Drag Specialties & Parts Unlimited Showcase 2017 Part 2
TecMate: CEO Martin Human, right, sells OptiMate and Drag Specialties dual branded OptiMate battery chargers, diagnostics and accessories through the Parts Unlimited/Drag Specialties sales teams. The first specialist to bring “Smart” technology to motorcycle battery maintenance products, the top selling OptiMate-4 got a V.3 upgrade for 2017. First introduced in 2008, the latest iteration combines all the features and advantages that have made the “4” a top-seller with more efficient power circuitry (California approved) that now delivers 1 Amp of charge current, controller software refinements to further speed charging and visual LED indicators on the charger helping to keep the user informed of charge progress. Two models of the Version 3 are available - the standard V3 OptiMate 4 and a dedicated BMW CAN bus edition; www.tecmate.com
Vance & Hines: With the dust well and truly settled following the merger between Tucker Rocky and owner MAG, Vance & Hines remain a major player in Drag Specialties exhaust portfolio. A popular option with their dealers and sales representatives, Ken Draper (left) and Eddie Tejeras (right) are seen here with former S&S man Jon Olsen, an Arkansas based area sales executive; www.vanceandhines.com
Custom Dynamics: Owner and inventor Dave Pribula – celebrating their 15th anniversary this year, recent new products include LED headlamp trim ring and LED windshield trim, 37mm LED amber/white fork wrap arounds, LED Batwing fairing trims, ‘BAGZ’ saddlebag LEDs and Road Glide turn signals; www.customdynamics.com
Memphis Shades: This low footprint, double sided mobile merchandise unit can showcase four different Memphis Shades windscreen/fairing combinations including their new windshield options for batwing fairings as well as established best sellers such as their ‘No-Tool’ Trigger-Lock windshield mount kits, their popular Fats and Slim windshields, and spoiler windshield for Road Glides; www.memphisshades.com
ASA Electronics: Mark Wojtys, Powersports Product Manager: the award-winning Elkhart, Indiana based manufacturer of Jensen heavy duty ‘Plug n’ Play’ waterproof replacement stereos, speakers and Bluetooth enabled, Sirius ready audio systems that are designed to slot straight into the stock Harley fairings; www.asaelectronics.com
Ballistic Performance Components: Based in South Carolina and Wisconsin, Ballistic is a specialty lithium-ion battery brand, owned and operated by Chris Hackl’s advanced engine solutions group Millennium Technologies. Best known in the V-twin industry for their Revolution Performance specialty Harley engine remanufacturing, crankcase services and Big Bore kit operations, Hackl claims that Ballistic is “the world’s best lightweight lithium-ion starter battery for powersports vehicles”. Hand-built in the USA “to the highest specification available” and backed by a 3-year limited warranty, their EVO2 and EVO3 battery ranges are based on “state-of-the-art” Lithium Ferrous Phosphate (LiFEPO4) technology; www.ballistic-batteries.com
Handy Industries: Now owned by Sully, Iowa based Janco Industries (Deann Jansen, left, Joel Jansen, center, and Noah Zylstra), the internationally respected Handy workshop lifts brand is in good hands. Janco is a former vendor of Handy lifts and stepped in to acquire the program when prior owner Western Manufacturing ran into difficulties at the height of the recession in 2010. All fabrication of Handy products is done on state-of-the-art equipment at the company’s 75,000-square foot manufacturing facility in Iowa; www.handyindustries.com