Roaring Toyz announced today a special year end dealer discount that’s good throughout 2014! We are giving all our customers the chance to make more money and increase their profitability next year by offering dealers an additional 10% off all Roaring Toyz Pin Stripe Series products purchased throughout 2014. All you have to do to qualify for this special offer is order $500.00 of our new line of Pin Stripe Series products from now until March 31, 2014. Once you order $500.00, you will be guaranteed an additional 10% off all Roaring Toyz Pin Stripe Series billet parts and accessories purchased throughout 2014. Don’t lose out on this special offer…call Roaring Toyz today! You can reach them at 941-953-4423, email them at robert@roaringtoyz.com or check them out online at www.roaringtoyz.com

The migration to online commerce is a phenomenon that has transformed the marketplace over the last decade and has become a permanent fixture in the world of retailing. Like any change, there are disadvantages. Often times, in an effort to offer the widest variety of product choices, it can become a challenge as a buyer to make up your mind which way to go.

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Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) today announced that it has purchased all of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.’s (“FHI”) 3.96 million shares of Polaris’ common stock for a purchase price of $497.5 million, thereby reducing its outstanding share count by approximately six percent.  Polaris funded this purchase with a combination of cash on hand and $250 million of borrowings under the Company’s revolving credit facility.

Polaris and FHI have a long successful engine supplier relationship dating back to 1968, when FHI began manufacturing Polaris’ exclusive “Star” engine.  FHI was the sole manufacturer of Polaris’ engines from 1968 to 1995, at which time Polaris gradually began to produce its own engines for select models.  For model year 2013, FHI supplied approximately one-fourth of Polaris’ engines used in a number of models of snowmobiles and off-road vehicles.  For model year 2014 and beyond, the Company anticipates that the percentage of FHI-supplied engines will decline further as Polaris continues to significantly expand its own engine portfolio.

Scott Wine, Polaris’ Chairman and CEO stated, “FHI has been a valued partner and long-term engine supplier since 1968 and a significant, loyal and stable shareholder since we first began trading as a public company in 1987.  FHI approached us with the opportunity to repurchase their entire block of Polaris stock at a negotiated discount to the most recent average market price.  Our decision to repurchase these shares demonstrates not only the confidence we have in the fundamentals of our business, but also our long-term growth prospects and the commitment we have to provide an above-average return to our shareholders.  However, this opportunistic share repurchase transaction in no way signals a change in our strategic direction.  We continue to believe there are abundant opportunities to further expand and diversify our businesses both organically and through acquisitions and we have ample borrowing capacity and strong cash flow to fund the anticipated growth of Polaris.”

Polaris currently intends to issue $100 million of debt under an existing private placement Master Note Purchase Agreement before December 31, 2013 in order to reduce the borrowings under the Company’s revolving credit facility.  After taking into consideration the funding and transaction costs and lower outstanding share count, this transaction is expected to have only a slightly positive impact on the Company’s 2013 fourth quarter and full year earnings per share from continuing operations.  The Company’s previously issued guidance for full year 2013 earnings per share from continuing operations, raised on October 22, 2013, remains unchanged at $5.30 to $5.37 per diluted share. On a pro forma basis, assuming this transaction had occurred on January 1, 2013, the positive impact on expected full year 2013 earnings per share from continuing operations would have been approximately $0.25 per share.   The Company’s share repurchase program authorization remains in place with approximately 1.6 million shares available for repurchase.  The existing program does not have an expiration date.

Goldman, Sachs & Company acted as financial advisor to Polaris in this transaction.

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Harley-Davidson Inc. has issued another safety recall on its 2014 Project Rushmore motorcycles, this one for a defect that could result in the loss of brake fluid.

The recall is for trikes manufactured from July 24 through Sept. 2, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The recall affects 436 cycles manufactured during this period.

Due to an incorrectly machined part, the trike may have an excessive steering angle that allows the inner fairing to come into contact with a brake fluid reservoir, resulting in a loss of fluid. Also, the steering damper may be damaged.

This is the second recall of Project Rushmore motorcycles. Last month, Harley recalled about 29,000 bikes and trikes for hydraulic clutch system problems.

With the trike recall, Harley-Davidson will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the trikes and make the necessary repairs free of charge, according to NHTSA

Harley-Davidson rider Ed Krawiec wrapped up the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season with a win at the Auto Club of Southern California NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway. Krawiec rode a V-Rod motorcycle to defeat Quality Tire Buell rider Scott Pollacheck in the final round of eliminations.

“My theory for the weekend was to come out and do the best I can, and we got a win and finished third in the points for the season,” said Krawiec, the defending NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion. “This was my sixth straight final at Pomona and I’m three-and-three, so I like my chances here.”

Krawiec qualified sixth for the event with an Elapsed Time (ET) of 6.893 seconds. Harley-Davidson rider Andrew Hines qualified the team’s other V-Rod in 12th position with an ET of 6.940 seconds. Lucas Oil Buell rider Hector Arana Jr. led all qualifiers with a best run of 6.818 seconds.

On Sunday, Hines lost to Lucas Oil Buell rider Hector Arana Sr. in the first round of eliminations after a tense staging battle on the starting line

“Hector has a fast bike, so I knew I’d have to try and win at the starting line,” said Hines. “I also tried to play a few games with him in staging to throw him off, but that didn’t work this time.”

