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4 PAGE FC MAY18_dB.indd 1 02/05/2018 21:28 The essential guide to the motorcycle trade and industry New Vehicle Registration Statistics in the UK for 01 MAR - 31 MAR 2018

Highest registering Registrations by Style 2018 vs 2017 model this month within each style MOPEDS Mar 2018 Mar 2017 % Change 2018 YTD 2017 YTD % Change Yamaha Aerox 50 22 SCOOTER 330 530 -37.7 930 1,311 -29.1 Lexmoto Hunter 50TD 50Q 11 OTHER 51 69 -26.1 171 124 37.9 TOTAL MOPEDS 381 599 -36.4 1,101 1,435 -23.3

MOTORCYCLES Mar 2018 Mar 2017 % Change 2018 YTD 2017 YTD % Change BMW R1200 GS 405 ADVENTURE SPORT 3,267 3,170 3.1 4,629 4,346 6.5 Honda CMX500 Rebel 123 CUSTOM 1,320 1,079 22.3 1,983 1,649 20.3 Kawasaki X900 RS 238 NAKED 4,539 4,204 8.0 6,992 6,311 10.8 Honda NSC 110 WH 327 SCOOTER 2,326 2,036 14.2 4,358 4,112 6.0 Kawasaki Z1000 SX 208 SPORT/TOUR 595 653 -8.9 767 879 -12.7 Honda CBR650F 178 SUPERSPORT 1,405 1,333 5.4 2,058 1,990 3.4 BMW R1200RT 159 TOURING 501 472 6.1 705 626 12.6 Honda CRF250LA 74 TRAIL/ENDURO 777 859 -9.5 1,833 1,753 4.6 UNSPECIFIED 7 10 -30.0 30 15 100.0 TOTAL M/CYCLES 14,737 13,816 6.7 23,355 21,681 7.7

SUMMARY Mar 2018 Mar 2017 % Change 2018 YTD 2017 YTD % Change Total Scooters 2,715 2,644 2.7 5,385 5,559 -3.1 Total Mopeds, M/Cs 12,493 11,887 5.1 19,224 17,754 8.3 & Tricycles TOTAL REGS 15,208 14,531 4.7 24,609 23,313 5.6

Highest registering Registrations by Engine Band 2018 vs 2017 model this month ENGINE BAND Mar 2018 Mar 2017 % Change 2018 YTD 2017 YTD % Change Torrot MUVI 25 0-50cc 427 611 -30.1 1,161 1,460 -20.5 Honda NSC110 WH 327 51-125cc 3,375 3,270 3.2 6,935 6,755 2.7 Honda CBR650F 178 126-650cc 3,390 2,176 55.8 5,475 3,754 45.8 Honda CRF1000 249 651-1000cc 3,891 4,512 -13.8 5,400 6,109 -11.6 BMW R1200GS 405 Over 1000cc 4,125 3,962 4.1 5,638 5,235 7.7 TOTAL REGS 15,208 14,531 4.7 24,609 23,313 5.6

New Motorcycle registration statistics supplied by The Motor Major manufacturers by UK powered two wheeler market Cycle Industry Association. For brand this month background information more detailed information about No. of motorcycles in use; the motorcycle market please Honda 2,869 (2010-2015) 1.2 million (2016) 1.27 million BMW 1,938 contact: Motorcycle rider test passes; Kawasaki 1,659 (2012/13) 45 thousand (2013/14) 30.5 thousand Motorcycle Industry Association Yamaha 1,534 (2014/15) 34.5 thousand (2015/16) 37.9 thousand Triumph 1,348 1 Rye Hill Office Park Total distance travelled by motorcycle; Birmingham Road Suzuki 1,060 (2013) 4.4 billion km (2.7 billion miles) Harley-Davidson 821 Allesley, Coventry, CV5 9AB (2014/16) 4.6 billion km (2.8 billion miles) KTM 657 T: 02476 408000 Ducati 536 W: www.mcia.co.uk Lexmoto 327 E: [email protected]

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4 PAGE FC MAY18_dB.indd 2 02/05/2018 21:28 MAY 2018 FOLLOW US facebook.com/ Motorcycle.Trader.UK FOLLOW US twitter.com/ MCTraderUK CONTENTS REDCAT MARKETING LTD Newhaven, East Sussex BN9 0EF Tel: 01273 616040 COLUMNS www.motorcycletrader.net 10 ON CHINA PUBLISHING EDITOR: Chinese manufacturers need to adapt to retain profit Jenni Foulkes [email protected] 35 ASSOCIATION VOICE The hidden costs of motoring SUBEDITOR: 66 END USER David Bradford Are committed motorcyclists doomed to always live in the past? ON-LINE EDITOR: Andy Foulkes [email protected] BUSINESS 39 BUSINESS NEWS DESIGN: Performance Products p21 Callum Tomsett 40 BUSINESS JOURNAL FEATURES A look at how family businesses can be passed on to younger generations ADVERTISING: 18 COMPANY UPDATE; WORLD’S END Rod Sopp MOTORCYCLE DISTRIBUTION 42 TRADE MART [email protected] Interview with trade sales manager Find your supplier here Ben Ware 43 TRADER DIRECTORY CONTRIBUTORS: 21 PRODUCT FEATURE: PERFORMANCE A-Z of company contact details – Adam Bernstein PRODUCTS importers, distributors, product Andy Foulkes Overview of leading brands within and service suppliers David Bradford performance parts sector 65 TRADER DAILY NEWS Dave McMullan 27 FEATURE: PERSONAL PROTECTIVE News delivered to your inbox, when it’s Stevie Muir EQUIPMENT still news! Mark Williams Important changes to motorcycle clothing legislation

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LEARNERS TAKE TO MOTORWAYS LATEST TRADE & From Monday 4th June 2018, learner drivers — but not learner motorcyclists — will be able to take driving lessons INDUSTRY NEWS on motorways in England, Scotland and Wales. The learner drivers will need to be accompanied by an approved driving instructor in a car fitted with dual controls. Any motorways lessons will be voluntary, and it will be up to the driving instructor to decide whether the learner driver is competent enough.

