Hevik

"Asterope" jacket

New from Hevik for 2022 is the long "Asterope" jacket with a "typically classic, masculine cut with an urban attitude", suitable for mid-season wear as well as milder winters, with a removable thermal interior and a fixed, breathable, waterproof membrane. 

Part of the brand's Urban line, this 3/4 length jacket is a two-layer model with a minimal, casual look made from a polyester fabric.
On the front, the jacket has four large pockets fastened with buttons and a broad flap that runs up the centre and across the collar. The inside consists of a (fixed) waterproof membrane and thermal padding that can be removed.
There are adjustable straps at the sides and wristbands. Safety is ensured by the internal CE1 Level 1 protectors on the shoulders and elbows and by the option to include a back guard (Hevik HFB protector and HCB protector models). The entire garment is certified according to standard EN17092.
"Asterope" comes in a wide range of sizes and in colours black and grey and has a 4,000 mm water column rating.

HEVIK
www.hevik.com

Lightech

Lightech for Z650

Italian accessory specialist Lightech has added a range of model-specific designs for the new Kawasaki Z650.
Sheila Zaccaron, Lightech's Export Manager, says: "The flagship product of the new accessories line is definitely the licence plate holder. It is available in two versions: licence plate holder only, or as a kit, which includes homologated licence plate light and reflector. 

"The kit version is adjustable for street legal use (it is TÜV certificated). The 'Python' licence plate light is a patented design and 100% made in Italy - with four white and two red LEDs to combine its use as rear light or additional brake light.

"Manufactured in an exclusive PA12 polymer and carbon fibre composite material, it is therefore very light, very strong, durable, resistant and aesthetically appealing. It can be further personalised with a separately available kit of coloured special Ergal (zinc aluminium alloy) screws."

The accessories line includes Lightech's lightweight, technically advanced KLEV046 levers, which is one of its bestselling product designs - widely used in Moto2 and World SBK. Made of magnesium and CNC-machined aluminium, they are foldable and available in two versions: total black finish or “Alien” version with black rubber inserts for an optimal grip.

Additional products for the Z650 include customisable wheel axle sliders, innovative frame protections with integral shock-absorbing rubber centre, a magnesium base plate and an external puck made of nylon mixed with fiberglass, a special nut and a high-quality, spin-locking aluminium fuel tank cap in satin silver/black with central black cap or total black with coloured cap.

LIGHTECH S.R.L.
www.lightech.it

LeoVince

LV-10 Full Black for Kawasaki Z 900

Italian exhaust brand LeoVince's LV-10 Full Black exhaust - is now available for the Kawasaki Z 900.
"The LV-10 Full Black is the result of the collaboration with the best Moto2 and Moto3 teams and of the know-how acquired from our many years of experience in MotoGP and SBK competitions," says LeoVince Commercial Director Roberto Morone.

Manufactured entirely from AISI 304 stainless steel, the LV-10 Full Black body has a total metallic ceramic-based matt black finish, both on the body and on the inlet and outlet end cap. Unlike the LV-10 Black Edition, the LV-10 Full Black is laser-marked with the LV "Racing" logo.
Additional features include a precision laser-cut bracket, TIG welding, laser-etched "Racing" logo, and the same high-temperature resistant "LV" racing sticker used in Moto3 is supplied in the package for an authentic racing look.

LEOVINCE
www.leovince.com

Stein-Dinse

SD-TEC tyre warmers

German distributor Stein-Dinse continues to expand its SD-TEC own brand technical products and accessories with these wear and tear resistant tyre warmers.
A built-in mechanical thermostat regulates the temperature and therefore optimises the grip of the tyres, ensuring that the tyre surface is not damaged by pre-heating when "warming up" - "eliminating tyre damage such as cracks or escaping softeners".

The ergonomic design of the SD-TEC tyre warmers means simple and uncomplicated handling - ideally suited for beginners as well as for ambitious sports riders. For dealers, the customer-friendly price-point means race novices and experienced track riders will appreciate the opportunity to add a genuine track-side accessory to their race-day kit.
These SD-TEC tyre warmers are also suitable for big size tyres and are available in black, red and tricolour. The kit includes front and rear wheel tyre warmers in a custom transport bag.

STEIN-DINSE GMBH
www.stein-dinse.com

SIP Scootershop

Newly available - kickstart lever for Vespa T5

German scooter specialist SIP Scootershop has these top quality kickstarters for Vespa large frame models for vintage to conversion types to the PX models.
"The kickstart lever for Vespa T5 scooters has been out of production for many years. We have made a high-quality reproduction in silver and black that is available now."
"You can kick them repeatedly with your biggest boots on," says SIP's Ralf Jodl, "but without replacement kickstart levers being available on the market, no traditional Vespa engine will run. These often ignored components of our beloved vintage through to scooters save a lot of effort when starting any Vespa. 

