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www.PowersportsBusiness.com NEWS Powersports Business • December 29, 2014 • 5 $10,000 in the form of $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills in envelopes to a crowd waiting below, WSIL reported. Dealership owner Shad Zimbro said his hope was that people would spend the money locally, with the dealership match- ing up to $100 for those who spent the money they scooped up at the Black Dia- mond H-D. BMW MOTORRAD USA SALES RISE IN NOVEMBER BMW Motorrad USA reported sales of 833 motorcycles in November, an increase of 1.5 percent above the total of 821 motorcycles sold in November 2013. The new-for-2014 R 1200 GS Adventure was the best performing model in the month with 140 deliveries, helping drive growth of 66 percent in R-Series sales with 475 boxers sold compared to 287 a year ago. BMW Motorrad continues to perform ahead of last year, up 4.9 percent after 11 months and remains on track to establish a new all-time record volume for the brand in the U.S. in 2014. HENDEL NAMED GM AT VP RACING FUELS VP Racing Fuels announced the appoint- ment of Kelley Hendel as general manager- Consumer Products. Based at the company's corporate headquarters in San Antonio, Hendel will be responsible for overseeing customer service and support for distribu- tors, dealers and retail customers who pur- chase VP's consumer products including VP Small Engine Fuels, VP Madditives and VP PowerWash, as well as VP PowerMaster hobby fuel. CALIFORNIA DEALERSHIP BURGLARIZED Roseville (Calif.) Yamaha Kawasaki was burglarized earlier this month, as the thieves took off with nearly $15,000 in cash and merchandise. The burglars avoided triggering the alarm by removing a rear glass door, owner Sean Copeland told Fox 40. Stolen were helmets, GoPros, cash and a safe, which among its contents included money collected for a local family in need. The dealership also reported on its Facebook page that hundreds of tickets to the Oakland Supercross race were stolen; those tickets have been canceled and will not be valid at the race, and the dealership is getting replacement tickets from Feld Motorsports. The thieves escaped in a red BMW SUV, which was caught on a surveillance camera. PSB HOT NEWS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 650cc bike escorts leaders at APEC The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting held in Beijing in November brought together visiting leaders from the 21 member countries. Protocol had included motorcycle escorts for such dignitaries since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, but the bike escorts had ended on Jan. 1, 2004. Motorcycles rejoined the festivities in 2014, and the escort bikes were manufactured by a Chinese company, Zhejiang CFMOTO Power Co., Ltd. (CFMOTO). In the past, Honda and BMW motorcycles had been used for escort purposes. The CFMOTO 650cc twin-cylinder CF650G motorcycle was selected as the designated escort motor- cycle for the visiting leaders. The CFMOTO CF650G, standing out from more than 200 Chinese motorcycle companies, fea- tures a front-face design that stems from the guardian lion statue in Tiananmen Square. The vehicle body is mainly white, decorated with graphics of traditional Chinese colors of red and yellow, represent- ing the Five-Starred Red Flag and the magnificent Great Wall. The development of the CF650G took only 10 months and fea- tures a liquid-cooled parallel twin cylinder EFI 650cc engine with top speed of 177 km/hour (110 mph). The bike's ABS system is the first of its kind on a pure Chinese big cc motorcycle. It also has an electronically controlled adjust- able windshield. The fully equipped audio and video communication system on the vehicle ensures the real time connections between the motorcade and the control center. CFMOTO is the largest exporter of ATVs and UTVs in China. Based in Hangzhou, China, CFMOTO has a 1,300-strong workforce dedi- cated to producing quality vehicles, engines, spare parts and components. As a testament to its focus on innovation, more than 25 percent of CFMOTO's employees are dedicated to research and development. PSB CFMOTO bike gets high honor CFMOTO's 650cc motorcycle got worldwide coverage during APEC in Beijing.