BICKERS PRICE RESTRUCTURE Bickers has restructured its 2018 price list, reducing many prices by up to 40 per cent. The distribution says it is aiming to “not only offer dealers the easiest way of getting good, better and best components from the biggest names in the industry, but also the most cost-effective.” Bradley Smith’s suit is on eBay The new pricing is now in place; new customers can register at: bickersplc.com/ apply Oxford puts Tech3 suit

FREE TRAINING under the hammer IN WALES BikeSafe, the police-led Bradley Smith’s race auctioned for charity motorcycle safety project, is offering free workshops in Oxford Products has donated enables severely disabled people Wales in July and September. Bradley Smith’s 2016 race suit, to use computers using whichever Supported by the six local the one he wore campaigning parts of their body that work authorities, the workshops the Yamaha Tech3 YZR-M1 in best, enabling vital inclusion in will be held at locations in MotoGP. It will be auctioned activities such as playing video Deeside, Rhyl, St Asaph, on eBay. Smith gave the suit to games. SpecialEffect specialises Colwyn Bay, Llanrwst, Oxford, his long-time sponsor. in Eye Control Technology for Porthmadog and Llangefni. Oxford’s designated charity those paralysed and unable A full list of the dates and SpecialEffect will be the to speak. This enables people locations can be found via beneficiary of all proceeds from to communicate through eye the BikeSafe website: the suit and bidding has already movement alone. bikesafe.co.uk started at www.ebay.co.uk/ To find out more about this itm/253585727672. charity’s work, visit www. SpecialEffect is the charity that specialeffect.org.uk.

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p005009_news_dB.indd 5 02/05/2018 20:18 NEWS: More at www.motorcycletrader.net ­­– Updated every day Lucas joins forces with Numax Ecobat is pan-European distributor for Lucas batteries

Ecobat Battery Technologies (EBT) is the pan-European distributor of the Lucas battery range and the company behind the Numax battery and Numax ‘Connect+Forget’ charger brands. According to EBT: “Lucas motorsport batteries bring together a combination of modern technology, robust design and precision engineering for motorcycle, off-road and jet ski applications. The built-in qualities of exceptional starting power – up to 30 per cent more than traditional batteries – and the high resilience to deep, repeated discharge, makes this range the power source of choice for bike owners and motorsport participators.” EBT’s own Numax brand of motorcycle batteries are supplied with an acid pack in the box, which is intended to extend shelf-life. The battery is only filled using the acid pack at the point of sale and therefore the chance of ‘on- the-shelf’ sulphation is completely eliminated, claims the company. “Robust design makes the batteries vibration and shock-proof and Lucas: now distributed by Ecobat ensuring a long service life.” Numax 12-volt diagnostic chargers are analyse the condition of the battery to maintain it specifically designed to deliver deep discharge in peak condition. recovery, fast cycle charge and long-term For further details, call Ecobat Battery battery maintenance. Adopting ‘smart’ charging Technologies on 01743 218500 or visit: www. technology, these units not only charge, but also ecobat.tech. Brits love the Beemer DfT stats reveal Britain’s favourite bikes

The Department for Transport recently released its 2017 new vehicle registrations by make and model. It’s not an easy document to wade through, but for those interested, it lists every single machine to be registered and gives a clearer overview of what performed well, and what didn’t. BMW’s R1200GS, in all its guises, has been a best-seller in the UK, and much of Europe, for years, and 2017 was no different. The overall top-selling single-model two wheeler in 2017 was Honda’s PCX125 scooter, followed by its Vision 110. For the full stats, go to www.gov.uk/government/ statistical-data-sets/all-vehicles-veh01.

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DATATOOL GOES ELECTRIC: (L-R) Dale Robinson (Zero Motorcycles), Dave Plummer (Datatool) and Cees Lengers (Zero Motorcycles) — Zero Motorcycles has collaborated with Datatool to produce a bespoke version of the Datatool TrakKing Adventure GNSS for the Zero range in the UK. The system costs £349, with subscriptions starting at £9.95 per month or £109 a year. Call Datatool on 01257 249928. HJC returns to MotoGP Helmet manufacturer to sponsor French GP

HJC Helmets returns to Le Mans for a second year, as the title sponsor of the Grand Prix de France to be held at the iconic circuit over the weekend of 18th to 20th of May, 2018. In 2016, HJC became the first helmet company to title sponsor a MotoGP round with the HJC Helmets Grand Prix Ceske Republiky. In 2017, HJC’s HJC is returning to Le Mans partnership moved to France, as the title sponsor of the FIM MotoGP event at the legendary and MotoGP in 2018. Schroetter, Marcos Ramirez, 4.2km Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans. HJC Helmets will celebrate Albert Arenas and Philipp Oettl HJC Helmets was founded this event with new graphic will feature the latest from HJC’s in 1971. With a long history of launches and sponsored riders line-up as they fight for the motorcycle and motorsports in all three FIM classes. Andrea podium. racing, HJC continues its Iannone, Xavi Vierge, Jorge The French GP will be commitment to Dorna Sports Navarro, Danny Kent, Marcel broadcast on BT Sport 2.

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p005009_news_dB.indd 9 02/05/2018 20:18 ON CHINA: David McMullan Cars, mergers, buyouts and e-bikes Chinese bike makers are being forced to diversify and evolve as DON’T GET LEFT BEHIND. commercial pressures force their hand. David McMullan explains Premium performance motorcycle batteries. ast year Chongqing off-road of Italian marque Benelli — and in spectrum sees mini-van releases by motorcycle and quad specialist Guangdong province it is Qianjiang. Dayun, Loncin, Dayang and others. L Shineray joined forces with These firms have been snapping up Many bigger Chinese auto-maker Brilliance Auto to smaller companies, expanding their manufacturers have joined produce the SWM X7 SUV car. In influence worldwide. “The trend forces with more famous foreign doing so, it joined a growing list of towards mergers started 12 years manufacturers for the sake of Chinese bike manufacturers that ago,” says Ma, “when Loncin, a very improving technical nous or brand- have moved into the automotive large company, bought out another recognition. A huge proportion market, seeking to diversify or large company in Kinlon. That was of exported Chinese motorcycles expand in order to survive. the start of it all.” are re-branded, for example, Back in 2006 there were over 100 In recent years the upsurge in Loncin (BMW), Zongshen (Piaggio motorcycle c ompanies operating the demand for electric bikes has and Norton), Qinqi (Suzuki and production lines in Chongqing been a catalyst for change in the Peugeot), Jianshe (Yamaha), Lifan alone. A sizeable proportion of industry. It is estimated that there (MV Agusta), Qianjiang (owners these were providing super- cheap models for the African and domestic markets. Unlike India, “Joint ventures come in many guises. Jianshe makes in which the Hero Group and Bajaj Yamaha commuters, Loncin BMW engines, and Lifan dominate, the Chinese market was shared by a multitude of smaller sells MV Agusta machines through its dealerships” companies. There are now fewer than 40 Chongqing motorcycle are more than 150 million electric of Benelli), Jialing (Honda), and factories still operating. bicycles, scooters and motorcycles CFmoto (KTM). Many of the smaller companies on China’s roads. Manufacturers These joint ventures come in still manufacturing have joined are beginning to react by producing many guises; some are full-on together with similar-sized their own electric bikes. A good manufacturing deals such as companies to become larger in an example of this is Chongqing giant Jianshe manufacturing Yamaha’s effort to compete with India. Troy Zongshen, which had already set commuters for the Chinese market. Ma, an ex-export clerk for bike up Zongshen PEM Power Systems, Loncin makes BMW engines, manufacturer Kington-Liyang, told making electric motorcycles, while Lifan dealerships sell MV me: “Kington’s supply chain and electric bicycles and e-vehicles. Agusta machines, and Norton will buying power was not big enough Zongshen PEM Power System’s supply Zongshen with engines for for the company to expand in areas largest shareholder is the giant 20 years. There have been some including the development of a maker and distributor Zongshen straightforward buyouts of foreign range of dirt bikes with DOT and Industrial Group. companies, such as Qianjiang’s EPA for the US market.” More and more Chinese procurement of Benelli, and As a result, the company decided motorcycle manufacturers are Shineray’s purchase of SWM from to merge with hitherto rival Andes, looking to diversify by entering Italy. Notably, Shineray is using to increase buying power of parts into the manufacture of cars and the SWM brand, with shiny badge and increase the range of the supply vans. The biggest and most famous showing the Italian flag, on its cars. chain. This is a phenomenon that of these companies is Lifan — for Clearly Chinese manufacturers we now see happening all over many years China’s best known are adapting rapidly to protect China. In Zhejiang province the motorcycle manufacturer — which profits. Let’s face it, we never biggest rivals to the Chongqing now sells close to 300,000 cars a thought they were building companies are Keeway — owner year. The smaller end of the auto motorcycles for the love of it.

