Ultimate Builder National Championship
Nick Beaulieu takes FreeStyle and MOD Retro at NYC J&P Ultimate Builder roundLast year Nick Beaulieu (Forever Two Wheels, Windham, Maine) took 2nd in New York and 2nd in the Ultimate Builder...
View Article2017 Carole Nash Irish Motorbike and Scooter Show
Ahhh, it’s 2017, that means it’s Dublin again!Always one of the favorite AMD World Championship affiliate events, 2017 means that it is a “Dublin Year again”!Staged biennially in Dublin, Ireland, the...
View ArticleINTERMOT Customized 2016 review cont.
HARLEY-DAVIDSON was one of several motorcycle manufacturers to invest in a second INTERMOT booth – adjacent to the AMD World Championship in ‘INTERMOT Customized’ as aftermarket vendors and OEs came...
View ArticleMotorsport Aftermarket Group
MAG moves to fold Motorcycle-superstore in to J&P CyclesAs if any further evidence of a market under pressure were needed, the Motorsport Aftermarket Group’s retail operations division is set for...
View Article2017 AMD Events Year Planner
Did you get yours?Mailed last month with the December edition of AMD Magazine, extra copies of the popular 2017 AMD Events Year Planner are available on request from sara@dealer-world.com
View ArticleHarley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson share price recovers strongly in final quarter and posts impressive 58 percent gain for 2016Having been as high as $62.07 at the start of December 2016, Harley-Davidson’s share price...
View ArticleMidwest Motorcycle Supply
Midwest adds to Ultima lines for 2017Pevely, Missouri based manufacturer and distributor Midwest Motorcycle Supply say their 2017 catalog “has all the essentials that matter, and as many as possible at...
View ArticleBDL
BDL ‘Quiet Clutch’ and pressure plate upgradesCalifornian manufacturer BDL recently unveiled an all new, totally enclosed primary drive that now features the company’s “revolutionary quiet clutch”....
View ArticleDrag Specialties
10-gauge frame grillesMachined from billet aluminum, these 10-gauge frame grilles from Ness Enterprises are said to “add style and take the eyes away from the unfinished looking areas of the stock...
View ArticleS&S Cycle
S&S 4” Big Bore ‘Sidewinder” kitS&S has a new bolt-in 4-inch big bore ‘Sidewinder’ kit available for Twin Cam 88s.The company says “no machining, no rebalancing, just bolt in pistons and...
View ArticleMotorcycle Industry Council
MIC to represent powersports on newly formed Outdoor Recreation Industry RoundtableThe Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) is making “common cause” with several other outdoor recreation groups in...
View ArticleINTERMOT Customized 2016 review cont.
NO LIMIT CUSTOM: A major influence on the fat-rear-end conversion boom that flourished (in Germany in particular) from the mid-1990s, Holger Schnell started NLC in 1993 and customized his first Harley...
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The United States Motorsports Association (USMA) and Indiana University Purdue University are to conduct the first-ever nationwide economic impact study of motorsports in the United States. The...
View ArticleTecMate
OptiMate 3 now available as a multi-bankThe OptiMate 3 charger from TecMate was originally designed in 1994, but a process of continual updating has meant that it still retains all the features that...
View ArticlePolaris Industries
Polaris to cease Victory production after 18 yearsIn a not entirely unexpected decision, Polaris Industries has announced it is to “wind down” its production of Victory branded motorcycles with...
View ArticleAIM Corp
Variable Pressure clutch fits 2017 M-8 Tourers A year ago, Huntington Beach, California based clutch specialist AIM Corp introduced upgrades for the Harley-Davidson A&S (Assist and Slip) 3-stud...
View ArticleBDL
GMA calipers for 2017GMA, a BDL subsidiary, offers dealers access to an exclusive program of touring, sport, performance and custom brake calipers that “reflect the parent company’s reputation for...
View ArticleKellermann
Kellermann bullet light upgradesAward-winning German lighting specialist Kellermann, originators of the bar-end indicator and bullet light concepts, are now offering the Bullet 1000 PL – a front...
View ArticleComment by Editor-in-Chief, Robin Bradley
Window into the soul of the market …With the custom bike show season headed to a spring crescendo, looking back at prior AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building results for the ‘Custom World’...
View ArticleHarley-Davidson
Harley riders to sue factory claiming the Twin Cam 103 is defectively manufacturedTwo Harley-Davidson riders in Southern California (Michael Berke and Wolfgang Costello) have filed a complaint against...
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