Powersports Business Institute @ AIMExpo announces Call for Presentations
April 25, 2013
Powersports Business is accepting proposals for educational presentations from potential speakers at the Powersports Business Institute @ AIMExpo, which will be held Oct. 16-20, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. Powersports Business is aware of how important education is to enhancing the bottom line of the powersports... Read more »
Harley’s Q1 earnings per share grow despite sales decrease
April 25, 2013
Harley-Davidson reported a 33.8-percent increase in earnings per share in the first quarter of 2013, despite a drop in retail sales. First quarter diluted earnings per share rose to $0.99, up from $0.74 in the year-ago quarter. Net income increased 30.3 percent to $224.1 million, while consolidated revenue... Read more »
ARI named one of Wisconsin’s fastest-growing public companies
April 25, 2013
News Release ARI Network Services, a leader in creating, marketing, and supporting software, SaaS and DaaS solutions that connect consumers, dealers, distributors, and manufacturers in selected vertical markets, announced today that it was recognized in The Business Journal’s Top 25 List as one... Read more »
Legislation would close 9 million acres of Utah public land to riding
April 25, 2013
News release Bills that would close 9.1 million acres of Utah public land to off-highway vehicles have been introduced in Congress, the American Motorcyclist Association reports. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) introduced H.R. 1630, and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced S. 769, on April 18. Both... Read more »
New study shows motorcycle deaths spike in 2012
April 25, 2013
News release In a new report released today (April 24), the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) is projecting that motorcyclist deaths increased approximately 9 percent in 2012, to more than 5,000 lives lost. This is greater than the overall traffic fatality increase projected by the federal... Read more »
A Q1 swoon for ATV, motorcycle sales, analyst says
April 23, 2013
Industry sales of ATVs were down double-digits and industry sales of motorcycles were down approximately 10 percent in the first quarter of 2013, impacted by the late spring, according to a research note provided to Powersports Business by Wells Fargo Securities analyst Tim Conder. Conder also reports... Read more »
PWC sales hold in March
April 23, 2013
After year-over-year sales growth reached as high as 9 percent in January, growth has since slipped down to 7.5 percent for the month of March, according to data on new boat registrations from Info-Link Technologies. The year-over-year sales change amongst Bellwether states, which represent roughly half... Read more »
ROHVA adds Honda as member
April 23, 2013
News release The Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association extends a warm welcome to its newest member, American Honda Motor Co. A longtime supporter of the Motorcycle Industry Council, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, the Specialty Vehicle Institute of America and the ATV Safety Institute, Honda... Read more »
ADESA updates U.S. website
April 23, 2013
ADESA has announced several updates the company’s new U.S. website, ADESA.com. The site was built on the technology of OPENLANE, which ADESA acquired in late 2011. It offers inventory at all ADESA U.S. auction locations and fresh, upstream and off-lease inventory from off-site locations. “When... Read more »
S&S Cycle unveils plans for 55th anniversary celebration
April 23, 2013
S&S Cycle is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year with a special event in June in Wisconsin. The party will take place June 21-22 at the Oktoberfest grounds in La Crosse, Wis., with a side trip offered to the S&S factory in Viola, Wis. At the factory, which is about an hour’s drive from... Read more »