David McMullan is an expert on the Chinese motorcycle industry: chinamotorcyclenews.com

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SEALEY TRIPLE S SMD LED RECHARGEABLE CHAINS AND LANTERN SPROCKETS This rechargeable latern with wireless speaker Triple S claims its high-strength chains features a composite case and hanging/ offer excellent impact load resistance, carrying handle. It produces up to 360 lumens designed specifically to withstand the through 10 SMD LEDs and features three stresses associated with motorcycling selectable light settings. It is suitable as an applications. Every sprocket is machined emergency light to have on standby for use in and CNC manufactured to exacting the event of power cuts. It can be connected standards for precise tolerances to wirelessly to a mobile for hours of playback. prolong sprocket and chain longevity. Supplied with USB cable for recharging. These kits are the choice of many Cost: £59.94. sporting teams in both British Superbike Contact: 01284 757500 and MXGP. sealey.co.uk Cost: from £23.88 Contact: 023 8065 8700 bikeit.co.uk

“Triple S chains RS WORKSHOP and sprockets are EQUIPMENT used by British MONOLEVER Superbike and WHEEL ADAPTER MXGP teams” KIT RS Workshop Equipment has designed and produced this kit for balancing monolever wheels. It is manufactured in the UK from solid billet, and can be partnered with the RS202 computerised wheel balancer. RS-WE claims it is compatible with “practically all” single-sided wheels on the market. Cost: £375 Contact: 01832 741007 rsworkshopequipment.co.uk

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p012016_prods_dB.indd 12 02/05/2018 20:20 RST ARAMID TECH PRO JEANS These Tech Pro jeans are made from Cordura denim, reinforced with T400 nylon. Key areas are further reinforced with a terry knit Aramid lining, helping to achieve an AAA CE rating. Additionally, Level 2 CE armour is fitted to the hip and knee — the latter is three-position adjustable. There are stretch areas over the knee and in the seat for comfort and enhanced ergonomics. Cost: £149.99 Contact: 01773 864420 rst-moto.com

PYRAMID PLASTICS SCREENS Pyramid Plastics has added to its range of screens from Puig and Ermax, claiming to offer the widest range of aftermarket screens available to the UK trade. Screens are available for all of 2018’s popular models, as well as for more obscure models from Benelli, Kymco, Sym and Piaggio. Pyramid also stocks a large number of scooter screens, available in a wide array of tints and styles. Delivery is 48 hours or usually around 10 days if placed on back order with the supplier. Cost: £Various Contact: 01427 677990 pyramid-plastics.co.uk

VENTURA “Ventura’s BIKE PACK FOR KAWASAKI L-brackets attach Z900RS to existing Kawasaki Z900RS owners can now add touring potential with the latest Ventura luggage system. mounting points The New Zealand luggage manufacturer has added on the sub-frame” L-Brackets for the new Z900RS to its fitment list, which covers over 2,500 models. Combining soft and hard luggage features, Ventura’s Bike Pack system is based around three components: L-brackets, attaching to existing mounting points on the rear sub-frame. A sturdy pack rack slots into the L-brackets, and a Ventura pack slides onto the rack and is clipped securely into place. Cost: £125 (L-Brackets); £79.99 (Pack Rack); £129.99 (Aero Spada pack) Contact: 01256 704909 ventura-bike.co.uk

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R&G ADVENTURE BARS FOR DUCATI MULTISTRADA Hampshire-based R&G has expanded its range of crash protection with a set of Adventure Bars compatible with the Ducati Multistrada 1260. The bars are made from 28mm gauge steel tubing, powder-coated for a durable finish. Designed specifically for the Multistrada, each kit comes with comprehensive fitting instructions. Cost: £299.99 Contact: 01420 89007 rg-racing.com

MALOSSI K-DRIVE FOR YAMAHA T-MAX Malossi has released some new transmission products for the Yamaha T-Max 530 maxi scooter, available through VE UK. The Malossi K-Drive system allows fine-tuning of the gearing range by using a range of different crown and pinion gears to adjust the final ratio from between 2.269:1 (standard) to 1.931:1. The Malossi torque driver has recalculated pivot grooves to provide a consistent transmission load across the rev range. Cost: £241 (crown gears); £226 (pinion gears); £205 (torque driver) Contact: 0115 946 2991 ve-trade.com

SCORPION EXHAUSTS FOR HONDA CBR500R Scorpion Exhausts has released new products for Honda’s CBR500R, including Serket Taper and Serket Parallel silencers, available in stainless steel, carbon fibre and satin titanium sleeve finishes. The slip-on silencer kit comes complete with silencer, T304 stainless steel link pipe and full fitting kit. All Scorpion products are dyno-developed, so no remapping is required. Cost: from £329 Contact: 01773 744123 scorpion-exhausts.com

SILKOLENE PRO-4 XP 5W-40 & 10W-50 Silkolene has released these new grades of oil for modern motorcycles. The new Pro-4 XP 5W-40 & 10W-50 include the XP additive pack, to mirror the rest of the Pro-4 XP range. The existing Pro-4+ grades remain available, but now sit in the racing application range. Cost: £Phone Contact: 01782 203700 fuchs.com

