Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A., cancelled its planned Dealer Business Summit scheduled for Aug. 9-12 in Park City, Utah. Mike Martinez, President of Motorsports for Yamaha, is quoted as saying: "As most people must be aware, we are experiencing supply chain issues as a result of the Shanghai port lockdown. Many of our vendors are reporting late raw material shipments, manpower challenges and capacity issues, making it increasingly difficult to keep up with backlogged orders, not to mention current and future demand."
Berlin, July 2022 - The BMW Motorrad Days and Pure&Crafted Festival attracted some 17,000 visitors "from all over the world to the German capital. It was the 20th edition for the BMW Days event and there were some 100 exhibitors there, plus all the usual entertainment and new model test ride opportunities that are to be expected. For the preceding one-day Pure&Crafted Festival it was a second time in the Sommergarten at Messe Berlin.
Founded in 2008, Bend, Oregon-based Giant Loop LLC, an off-road motorcycle soft luggage brand, has been acquired by USWE Sports AB, a publicly traded backpack company based in Malmö, Sweden. The deal is described as providing USWE "with a strong position in the premium segment for panniers, saddlebags, tank bags and dry bags for the off-road powersports market". Giant Loop's headquarters offers USWE a USA base of operations - Giant Loop products will be offered through USWE´s global distribution network.
The FIM, IRTA and Dorna Sports announced that the 2022 FIM MotoGP World Championship calendar will remain at just 20 rounds as a result of the decision to cancel the Finnish Grand Prix in 2022. Originally planned for July 10, it is hoped it will be staged in 2023. It is four decades since motorcycle Grand Prix racing was last staged in Finland.
PSB reports that the Gold Wing Road Riders Association in the USA is to close after 45 years. At its peak, GWRRA had some 80,000 members in 53 countries, with over 800 active chapters managed by 4,000 volunteer leaders. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, the GWRRA has called itself "the world's largest single-marque social organisation for owners of Honda Gold Wing/Valkyrie motorcycles," and it adopted the motto "Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge."
Eugene, Or., based Arcimoto, Inc. (NASDAQ: FUV), makers of "rightsized, outrageously fun, ultra-efficient electric vehicles for moving people and stuff," says it produced 102 vehicles in the second quarter, the highest vehicle production quarter in its history - saying that it delivered 41 customer vehicles and produced 41 vehicles for commercial pilot programmes and marketing use. The company also produced 20 rental vehicles, and now totals 109 rental vehicles across Arcimoto rental locations and partner rental locations. Founder and CEO Mark Frohnmayer says that "we continue to target 1,000 vehicles produced for the year."
Montreal, Canada based Taiga Motors Corporation (TSX: TAIG) has announced that it has started deliveries of its 2022 Orca electric personal watercraft - saying it has achieved the world's first electric personal watercraft sales. Taiga claims to have developed the world's first performance-focused, commercial electric off-road powertrain. First installed into its snowmobiles, then adapted and fine-tuned for the Orca PWC, it delivers a claimed 120 kW and peak torque from zero rpm. Taiga initiated North American deliveries of its Nomad snowmobile in March and made its European debut in April.
Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corp. has broken ground on an "advanced and innovative SMART Warehouse" project at Newnan, Georgia, USA. "Using state-of-the-art automated storage and retrieval systems, the new 200,000 sq ft facility will be capable of reducing response time for fulfilling dealer orders for Yamaha WaveRunners, Golf Cars, ATVs and Side-by-Sides by more than 50 percent."
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