International Dealer News IDN 138 August/September 2017 | Page 14

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TMV celebrating 40 years
BRIEFS of MX market service
NEWS
This year’s International Six Days
Enduro (ISDE) is being held at
Brive, France, from 28 August to
September 2.
Mahindra & Mahindra (aka
Mahindra Motorcycles), the
$19 billion Indian
conglomerate with a
controlling 51 percent stake
in Peugeot Scooters (and who
earlier this year secured the
rights to the BSA name) is
said to be about to make a
$1.5 billion investment in the
United States to enter the
crowded but still growing UTV
(“Side-by-Side”) market there.
Triumph will replace Honda as the
Moto2 engine supplier from 2019
in a 3-year deal with rights owner
Dorna Sports. The British
manufacturer will supply a race-
tuned 765cc Triumph Triple derived
from the 2017 Triumph Speed
Triple engine.
In 2016 there were 371,403
new motorcycles sold in the
United States – less than half
of the market of a decade
earlier. Off-road and on-
highway motorcycle sales
have been largely flat since
2010, with the modest growth
in on-highway bike sales seen
between 2012 and 2015 going
into reverse. The percentage
of riders aged 30 years or less
has more than halved since
1990, while those aged over
50 now account for nearly 50
percent of the market.
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Dutch specialist off-road and MX hard
parts distributor Techno Motor Veghel
(TMV) is celebrating 40 years in
business in 2017.
Founded in 1977, TMV is an
international distribution company,
Managing Director Herman
Zijerveld: "Our aim is to leverage
our 40 years off-road experience to
supply retail outlets throughout
Europe with a vast array of top
products from hard parts to
apparel"
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specialised in products for the off-road
motorcycle market only, selling
exclusively through dedicated retail
stores.
“Our aim is to supply retail outlets
throughout Europe with a vast array of
top products from hard parts to
apparel,” says Managing Director
Herman Zijerveld.
“TMV is 100 percent about supporting
bona fide motorcycle shops. We offer
top-selling brands available from
inventory – brands such as Twin Air
filters for off-road and adventure sport
models (Twin Air recently launched
foam filters for ADV models, including
for Honda’s popular ‘Africa Twin’);
Renthal sprockets and handlebars;
EVS neck braces, knee protectors,
roosters, under garments and ballistic
jerseys; Polisport factory replacement
colour match plastics kits and
protective custom fenders and covers;
innovative 6D helmets; Motomaster
MX brake rotors and calipers, and
more.
“Our dealers can depend on our
quality customer service and support
at all times. Backed by 40 years of
genuine MX experience, we are not a
distributor that competes for their
dealers’ customers, we are here to help
them find and create happy customers
who will return to their stores again
and again.”
Other brands offered include the likes
of award-winning Maxima Racing
Oils; Matrix bike stands and
workshop/race accessories; All Balls
bearing and service kits; seat covers
and graphics kits from Blackbird in
Ita ly; Athena pistons, gaskets and
components; Gibson specialty off-road
tyres; sought after RipNRol MX
goggles and TMV own brand products,
including many hard to source items
for off-roaders such as model-specific
hardware kits, forged aluminium OEM
replacement shift levers with colour
matched pegs and folding brake and
clutch levers.
Operating from the Netherlands, TMV
is able to supply dealers around
Europe in just a few days.
www.tmv.nl