American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 174 January 2014 | Page 64

NEWS BRIEFS VANCE & Hines enters its fifth consecutive season sponsoring the Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson XR 1200 AMA Pro Road Racing series with an increased prize purse of $16,500 per race and a $22,500 Championship fund. POWERED by the S&S X-Wedge engine, iconic British vehicle manufacturer Morgan has built its 1,000th Morgan 3-wheeler since the company brought back the legendary roadster. EL PASO, Texas based aftermarket performance parts maker MSD Performance Group has been bought from Chapter 11 bankruptcy by Hot Rod Brands LLC., an affiliate of $1.2bn asset Z Capital. Well known in Drag Racing circles, MSD produces performance and fuel injection products under a number of names, including MSD, Racepak, Powerteq, Edge, Superchips and the Vigilante brand of tuning products. SAN Diego, California based Nuviz is running a kickstarter funds raising program to launch what it claims will be the world's first heads-up display for motorcycle helmets. It is reported that the 'Ride:HUD' will sinc with a smartphone and deliver information on a transparent LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicone) screen attached to the outside of a full-face helmet. Zodiac releases 2014 Bikers Book Catalog supplement Freedom Performance, SuperTrapp, Kerker, S&S, Superchips, River a/Primo, BDL, AV&V, Performance Machine, Roland Sands Design, Ride Wright Wheels, Avon, Metzeler, Vee-Rubber, Pirelli, Fehling, Biltwell, Cyclesmiths, Arlen Ness, and many others. Zodiac is also the leading European distributor for Küryakyn, and as such has a separate 260-page Küryakyn full-color catalog available. All of the parts stocked by Zodiac can be found in the company’s new online catalog at catalog.zodiac.nl. READY for the new year, Zodiac has released the fullcolor 2014 supplement for its Bikers Book Issue 39 parts and accessory catalog. Taken together, the 2014 Supplement and Issue 39 of the Bikers Book contain tens of thousands of part numbers, with the supplement being 256 pages. Included in the two publications are parts from Cycle Sounds, Texas Leather, Double G Baggers, Le Pera, Airhawk, ZODIAC INTERNATIONAL Mijdrecht, NETHERLANDS Tel: [phone] [email protected] www.zodiac.nl ABM enters custom parts market LEADING German sportsbike parts and accessories manufacturer ABM has launched a new program of topend custom products for the v-twin market. Under the ‘Wunderkind’ custom brand, ABM, who are noted in the European mainstream market for the quality and precision of their work, is offering stylish and ergonomically designed products ranging from custom air filters, brake calipers and rotors, foot controls, clip-on style handlebars and advanced adjustable triple tree solutions through to grips, levers tacho/dash units and engine and transmission covers. The brainchild of ABM Managing Director Christian Mehlhorn, the program made its debut at the EICMA “Milan” show in November last year and has received rave reviews from many of Europe’s leading customizers. Product range details will be featured in an upcoming edition of AMD Magazine but meanwhile information is available from ABM’s Jens Hartwig ([email protected]). www.wunderkind-custom.com www.ab-m.de ABM’s Jens Hartwig seen on their booth at the “Milan” show in November launching the company’s ‘Wunderkind’ custom parts program