Year: 2009
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Hot Leathers signs deal with Harley-Davidson Footwear
Hot Leathers will now carry Harley-Davidson Footwear at all the major motorcycle rallies. Harley-Davidson Footwear is manufactured by Wolverine World…
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Metric OEM exports’ falloff reaches 100,000-plus motorcycles
Metric manufacturers shipped at least 100,000 fewer motorcycles to the United States in a recent three-month period compared to a…
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KTM announces 2010 Road Race Contingency Program
KTM announced the 2010 Road Race Contingency Program that rewards racers of all levels for their racing success with KTM.…
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PSB is accepting 2nd round of Nifty 50 applications
Editors from Powersports Business and our sister publications in the powersports industry have selected the first 25 products for the…
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Settlement reached between Ridley and Harley-Davidson
Ridley Motorcycle Co. reached a settlement with Harley-Davidson in a lawsuit Harley brought against Ridley over the trade name Auto-Glide…
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Vance & Hines hires sales manager
Vance & Hines hired Ken Draper as its new sales manager. In this position, Draper will be charged with strengthening…
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Chinese manufacturer adds to its U.S. distribution
A distributor and manufacturer of Chinese powersports vehicles has added to its U.S. infrastructure. Tao Tao USA, which supplies ATVs,…
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Access-rights groups to fight possible land closure
A federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal could close about 30,000 acres of the 75,000-acre Clear Creek area in…
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Gauging early season snowmobile retail sales
Preliminary results from Powersports Business’ poll show that dealers’ snowmobile retail sales are inconsistent with one another. About 33 percent…
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The new bike buyer quiz
How well do you know your motorcycle buyer? Take this quick test and find out. A sport bike consumer walks…
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Dec. 28, 2009 – Meeting a new consumer dynamic
Longtime aftermarket supplier Nelson Rigg has made a number of strategic changes for the new year, most notably refining its…
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Dec. 28, 2009 – Big Dog to examine number of ownership change options
The owner of Big Dog Motorcycles has hired an investment banking firm to assist in evaluating a possible merger, strategic…
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Dec. 28, 2009 – An entry-level offering
SALT LAKE CITY — An industry veteran long associated with the U.S. off-road motorcycle market has started a partnership that…
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Dec. 28, 2009 – A vastly changing ATV import scene
One of the profitability challenges of the ATV market in recent years has been the amount of product flowing into…
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Dec. 28, 2009 – Galt adds training provider
Galt Enterprises/ServiceGuard Systems has acquired Powersport University, a dealership training provider. Galt Enterprises purchased the training provider from founder Peter…
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Dec. 28, 2009 – Is the tightfisted time over?
By Neil Pascale Editor One hundred and sixteen billion dollars. That’s just one number that defines the impact the credit…
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Dec. 28th, 2009 – Impacts of credit card reform will be felt at dealerships
The effects of a major revamping of federal regulations surrounding credit cards have already emerged, albeit mostly on the consumer…
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Dec. 28, 2009 – Training Day-Eliminating dead zones and aged inventory
OTTAWA, Ill. — The area behind a cash register, that zone that is guaranteed consumer eye placement, should be considered…
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Dec. 28, 2009 – GE Money shifts its consumer lending approach
GE Money has shifted its powersports consumer lending almost entirely to installment loans, credit that is repaid in fixed, regular…
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Dec. 28, 2009 – What’s good for a recession but not for the rebound
Don’t know if you’ve encountered it in your holiday shopping but there is a plastic toy that is notable only,…
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