Organiser Koelnmesse has confirmed 2020 dates for INTERMOT, Cologne, with the show open to press and trade visitors on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th October, with four days of public attendance from Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th. INTERMOT Customized in Hall 10 will again host the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building.
Husqvarna Motorcycles are set to return to the Moto3 World Championship in 2020. After 5 years of absence, Husqvarna says it will field an official team composed of two riders. The company says that their Moto3 effort "complements Husqvarna Motorcycles’ continuing expansion in street motorcycles, which will see constant growth and development in the coming years".
Fort Worth, Texas based Tucker Powersports (formerly Tucker Rocky Distributing) has announced its 2020 'Tucker Show' for the downtown Fort Worth Convention Center for three days from January 21st to 23rd 2020.
SIP Scootershop in Germany is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Founders Alex Barth and Ralf Jodl started the business in a garage, but it has quickly and continuously grown, with a new custom-built new 6,000 sq m headquarters facility, complete with in-house Dyno and R&D department, opened at Landsberg, Germany, in May 2016. The company carries more than 24,000 scooter parts and lifestyle items in stock at any one time and has a multi-lingual sales staff.
Motorradwelt Bodensee will be staged at Messe Friedrichshafen, February 20 -23. Close to the Austrian and Swiss borders, it is the largest spring 'mainstream' motorcycle show in southern Germany and regularly attracts over 300 exhibitors and 50,000 visitors.
In the U.S. total EV sales across all manufacturers were 176,174 through the first seven months of the year, +14.5% on the year ago period. Global electric vehicles sales were 1,105,405 in the first six months of 2019, +46.9 from 752,690 in the year ago period.
German oil and additives specialist Liqui Moly has become an official Parts Unlimited supplier in the USA. The company offers a wide range of motor oils for four and two-stroke engines for road machines, Enduro, ATV and snowmobiles.
South African carbon wheels specialist Blackstone Tek has unveiled a new website, with "new brand experience and new product features. Our new brand identity - Distinctly The Best - reflects the forward-moving direction of the company. Our new identity and tagline represent BST’s commitment to innovation and new product development, while honouring our years in the carbon fibre industry".
Cardo Systems, Ltd. and Ducati Motor Holdings S.p.A. have announced retail availability of its special edition Ducati Red PACKTALK units at Ducati dealers in the USA. PACKTALK products are powered by Cardo’s ground-breaking Dynamic Mesh Communication (DMC) technology, allowing up to 15 riders to connect seamlessly and feature Cardo’s natural voice-command and sound by JBL.
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