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2009 AMA Pro Racing Flat Track Awards Banquet October 25, 2009 – Pomona, CA–The ticket order deadline for the 2009 AMA Pro Flat Track Awards Banquet is Friday October 16th. Don’t miss out and finalize your plans to attend today. The Sheraton Fairplex Hotel will be the host venue for the season-ending awards celebration on Sunday evening October 25th at 6:30pm. The banquet will honor this year’s champions and top performers in AMA Pro Grand National Championship Series and National Hot Shoe Series.
Discounted room rates for AMA Pro Flat Track guests are available. Awards Banquet tickets are $20 per person and include a reception, Hors D’oeurves and awards ceremony. The night begins with the reception at 6:30 p.m. and is planned to conclude early in the 10 p.m. hour.
AMA Pro licensed riders and one guest are admitted to awards banquet at no charge, additional guests’ will be $20 per person.
Sheraton Fairplex Reservations: Please call (888) 627-8074. Be sure to ask for the AMA Pro Racing Rate. Don’t delay! Only a limited number of discounted rooms remain in the AMA Pro block.
Awards Banquet Tickets: An An order form is available at http://www.amaproracing.com/assets/FT_AwardsBanquetOrderForm.pdf. Please fill out the form and submit the form via Adobe Reader, email toLisa McCarty (lmccarty@amaproracing.com) or print and fax the completed document to (386) 274-2335. All Awards Banquet ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.
D&D DEALER DIRECT PROGRAM CONTINUES TO EXPAND–Here are the last two weeks worth of new D & D dealers:
1) Vida Loca Customs 5600 Gregory Ln Parker, TX 75002 903-640-5622
2) Hartman T/F Cycles 7677 Cumming Hwy Canton, GA 30114 770-479-8254
3) Sport Motor Service Inc 202 W Main St Newmanstown, PA 17073 610-589-2562
4) Vitale Development 13531 Cypress Dr Baxter, MN 56425 218-824-7313
5) West Olive Custom 2219 New Jersey Rd Lakeland, FL 33803 863-221-4413
6) Spare Change Racing 5580 Tulane Dr Atlanta,GA 30336 404-472-0706
7) Greensburg Motorsports 1512 Commerce W Dr Greensburg, IN 47240 812-663-2009
8) S & W Cycle 24411 Main St Santa Clarita, CA 91321 661-255-0618
Last weeks new dealers (week ending 10-9-09)
1) Outlast Ltd 1439 N High St Columbus, OH 43201 614-806-7924
2) G & K Engines 405 19th St N New Ulm, MN 56073 507-354-8282
3) K & G Cycles 5641 Villa Dr Lawrence, KS 66047 785-856-2962
4) Ocean State H-D Shop 435 Nooseneck Hill Exeter, RI 02822 401-392-1162
5) Flatside Cycles 756 Bon Haven Dr Annapolis, MD 21401 240-424-9902
6) V-Twinn Service 818 Higgins St Humble, TX 77338 281-446-5830
7) Beenes Baggers 802 North Creek Dr Conway, AR 72032 501-329-2220
8) BAR Customs LLC 2091 Route 2213 Maineville, OH 45039 513-677-1091
–Jennifer Millican
D & D Performance Ent
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HARBORTOWN SCREENING COMES TO LOS ANGELES–Worked all weekend preparing for the Harbortown Bobber premiere, but wanted to send a quick note about our buddy Meatball’s new calendar for 2010 and let everyone know it’s in the Choppertown Store. Enjoy!
The much-requested, well-awaited 2010 Hell On Wheels Calendar has finally arrived! Featuring themes from the 1950s and 1960s that couples beautiful ladies to beautiful bikes. Classic Triumphs (unit and pre-unit), Nortons, a Triumph chopper, Matchless, JAWA, side car BMW, Vincent, and BSAs just to name a few.
High quality printing and vibrant colors – this is the perfect gift.Dimensions: 8.5″ x 11″
SADDLEMEN OPENS SEATS-ON-SALE WEB PAGE–As the busiest seasons for riding wind down each year, we sometimes end up with some extra seats on our shelves. This can be a great opportunity for buyers to get a top-of-the-line Saddlemen seat shipped out to them immediately. We’ve opened a new section on our web page listing these seats on our shelves, ready to head home to you, and your motorcycle.
These items are likely to clear out fast, so we strongly advise calling our sales staff here, toll-free, at (800) 397-7709 when ordering from this “on the shelf”? list, to make sure that the saddle in question has not been sold. Some of the types listed have only a single seat left.
