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Robin Bradley Publisher [email protected] Pictures by Sara Viney [email protected] additional pictures from EICMA Harley-Davidson: The hot news at EICMA was the pre-production design concept prototype debut for the 60- degree 'Revolution Max' liquid-cooled V-twin engined 750 cc 'Bronx' Streetfighter and 1,250 cc 'Pan American' ADV - a couple of weeks before Harley broke cover with them at the IMS at Long Beach, California. Harley clearly still has some styling work to do as the ADV especially looks a tad gauche in the context of Europe's mature Adventure Tourer market. Both models look somewhat heavy, but as a start-point to new platforms, they will give Milwaukee something more viable in 'More Roads' business opportunity terms than the LiveWire is doing so far; www.harley-davidson.com The 77th EICMA Show (Milan, November 6-10) has been universally judged to have been a "Good Year" by the market's parts, accessory and G&A vendors. The organizers are claiming what is almost certainly a greatly exaggerated turn-out of nearly 800,000 visitors, but the real number, even if half of that or less, is immaterial - there were plenty of people to keep the aisles rammed and the booths busy. With +50 cc PTW registrations in Italy running at +5.9% (196,956 units) for the first nine months of 2019, and, having been up consistently for the past few years, the Italian market is now "bossing it" where Europe's "business action" is concerned. Here AMD Magazine presents a selection from the 400 plus vendors who have products for the V-twin market ... S&S Cycle: Hosted at EICMA by Parts Europe, the Viola, Wisconsin based purveyor of 'Proven Performance' has always had an avid following in Europe - the addition of exhausts to the meaning of the S&S brand has gone down very, very well with European dealers, custom shop owners and custom bike builders; www.sscycle.com www.AMDchampionship.com AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - DECEMBER 2019 25