The Irvine, California based Motorcycle Safety Foundation has issued its Motorcycle Operator Manual (MOM) in Chinese (Mandarin) as the organization seeks to promote safety to an expanding segment of the riding audience. MSF’s MOM is used by motor vehicle agencies in 44 U.S. states as a study guide for motorcycle license applicants and has been a part of MSF’s inventory of reference materials on motorcycle operation for the past four decades.
Yuasa Battery Inc. has announced that Scott Ulrich has re-joined the company as a field sales manager, having owned and operated Scott Ulrich’s Motorcycle in Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania.
The New York based non-profit Motorcycle Arts Foundation has launched a website (www.motorcycleartsfoundation.org) and first public initiative - the Custom Revolution motorcycle exhibition, with the Petersen Automotive Museum (www.petersen.org) in Los Angeles, CA. Founded by Paul d’Orléans, Sasha Tcherevkoff and Corinna Mantlo, the MAF is “dedicated to the preservation and distribution of motorcycle arts” and “aims to highlight and promote the cultural and artistic aspects of motorcycling through film, photography, writing and public works projects.”
Irvine, California based trade association MIC has announced former JD Power executive Dan Lawlor as its new Director, Research & Statistics. Most recently he was a market research manager at the Automobile Club of Southern California.
Challenger Motorcycles of Missouri has unveiled a new brand of V-8 Trikes. Its ‘Spirit’ is based on a 430hp EFi GM LS3 engine with 4-speed automatic transmission and offers 10 cubic feet of storage space, Bluetooth audio, USB ports, 21” front and 17” rear wheels.
Vanderhall Motor Works has announced nine new dealers in North America, taking the Utah based auto-cycle (‘reverse trike’) manufacturer to a 41-strong network with additions including Lynwood, WA., Livermore and Mountain View, CA., Chicago, Orlando and St Pete. in FL., Mahwah, NJ., Provo, UT., and Lebanon, PA. The company has announced its intention to exhibit at AIMExpo this year (Las Vegas, October 11-14).
Polaris has introduced ‘Club Slingshot’ for riders of its three-wheel open top Roadsters (autocycles). The company says that in its first year more than 25,000 new and used Slingshot owners will receive a complimentary one-year membership.