DIRECTORYBUMPER EST 1895 MOTORCYCLE ISSUE! TRADER APRIL 2015 APRIL The Essential Guide to the Motorcycle Trade and Industry ■ www.motorcycletrader.net BEHIND THE SCENES Press launch fun and games MARKET SECTOR Where next for the development of motorcycle tyres? TO MOT OR NOT? Opportunities for expansion COMPANY PROFILE Custom Cruisers ■ NEWS ■ NEW PRODUCTS ■ BUSINESS JOURNAL ■ OPINIONS ■ TRADE MART THE 2015 DIRECTORY & PRODUCT CROSS- REFERENCE LISTING Looking for a product or service provider? Find them here! Motorcycle Trader: April 2015 FOLLOW US facebook.com/ Motorcycle.Trader.UK FOLLOW US twitter.com/ MCTraderUK REDCAT MARKETING LTD CONTENTS Newhaven, East Sussex BN9 0EF 45 EXHIBITIONS CALENDAR Tel: 01273 616040 www.motorcycletrader.net 99 REGISTRATION STATISTICS February 2015 – continuation of the PUBLISHING EDITOR: upward trend Jenni Foulkes
[email protected] COLUMNS 23 NEXT GENERATION SUBEDITOR: 30 STICKY’S SCOOTER SCENE David Bradford Press launches - the truth p.32 37 ASSOCIATION VOICE DESIGN: Callum Tomsett FEATURES 47 KERR ON CHINA 24 MARKET SECTOR: TYRES ADVERTISING: Future prospects for the motorcycle 98 END USER Rod Sopp tyre industry
[email protected] 32 PRESS LAUNCH UNCOVERED BUSINESS Trials and tribulations of an on-launch CONTRIBUTORS: motorcycle journalist 12 BUSINESS NEWS Adam Bernstein Latest news and information for 38 MARLIN ENVIRONMENTAL businesses of all sizes David Bradford Cleaning components using high-tech Alan Dowds ultrasound methods 42 BUSINESS JOURNAL Simon Evans Election special! Andy Foulkes 40 BORETEC