American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 205 August 2016 | Página 6

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NEWS
Arlen Ness is to receive a
Lifetime Achievement Award
from the Sturgis Motorcycle
Museum at its Polaris
sponsored class of 2016 Hall
of Fame inductees breakfast
during this year’s Sturgis
Rally. Ness has been a
Sturgis Hall of famer since
1992, and this is the first
time that the Museum has
added such an award to its
annual recognition program.
The NHTSA (National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration) in
the United States is said to be
“investigating” a potential
problem with the anti-lock
brakes on over 400,000 ‘08-‘11
Harley models fitted with ABS
brakes.
Swiss endurance rider Urs
“Grizzly” Pedraita has
succeeded in his attempt to
set a new world record for
circumnavigating the world
on a motorcycle. Riding a
Victory Cross Country Tour,
“Grizzly” rode through five
continents in 119 days and
21 hours – which includes
the time the bike was “in
transit” between continents;
his riding time was a
“mere” 72 days and 13
hours to cover a total of
47,390 miles (76,277 km).
He beat the previous riding
time record by over 47 days!

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Motorcycle Storehouse launched
a 500-plus page clothing and
lifestyle catalog at the start of
the year, and in order to
showcase additions to their
program have produced a
magazine-style update designed
to help their dealers exploit the
burgeoning “skateboard meets
hipster meets motorcycle
scene”.
This summer special also
includes feature articles on
people and their lifestyle –
articles such as a story about a
1968 T120 Bonneville chopper, a
shovel chop and Richard and
Aaron of Gas Monkey fame.
This Biltwell mongoose seat for
Sportsters is a “direct and
hassle-free install on rubbermounted Sportsters with stock
rear fenders.” The deep-pocket
style seat is said to offer added
back support, with the vacuumformed ABS plastic pan, molded
polyurethane foam padding

AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - AUGUST 2016

and hand-sewn heavy-duty black
vinyl cover in a choice of styles
with polyester thread delivering
durability on ’04-’06 and ’10-’16
Sportsters.
As one of the largest
distributors of Vance & Hines
products in Europe, MCS is
carrying the latest version of
the FP3 tuning module. Featuring
Bluetooth smartphone
communication with the fuel
injection system (Android or
iPhone), ‘Flash’ technology is
used to recalibrate the fuel map.
Stationary manual adjustments
allow adjustment of the fuel
map, EITMS (Engine Idle
Temperature Management
System) and idle speed, and AFR
(Air Fuel Ratio) ignition timing.
This latest FP3 includes a rev
limiter with new maps being
able to be downloaded from
Vance & Hines and through the
on-bike sensors. The
AutoTune mode enables
the bike to recalibrate
the fuel map in real
time to adjust to the
specific conditions and

even the quality of fuel that is
used. When the Android or
iPhone is installed, it becomes a
bike-specific on-screen provider
of live sensor data, like speed,
rpm, cylinder head temperature,
voltage, gear selection and so
forth. Available in versions for
2007 and up Softails, Dynas,
Tourers, Sportsters and Street
models.
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