14 May 2018 • www.motorcycletrader.net

p012016_prods_dB.indd 14 02/05/2018 20:21 MOTUL CHAIN CARE KIT Motul has created a chain care kit designed to help riders maintain their chains and save money by not having to buy each product separately. This kit includes: chain lube (road), C1 chain cleaner and chain brush. Cost: £15.49 Contact: 01773 864420 moto-direct.com

“The levers are compatible with major manufacturers 1980 to current models”

BIKETEC FORGED GEAR LEVERS These upgrade replacement off-road gear levers feature a forged aluminium body and a folding, serrated toe platform for extra boot contact. The levers are compatible with major manufacturers 1980 to current models, and are colour-coded to suit Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Suzuki and Yamaha machines. Cost: £29.99 Contact: 023 8065 8700 bikeit.co.uk

AIROH REV FLIP HELMET The Airoh Rev Flip stores the flip section at the rear of the helmet and boasts dual homologation. It features a thermoplastic, fully vented HRT shell, with removeable and washable hypoallergenic inner liner. The visor is quick-release visor system, and there is an integrated drop-down sun visor. Available in sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL and XXL, in six different colour schemes. Cost: from £324.99 Contact: 023 8065 8700 bikeit.co.uk

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SKIDMARX TALL SCREEN FOR HONDA AFRICA TWIN British motorcycle bodywork specialist Skidmarx has introduced a flip-up, tall screen for Honda’s CRF1000 Africa Twin. The tall screen helps improve comfort and reduce fatigue from buffeting on longer rides, claims Skidmarx. Made in the UK from 4mm cast acrylic, the screen is 10cm taller than the original, with a flip-up edge that redirects air flow away from the rider’s chest and head. Like all Skidmarx screens, it’s designed to fit directly onto the original mountings. Available in clear, dark and light tints. Cost: £69.95 Contact: 01305 780808 skidmarx.co.uk

“This screen is 10cm taller and is designed to reduce fatigue and buffeting”

SCORPION EXHAUSTS FOR PEUGEOT DJANGO Scorpion Exhausts has added a new fitment for the Peugeot Django 125/150cc scooters, distributed via VE UK. Available in either stainless steel or ceramic black finishes, the system is supplied with all the required hardware for installation included in the box. Significantly lighter than the OE system, 3.1kg as opposed to 5.5kg, the exhaust has been dyno-developed for MAGURA optimal performance. Cost: £349 167 MASTER CYLINDER Contact: 0115 946 2991 Magura’s 167 master cylinder is a replacement for the hydraulic brake ve-trade.com and clutch controls fitted to many dirt bikes. Its modern design features a compact one-piece aluminium cylinder and reservoir, with a forged alloy lever blade and improved reach adjustment. Originally introduced for off-road use, the 167 is also available with a larger-diameter, 13mm piston, suitable for road bikes with single piston calipers. Can be used with mineral oil or brake fluid. Cost: from £156.95 Contact: 01306 885111 venhill.co.uk

OXFORD PRODUCTS RP-4 SPORTS SHORT GLOVE This summer riding glove from Oxford has a short cuff, airflow TPU finger protection, accordion stretch panels in the fingers, contrasting stitching in the full leather palm and newly updated colourways and print graphics. Other features include carbon fibre knuckle protection, mesh panels, TPU adjustable Velcro straps, full leather palm, and Amara visor wipe. Available in black, white or black/red. Cost: £49.99 Contact: 01993 862300 oxfordproducts.com

16 May 2018 • www.motorcycletrader.net

p012016_prods_dB.indd 16 02/05/2018 20:21 BELL HELMETS RACE STAR ACE CAFÉ BLACKJACK The racer with a day job … Since its introduction back in 1967, the Bell Star has long represented the standard in head protection. The first manufacturer to produce a full-face motorcycle helmet when it introduced the Star model in the late sixties, Bell has continued its obsession with helmet innovation. With the adoption of Flex, a unique revolutionary three-layered impact liner system designed to manage energy at three different speeds of impact: low, mid and high, Bell has upped its game in the field of head protection. The new Bell Star features; 3K Carbon shell, eyewear compatible, Flex impact liner, Magnefusion™ removable magnetic cheek pads, race view orientation, Virus Cool Jade Power mesh liner. It weighs in at 1511g (medium) and is certified to DOT ECE 22.05. SRP: £599.99 Call Race FX on 01254 311222 or email [email protected] For product information, visit bellhelmets.co.uk

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“Since its introduction back in 1967, the Bell Star has long represented the standard in head protection”

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p012016_prods_dB.indd 17 02/05/2018 20:21 COMPANY UPDATE: World’s End Motorcycle Distribution ‘Whatever breaks, we can replace’ West Sussex distributor World’s End Motorcycle Distribution (WMD) has been rapidly expanding its portfolio of parts and accessories. Trader catches up on the firm’s latest news

WMD Team Peter Strickland, Ben Ware, Keith Hemsley

oasting well over a million and get the lowdown on its latest in 2009 when he embarked upon different part lines — developments. a 6,000-mile road trip to Ghana, 1,241,398 at the last count A team of three services the in western Africa, on his trusted — with applications for WMD trade desk: sales manager R1100 GS. That he travelled solo just shy of 14,000 models, Ben Ware with Keith Hemsley across eight countries, over a period BWMD is no longer playing catch-up. and Peter Strickland. Ware joined of six weeks, with just a map and Rather, it is forging its path as a WMD’s retail partner Wemoto in compass and not a GPS in sight, leading supplier of after-market 2012, running its busy showroom, speaks volumes for the tenacity of motorcycle parts and accessories. then five years’ later embraced the the 40-year-old. His love of bikes Given changes to management challenge of moving forward the is undiminished and, as with many and trade front-line staff in recent trade side of the business. A biker of his current-day workmates, he years, it was time for Trader to visit through and through, Ware pushed commutes daily. What’s more, he’s the West Sussex-based distributor the boundaries of motorcycling still on that hard-working BMW.