"They are ergonomically positioned right in front of your view of the engine, which looks great, contributing a great deal to the scooter's overall appearance - with attractive, high quality, durable and resistant surface finishing."
These kickstarters are manufactured from high-grade forged aluminium, with a vintage style version also available, and answer a need as not all Vespa kickers are still available, and with those that are, Ralf says you see very variable quality standards.
"Some cheap cast aluminium types are around, but they neither fit nor function properly," Ralf says. "Others have an extremely cheap appearance or are constructed using inferior materials. So, to clear up this mess, we decided to get busy and have a large majority of the original range reproduced to more exacting standards.

"Our SIP kickstarters' appearances are closely based on that of the Piaggio originals. The exceptions are provided by the high-quality materials used in their construction and a vastly improved surface finishing. Our kickstarters are no longer surrounded by an ugly casting seam, but we have included a decently embossed SIP logo, located in front of the mounting bolt. To ensure these kickstarters match and complement various styles of custom and overall image, we have a variety of different versions available: aluminium, chrome and black.
"We have also had conversion kickstarters for PX engines fitted into vintage frames, produced to supplement the standard types. Complete with Vespa 'Rally' look, these unconventional items enable a more authentic vintage appearance for PX engines, especially interesting when fitted to an earlier Vespa large frame model.
"Due to the PX kickstarter being in a different position than in earlier large frame engines, the engine had to be opened to change the shaft when mounting a version more suited to an earlier Vespa model's original appearance."

SIP SCOOTERSHOP GMBH
www.sip-scootershop.com

Comment by Editor, Robin Bradley

How Did It Come To This?

There are various info-bytes and news references to the unfolding catastrophe in Ukraine throughout this edition of International Dealer News - not least the 'Letter from Ukraine' from 'DJ' Maughfling of Ukraine based Supersprox.
His company's primary manufacturing facility is based some 150 km west of Kyiv and while, at the time of writing, he and his team were still trying to keep the lights on and the machines turning, as he himself had said to me a few days after the invasion started - "there's no telling where, how or when this will end."
Down the years, we here at IDN (and our sister magazine AMD) have been lucky enough to meet many dozens, indeed hundreds of people from behind the former Iron Curtain and get to appreciate their friendship, creativity and craftsmanship.

Award-winning Kharkiv 'AMD' World Championship of Custom Bike Building
regulars Yaroslav and Alexandra Lutitsky (Iron Custom Motors).

Witnessing the emergence of the innate design and engineering genius that had been locked away for so long was a thing of joy. I will always regard providing a platform through which it could be seen on a world stage at the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building as a journey, one that started in the 1990s, and as one of my career achievement highlights.
That journey felt that it had finally arrived at its destination when we saw Dima Golubchikov of Zillers Garage in Moscow crowned as the AMD World Champion Custom Bike Builder at INTERMOT in October 2018. The unique voting system meant that it was the votes of his fellow custom bike engineers that elected Dima as their World Champion, based purely on his design, engineering and craftsmanship achievement.
Given that there was no INTERMOT in 2020, it just so happens that Dima Golubchikov is still the AMD World Champion Custom Bike Builder, and with the events that we are starting to see unfold now, and a new Iron Curtain descending over Europe, it is highly likely that he will continue to remain so for some time to come.
That he is a maker of remarkable motorcycles, there is no doubt. But he is not alone. To name-check just two others - the work that Yuri Shif (of Belarus) has shown down the years has been nothing short of remarkable, and we always figured he was a likely candidate to emerge as Eastern Europe's first AMD World Champion.
But we are also thinking at this time about Yaroslav Lutitsky of Iron Custom Motors and his wife Alexandra. Wonderful people who have competed in the 'AMD' on multiple occasions - winning the Café Racer class in 2016 and always doing well with all their bikes. Yaroslav and Alexandra live in Kharkiv.
A big fat call-out too for the excellent Dmitry Khitrov - a well-travelled gentle giant of a man and one of the nicest (and most energetic) of people you could ever wish to meet. As the organiser of custom bike shows in Moscow, and the group trips that Russian custom bike builders have been making to the 'AMD' at INTERMOT, he has been the spiritual leader of the custom motorcycle industry in Russia - its inspiration, its pathway to opportunity and its Godfather (in a good way!). We all hope that he will be able to be so again one day.
I don't care what these people's politics are. The whole point about freedom and democracy, about so-called liberal values, is that people are entitled to believe whatever they like - until it starts to compromise other people's ability to enjoy the same privileges. I am sure that these are folk who will be as aghast at current developments as all the rest of us in the 'West' are.
In that regard, I'm going to leave the final words on this subject to someone who clearly is aghast at what is happening.
When Timur Sardarov - CEO and owner of MV Agusta in Italy - and his family's ComSar Invest (an investment fund subsidiary of the Sardarov family's Black Ocean Group) finally stepped in and ultimately stabilised MV Agusta in 2016/2017 after the trauma of the Harley-Davidson, V 2.0 Castiglioni and Mercedes years, any initial fears about 'Oligarch Creep' in the motorcycle industry were quickly dismissed. It soon became apparent that Timur was, and remains, a determined and above all passionate brand advocate who has been unstinting in his efforts to find and build a sustainable and future-proof pathway for that most storied of brands.
It hasn't hurt his mission that along the way he also just happens to have been able to oversee bringing some really excellent motorcycles to market too.
In remarks in a letter to employees that was subsequently authorised for public release, and additional widely reported remarks posted to his Instagram account, he has made his feelings very clear. 

