American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 217 August 2017 | Page 12

Biker’s Choice 2018
BRIEFS Dealer & Brand Expo
NEWS
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. has
settled a dispute with the
Consumer Product Safety
Commission, which saw it hit with
a $5.2m fine over alleged failure to
report an ROV defect that could
have created a “substantial product
hazard.”
Swiss oil blender Bucher AG is
celebrating the 100th
anniversary of its formation
this year. It started out as a
leather and floor care
products business called REX
in 1917 and evolved to
become the
Motorex
BOOTH#
motorcycle
lubricant and
oil brand in
450
1947.
Tucker Rocky/Biker’s Choice has
announced that it will again stage its
‘Dealer & Brand Expo’ next year, with
the event slated for February 8 - 10 at
Frisco in Texas (some 25 miles north of
Dallas).
After a break, Tucker Rocky/Biker’s
Choice brought their annual dealer
event back for the first time since the
merger with MAG in February this
year; the event was well attended and
well received and the company had
said at the time that it hoped to make
it an annual fixture at its new February
timing.
At the time, MAG/TR CEO Andy Graves
told AMD that “our new look, new
format Dealer & Brand Expo has been
quite an investment, but the response
from our dealers and the results it is
generating make it entirely
worthwhile.
“The new timing is key as it gives our
dealers and vendors the opportunity to
do business at just the right time. The
reaction is entirely positive, so we do
expect to hold it again at this time in
2018 and beyond.”
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Andy Graves, CEO: “Our new look,
new format Dealer & Brand Expo
has been quite an investment, but
the response from our dealers and
the results it is generating make it
entirely worthwhile”
MTA Distributing has added U.S.
availability of Thai made Vee
Rubber tires for V-twin applications.
New Mexico, Oklahoma and
Oregon are the latest U.S.
states to reclassify its
licensing requirements,
allowing Polaris’ Slingshot – a
three-wheeled, open-air
cockpit “autocycle” - operate
the vehicle with a valid state
driver’s license rather than the
previously required
motorcycle endorsement or
license. A total of 33 states
have now aligned in
reclassifying its licensing
requirements.
Brutale 800 ‘America’
MV Agusta USA is offering a
limited edition run of 50 Brutale
800 ‘America’ specials as a
homage to the “glory days” of
the brand in America with the
1973 MV Agusta 750 S. The
former subsidiary of Harley-
Davidson continues to struggle
corporately, despite the
considerable investment and
Yamaha’s new air cooled 1850cc
Star Venture, the latest Big Incher
to crowd the ‘Tourer Space’, is
launching with a 5-year warranty.
dowry that Harley left them
with when they sold the
business back to its former
owner for 1 Euro in 2010,
despite very positive press and
consumer reception that their 3-
cylinder Brutale models have
enjoyed ever since. Each
individually numbered example
(50 for the 50 U.S. states
apparently) of the 2017 Euro 4
compliant Brutale 800 is
available at $14,998 with two
years warranty and roadside
assist.
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Harley is recalling certain
2017 Electric Glide Ultra
Classic (FLHTCU), Police Electra
Glide (FLHTP), Police Road
King (FLHP), Road King (FLHR),
Road King Special (FLHRXS),
Street Glide (FLHX), Street
Glide Special (FLHXS), Road
Glide (FLTRX), and Road Glide
Special (FLTRXS) motorcycles -
a clamp used to secure an
engine oil cooler line may
have been improperly
installed.
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