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wmd.indd 18 02/05/2018 21:13 Motorcycle Trader: What has MCT: Which are your exclusive “We’re still expanding changed in the past few years at lines? WMD? our portfolio and have BW: We are the UK importer for been lucky enough to Ben Ware: We’re still expanding Simota and stock an almost full our portfolio and have been lucky range of motorcycle-specific filters. enjoy eight per cent enough to enjoy eight per cent We have around 95 per cent of growth year on year. Like others Simota’s range in stock at all times. growth year on year” in the trade, we did find March It’s a good, reusable air filter and of this year to be hard, but things its quality is superb. It offers the are starting to pick up again now. same, or better, performance We seem to have a new product than the market leader, yet costs virtually every day, which is roughly 25 to 30 per cent less. positive and keeps us fresh. It’s still fairly new in terms of the Hel Performance braided brake motorcycle market but has a strong lines are proving very popular. name in automotive. We’re making They are considered to be a real inroads with it as, once people try upgrade over standard OEM, and it, they’re hooked. we make the kits here in-house. Brenta brake pads are pretty We also have access to Hel’s new too. Manufactured in Italy extensive fitment database which by Frenotecnica, who make pads places us in a very good position. for all major manufacturers, It works well and we’re making on they’re TUV approved and 30 average between 12 and 16 kits a per cent cheaper at retail than day. There’s a good margin here better-known brands. They have for our customers as the kits retail numerous fitments and are very at £29.99 including VAT and we popular with lower-capacity charge £13.99 plus VAT. If a bike price-conscious riders. Typically, has three lines, then that profit we sell in quantity to workshops soon racks up. We can supply any that provide a reasonably-priced hose-fitting colour combination. service. Gecko is our own product. It’s a high-quality clutch range, manufactured using tempered high-carbon Japanese steel. We’ve had it for around three allow the cables to last longer by years now and can cover road, reducing the effect of friction from off-road, adventure, custom bikes everyday use. We now have over and even some ATVs. We source 1,500 cables in stock and they’re individual plates direct from the flying off the shelves. We launched manufacturer and make up the an emergency clutch and throttle kits. In keeping with the majority cable and mechanical speedo and of our lines, there is a considerable cost saving over OEM — as much as half price. Our collection of Slinky Glide cables is expanding at an astonishing rate. They’re made in Europe using methods that

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offering £20 off the first order to new accounts.

MCT: WMD is a business-to- business operation yet you are partnered with Wemoto, a retail company. How does that work?

BW: We operate off the same stock, share a computer system and are located next door to Wemoto, that’s as far as it goes. There is a clear division between the two and WMD only supplies trade customers with a physical presence.

MCT: Do you offer a dealer web portal?

BW: Yes. In fact we prefer it if our customers order on line as it’s our main selling platform. It’s not flashy, just simple and quick to use. It shows live stock quantities and lists our customers’ trade-only tacho cable repair kit a couple prices. It is bang up to date and we of years ago and recently made “We’re currently are at the end of the phone if there available a starter pack that allows offering £20 off the first are any problems. the trade to buy 30 of the two available kits in any combination, order to new accounts.” MCT: What are your delivery and with a free counter display stand. trade terms? It’s proving to be a top seller, as the pack is priced at £93.60 plus VAT move quickly and we have huge BW: Next day if ordered before and the kits retail for £5.60 — it’s a quantities of them in stock at any 3pm and the parts are in stock. little like sweets at a supermarket given time. Carriage-free on orders of £100 checkout! net of VAT at trade cost, otherwise MCT: Any hidden gems? £5.99 plus VAT per consignment. MCT: And your fastest-moving We offer trade margins of around brands? BW: Yes, YSS fork valves. We 30 to 40 per cent off retail. sell loads of them, as they are BW: YSS shocks. We hold the UK’s cost-effective, retailing from just MCT: What does the future hold for largest stock of YSS — incredibly, £67.49 and they really improve WMD? over 600 of the fast-moving lines. the performance, feel and comfort We have a weekly order flown of damping rod forks. They’re BW: We’ll carry on expanding our in from Thailand, and so it’s available in six sizes for road, off- portfolio and introduce more of highly unlikely for us to ever find road and classic models, both old our own products like Gecko and ourselves in a situation whereby and new. Slinky Glide as this gives us better we aren’t able to satisfy demand. control over quality, price and However, should a dealer need MCT: Who are your customers? supply. something really obscure, perhaps for a rare model, then the longest BW: Predominately motorcycle MCT: Finally, how would you sum they would have to wait would be workshops, training schools, up WMD? three weeks. education authorities and so on. We also hold high stock levels We’re always happy to accept new BW: If it’s on a bike and can wear Tarozzi fork tubes with over 1000 trade account applications but we out or break, we can supply the different tubes in stock which won’t supply internet-only sellers, replacement part. means we can supply product to as without the overheads that fit both Japanese and European come with having a premises, they Contact: bikes from 1973. Of course, our can compete unfairly with our T: 01273 595746 core brands such as DID chain, customers. We don’t want to go E: [email protected] JT sprockets and Hiflofiltro also down that route. We’re currently wmd-online.com

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wmd.indd 20 02/05/2018 21:13 PROFILE: FEATURE: Performance enhancing products POWER to the MOTORCYCLE Even though most modern motorcycles in standard form already have more power than many riders can handle, and can probably propel those riders to go faster than the legal speed limit, motorcycle modifications are almost inevitable

hether they go big or small with their mods, it’s a fairly safe bet that a high percentage of motorcyclists will take a stab at APICO giving their machine a performance lift at some stage in their T: 01282 473190 motorcycle-owning lifetime. Whilst it’s easy for consumers to spend hundreds on single E: [email protected] Wmodifications – and a number of the power boosting products featured apico.co.uk here sit in that monetary bracket – there are also plenty of simple and low-cost items that can make a difference such as improving air flow or adjusting suspension. Trader spoke with distributors supplying parts for Boyesen this specialist arena and, here, we feature a selection of the leading brands The RC2 RAD valve’s seamless, one- covering the four main areas of tuning, suspension and handling, exhausts piece, precision casting and continuous and filters/fuelling for on-road, off-road and the race-track. aero form surfaces ensure maximum flow velocities and instant, explosive movement of air particles the moment the throttle is turned. Integrated into the B&C EXPRESS seamless inner chamber are four-way T: 01522 791369 aerodynamic directional dividers that E: [email protected] distribute the angled charge evenly without flow loss. Each channel has its bandcexpress.co.uk own unique power profile, scientifically bitubo.com shaped to produce instant, explosive movements of air. Standard equipment on each RAD valve, Boyesen dual-stage Bitubo Pro Series reeds have the superior ability Manufactured in Italy since 1963, Bitubo has established to time themselves to the needs of the itself as a key player in the suspension world. It covers engine providing maximum flow velocity a wide remit, whether for Michael Dunlop’s race winning across the entire RPM range, and at all IOM TT bike or the increasingly-popular custom café throttle settings. Each racers. The range includes more than 1400 models for Boyesen RAD valve superbikes, touring bikes and scooters. Bitubo is tested is unique, and and developed with fatigue and destruction tests, in tailor-made for software and dynamic simulations. B&C holds extensive each model, stock of the best-sellers and work to a two-week lead year and time for out-of-stock items. displacement. SRP: From £1289.97 for the ECH gas pressurised SRP: £ (Tel) fork cartridge; £883.57 for XXF rear racing shock; £283.14 for steering damper kits

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R&G T: 01420 89007 E: [email protected] rg-racing.com

