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Norton will fill the high-end technology deficit for TVS Motor

by Chanchal Pal Chauhan from https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com Norton is one of the most iconic British brands, besides Triumph, Royal Enfield and BSA. Incidentally now all of the remaining famed British brands either have Indian owners or strong engineering relationships with local entities. Another Indian company bags a storied European brand. This time it’s TVS Motor, the

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Laconia Motorcycle Week mulls August back-up date due to COVID-19

by Paula Tracy from https://www.seacoastonline.com LACONIA – On Monday night, Laconia City Councilors will be asked to approve the 97th Progressive Laconia Motorcycle Week for Aug. 22-30 if it cannot be held June 13-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Charlie St. Clair, executive director for the Laconia Motorcycle Week Association, said he is hopeful the

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George Christie, Former Hells Angels President of Ventura, California, filming in “Marked-The Unforgiven” in Europe.

We caught up with George Christie via video chat as he sits in his apartment in Malaga, Spain. He is currently filming “Marked-The Unforgiven” in Europe but the production is on “hiatus” due to the Covid 19 quarantine. “Marked-The Unforgiven” is the story of a former Marine recon sniper, Jack Crest, who returns home to

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Norton Motorcycles ‘will be restored to its former glory’

from https://www.dailymail.co.uk New owner set to invest tens of millions of pounds Norton Motorcycles’ new owner has pledged to double its workforce and launch more products. India’s TVS Motor, which bought the British brand out of administration for £16million earlier this month, is reportedly set to invest tens of millions of pounds in the luxury

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Pat Ryan, who opened his first motorcycle shop in Bakersfield at age 19, dies at 63

by STEVEN MAYER from https://www.bakersfield.com Who opens a retail business at age 19? Patrick J. Ryan — his friends called him “Pat” — not only founded Bakersfield Motorcycle Supply at 2800 Chester Ave. in 1975, he later opened Ryan Kawasaki on Pierce Road where his passion for life and his full-throttle philosophy drew customers in

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Harley-Davidson finance exec to take over global sales function

from https://www.newsbreak.com Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. has promoted Larry Hund to chief commercial officer of Harley-Davidson Motor Co., giving him responsibility for the motorcycle maker’s global sales function. Larry Hund is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Harley-Davidson Financial Services (HDFS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harley-Davidson, Inc. A 30-year financial services veteran, Hund held a

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Global Motorcycle Market Collapses As Harley Makes Deep Cuts–Choppers will never Die!

This came from www.cleantechnica.com a greenie web site. They want everything to collapse.–Bandit April 17th, 2020 by Jo Borrás When the car business sneezes, motorcycles catch a cold. That’s an old saying in this business — one that was already old when I first started working at a dealership in 1997 — but it is a saying

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New from Scott Jacobs Gallery

I hope everyone is staying healthy and productive while we’re all in limbo together. We contemplated whether or not to release this piece during such an odd time.  After much consideration, we felt that the best way to stay optimistic was to keep pushing forward as if we could already see a healthy and happy future in

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