American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 177 April 2014 | Page 17

REPORTS OF DEMISE GREATLY EXAGGERATED Robin Bradley presents a second instalment of vendor company and product news from this year's 13th annual V-Twin Expo at Cincinnati in February L AST month I commented that my overriding feelings, as the industry left Cincinnati after the show this year, were ones of positivity - that after the false dawn of 2010 maybe this year did, finally, mark an uptick for the show and for the market ahead in the coming months. Words and pictures by ROBIN BRADLEY Co-owner/Editor-in-Chief [email protected] The attendance wasn't as great as we saw back in the 'mid naughties', and neither were exhibitor numbers, but the two did appear to be in balance with most vendors reporting that they had a good weekend. Above all it would appear that the reduction to two days and the move away from the SuperBowl weekend have made a big difference, but above all the primary reaction of Continued on page 22 >>> WISECO: recent new products from the 73 year old Mentor, Ohio headquartered forged piston specialist include a 2035cc Big Bore Kit for 1999 and up 124" Twin Cams with 4 3/8" stroke crank; www.wiseco.com RACEPRO MOTORSPORTS: watch out for Rob Hassay's ProTour roadshow truck at all the major US rallies where it provides a rolling home for well known performance and accessory brands such as Rush Racing (exhausts), Mikuni (carbs), Yuasa (batteries), NGK (spark plugs) and VP Racing Fuels; www.888racepro.com www.AMDchampionship.com ACCEL: recent new products include their 'Stealth' SuperCoil. Said to "eliminate the need for wires forever" by mounting the coil directly to the spark plug, the cast aluminum cover holds the coil in place and is designed to "act as a functional heat sink to pull heat away from the cylinder head" with all wiring hidden in the fins of the head; www.accel-motorcycle.com HORSEPOWER Inc: the Indianapolis specialist proudly proclaims itself to be "the leader in v-twin fuel injection". Founded in 2002 and shipping to dealers worldwide, HPI designs and manufactures a wide variety of throttle bodies, intakes and air cleaners to "complete your EFI build ... our American ma de units provide a crisp throttle response and are flow bench tested for dyno-proven performance, increased airflow, and substantial increases in horsepower and torque"; www.horsepowerinc.net AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - APRIL 2014 17