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4 • July 11, 2016 • Powersports Business NEWS www.PowersportsBusiness.com www.powersportsbusiness.com Editorial and Sales: 763.383.4400 Subscriber Service: 847.763.9565 EDITOR IN CHIEF: Dave McMahon 763/383-4411 (dmcmahon@powersportsbusiness.com) MANAGING EDITOR: Liz Keener 763/383-4413 (lkeener@powersportsbusiness.com) ASSISTANT EDITOR: Kate Swanson 763/383-4412 (kswanson@powersportsbusiness.com) DIGITAL MARKETING COORDINATOR: Shauna Spencer MANAGING ART DIRECTOR: Dodi Vessels ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR: Nicole Siewert PRODUCTION ARTIST: Kelsey Houle PRODUCTION MANAGER: Angela Schmieg PRODUCTION DIRECTOR: Cherri Perschmann NATIONAL SALES DIRECTOR Allison Gruhn 763/383-4467 (agruhn@powersportsbusiness.com) NATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER Mark Rosacker 763/383-4433 (mrosacker@powersportsbusiness.com) NATIONAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE Michael Kula 763/383-4440 (mkula@powersportsbusiness.com) CEO: Marion Minor SR. VICE PRESIDENT/FINANCE & OPERATIONS: Gerald Winkel SR. VICE PRESIDENT/MARKET DEVELOPMENT: Joanne Juda-Prainito GROUP PUBLISHER/MOTORCYCLE, POWERSPORTS: David J. Voll SALES OPERATIONS MANAGER: Bernadette Wohlman CONTRIBUTORS: John Prusak COLUMNISTS: Steve Jones, Paula Crosbie DEALER ADVISORY BOARD: Hooksett Kawasaki-Polaris, Jim Whalley; Hacker's Yamaha & Honda, Rick Hacker; Honda/Polaris of Lubbock, Morris Baker; All Action Water Sports, Ray Leps POWERSPORTS BUSINESS (ISSN #1522-7944) is published 15 times per year – monthly except twice in May and December, the Market Data Book in September – by EPG Media/Specialty Information Media, 10405 6th Avenue North, Suite 210 Minneapolis, MN 55441. Periodicals postage paid at St. Paul, MN and additional mailing offices. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION: Free to qualified members of the motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, snowmobile and personal watercraft industries. Annual subscription rate is $56 per year for U.S residents, $76 for Canadian residents and $96 for residents in other countries. 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Copyright 2016 by EPG Media & Specialty Information. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part is prohibited unless expressly authorized by publisher. REPRINTS: For more information on e-prints or reprints from Powersports Business, contact Robin Cooper, 763/383-4400 ext. 4491. Printed in U.S.A. a total of 15,180 motorcycles and maxi- scooters delivered globally to customers, an increase of 1.2 percent over the same month last year. Year-to-date figures through May show an increase of 4.5 percent to 65,761 motorcycles sold. CFMOTO USA HIRES RSM FOR CALIFORNIA CFMOTO USA announced the hiring of Craig Clinkenbeard as regional sales manager for the California/Nevada territory. It was the last RSM open territory for CFMOTO. Clinkenbeard returns to the industry after having previously worked for BRP and Suzuki. RENTHAL LEAVES CALIFORNIA FOR ARIZONA Brand manager Brad Cameron reports that the Renthal warehouse and offices in Valencia, Calif., were relocated to Chandler, Ariz., at the end of June. Cameron will remain based in Valencia at his home office. The new address, also the home of fellow MAG brand Dragon- Fire, is: Renthal Ltd., 3191 N. Washington St., Suite 2, Chandler, AZ 85225. Renthal manufactures and designs motorcycle handlebars, chainwheels, grips and accessories for the off-road, street and ATV markets. Renthal's manufacturing and engineering facility is located near Manchester, England. Renthal's handlebars, grips and chainwheels have won more U.S. and world titles than all of its competitors combined. HIBBERT LEADS TEAM TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY Snocross champion Tucker Hibbert is lead- ing a team focused on raising money for Make- A-Wish Minnesota. No stranger to setting and achieving goals, the 14-time X Games medalist is asking fans, friends and family to join his Team 68 Walk for Wishes team to raise $6,800 — the average cost for Make-A-Wish Minnesota to grant the wish of a child. On Saturday, Aug. 6, Hibbert will lead Team 68 in a 5K walk through Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis at the 10th Annual Walk for Wishes event. A donation of $20 or more earns you a spot on the team and a limited edition Team 68 T-shirt. Every dollar raised by the team will go directly to Make-A-Wish Minnesota. "We're really excited to get Team 68 fans together to raise money for Make-A-Wish Minnesota," Hibbert said. "Last year, when we were involved with granting a boy's wish to get a snowmobile, we experienced firsthand the power of a wish. It's an honor to be involved with an organization that's making a difference in people's lives." To join Hibbert's Team 68 Walk for Wishes team, go to http://bit.ly/Team68Wish. People who join for $20 but are unable to attend the event will still get a limited edition T-shirt to acknowledge their contribution. PARTS UNLIMITED HIRES NEW REP FOR CENTRAL WEST REGION Parts Unlimited has hired Devin Mitchell as its new sales rep for the Central West region. Mitchell hails from Washington, where he spends his time on café bike builds. "I love track days, boat shows and bike nights. I can't wait to meet new peo- ple," he said. YAMAHA ANNOUNCES BETA TOOLS PARTNERSHIP Yamaha Parts and Accessories, a division of Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., announced an exclusive collaboration with Peerless Hardware Manufacturing Com- pany, the North