Krawiec started the Sunday rounds with a holeshot win over Mercedes-Benz Elite Suzuki rider Steve Johnson, and advanced to his fourth final-round appearance of the season with wins over Viper Motorcycle Company Buell rider John Hall and Sovereign-Star Racing Buell rider Michael Ray. Krawiec won the final with a 6.918 ET to 6.963 for Pollacheck. It was the second event win of the season for Krawiec, and the 22nd of his NHRA career

Krawiec presented his race-win Wally trophy to Willie G. Davidson, Harley-Davidson Chief Styling Officer Emeritus, who was in attendance at the race. “I look up to him for what he’s done in the sport,” Krawiec said. “He has a long history of success in motorcycle racing. He has everything he’s ever wanted, but he didn’t have a Wally. That was just a small token of my appreciation for him.”

After winning 15 of 16 events and the series championship in 2012, the Harley-Davidson^® Screamin’ Eagle^®/Vance & Hines team won three times in 2013 after opening the season with a new engine designed to meet rules announced by the NHRA in November 2012.

“This was really an R&D season for us with the new engine,” said Hines, who like Krawiec is a three-time Pro Stock Motorcycle champion. “Even this last weekend of the season, we tried some new cylinder heads on my bike in the first round of eliminations. It was a tough time frame for us to get the new engine ready for the first race at Gainesville, and I think just to make it there and qualify both bikes was a win for us. It was an up-and-down year but we know where we need to go for next year. The parts are already ordered and I think we’ll be significant front runners next season.”

Viper Motorcycle Company Buell rider Matt Smith clinched the 2013 Pro Stock Motorcycle title on October 27 at the Toyota Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and wraps up the six-event NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs with 2,633 points. Ray finished second in the standings with 2,501 points, followed by Krawiec with 2,492 points. Arana Jr. was fourth with 2,464 points, followed by Arana Sr. with 2,456 points. Hines did not qualify for the Countdown.

Jason Nichols of PowerSport Support is pleased to announce the addition of Joe Distefano and his Pro Riders Marketing Group to the team.

“We feel our product is the most comprehensive and easy to use tool in the industry for facilitating  online sales in the powersport / motorcycle business. We know Joe can get the message to the masses and provide a valuable service for PSS, our customers, and the industry in general. As he uses his extended reach to bring our message to the dealers around the world, their profits and businesses will grow.” said Jason Nichols.

Joe Distefano states, “I am glad to be part of such a cool project. I have seen all of the similar products available and feel this one would suit my needs best as a dealer in the powersport industry. Assisting in the initial set up of literally hundreds of retail stores in the past 25 + years and running my own shop, I can tell you, this is a tool I would not want to be without.

As I always tell clients and my industry associates………if I am a believer, I can enthusiastically market and sell anything. Well, I am a believer in the Powersport Support technology. As my business card says, we only represent the best in the business.That being said, I feel this is a perfect compliment and an already impressive group of top flight manufacturers and organizations in our client portfolio.”

Our application is a breakthrough web platform that will help you tap into revenues from over 350,000 products that your prospects want and need.

For further information on the company, the service / application and how to become a PSS equipt dealer, you can contact Joe Distefano at 319-389-0798 or email proridersmarketing@sbcglobal.net.

Also feel free to contact the company directly at 888-525-9214 Ext. 8 or email jason@powersportsupport.com

Barnett’s new Scorpion Lock-up clutch for the ’90-’97 Harley Davidson Big Twins features a re-designed billet aluminum lock-up pressure plate that is designed to fit under the stock primary cover. No need to change or modify your cover! As with all Scorpion clutches, the surface area is greatly increased and lever effort is kept to a minimum. Three different coil spring sets provide a wide variety of spring pressure options allowing you to tune the clutch for stock to 200+ HP applications. A steel inner hub is also included to complete the unit. Like all Scorpion clutches, it is designed to fit into the stock type clutch basket. The versatility of the Scorpion makes it an excellent choice for stock to big inch motors and ideal for Baggers, two up riding and pulling a heavy load. In addition, the lock-up pressure plate is also available separately as a retro-fit to existing Scorpion clutches. As with all Barnett products, this clutch is proudly made in the USA.

Part #608-30-23090
MSRP: $837

Barnett Clutches & Cables
2238 Palma Dr.
Ventura, CA 93003
Ph: 805-642-9435
Fax: 805-642-9436
www.barnettclutches.com

 

What is a vet?

He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn’t run out of fuel.

He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel..

She or he is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang..

He is the POW who went away one person and came back another or didn’t come back AT ALL..

He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat, but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other’s backs. ……

He is the parade riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand.
He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.

He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb of the Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean’s sunless deep.

He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket-palsied now and aggravatingly slow, who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come.

He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being,  a person who offered some of his life’s most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.

He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.

So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say “THANK YOU.” That’s all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded.

Two little words mean a lot, “THANK YOU.”

“It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.”

 

 

Dallas Show Results – by Jeffrey Najar

The Dallas edition of the 2013-14 Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show was packed from opening bell on Friday to the awards ceremony on Sunday at 4PM. The free parking for motorcycles drew a huge 2-wheel crowd that funneled into the Progressive International Motorcycle Show and the very first bikes they saw were the custom sleds from the show. The bike show diversity was spectacular with big wheel Yamaha Bobbers to Diesel custom to huge tire baggers.

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