Fast Motorcycle Industry News

cyril-Huze-fast-newsA Tesla Motorcycle? Last Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted mysterious news. He revealed in his tweet that Tesla is working on a new product, which isn’t a car and will be made public on Thursday 8pm, April 30 in Hawthorne Design Studio. Analysts were quick to share their perspectives regarding the announcement. They guessed it will be a new home battery but some suggested that Musk is talking about motorcycle. Tesla would easily buy a company of electric motorcycles (Zero?) or build one. So, we will know on April 30th.

Indian Motorcycle® Announced Partnership With the United Service Organizations (USO), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing programs, services and live entertainment to the U.S. troops and their families worldwide. Indian Motorcycle joins the USO as an Official Partner, which will help the USO support our nation’s men and women in uniform, throughout every step of their military journey. “Indian Motorcycle has a proud track record of supporting U.S. troops dating back to WWI and WWII,” said Steve Menneto, vice president of motorcycles for Polaris Industries. “Our year-long partnership is a celebration of those who currently serve and those who have served our country. We look forward to engaging our dealers, Indian Motorcycle Riders’ Group and celebrity partners of the brand in our work with the USO.” In celebration of this new partnership, Indian Motorcycle will donate $100,000 to the USO in connection with its newly released, limited edition Mark Wahlberg Collection of apparel to the USO in April and May.

Retiring President And CEO Of Harley-Davidson Keith Wandell Named Chairman Of Exide Technologies. Wendell, 65, will retire from Harley-Davidson this coming May 1st. But he will be returning to business as Chairman of batteries maker Exide Technologies, a company currently in bankruptcy reorganization. Before joining Harley Davidson Wandell was CEO of Johnson Controls, a world’s leader batteries maker and an Exide competitor.

Harley-Davidson Receives “BBB” Credit Rating from Morningstar. Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG) has earned a “BBB” credit rating from Morningstar. The research firm’s “BBB” rating suggests that the company is a moderate default risk. They also gave their stock a three star rating.

3 Responses to “Fast Motorcycle Industry News”


  1. 1 DOUGZ Custom Apr 6th, 2015 at 10:34 am

    Well, I’ve driven a Tesla automobile and if they were to build a motorcycle of equal quality my guess is that it will be fantastic.

  2. 2 CKH Apr 7th, 2015 at 7:44 am

    To Wendell ” Go on and take the money and run, yeah, yeah”!

  3. 3 Blackmax Apr 8th, 2015 at 4:19 pm

    Yep, ok, Wendell You’ve ridden the H-D horse into the ground
    Let’s go do it to somebody else
    & Good Riddance

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