motor is seen here paying homage to Willie G ' s original 57 hp / 67.9 ft-lb torque, dual exhaust XLCR, but with all blackcarbon-fiber bodywork.
Kopp Double in AFT SuperTwins Opener
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