As always, Saddlemen produces new, made-to-order seats throughout the year. Any of the saddles highlighted in this section will still be available as normal production items. We offer this listing of inventory to help clear our shelves, and so that the riding public can immediately get Saddlemen saddles installed on their bikes before prime riding weather fades across much of the nation…
Contact Saddlemen 310-638-1222
E-Mail Saddlemen
Leno’s Star VMAX is the star of Barrett-Jackson auction and helps NYC community arts program to the Max–October 12, 2009 Cypress, CA – Jay Leno auctioned off his customized Star VMAX motorcycle to benefit a Brooklyn community arts program run by one of his oldest friends. His lighthearted approach to auctioneering earned the charity some serious money!
Saturday evening, as live coverage of the Barrett-Jackson classic car auction from Las Vegas reached its climax, Jay Leno put his star power to good use. In a town that worships celebrity and is perhaps the world’s capital of stand-up comedy, Leno’s definitely at the top of the ‘A-list.’ Add that to his celebrity amongst car collectors and the fact that the sale was to benefit Bailey’s Cafe, a worthy charity, and the stage was set for an epic auction.
Bailey’s Cafe? is a community arts program that operates in a tough Brooklyn neighborhood. It was founded by Stefanie Siegel, who was a close friend of Leno’s during their college days. The two had not seen each other for 18 years, until they met in the VIP ‘green room’ behind the stage at the Mandalay Bay convention center.
Backstage, as the two old friends caught up and anticipated the sale, Leno kept an eye on the television monitor. “I thought that Shelby Cobra would go for more,” he said, adding, “It’s a tough economy.”
Still, once Leno himself rode the VMAX onto the Barrett-Jackson stage, bidding on the bike, which featured an old-school hot rod-style paint job by Benny Flores, quickly reached $60,000. Although it seemed the bidding might stall there, Leno had the crowd enthralled. He sweetened the pot with a Garmin GPS system, then his Alpinestars jacket and Arai helmet, and a personal tour of his garage. As the bids reached $70,000-$80,000, Yamaha’s Bob Starr announced that Yamaha’s musical instrument division had donated 6 guitars and a drum set to the arts program. That prompted Leno to virtually demand bidders pony up another $5,000.
When the hammer finally fell, Jay’s customized Star VMAX sold for $120,000. That’s nearly 8 times MSRP. And, Jay was right… 100% of the proceeds did go to Bailey’s Cafe?, because Barrett-Jackson donated all the transaction’s fees to the cause, as well. Stefanie Siegel, the founder of Bailey’s Cafe? had never been to ‘Vegas until that day. She left on Sunday as one of the town’s big winners.
Before the auction, Jay had joked that, “Bailey’s Cafe? is an arts program, but I didn’t have any Yamaha musical instruments to sell, so I thought I’d sell my Star VMAX, which is made by Yamaha.” Either way, Stefanie Siegel and Bailey’s Cafe? left town as one of the weekend’s big winners. You might say $120,000 to the good.
BIKERNET POLITICAL PANEL DISCUSSES RACISM– Everyone is in a hurry to scream “racism” these days!
“In what aisle could I find the Polish sausage?”
The clerk looks at him and says, “Are you Polish?”
The guy (clearly offended) says, “Well, yes I am. But let me ask yousomething. If I had asked for Italian sausage would you ask me if I was Italian? Or if I had asked for German bratwurst, would you ask me if I was German? Or if I asked for a kosher hot dog would you ask me if I was Jewish? Or if I had asked for a Taco would you ask if I was Mexican? Would you? Would you?”
The clerk says, “Well, no!”
“If I asked for some Irish whiskey, would you ask if I was Irish?”
“Well, I probably wouldn’t!”
With deep self-righteous indignation, the guy says, “Well then, why did you ask me if I’m Polish because I asked for Polish sausage?”
The clerk replies, “Because you’re in Home Depot”.
–from Michael Boen
EVO CAM COVER QUICK CHANGE KIT FROM JAMES GASKETS–Getting ready to swap out a set of EVO cams and want everything at your fingertips to make it a quick, no hassle operation? Well James Gaskets has you covered with this all inclusive CAM COVER QUICK CHANGE KIT.
Each package includes all the essential gaskets, o-rings and seals to remove and install the cover with a leak free fit. The cover gasket is 0.036” thick and features a steel core with high density gasket paper and rubber bead on both sides.
These components are designed to fit 1993-1999 Evolution? style Big Twins and retail for just $29.68 You can order from J&P, Dennis Kirk or call James at 775-246-2220 for a dealer near you. Be sure to catch them on line at www.jamesgaskets.com.