BMC Exclusively distributed for the UK motorcycle industry by R&G, Italian-made BMC air filters offer superior air capacity compared to traditional paper filters; ensuring minimal loss of power and maximum engine performance. Made in one single piece to avoid breakages, a coated al- loy mesh covers the filter, which is made from a material composed from a special cotton gauze soaked in a low viscosity oil. Completely washable and reusable, and used by race teams from MotoGP through to BSB, BMC Air Filters are suitable for all motorcyclists. SRP: From £42.99

PERFORMANCE PARTS T: 01327 706139 E: [email protected] performanceparts-ltd.com

Akrapovic New from Akrapovic is a whole range of products for the 2017> Yamaha R6. Drawing inspiration from its support to Yamaha WSSP and WSBK teams, there is a full titanium evolution system and stainless steel racing line system, which both feature a titanium silencer with slash cut titanium outlet and carbon fibre heat shield. The design mimics the silencer available for the R1, big brother to the R6. This WSBK style silencer is also available as a Euro-4 compliant road legal slip-on kit. There are options for three additional Akrapovic race silencer slip-on kits, the short MotoGP style, the easily recognisable ASZ style and the ultra-small and lightweight Megaphone. There is also the optional stainless steel de-cat header set, designed to upgrade any slip-on kit to a full system. SRP: £689.00 Road-legal WSBK style slip-on kit; £1,886.00 Evolution full titanium race system; £1,319.00 Racing line full stainless race system; £531.00 ASZ slip-on kit; £357.00 MotoGP style slip-on kit; £272.00 Mega- phone slip-on kit; £720.00 Optional stainless de-cat header set

K-TECH SUSPENSION T: 01283 559 000 E: [email protected] www.ktechsuspension.com Razor-R shock absorber Designed for the Kawasaki Z900 and Z900RS, the four-way adjust- able Razor-R shock absorber has been designed with quality and performance in mind, featuring adjustable compression and rebound damping, length adjustment and spring preload, it a serious upgrade for motorcyclists looking to inspire their ride. The Razor-R offers affordability, reliability and performance for all road and track use. Features; increased performance and control, compression damping adjustment, rebound damping adjustment, spring preload adjustment, length adjustment, Nitrogen filled N2, imply bolts on to replace original equipment, spring rate options available. SRP: £594.00

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wmd.indd 22 20/05/2018 13:35 SCORPION EXHAUSTS T: 01773 744123 E: [email protected] scorpion-exhausts.com

Scorpion New and innovative header kit constructed from T304 premium stainless steel utilises machined collar fittings for an easy installation into the Z900 engine. The header kit has been strictly dyno developed to deliver optimised performance enhancements including better throttle response and power delivery, as well as great weight savings to improve rideability. In addition to the de-cat header kit, technicians have also developed a Euro 4 homologated catalyst which can easily be installed into the header mid-section. This means the Scorpion slip-on exhaust and header kit with catalyst installed is Euro 4, EC-approved for compat- ibility throughout many markets - an option not available with many other manufacturers. SRP: £649.00 X900 de-cat header kit; £209.00 Z900 homologated catalyst

DIRECT DISTRIBUTION SERVICES T: 01274 599172 E: [email protected] directdistributionservices.co.uk, email

Dynojet Power Commander Tuning tool for fuel-injected motorcycles. Features; compact size (half of PC111), quick installation, gear/speed input, allows for individual cylinder mapping, rev xtend and fuel/timing on Harley Davidson models. Self-tune with auto-tune accessory – available separately. SRP: From £368.49

ORO2U T: 01597 822 666 E: [email protected] ORO2U.co.uk

Cylinder Works Big Bore Kits O.E.M. appearing +1 mm to +4 mm big bore cylinder kit, a hand-matched, forged Vertex big bore piston and top-end gasket kit. These kits offer an affordable way to increase horsepower and engine displacement. SRP: From £505.14 FMF Exhausts FMF Exhaust systems are handmade in the USA to a superior quality. They offer complete exhaust systems for most modern motocross two and four-stroke applications. The range is made up of aluminium, stainless steel and titanium silencers accompanied by steel, stainless steel and titanium header pipes all offering a unique performance enhancements. SRP: From £77.42 for silencers; £97.94 for headers

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MOTO.GB DISTRIBUTION T: 0845 094 1934/01706 212102 E : [email protected] leovince.co.uk

LV-10 The new LV-10 race slip-on exhaust has been developed in collaboration with Moto2 and Moto3 teams and its experience in MotoGP and SBK racing. Compact dimen- sions grant maximum lightness, the best performance and the unmistakable LeoVince racing sound. Manufactured entirely from AISI 304 stainless steel, with two versions available; LV-10 STAINLESS with a special titanium-look, and the LV-10 BLACK EDITION with matt ceramic finishing, complete with laser etched LeoVince logo. The rear stainless steel mesh embellishes the sandblasted end cap giving an extreme racing look. Initial fitments include; Ducati Scrambler, Honda CB500F/RR/X, CBR1000RR 2017, Yamaha R1 and Café Racer MT-10, Kawasaki Z900. With the new Classic Racer, LeoVince has developed a SRP: From £175.00 product that fits well with the modern urban racer style. Classic Racer is a tribute to the café culture, with its trumpet-shaped classic style, that gives a unique retro look and unmistakable sound. These exhausts are all E-approved with the benefit of removable db baffles for a much deeper sound. Manufactured from AISI304 stain- less with satin effect casings and brushed stainless end caps. Fitments include; MotoGuzziV7, Triumph Bonneville T100, T120, Street Twin, Thruxton. SRP: From £446.00

GP Duals New LeoVince slip-ons inspired by the “GP” style, specifically developed for those who love customising their bike with an exclusive product, a twin-stacked exhaust look. Available as slip-ons or systems depending on model. E-approved with two removable db baffles for a more aggressive sound. Manufactured from full stainless steel with black ceramic matt coatings, LeoVince laser etched logo. Fitments include; BMW R NINE T, Ducati Scrambler, Honda CBR500R, Kawasaki Z900, Z650 Ninja, Suzuki SV650, Yamaha Mt-09, XSR900 etc. SRP: From £338.00

BIKE ALERT T: 01322 526236 E: [email protected] bikealert.com

Hiflofiltro The new range of Hiflofiltro RC racing oil filters have been developed to meet the rigorous demands of top level racing. Features; tough heavy-duty steel canister, 17mm cross-drilled nut enabling easy installation, removal and lock wiring for race use, advanced high-performance tri-fibre filtration, rubber-coated relief valve for optimum sealing, compatible with all oil types, engineered for track and road use. SRP: £6.60

