American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 176 March 2014 | Page 64

BRIEFS
Harley-Davidson has
announced a cash dividend
of $0.275 per share for the
first quarter of 2014, an
increase of 31.0%
compared to the fourthquarter 2013 dividend of
$0.21. The company has
also announced that it is to
repurchase up to 20 million
shares of Harley-Davidson,
Inc. common stock, in
addition to previously
announced repurchases - as
of the end of 2013, 8.6
million shares remained on
prior board-approved share
repurchase authorizations.

V-Twin Expo awards
THE annual industry awards at the VTwin Expo saw Steve Menneto, Vice
President of Motorcycles for Indian and
Victory at Polaris Industries (and
recently elected MIC Board Member),
named Industry Leader of the Year, with

Terry Vance, co-founder of Vance &
Hines, being chosen for a lifetime
achievement award.
Performance Product of the Year
went to Daytona Twin Tec for their ECM
CAN Bus Twin Scan 3; Metalsport 3-D

Industry leader of
the year Polaris/Indian
VP Motorcycles
Steve Menneto

Value Product of the Year –
Custom Cycle Engineering for their steering damper for Baggers

Las Vegas Harley-Davidson has
broken ground on a new store
on the Las Vegas strip. Slated to
open in October it will be a
50,000 square foot sales, rental
and accessory facility, and will
be the third location in the city.
Audio Product of the Year Hogtunes saddlebag speaker lids

The LA Calendar Motorcycle
Show planned for Sunday
July 20th has moved to a
new location at Malibu (the
Malibu Golf Course). This
will be the 23rd show and
will include the Calendar
Bike Building Championship
and Councours d’Elegance.

Performance Product of the Year –
Daytona Twin Tec for their ECM CAN Bus Twin Scan 3

Hesperia, California, based
Daytec Frames has closed after
40 years with owner Phil Day
taking up a position working for
Gary Chipp, at Chariton, Iowa
headquartered Fat Baggers Inc
(FBI). A private-label
manufacturer of volume designs
for the likes of Arlen Ness and
WCC, Daytec also did much to
fuel the explosion in custom
bike builds that peaked in 2006,
bringing reliable production
grade engineering to the oneoff chassis build sector.

Tech Product of the Year - J&M Corporation for their Rokker XT DSP Amp

‘Big Homie’ wheels were named
Accessory of the Year.
Rick Whitehead of legendary
Californian parts and accessory
manufacturer Custom Cycle
Engineering saw his steering damper
design for Baggers named Value
Product of the Year.
There were awards too for the
burgeoning audio sector of the market,
with John Lazzeroni’s J&M Corp’s
Rokker XT DSP Amp named Tech
Product