American importer for Beta Tools of Italy, to deliver a new line of profes- sional-grade, hand tools and storage. "Yamaha is known for its craftsmanship and technology, and our new collaboration with Beta allows the U.S. powersports cus- tomer access to the same caliber hand tools that our European MotoGP factory race team uses," said Frank Pittman, vice president, Customer Support Group, Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. "Beta's race-tested tools ensure customers and dealers have the exact, highest-quality tool if and when they need it." Shopyamaha.com, Yamaha's online store, along with Yamaha authorized dealers, will be the exclusive sales channel in the U.S. powersports market broadening Beta's reach within the U.S., "Our factory trained dealers are an integral part of our business, and we are excited to offer them access to tools they can rely on both in their bays and on their show- rooms," Pittman said. "The Beta Tools relationship with Yamaha and MotoGP is strong in Europe, so we are excited to have collaborated with Yamaha's Parts and Accessories division," said Pete Speitel, vice president of Peerless Hardware. "In Europe, Beta Utensili is an official spon- sor of the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team and is known as a premier, professional-grade brand of hand tools and tool storage. The U.S. market in general, and especially the powersports industry here in the USA, has accepted Beta Tools with great enthusiasm. With our Beta Tools of Italy brand, we plan to support Yamaha both on and off the track, so customers should expect to see Beta Tools hav- ing a bigger presence both at the track and in Yamaha dealerships throughout the USA." The two companies' commitment and dedi- cation to the collaboration will be on display as they join forces and launch a cooperative, robust go-to-market plan. It's supported by additional marketing opportunities, including promotion through both companies' websites, digital advertising, catalogs, event support and racing collaboration modeled along the lines of the Yamalube Westby Racing team with their Yamaha YZF-R1 in the MotoAmerica Super- stock series. WINE NAMED TO JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT HALL OF FAME Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest announced in June that Polaris Industries chairman and CEO Scott Wine has been chosen as one of its annual Business Hall of Fame Laureates. Wine joined Polaris, the $4.7 billion market leader in powersports, which pro- duces off-road vehicles, snowmobiles, motorcycles and on-road electric/hybrid- powered vehicles, in September 2008, after serving as the president of Fire Safety Americas, a division of United Technolo- gies, from 2007 to August 2008. Prior to that, Wine held senior leadership positions at Danaher Corporation from 2003 to 2007, serving as president of its Jacob Vehicle Systems and Veeder-Root subsidiar- ies. From 1996 to 2003, he held various inter- national and domestic posts with Honeywell's Aerospace Division. Wine received an economics degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1989 and served as a Naval Supply Officer until 1996, beginning onboard the USS Lewis B. Puller and con- cluding at the Pentagon. He holds an MBA from the University of Maryland, College Park. Wine serves on the boards of Polaris Indus- tries Inc., US Bancorp., Terex Corporation and the Greater Twin Cities United Way. Wine was honored as the 2011 Executive of the Year by Powersports Business. PSB HOTNEWS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 CDK Global announced an integration and reseller agreement with ARI Network Services, Inc. to begin providing dealers with websites and enhanced integrations with the DMS in the powersports, marine and RV markets. This new offering allows dealers to instantly post unit inventory as well as available parts and accessories to their website directly from their CDK Lightspeed system. "The integration that dealers will have between their website and their Lightspeed system will be deeper and more advanced than we have ever developed," said Kris Denos, vice president for CDK Global Recreation. "Dealers will have full access to the information sync- ing their website and their DMS, which will make website management easy. Combining the industry-leading Lightspeed DMS and the power of ARI's website platform will give dealers unprecedented control over their brick- and-mortar and online presence." CDK and ARI plan to offer online shop- pers a personalized experience based on what they own, their in-store purchases and their online search history. ARI is also develop- ing expanded sales management tools for the dealership to drive more leads, and a service manager module that will make it easier for customers to facilitate service for their vehicles. "Our vision is to help dealers capitalize on the intersection of online and in-store shop- ping," said Roy W. Olivier, ARI president and CEO. "We are very excited to work with a partner like CDK to provide innovative tech- nology tools never before seen in the industry. As we look to the future, our goal is to integrate online and in-store data in a way that allows dealers to market based on a consumer's his- tory, both online and in-store." Dealers can learn more about this new website solution by visiting www.arinet.com/ lightspeed. PSB CDK, ARI partner on website, DMS TUCKER HIBBERT DEVIN MITCHELL Yamaha Parts and Accessories announced an exclusive collaboration with Peerless Hardware Manufacturing Co., the North American importer of Beta Tools of Italy.