Brunswick Reports Gains in Sales, Earnings
October 31, 2005
Brunswick Corp.’s net sales for its third quarter ended September 30 were $1.434.6 billion, up 13% from $1.273.2 billion a year earlier. Operating earnings were $105.9 million, up 7% compared with $99.3 million in the year-ago quarter, and operating margins were down slightly to 7.4% from 7.8%. Net... Read more »
FOX Shox Opens Service Center in Canada
October 31, 2005
FOX Racing Shox has signed Factory Connection Canada (FCC) to serve as the exclusive FOX Authorized Global Service Center for powerSports products in Canada. FCC is trained as a full line FOX Powersports Service Center and will service all types of snowmobile shocks, ATV and Motocross shocks, offering... Read more »
Jornlin Starts Sandance Sports, Inc.
October 31, 2005
Frank Jornlin, long-time North American manager of Reima branded apparel, has left SCOTT USA to restart his own company, Sandance Sports Inc. After 10 years with the Gore-Tex fabrics division, Jornlin partnered with Reima sportswear (Finland) and launched the Reima branded snowmobiling line in 1994.... Read more »
Illinois Awards $127,200 for Snowmobile Trails
October 31, 2005
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has awarded $127,200 in grants for improvement and maintenance to the state’s snowmobile trails. The governor says enhancement projects are aimed at ensuring snowmobile riders’ safety on public-access trails. The money will go to ten local governments and... Read more »
New Chairman of Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum
October 31, 2005
The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, Pickerington, Ohio, has announced that Stan Simpson of Cibolo, Texas, has been named Chairman of the Museum’s Board of Directors. Simpson, who also serves on the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Board of Directors, was named to the Museum’s Board... Read more »
AMA’s Rasor Elected VP of FIM
October 28, 2005
American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) President Robert Rasor has been elected to the position of Vice President of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), the international governing body for motorcycle sport and touring. Rasor was elected during the 2005 FIM Biennial Session, held October... Read more »
Japan’s September Cycle Production Up 14.4%
October 28, 2005
Motorcycle manufacturers in Japan produced 168,657 units in September 2005, up 21,256 units or 14.4% compared to the 147,401 units produced during the same month last year, according to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA). Honda produced 56,727 units, up from 53,499 units during September... Read more »
ORBA Adds Winter Industries Coordinator
October 28, 2005
The Off-Road Business Association (ORBA) has added a Winter Industries Coordinator to help build a coalition between businesses that deal with products for motorized recreation in the snow and those that deal with products for the dirt. ORBA tapped Fred Wiley, president of the California-Nevada Snowmobile... Read more »
BMW, KTM Plan Protective Device
October 28, 2005
KTM and BMW are developing a device to reduce the risk of injury to the neck, the cervical spine, the spinal cord and the collarbone resulting from a motorcycle crash. The device, developed by Dr. Chris Leatt, a consulting physician for South African rally racing series, will be employed by KTM and BMW... Read more »
PWC Return to Superior’s Pictured Rocks Lakeshore
October 28, 2005
A nearly three-year decision-making process ended October 27 when a final ruling accepted personal watercraft (PWC) use at Lake Superior’s Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan. The ruling was published in the Federal Register, and is effective immediately. In 2002, the National Park Service... Read more »
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