SW-Motech: last year saw the German luggage systems specialist move to add horsepower to its Portland, Or, based to their US Sales, Marketing and Operations team with the hire of former PM, Progressive Suspension, S & S Cycle and Race Winning Brands man David Zemla; www. swmotech. us
CanDo International: the ' MOTO PRO ' is a " comprehensive full functionality scan tool that can access the onboard systems for all major motorcycle and recreational vehicle brands " including Harley, Indian, Ducati, BMW, Triumph, Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, CanAm, Polaris RZR, and more. It allows dealers to read and clear codes, view live data, perform injector tests and self-adaptive resets, and perform actuator calibrations such as idle and throttle; www. candointl. com
Avon Grips: Best known for its advanced design ergonomic grips, Texas based Avon Grips ' secret sauce ' is the durable and deceptively soft yet grippy Kraton synthetic rubber compound it uses. Based on research that has its origins with the U. S. Defence Department ' s WWII search for advanced new materials, Kraton is the trade name given to a number of high-performance elastomers manufactured by Kraton Polymers and used as synthetic replacements for natural rubber. Kraton polymers offer many of the properties of natural rubber, such as flexibility, high traction and sealing abilities, but with increased resistance to heat, weathering and chemicals; www. avongrips. com