HAWAIIAN PROJECT FROM KUSTOM FAB COMING TOGETHER–A hui hou, as the time frame is shrinking it looks like we are on track for the finish. Here is a pic with the owner George admiring some of the Handy work Roger has punched in. I will have more to show later.
–Mahalo
Darren
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR FOR WARMER RIDING TOGS FROM HOT LEATHERS–
Neoprene Face Masks
$11.95
Heavy Duty Velcro Closure
Tons of styles to choose from
Masks for Men and Women
V303 – 10 Pocket Riding Vest
Cowhide Leather
Medium Weight
Buttery Soft
High Quality Construction
Satin Lining
4 Outside Pockets
6 Inside Pockets
Lace Up Sides
Available up-to 5XL
Heavy Duty Silver Snap Closure
JM09A01 – Armored Cruiser Jacket
Lightweight Jacket
Front and Back Vents
High Quality Construction
Removable Armor
Heavy Duty Nylon
Zip-Out Lining
2 Inside Pockets
4 Outside Pockets
Orange Piping on Back and Arms
Black Zipper and Snap Closure
Polaris Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results; a look at Victory Motorcycle results–Polaris (parent company of Victory Motorcycles,) has just released its recent financials. We streamlined the full release in length to focus more on results for the other major American motorcycle manufacturer, Victory Motorcycles.
Polaris
Third Quarter Highlights: * Net income of $0.94 per diluted share for the third quarter 2009 exceeded Company expectations. Sales declined 25% to $436.2 million in the third quarter 2009, in-line with expectations. Gross profit margin percentage for the third quarter of 2009 improved by 160 basis points to 24.1% due primarily to product cost reductions, lower commodity costs and improved product mix Raising and narrowing full year 2009 earnings guidance to a range of $2.92 to $2.98 per diluted share, compared to previous EPS guidance of $2.70 to $2.90 per diluted share. Factory and dealer inventories each decreased 18% in the third quarter 2009 versus last year. During the quarter, the Company unveiled more than 25 new model year 2010 ATV, side-by-side and motorcycle products
Victory
Sales of the On-road division, which today primarily consists of Victory motorcycles, decreased 56 percent during the third quarter of 2009 when compared to the same period in 2008. The decrease reflects the continuing planned reduction in shipments of Victory motorcycles to dealers in North America and increased promotional activities during the third quarter to assist dealers` efforts in further reducing their inventory levels.
The overall motorcycle industry retail sales environment continued to be weak during the third quarter 2009, with industry wide North American retail sales of heavyweight cruiser and touring motorcycles over 1400cc decreasing in the high twenty percent range compared to the same period last year.
Victory retail sales to consumers declined more than the industry wide sales during the 2009 third quarter. Although dealer inventory levels of Victory motorcycles are 22 percent lower at the end of the 2009 third quarter compared to the third quarter last year, further reductions are needed.
The Company has taken a number of proactive measures to reinvigorate retail sales including, adding personnel and resources, streamlining the product line-up, increasing promotions and expanding its international market presence.
To remain competitive in the market and further expand its product offerings, the Company introduced two new touring motorcycles for model year 2010, the Cross Country and Cross Roads models, both targeted at the large touring motorcycle market segment. Additionally, several value oriented models were added to the Victory line for model year 2010.
During the 2009 third quarter the on-road division began shipping the Polaris Breeze, the Company`s first electric powered low emission vehicle, to a select number of neighborhood vehicle dealerships. The initial response to the product by dealers and consumers has been positive.
–From Reuteurs
BUB Enterprises puts Janesville, Wisconsin factory on the market–Exhaust specialist and (again!) current world motorcycle land speed record holding team owner Denis Manning has announced that he is putting his Janesville, Wisconsin, factory up for sale.
“Several years ago, the location offered many advantages to us, but with the changes we announced to our business model a year ago and with two factories in Grass Valley, California, the Wisconsin plant is now surplus to requirements” Manning told AMD Magazine.
The 35,000 sq ft facility sits on a 5 acre site and comes “complete and fully equipped for the manufacture of motorcycle exhausts” with a “fully trained workforce available for hire”, and with intellectual property, according to Manning.
The factory had originally been bought and commissioned as an alternate to further expansion in California, and as a cost saving measure, given that for the exhausts it used to sell through the LeMans group (BUB decided to self-distribute and go dealer-direct 12 months ago) the company was sourcing raw materials in Wisconsin, shipping them to California, then shipping finished product back to Janesville.
A full plant list is available, and anybody interested in knowing more can call Denis at 530 477 7490, extension 206; or e-mail him:
E-Mail Denis
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