In November, Rev! Motorcycles revealed that it had signed a deal with Bud Maimone to purchase Maimone’s Cobra Motorcycle Mfg. Inc. Maimone founded Cobra in the early 1990s to bring ...
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Kubota joins utility market
A second giant international farm machinery and industrial equipment manufacturer — Japan-based $7.7 billion Kubota Corp. — has jumped into the utility market. The move comes about one year after ...
Read More »Redline begins producing Revolt Snowmobile
Following the recent injection of $2 million in capital, gross proceeds of $10 million from its initial public stock offering, and a new assembly and testing partner, Redline Performance Products, ...
Read More »Focus: Dealer Expo 2004
The Swisher family says it’s devoted to helping people. It started with Max, who, in the 1940s, rigged a gearbox to a heavy cast-iron rotary lawnmower and started a business ...
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The U.S. helmet market, bombarded with inexpensive imports from the East, now boasts more than 25 brand names, allowing powersports retailers walking the floor at the Dealer Expo to see ...
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Dowco, Inc., manufacturer of powersports vehicle covers, has launched the first of what will be a two-part brand makeover, and said its Guardian brand will become the dominant brand for ...
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Specializing in the distribution of motorcycle, snowmobile, ATV, Marine and RV parts and accessories, Bell Industries’ Recreational Products Group began a number of strategic improvement initiatives in 2003 that were ...
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FT. WORTH, TEXAS – The past few years have marked a period of significant change at Tucker Rocky Distributing. Steve Johnson, chief operating officer, says internal adjustments made at the ...
Read More »Feb. 9, 2004 – Tucker unveils 2004 product
FT. WORTH, Texas —Tucker Rocky Distributing held its 2004 Sales Meeting in its hometown here, Jan. 23-25, and more than 100 Tucker Rocky representatives took part in the affair, learning ...
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