Kenny Price, Founder And CEO Of Samson exhaust Has Come Out Of Retirement. Soon after the move to Sturgis, Kenny decided to retire and hand over business operations to the team. In doing so production suffered, and in turn, deliverability, innovation, and new products also suffered. Now he is back at the helm to pump out more innovative products into the aftermarket exhaust industry. In 1991 Kenny founded Samson Motorcycle Products with the dream of making performance motorcycle exhaust that looked good, sounded good and wouldn’t break. The company grew out of 10 different manufacturing facilities until finally moving to Sturgis, South Dakota, the “City of Riders”, where Kenny had a custom building constructed specifically for Samson’s needs.
Hollister Rally Moved The Event To July 8-10, 2016. The event, usually celebrated to coincide with Independence Day, has been moved to the following weekend, in 2016 July 8 to 10. Hollister City planners and law enforcement have concluded that this change of venue will lower the costs of organizing and hosting the event.
S&S Cycle Inc. Is Investing $2.7 Million To Manufacture Proprietary Exhaust Systems. High performance engines and parts require performance exhaust systems. S&S Cycle already sells exhaust components made elsewhere but wants to sell its own in-house manufactured systems. The rationale supporting this decision is that about 80% of Harley owners replace their factory exhausts for better sounding, better looking and more performant ones. Wells Fargo is the main lender to S&S Cycle (a 7-year term at 2.5%) and the engine manufacturer also received help from the County Economic Development Fund Board. S&S expects to be able to ship its first exhaust systems around Spring 2016.
US House Passes Long-Term Highway Bill. The bill—the first long-term highway bill passed by the US House in decades—is matched by a similar bill passed earlier this year by the Senate. First, the bill ends the federal funding of motorcycle-only checkpoints, a top priority of the Motorcycle Riders Foundation. The bill also re-convenes the National Motorcycle Advisory Council (NMAC), an advisory council that advises the Secretary of Transportation on how infrastructure issues affect motorcyclists in ways that are vastly different than for four-wheeled vehicles. Lastly, the bill commissions a study to determine the best ways to prevent motorcycle crashes. Because it focuses only on prevention rather than on helmet use, this study would be the first of its kind.
BMW Targets Annual Motorcycle Sales Of 200,000 By 2020 With Smaller Size Engines. BMW, the world’s largest luxury carmaker, plans to boost annual motorcycle sales to 200,000 and lift revenue in that segment by 50 percent by 2020 by focusing on markets in Asia and South America, company executives said. So far this year BMW has sold 120,000 motorcycles and sold 123,000 last year, earning revenue of 1.7 billion euros in 2014. That compares with group revenue of 80.4 billion euros.
S&S getting involved in exhaust systems is going to be very interesting.
Yep. S&S, make them looking good, sounding good with a few extra hp’s included.
1. Glad to see Mr Price back in the saddle.
Samson was not the same without him !!!
2. Holister home of the “Wild One” or at least the basis of it
On the Bucket List & it is more than just a t-shirt !!!
3. S&S is a major player in whatever they decide to do
Agree with Jesse, with them entering the aftermarket exhaust fray,
everybody needs to “look out” will be very interesting to see what develops
4. Take care of the damn roads we ride on
Is that not what taxes are for ???
Checkpoints suck, glad they are going/gone!
5. It’s BMW, nuff said ???
MC only check points…Kudos to the MRF and the NMAC. Also, the AMA have been fighting to get rid of this discriminatory practice. The AMA effectively represents our interests at the State and Federal level. Thanks to all!
Glad you are back Kenny, we missed you 🙂
Yo Kenny, (and u too mr. Corbin) are u ready for another ride through the pucker bushes? Good luck Kenny.