American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 240 July 2019 | Page 21

Avon Tyres, the Melksham, UK based
custom tire subsidiary of Cooper Tire &
Rubber Company Europe Ltd., has
announced Dominic Clifford as new
Global Avon Motorcycle Sales
Manager, responsible for worldwide
sales, reporting to Jaap van Wessum,
GM EMEA, Cooper Tire Europe.
Clifford joins Cooper after eight years
with Goodyear Dunlop Tyres Ltd.,
where he was responsible for
motorcycle and motorsports tire sales
for the U.K. and Ireland. Earlier in his
career, Clifford was employed for nine
years by Triumph Motorcycles with
responsibility for their global
motorcycle accessory business unit.
Clifford is an avid motorcyclist who in
recent years participated in the Tuareg
Rally, a seven-day race in Africa, and
the seven-day Hellas Rally in Greece.
He is a regular competitor in two of the
largest events in UK motorcycle racing
- the Weston Beach race and Welsh
two-day Enduro.
www.avonmotorcycle.com
Honda marks 50 years of Inline-Fours
with Custom Specials at Wheels & Waves
Honda had twelve customized
CB1000Rs from Spain, France,
Switzerland and Italy on display
the Wheels & Waves festival at
Biarritz, France in June to mark
the 50th anniversary of the
iconic CB750 - widely
acknowledged as the world's
first superbike.
"In 1969, the Honda CB750 was
a revelation. Pushing the
boundaries at every level, not
only was it the first mass
produced inline-four 750 cc
motorcycle, but it was also the
first production motorcycle
with an electric start and a disc
brake as standard.
"Originally developed for the
American market, with an ultra-
competitive price point of only
$1,495, the CB750 set the tone
for the next 50 years of
motorcycling and is rightly
heralded as the first
'Superbike'".
The CB1000R was chosen as the
basis of the tribute as it is the
current is the flagship of
Honda's 'Neo Sports Café'
family.
www.wheels-and-waves.com
NEWS
BRIEFS
Lane Splitter H-D in San
Jose, California, has been
sold by Jeffrey Soffer to
become the 6th Harley
store owned by Rich Gargano
and Cliff Chester; it will be rebranded
as San Jose H-D. Soffer also owns
Stinger H-D in Medina, Ohio, and
Alligator Alley H-D in Sunrise, Florida.
Soffer is best known as a major
league real estate developer in
Miami. Gargano and Chester own
multiple Harley dealerships,
secondary retail locations and
alternative retail outlets in California.
The deal was masterminded by
George Chaconas' Performance
Brokerage Services. Chester also
owns Gold Rush H-D, Elko, NV., Oil
City H-D, Casper, WY. and Snake H-D
in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Ducati won first place in the
'Concept Bikes: New Design and
Prototypes by Manufacturers
and Independents' category at
the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa
d'Este in Italy in May. They did
so with the original and still
much admired Hypermotard 950
Concept designed by Ducati's
own Central Styling unit. This
follows the Red Dot Award
recently won by the Diavel
1260. First staged on the shores
of Lake Como in 1929, the event
is organized by BMW Group
jointly with the Villa d'Este hotel.
Dominic Clifford is New Global
Motorcycle Sales Manager for
Avon Tyres