American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 219 October 2017 | Page 64

National Cycle Celebrates Eighty
BRIEFS Years of Motorcycle Accessory
Innovation and Leadership
NEWS
Harley-Davidson has approved a
cash dividend of $0.365 per
share for the third quarter of
2017. The dividend is payable
Sept. 22, 2017 to the
shareholders of record of the
Company's common stock as of
Sept. 12, 2017.
After a 47-year career, Joe Majesky is
retiring from Yuasa Batteries. He will
continue to advise Yuasa in the
powersports market as a consultant.
Roseau, Minnesota based Polaris
Industries is adding to its
logistics resources with a new
14,580 sq ft hangar at Flying
Cloud Airport Eden Prairie,
Minnesota.
Harley-Davidson has taken legal
action against a group of Chinese
counterfeiters they allege to be selling
fake authorized merchandise online –
parts, apparel and jewelry. The action
includes a $2m claim for “each and
every use of the Harley-Davidson
trademarks.”
In 1937 a certain Gordon Willey, a
passionate aviator from Illinois,
decided to quit a secure job with
Railway Express Agency and to start a
motorcycle accessory venture in the
depths of the Great Depression.
With creativity, inventiveness and
perseverance, he developed new
designs and patents in rearview
mirrors, fender tips, saddlebags and
motorcycle windshields. Gordon’s
business, known then as The Nation’s
Cycle Center, evolved and successfully
grew into today’s National Cycle, of
Maywood, Illinois, which this year
celebrates the 80th anniversary of
Gordon’s decision.
Nowadays, National Cycle is known as
the international motorcycle industry
leader in hardcoated polycarbonate
windshields, quick release mount
systems, multi-adjustable and tilting
windshields for UTVs and motorcycles,
and is noted for its proprietary
Quantum Hardcoating and renowned
aeroacoustic VStream windscreen
designs.
As the world’s leading motorcycle
windshield manufacturer, National
Cycle celebrates 2017 under the
ownership of the second generation of
the Willey family. It’s rare for a company
to survive that long in a highly
competitive marketplace, and this
strength and success is determined not
only by the products it makes and the
customer loyalty it has earned, but by
its contribution to the advancement of
design and manufacturing technology.
The company’s innovation has
determined today’s product categories
and inspired modern motorcycle
design, from its patented cone-back
mirror that still shapes how motorcycle
rearview mirrors are made today, to
hardcoated polycarbonate windshields
that have influenced every OEM
manufacturer in the world making
two-wheeled and urban mobility
vehicles.
Now its VStream windscreens and
urban mobility transport are changing
the way the industry thinks about the
entire concept of powersports
windshields, and its aerodynamically
tuned replacement windshields are at
the forefront of comfort and protection
for Harley riders the world over.
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Just as the U.S. Congress passed
enabling legislation to place
competency for Autonomous
Vehicle regulations firmly into
the domain of Federal rather
than State regulatory
frameworks, and in so doing
‘green flagging’ an easy-in
process of introduction of such
vehicles in the United States,
news had emerged that Yamaha
Motor R&D has been trialling
“intelligent vehicle technology”
for UTV off-road use. Features
include a drive-by-wire system
and point-to-point navigation
sensors.
Harley-Davidson has announced a
three-year shirt sponsorship of
hometown NBA side the
Milwaukee Bucks.
Founder’s son Barry Willey, President/CEO (right) and Sales and Marketing Ann Willey, seen here with former Harley
man Jim Graham (left) - recently appointed as National Cycle’s Vice President