American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 223 February 2018 | Page 64

Bruce Tessmer retires
BRIEFS from S&S Cycle
NEWS
S&S Cycle has stopped
production and sales of its steel
lined 4” Big Bore kits in the USA
due to a potential patent
conflict. Their 106”, 107”, 117”
and 124” big bore kits are not
affected and will remain
available.
The churn in Harleys dealer network
continues, with Scott Fischer
Enterprises reported to be selling Six
Bends (Fort Myers) and Naples H-D in
Florida to TMCFM Inc., (aka The
Motorcycle Company) owned by
David A. Veracka and his family. Now
with eight dealerships, according to
PSB TMCFM becomes the fifth largest
dealership group in the U.S., trailing
only RideNow Powersports, Freedom
Powersports, Windy City Motorcycle
Company and Hall's Motorsports as
the largest dealership group in the
U.S. They also own Palm Beach H-D,
West Palm Beach, Fl.; Avalanche,
Denver; High Octane at North
Billerica, Mass.; Rawhide at Olathe,
Kansas, and Riverside and Huntington
Beach H-D (Westminster) in
California. Scott Fischer is now down
to just three dealerships - Blue Ridge
in Hickory, NC., and Thunderbird and
Duke City in Albuquerque, NM.
Rich with history, Dudley Perkins
Co. Harley-Davidson of South
San Francisco has been sold
after 103 years of continuous
operation in the same family
ownership. Established in 1914
by Mr. Dudley Perkins Sr., his
grandson Tom took over in 1996
until his untimely death in 2015.
Tom’s wife Janet has sold the
dealership to Rich Gargano and
Cliff Chester. Rich and Cliff also
own West Coast Harley-Davidson
in Salinas and Thunder Harley-
Davidson in Morgan Hill,
California.
Orange County H-D at Irvine,
California, has also been sold, to Mark
Smith, owner of Stampede Harley at
Burleson and H-D of Fort Worth,
Texas.
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S&S Cycle veteran Bruce Tessmer has
retired from the company after 30
years – years in which he had been
involved in pretty much every
departments and role there, and years
in which he saw the business grow
from six employees to hundreds.
During his 30 years he had worked in
shipping, production, and R&D. He was
the original head of the S&S Tech
department when it was formed in late
1995, and with all that experience he
finally found his metier within the
Marketing department. “Bruce
brought to life so many different tools
that the S&S Marketing department
still uses todays” says Marketing
Director David Zemla.
“From the amazi ng video tutorials that
are such a popular feature of our
website and social media presences,
through to tech writing and presenting
- he was the go-to-guy at S&S for all
things motorcycle and became a well-
known for his experience and expertise
both inside and outside the company.”
Fun facts about Bruce? “There are too
many,” says Zemla. “But how about
the fact that received a degree in
broadcasting from the University of
Wisconsin in 1973 yet he never worked
in the broadcast industry, and has been
an avid live blues performer most of his
adult life?”
That latter is something that we here
at AMD Magazine can attest to - his
legendary “S&S Performance Blues” at
a Drag Specialties rep training seminar
a few years ago remains the stuff of
legend!
Happy retirement Bruce!
www.sscycle.com
Energy One teams up
with HardDrive
Yorba Linda, California based
specialist Energy One Clutches
has announced that the
company has teamed up with
Boise, Idaho based national
distributor HardDrive (the V-twin
division of Western Power
Sports).
“With their six
distribution centers
across the United States,
getting a clutch to the
dealer is now only about 1-2
days away for most,” says
Energy One president Kent Foltz.
“Getting that clutch in hand can
“Our clutches are now only 1-2 days away from most domestic US dealers,”
says Energy One president Kent Foltz
AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - FEBRUARY 2018
get the customer’s bike off the
lift quicker and a customer back
on the road sooner.”
All clutch kits from Energy One
come with friction plates and
steel plates (some kits include
springs) with a pre-measured
stack height for easy
installation. All parts proudly
made in the U.S.A.
www.energyoneclutches.com
www.hdtwin.com
www.AMDchampionship.com