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Save the Recreational Trails Program Take Action! Email or Call your U.S. Senators Today! The U.S. Senate is set to consider an amendment that could save the Recreational Trails Program (RTP). Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is offering the amendment to revise the Senate transportation bill entitled “Moving Ahead for Progress in ...    Read more

• RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, lifts gavel on Florida’s famed Milhous Collection, Feb. 24-25, 2012, in Boca Raton • ...    Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (February 8, 2012) – Bruce Rossmeyer’s Sunrise and Fort Lauderdale Harley-Davidson hosted an Anniversary Poker Run and annual blessing of the bikes on Saturday, January 28, 2012 in celebration of Sunrise’s five year anniversary and Fort Lauderdale’s ten year anniversary. Riders collected poker cards at ...    Read more

Why would you want to ride your Husaberg FE570 motorcycle to 20,500 vertical feet? Because it’d break a world record, of course! That’s exactly what the trio of Walter Colebatch (UK), Lukas Matzinger (AUSTRIA) and Barton Churchill (USA) plan on doing this march! These three will attempt to reach ...    Read more

R&G Racing, the world leader in the development and manufacture of motorcycle crash and damage protection products, will be exhibiting at distributor, Twisted Throttle's booth during the 2012 Indianapolis Dealer Expo, which runs from February 17-19. Simon Hughes, R&G's Sales Director, says, "We're really excited to be at the Dealer ...    Read more

El Segundo, Calif. (February 8, 2012) – Source Interlink Media, LLC. (SIM) announced today the launch of the Motor Trend YouTube Channel making original and compelling automotive content available to online audiences immediately. The Motor Trend Channel is part of YouTube’s rollout of around ...    Read more

Birmingham, Ala. (February 7, 2012) – ZOOM Motorsports announced today that Triumph Motorcycles will become the title sponsor of the AMA Pro Series race at Barber Motorsports Park, as well as presenting sponsor for the fast-growing Barber Vintage Festival. The three-year agreement is a natural fit for the iconic ...    Read more

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 8, 2011 – Harley-Davidson announced today that the Company helped raise more than $160,000 on behalf of the United Service Organizations (USO) throughout November and December, which will be used to send care packages to troops overseas in the coming year. Donations were collected by Harley-Davidson dealerships and ...    Read more

PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- A key U.S. House committee has approved a bill that would require an independent scientific study of the effects of ethanol-gasoline blends on engines, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. By a 19-7 vote on Feb. 7, the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology approved H.R. 3199 ...    Read more

Corona, CA - February 7, 2012 - Despite enduring a tough economic climate in the past few years, Husqvarna Motorcycles North America (HMNA) is proud to report that 2011 was a landmark year. HMNA managed to set an all-time sales record under BMW care for the 2011 calendar year ...    Read more

Varese, February 3, 2012 - Every great motorcycle is made up of many small acts of magic. Each MV Agusta is the ideal combination of thousands of intricate pieces. Assembled with passion, skill and innate precision. Thus was born F3, three-cylinder that has changed the concept of supersport. Imagine an area ...    Read more

Motorcyclist columnist, Keith Code, started riding motorcycles in the 1950s. In the 1970s, after years of professional riding, Keith began private instruction sessions with amateur racers, some of whom quickly became national champions. After retiring from professional racing, Keith founded the California Superbike School in 1980 with the goal ...    Read more

PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- Renewed funding for motorized trails and a ban on funding for motorcycle-only checkpoints are included in a major federal transportation bill being considered by a key U.S. House committee, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is expected to vote Feb. 2 on ...    Read more

HARLEY-DAVIDSON SEVENTY-TWO™ REVIVES A LEAN LOOK Dark Custom Gets Some Color – A New Narrow Sportster in Sparkling Metal Flake Paint MILWAUKEE (Feb. 1, 2012) – The Harley-Davidson® Seventy-Two™ motorcycle is a metal flake dream machine, a Sportster® on a trip back to the days when the cool kids rode a Sting-Ray ...    Read more

PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and AMA Grassroots Coordinator Jessica Irving have earned a prestigious Grassroots Innovation Award for their inventive campaign to involve the public in overturning a federal ban on the sale of kids' dirtbikes and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). The Public Affairs Council -- a nonpartisan, ...    Read more

MILWAUKEE (Feb. 1, 2012) – Harley-Davidson will celebrate 110 years of great motorcycles and epic riding experiences with an array of global events and activities in 2013. Among the events during the year-long celebration will be a rally in Rome, Italy, June 13-16, and a massive party over Labor Day ...    Read more

Fort Worth, TX - February 1, 2012 Grateful Dead Productions and Rhino Entertainment announce a new relationship with Tucker Rocky Distributing, a leader in sales and distribution of Powersports products. River Road, a Tucker Rocky brand, will create and market apparel and accessories for the Powersports industry using legendary Grateful ...    Read more

at RM's 2012 Monaco Sale • RM Auctions consigns acclaimed Saltarelli Ducati collection to feature at Monaco sale on 10th -12th May, 2012 • Important 100 motorcycle collection to be offered ‘without reserve’ • Collection further establishes RM’s growing reputation for historic motorcycle sales ...    Read more

Cupertino, Calif. (January 19, 2012) – Ducati North America today announced 2011 motorcycle sales growth of 43 percent compared to 2010 and a record market share in all of it’s territories: US, Canada and Mexico. This result established North America as Ducati’s number one market for the first time ...    Read more

AMERICAN MUSCLE NEVER DIED. IT JUST NEEDED HANDLEBARS. At the intersection of exhilarating American V-Twin power and dynamic muscle bike styling is the all-new Victory Judge. This is a new cruiser from Victory, the only brand that can combine such powerful new styling with dominating V-Twin power and smooth, confidence-inspiring ...    Read more

January 20, 2012 - New York, NY - The distinct retro flair of the golden age of motorcycling is one that only Husqvarna can genuinely embody. The Husky marque is the definitive emblem of an era, and one that continues to symbolize bold innovation, classic design and timeless passion. ...    Read more

People living in isolated villages in Southern Province, Zambia, will soon begin receiving more regular visits from health workers as Riders for Health launches its new program with the Zambian Ministry of Health. Today, January 20th, government officials and health partners will attend a ceremony in Livingstone to mark the ...    Read more

Cupertino, Calif. (January 19, 2012) - Ducati North America today announced 2011 motorcycle sales growth of 43 percent compared to 2010 and a record market share in all of it's territories: US, Canada and Mexico. This result established North America as Ducati's number one market for the first time ...    Read more

Lake Forest, CA January 17, 2012 - Santa leave you a little short this holiday season? Forget the 12 days of Christmas, the crew from Scorpion is really in a giving mood and will be giving gifts for the next 12 months! From now through December of 2012, a fan ...    Read more