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wmd.indd 24 02/05/2018 21:13 VE (UK) T: 0115 9462991 E: [email protected] ve-trade.com YSS YSS manufacture over two million shock absorbers and dampers per year. Since 1983, YSS has become renowned for its use of high quality components, and cutting-edge technology to produce a world class suspension product. YSS designs, manufactures, and tests all its products in-house at its factory in Thailand. Current scooter fitments available include; VE00500-Y - Vespa PX adjustable front damper, VE00501-Y - Vespa PX adjustable rear damper, VE00501-YG - Vespa PX adjustable gas rear damper, VE60100-Y - Vespa GT/GTS >2014 adjustable front damper, VE60163-Y - Vespa GT/GTS Carbone adjustable rear dampers (pair), VE60163-YG - Vespa GT/GTS adjustable High-quality Italian manufactured products whose flagship gas rear dampers (pair). models for the Vespa PX feature an aluminium body with a SRP: From £49.62 dual action gas/oil damper ensuring a comfortable ride with maximum road control, with damping present in both the compression and extension strokes. The chrome-plated spring is adjustable via a threaded collar, allowing full control of preload. The dampers feature a ride height adjustment, achieved via a second threaded adjuster that increases or decreases the length of the body, without affecting suspension performance or feel. The 25mm overall height adjustment for the rear, and a 15mm height adjustment for the front, allows for further suspension tuning. SRP: £150.83 height adjustable front damper; £150.83 height adjustable rear damper

Malossi The Malossi range of exhausts covers automatic scooters, classic scooters, Piaggio Ape’ three wheelers, and lightweight motorcycles. From 50cc to 850cc, Malossi lists exhausts for most of the major manufacturers including Aprilia, Derbi, Kymco, Piaggio, Suzuki, Vespa, and Yamaha, with popular fitments including the Yamaha YZF-R 125, Piaggio Zip, Vespa PX, and Vespa GTS. SRP: From 91.31 Dellorto Manufacturing a full range of carb sizes from 10mm to 42mm, Dellorto offers a comprehensive range that caters for classic scooters, automatic scooters, Piaggio Ape’ three wheelers and motorcycles. The range covers both 2T and 4T fitments. SRP: From £43.94

Ram-Air Ram-Air filters take on the form of a clamp on replacement element that replaces the standard air box, and are manufactured in a wide range of sizes. Available in either a plain foam or foam with a chrome cap versions. SRP: From £18.70

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CP ATV’s Only CP Pistons Project X platinum kits have expanded from custom racing applications to off-the-shelf, T: 01280 848426 fully boxed-style pistons that fit a variety of ATV powersports applications. The tested kits include an MX-style piston, a DLC pin, a Carrillo connecting rod, and a Cometic EST gasket. The kits offer E: [email protected] near-unbeatable strength and are cost-effective. Available in standard bore sizes and accommodate Atvsonly.co.uk stock stroke crankshafts, allowing racers to remain legal in stock displacement classes. SRP: £Phone Doma Racing Doma Racing exhausts are constructed from high grade stainless steel, aluminium and carbon fibre, and built to last. Available for DS450, KFX450, KTM450/505, TRX450, LTR450, YFZ450, YFZR450, Raptor 250 and Raptor 700. Also available in a kit form, ready for construction, for most Hybrid quads too. A full range of packing materials and spare parts are also available. SRP: £Phone Pro Design Pro Flow kit features a unique base plate which forms a perfect seal at the front of the filter for a dramatic improvement over stock by preventing dirt or debris from getting into the intake. With the Pro Flow Kits, in dry conditions, riders can completely remove the airbox lid and maximise air intake. Suitable for all sport ATVS. SRP: £131.99

Filtrex BIKE IT Filtrex heavy duty Hi-Flow oil filters are supplied to major T: 02380 658700 original equipment manufacturers worldwide, with further com- Bikeittrade.com pliance to Japanese Industry Standards. The filters offer high performance filtration whilst guaranteeing optimum flow rates and oil pressures. Bike It has over 62 part numbers available. SRP: From £2.64 to £12.74

PDQ T: 01753 730043 E: [email protected] www.pdq1.com

Valtermoto Type 1.5 adjustable rear sets for 2017 Yamaha R6, now come with aluminium heel guards, a hydraulic brake light switch. Unique features;adjustable mounting plate for tailored riding position and ground clearance, knurled finished pegs for better grip, and “break point” to leave the majority of the peg intact in the event of a light crash, ideal for track days and club racing. SRP: £312.00

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wmd.indd 26 02/05/2018 21:13 FEATURE: Personal Protective Equipment legislation PPE lesson Important changes to Personal Protective Equipment legislation aim to put an end to confusion surrounding whether or not a piece of motorcycle clothing is ‘protective’

Classification AA: best suited to touring gear

n 2016, the European not. However, this was open to off-the-peg CE-marked motorcycle Parliament passed the abuse and often manufacturers’ clothing with RS Performance Personal Protective Equipment marketing departments – and Protection, then in 1996 went Regulation 2016/425, which, motorcycle media – incorrectly freelance as a Personal Protective effective 21st of April 2018, described non-protective garments Equipment (PPE) consultant Ireplaces the Personal Protective as protective, thus leading to covering various fields, including Equipment Directive 89/686/ consumer confusion. industrial, sports, police and EEC, which is repealed. The major Paul Varnsverry is the technical motorcycle. change where the motorcycle director of PVA-PPE Group, which “For years, the choice of clothing industry is concerned provides advice to companies motorcycle kit has been down to is the decision by the European around the world looking to CE – Conformité Européenne or Parliament to categorise all develop, test and certify protective Caveat Emptor,” said Varnsverry. protective clothing and equipment equipment for sale within the “You could buy something that for use by motorcyclists as EU. Varnsverry was originally had been independently tested, Personal Protective Equipment involved in the manufacture of or you could judge the quality for (PPE). motorcycle clothing, running his yourself.” Previously, motorcycle own business, Swift Leathers, for Employers have long had an clothing manufacturers had been 10 years — a high-end, made-to- obligation to provide staff with responsible for stating whether measure manufacturer. He later PPE where necessary, hence their products were PPE or helped to establish a range of police riders for instance using