"I have never felt so bad in my life, feeling absolutely disgusted, ashamed and betrayed by this horrific, stupid and cruel act of war. I believe Russians have never been so betrayed by any regime in our long, difficult and proud history! This act does not represent us!"
No equivocation there and kudos to Timur for telling it how it is - despite what are likely to be the politically sensitive waters that he and his family may well find themselves having to navigate at this time.
Just as we all started to think that it might be safe to 'get back in the water' (following the disruption of the pandemic), now we are faced with what has the potential to develop into a complete meltdown of global trade.
In a message to those who thought it fashionable to protest against perceived evils of globalisation in the past 20 years, I have one simple message - be careful what you wish for.
Trade has always dictated the true course of freedom and opportunity, and as most of the motorcycle industry majors and hundreds, indeed thousands of other leading global brands head for the exit door where their Russian operations are concerned, let's hope that trade will be allowed to do so again - before the damage is irrevocable.
In the late 1980s, it was an emerging consumer demand for MTV, Levis and western 'shiny things' that eventually defeated the Soviet Union. Let's hope that conspicuous consumption and the taste for freedom and opportunity that the Russian people have had for the past 30 years can reassert itself and defeat Putin's imperialism before more radical measures are taken.

Slava Ukraini

Kellermann

Kellermann Jetstream - "The world's most powerful motorcycle indicator"

Aachen, Germany based Kellermann GmbH is a global leader where LED technology and motorcycle indicators are concerned, noted for its advanced, durable, robust products, high grade materials, fit and finish - and as the global custom motorcycle industry's 'go-to' when discreet, stylish, high power lighting solutions are needed.

The new premium Kellermann Jetstream is probably "the most spectacular motorcycle indicator ever built," says LED design expert Guido Kellermann. 

Available as a sequential lighting turn signal and as a 3-in-1 rear, brake and sequential lighting turn signal combo version, the design of the Kellermann Jetstream "integrates elements from aviation design and has the shape of a wing with an integrated jet engine. The distinctively and shapely designed Jetstream is a guaranteed eye-catcher both for its looks and for its power."

 'two variants'

"Safety is always our number one priority," says Guido, "but who says products can't also look great? The shape is extremely aerodynamic and therefore also very streamlined at high speeds, resulting in less airflow turbulence for improved safety and comfort."
However, the illuminating power of the Kellermann Jetstream is also extreme - "no other motorcycle indicator with sequential lighting and ECE approval gets even close," says Kellermann CEO Dr. Stefan Wöste.

"The brightness is unmatched. The turn signal is emitted as a super bright and slit-like beam along the edge of the wing. In the 3-in-1 version the equally strong rear and brake lights are added, with the well-proven Kellermann Atto technology placed in the jet engine channel."
Based on 16 high-power LEDs, the unbelievable illuminating power of the Kellermann Jetstream contributes towards more safety on the road, because the motorcycle is better and sooner seen when approaching at high speed or in poor weather.

'aviation design'
 

Overtaking becomes safer as the vehicle ahead is strongly warned by the extreme illuminating power - reducing the danger of inadvertent or careless lane changing.
Made in Germany by Kellermann, the strong illuminating power also raises the safety bar during all other turning or braking manoeuvres, with the sequential lighting turn signal at the front and rear - also the 3-in-1 combination during braking manoeuvres.

Dr Stefan Wöste, Kellermann CEO

"This extremely bright and dynamically pulsating sequential indicator, with its unique light orchestration, pushes the envelope of what is technically possible and will define a new benchmark in the segment of exclusive motorcycle accessories."

'dynamically pulsating'

Initially, the Kellermann Jetstream will be available in two variants. As a sequential lighting turn signal it can be installed at the front and rear of the motorcycle. The 3-in-1 version, with a combination of rear, brake and sequential lighting turn signal, can be installed at the rear of the bike.

KELLERMANN GMBH
www.kellermann-online.com


Form, Function, Power and Safety

•    Highest illuminating power
•    Kellermann high-power LED technology
•    State-of-the-art "IC" chip technology
•    32 MHz real time micro processor controlled
•    Silent-Current, advanced Power Saving algorithm
•    High measure of visibility across a wide angle range
•    Longlife Protection Guard®
•    Suitable for 12 volt DC applications
•    Flow-optimised metal housing, high quality manufacturing
•    M8 x 20 mm thread
•    High-quality vibration-absorbing bearing
•    ECE-approved
•    Global design protection