American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 234 January 2019 | Page 10

Jekill & Hyde Meets BSL: “Two
BRIEFS Companies, One Vision”
NEWS
After a 35-year career at Harley-
Davidson, respected former
marketing and communications
executive Steve Piehl has added
VP of Corporate Strategy for
Kirsh Helmets to a burgeoning
list of consultancies that
includes corporate
communications for the
Motorsport Aftermarket Group
(MAG).
Cardo Systems’ devices are now
available to Hertz’s two-wheeled
vehicle renters at select European
locations. Hertz Ride has announced
an exclusive partnership with Cardo,
with Cardo’s natural voice command-
equipped Packtalk Bold available for
individuals or groups of up to 15
riders to be able to communicate
seamlessly.
Industry veteran Allen Alvarez
has sold his Daytona Twin Tec
fuel injection management and
tuning business. The new owner
is Chris Johnson of Sanford,
Florida based SCT Performance
and Lucedale, Mississippi based
BoostMAX manufacturer JMS
Chip & Performance.
Harley was the eighth best-selling
brand in the UK in October. Honda is
market leader, followed by Yamaha,
KTM and BMW. Triumph was 6th in
its home market.
AMA President and CEO Rob
Dingman has been additionally
elected as President of the
Continental Union of the
Fédération Internationale de
Motocyclisme (FIM) that
represents North America. In
addition, Dingman has accepted
multiple leadership positions
within FIM governance,
including serving as chairman of
the finance committee of the
FIM Board of Directors as the
elected representative to the
FIM Board for all FIM
Continental Unions, and as a
member of the board's
executive committee.
Indian Motorcycle was 12th in
market share terms in Germany for
the ten months to October
(+68.17%), taking 1.01% of the
103,730 units sold in Germany
(1,046 units - up from 622
units/0.65% share for the first 10
months of 2017).
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Two of Europe’s more “radical” or
“cutting edge” exhaust companies
have forged an alliance to release a
range of exhaust systems together.
Dutch exhaust sound specialist The
Jekill & Hyde Company and Austrian
specialist BSL Products are offering five
models with the best products from
both manufacturers in combination to
produce a selection of road legal
options for Harley-Davidson Softail and
Breakouts from 2011 to 2016.
The Jekill & Hyde Company supplies the
electronically adjustable mufflers with
three different performance modes in
two versions - Shorty and Jekill Bomb -
in chrome and black, with five different
end caps in chrome, black, aluminum
and polished RVS.
BSL Products presents five models of
headers with two different heat shield
designs, Smooth and Hole, in chrome
and black. BSL uses annealed stainless
steel tubes with 1.5 mm wall thickness
and 1 3/4 inch connection width. The
larger manifold diameter is said to
result in +8% increase in volume and
thus a maximum exhaust flow. The
interference tube for more power is
included.
There is a specially designed online
configurator that details the full range
of options and further technical details.
www.jekillandhyde.com
www.bsl.at
Tucker Show Keynote
Speaker Announced
Tucker Powersports has
announced Chris Zane as
keynote speaker at their 2019
Tucker Show. Zane is a veteran
of the retail bicycle industry and
author of the popular business
management book “Reinventing
the Wheel: The Science of
Creating Lifetime Customers.”
“Chris Zane has a clear and
inspiring message to share
about driving business through
innovative methods and ideas.
He weaves his presentation
with stories of success, current
events and future visions, and
his keynote presentation gets to
the heart of today’s business
issues.”
At age 51, Christopher J. Zane is
a thirty-five-year veteran of the
retail bicycle industry. His story
includes getting a state tax ID
number at age 12, buying his
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first bike shop at age 16, and
building Zane’s Cycles into the
largest bicycle shop in
Connecticut by the age of 30.
Today, Zane’s Cycles is one of
the largest retail bicycle stores
in the United States.
“Zane’s unique approach to
marketing includes strategies
such as continual learning, the
lifetime value of a customer,
guerrilla marketing,
bootstrapping, community
relations, cost-controlled
customer service, and image
branding. He has positioned
himself at the forefront of the
industry by continuously setting
standards in customer loyalty
and creative marketing.
“Zane’s cutting-edge marketing
techniques have been used as
case studies in more than a
dozen college textbooks
worldwide. A sought-after
speaker, Zane has presented to
individual companies and at
numerous conferences.” Chris
Zane’s keynote will take place
on Friday, January 25 from 9:00
am to 10:00 am.
www.tucker.com
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