American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 245 December 2019 | Page 30

Bitubo: Recent new products from
the Italian suspension specialist
include an adjustable suspension
cartridge for Touring and Softail
models up to 2018 with a new
pressurized cartridge, designed to
improve anti-dive, especially in
cornering, it is adjustable, precision-
manufactured with components
machined from solid and a 'Plug &
Play' fully reversible installation
with no modifications necessary;
www.bitubo.com
Rekluse: Hosted at EICMA by Parts Europe, the company's high performance
auto and manual clutches for off-road and street motorcycles include
products for Harley and some Indian (Scout) applications such as the Radius
X with EXP centrifugal automatic clutch, TorqDrive clutch pack and CoreEXP
automatic coil spring clutch conversion for Sportsters. This year saw the
Boise, Idaho based manufacturer introduce its own branded
clutch/transmission oil, available as 10W-40 for 4-stroke engines, 20W-50 for
2-stroke transmissions/4-stroke engines and 20W-50 for the V-twin primary.
Rekluse is the "Official Clutch" of the AFT series; www.rekluse.com
Galfer: The originators of the 'Wave Disc' concept and popular custom-style
'Skull Disc', the Spanish manufacturer has come up with what it thinks will
be another 'game changer' in the Harley and custom brake rotor market -
the 'CUBIQ' brake rotor. Featuring a new style of Galfer designed brake track
with hexagonal shapes, it is said to offer better braking than a conventional
round disc design with up to 40% weight reduction. Improved cooling is
achieved because the design increases the convection perimeter so there is
more cooling surface around the brake track and better temperature
dissipation - "the increased cooling surface optimizes the friction surface
and enables a lighter brake track design". Galfer also says that because
there is the same contact surface between pad and disc in each turn, the
pads wear evenly and with homogeneous pressure; the reduced unsprung
mass is said to reduce the dynamic unbalance (gyroscopic effect) and
improve the maneuverability of the motorcycle; www.galferusa.com,
www.galfer.eu
Rinehart Racing: Hosted at EICMA
by Parts Europe, the Arden, North
Carolina based manufacturer's
exclusive distributor in Europe,
recent new products include what
the company describes as
"revolutionary Slimline Catalyst
Duals" for 2017 and later Touring
models - featuring a proprietary
Power Flow catalyst "engineered to
outperform even 'open' catalyst-
free systems. The results observed in
independent dynamometer testing
show significant increases in power
and torque compared to stock
exhausts and other U.S. emissions-
compliant systems currently on the
market. The unique design moves
the catalytic converter away from
both the rider's and passenger's
legs and feet, providing a cooler
and more enjoyable ride;
www.rinehartracing.com
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Saddlemen: Hosted at EICMA by
Parts Europe, new products from the
Rancho Dominguez, California based
original gel seat experts included
American-made GELcore saddles for
selected Softail models;
www.saddlemen.com
Showa: Having reduced its once controlling interest to a 33.5% stake, Honda
has announced that it is to buy up all outstanding shares in Showa and two
other well-known Japanese motorcycle component industry majors - Keihin
and Nissin - in a massive deal with automotive supply giant Hitachi
Automotive Systems to create a new combined business that swallows up all
three of the component makers. These days Showa is known as a purveyor of
suspension products to Harley-Davidson, but the company's links with
Milwaukee go back to the 1950s. Founded in 1938 as a manufacturer of
aircraft suspensions for the pre-war Japanese military, in 1950 Showa
acquired Rikuo Motorcycle, which made licensed versions of Harley-
Davidsons in the 1930s and 1940s. The Rikuo brand lasted until 1962. New
products from Showa include the "SHOWA EERA HEIGHT FLEX" - a dynamic
system that tunes the ride height; www.showa1.com
Ferodo: One of the most famous brand names in the motorcycle brakes
industry, the company is celebrating another year of race success and a busy
year off the track too with more than 500 new and updated brake pad
applications, including for Harleys. Compound-specific pads for Harley
applications include Carbon Grip pads specifically formulated for polished
rotors (Ferodo PRP – Polished Rotor Pads) using a carbon based composite
formula that is bound together with organic resin. The result is said to be a
powerful combination of braking virtues for the custom market - excellent
stopping power, lower heat generation, reduced brake dust generation and
minimized rotor scoring; www.ferodoracing.com
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