American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 221 December 2017 | Page 12

NEWS Thrashin Supply
BRIEFS anti-reversion
exhaust for
Dyna/FXR
Harley CEO Matt Levatich is
reported to have sold nearly
20,000 of his shares in the
Motor Company at the end of
October for around $48 a share.
He may be kicking himself - by
early December they were
selling in the region of $52 and
trending north!
Indian conglomerate Mahindra &
Mahindra is to open what will be the
first ever Indian automotive plant in
the United States. They will build off-
road utility vehicles in Detroit.
Flat Track racing is returning to
the Minnesota State
Fairgrounds with the Donnie
Smith Show (Midwest
Extravaganza, Bike, Car &
Tattoo Expo) hosting Indoor
Flat Track back at its Twin Cities
spiritual home. In the 1970s the
renowned Minneapolis Armory
hosted “indoor” Flat Track
races that “people of a certain
age” still remember fondly!
Construction industry equipment
manufacturer Caterpillar has
announced plans to enter the utility
vehicle market via a deal with
Textron Specialized Vehicles, the
owner of Arctic Cat since their
acquisition in early 2017. It will sell
Cat UTV models through Caterpillar
dealerships, starting in 2018.
In Switzerland Harley is in third
spot in market share terms for
the period January – October
2017, having sold 2,794 units
YTD; down from the 2,896 for
the same period in 2016. Harley
is behind Yamaha and BMW, but
ahead of the likes of Honda,
Kawasaki, KTM, Triumph,
Ducati, Suzuki et al.
Triumph has announced a
diversification with a limited edition
run of 500 hi-specification all-terrain
bicycles – the Triumph XCX.
Monday October 1, 2018 is
confirmed as “move-in” day for
the XIII AMD World
Championship of Custom Bike
Building at INTERMOT
‘Customized’, Cologne,
Germany. Tuesday 2 is press
day; Wednesday 3 is the
international trade and VIP
visitor preview day; with public
admission from Thursday 3
through Sunday 7. Judging is
Saturday 6, with the awards
ceremony at 3:00 pm on
Sunday 7. In 2016 INTERMOT
‘Customized’ attracted some
150,000 visitors.
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PARTS AND ACCESSORIES
Luke Leatherman, of Feuling Parts
fame, has established an additional
business – Thrashin Supply. It is a joint
venture with Lance Coury, a former MX
free style rider (an X-Games Gold
Medal Winner no less), the new
business’ fast-growing product lines
include exhausts, hard parts, apparel,
gloves and bags.
Seen here are anti-reversion exhausts
for DYNA/FXR models that are a
collaboration with Leatherman’s
existing business.
Described as “the ultimate in V-twin
performance exhausts,” Luke says:
“Over a year in the making and after
countless hours spent on design and
in the Dyno room, we bring you an all-
new 2-into-1 anti-reversion system
with equal length stepped head pipes
using Jim Feuling’s patented design
anti-reversion ‘AR’ chambers (Patent
numbers: US 4206600 A & 6336471
B1) and optional perforated ‘Dog Ball’
muffler core (Patent #5,173,576).
“These technologies promote
continuous exhaust gas flow, reducing
‘reversionary’ pressure waves or
‘unwanted’ exhaust pollu