30/10/2009 by info.

London’s Ace Cafe custom bike show to be World Championship Affiliate

The legendary Ace Cafe London is to team up with the well known ‘Ally Pally’ show in London to stage a custom bike event in 2010.

The Ace Cafe London Motorcycle and Custom Show will be staged at the iconic Alexandra Palace (’Ally Pally’) venue in north London on February 26th, 27th and 28th 2010. The event will be an AMD Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building affiliate show.

Designed to build on the start made by the promising London International Custom Show (L.I.C.S.) at Earl’s Court, London in 2008, the Ace ‘Ally Pally’ Custom Show will be staged as an additional feature to a motorcycle show that already has a track record of profitability, attracting some 15,000 visitors (in 2008).

The Alexandra Palace is a popular and historic London venue (dating from the 1920’s and set in hill-top parkland with commanding views across London) that already has a 20-year pedigree of attracting British motorcyclists to shows staged there.

Further details of the event, the full range of biker attractions being planned, how to enter the custom bike show, and the classes and prizes available will appear in upcoming AMD editions, be sent out to AMD readers as further e-Club bulletins, and will appear on an event website that will be launched shortly.

Anybody interested in exhibitor opportunities should contact Chris Gothard on:

Tel (in UK) 01732 362845
Tel (international) 0044 1732 362845

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15/10/2009 by info.

Shock news announced today by H-D - the company plans to discontinue its Buell product line and sell its MV Agusta unit, essentially exiting the sport bike market.  Harley-Davidson Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter net income dropped 84% to $26.48 million, or 11 cents a share, from $166.54 million, or 71 cents a share in the year-ago period. The Milwaukee-based motorcycle manufacturer was expected to earn 23 cents a share, according to a survey by FactSet Research. Harley’s latest quarter included a one-time fixed-asset impairment charge of $14.2 million related to Buell and a goodwill impairment charge of $18.9 million related to MV Agusta. Looking ahead, the company will discontinue production of Buell motorcycles, resulting in the loss of 180 jobs over time. It’ll book one-time charges of $215 million to $245 million in 2009 and 2010, about $55 million ahead of its July projections. The company expects to ship 35,000 to 40,000 motorcycles in the fourth quarter.

Damn shame - Buell is a great bike!

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