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CE-approved leathers. But as the standards were very tough, consumer bike kit has generally been sold as being not protective to avoid being deemed PPE. “The European Commission had 20 years’ experience of how the motorcycle industry – en masse – had tried to avoid its legal obligations under the 89/686/EEC Personal Protective Equipment Directive of 1989. This is presumably why, in January 2016, it convinced the MEPs in European Parliament to fully implement the new PPE regulation Classification A: for 2016/425 and while they were urban riding doing so, to specify that all motorcycle clothing would be PPE, and must be independently tested and certified by an independent body. The Commission presumably looked at all the loopholes that the industry had used, and how to close them. The only item of All new garments must CE approval will motorcycle clothing now that will now be certified PPE be mandatory not be deemed to be protective clothing is specific, dedicated rainwear with no other purpose, “All new motorcycling clothing will be regarded as and no capacity to take any form of impact protector. Just an outer PPE, meaning it must be tested to comply with the shell that keeps the wet at bay. new PPE regulations 2016/425” Is this going to make bike kit more expensive? “Potentially, yes. My opinion on question those manufacturers will Regulation 2016/425 is the this is that clothing companies be asking is ‘How do we do it?’ legislation with which all bike have marketing and advertising That is where European Standards kit must be comply. prEN 17092 budgets, which are funded come into play. is a testing method that, if met, from the RRP of their garments European standards are set enables a manufacturer to comply – motorcyclists who buy the by the European Committee for with the regulation, and its products are paying for the Standardisation (CEN), which is products to be CE approved. Put advertising that encouraged them a separate body to the European simply, from 21st April 2018, all to buy it! All clothing companies parliament in the same way that kit which is being placed on the have to do is fire over part of the British Standards Institute market must have proof that it’s that budget from marketing and (BSI) is not a government body, protective. The legal litmus test is advertising to ‘compliance’ and rather a separate business that when the product was ‘first placed retail prices don’t need to be happens to be the national on the market’, which is defined affected. The impact might be standards agency. CEN’s as the first economic movement two fewer full-page ads per year membership is made up of all of goods once they are within – unpopular with the advertising the national standards bodies the EU. So, motorcycle clothing departments, but causing in the European member states, manufactured at a factory within negligible impact on consumer which also includes DIN in the EU is first placed on the brand awareness.” Germany, AFNOR in France, UNI market the moment that factory in Italy etc, as well as BSI. CEN releases it to the next stage in the Who’s behind all this? commissioned a working group supply chain, which could be direct The European Commission (WG9) – made up of the interested to the consumer, or to a distributor – the legislature for the parties in motorcycle clothing, like or retailer. For products imported European Union. The new PPE manufacturers, test houses etc from factories outside the EU, Regulation sets out what clothing – to come up with the standards that first economic movement manufacturers must do. The required for motorcycle clothing. occurs when the company which

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p027030_PPE_dB.indd 28 02/05/2018 22:06 has imported them releases them motorcycle clothing to members saying the product isn’t meant to to the next stage in the supply of the European Union from 21st be protective. chain. Stock already in stores can April 2018 – regardless of whether This was confusing for continue to be sold, but anything they’re selling online or not – must customers, compounded by still sitting in an importer’s comply with Personal Protecting some brands placing huge ‘CE- warehouse, for example, cannot be Equipment Regulation 2016/425. approved’ labels in the garments released unless it conforms to the The British government has that related to the armour, not legislation. said that on 29th March 2019, the clothing. Others got into the Proof of conformity to the all existing EU legislation will habit of declaring their brand as legislation comes from either be automatically adopted into a manufacturer of CE-approved already having been certified UK law, then over the following PPE on the label of a product that to EN 13595 (until April 2023 weeks, months and years, was not certified. Some even used when existing certificates, issued Parliament will sift through it in spurious testing standards, like under the PPE directive, become order of priority to decide what declaring gloves as being CE- invalid), or by certifying to the to keep, what to modify and approved when they simply met new standard – prEN 17092 what to repeal. Also, the British EN 420’s industrial standard for – which is still in draft form. Standards Institution (BSI) has dye-fastness. EN 13595 will continue to run already made it clear that it will Motorcycle clothing either had alongside prEN17092 and will continue its membership of CEN, to become a lot tougher – and still be available to certify new regardless of what decision are heavier – or the industry needed clothing, or update the existing made about the country’s future. to agree a new set of standards ‘EC’ certification to ‘EU’ under the So, BSI will continue to contribute that its products could meet. A new regulation. to the development of European committee had been trying to standards. come up with these since 2010. But it’s just a draft standard? Finally, the majority of In January 2016, the European As of April 2018, there’s a lot of European brands assemble their Parliament made the decision stability in the draft standard,” products in Asia, so if they’re to put an end to any ambiguity says Varnsverry, “and it’s much making a jacket with a CE mark and forced the industry to take the same now as it was around the for 27 member states, they’re not immediate action. middle of 2017. likely to make a different one for Earlier than that, and prEN the small UK market. How does the new testing compare 17092 was evolving extremely to the previous standard? rapidly – goal posts sometimes Why has this been dumped on the EN13595 uses two test levels, moving on a weekly basis – industry at such a late hour? with the body divided into four making it very difficult for Some might argue that it hasn’t. zones: Zone 1 must have impact companies to adapt their product Anything deemed personal protectors, and along with Zone 2, lines, especially given a typical protective equipment has always needs to last four seconds on the two-year or more design and had to meet PPE Directive 89/686/ Cambridge Abrasion Machine to production cycle. EEC, which was introduced meet Level 1 protection, and seven prEN 17092 won’t be published in December 1989, and fully seconds to meet Level 2. Zone 3 until as late as spring 2019, but implemented on the 30th June requires 1.8 seconds for Level 1 the requirements of the legislation 1994. To comply with this legal and 2.5 for level 2, while Zone 4 must still be met by 21 April 2018. requirement, jackets, trousers, one can be used for ventilation and prEN 17092 and EN 13595 are a and two-piece suits needed to be stretch panels but must still last means to comply with the health tested to EN 13595:2002. one second on the abrasion rig for and safety requirements written Boots needed to meet EN Level 1, and 1.5 seconds for Level into the legislation of 2016/425. 13634:2015, gloves EN 13594:2015, 2. “The draft standard is a logical elbow, knee, hip and shoulder Standard prEN17092 has five approach,” says Varnsverry. “If protectors to EN 1621-1:2012, and performance classifications, you meet the draft standard, and back protectors to EN 1621-2:2014. approximating to each of five there are any minor changes by EN 1621-4:2013 covers lanyard- common groups of motorcycle the time the final standard is activated air bag protectors, while clothing products. Jackets, published, all you do is retest those EN 14021:2013 is for specialised jeans and suits are divided into affected materials or components. protectors like those used off-road. three risk category zones which Or it might just be a paperwork Besides testing and certification represent the hierarchy of areas exercise.” being a cost to factor into most at risk of impact and abrasion production, many products – to those least at risk of abrasion With Brexit, can’t we just ignore particularly some textiles – simply – Zone 1, Zone 2 and Zone 3. all this? wouldn’t meet the required Abrasion testing is carried out on Any manufacturer in any country standards. So, manufacturers just a Darmstadt machine that spins – including the UK, China, USA, avoided saying their products were them at a set speed until they’re India etc – that wants to sell protective, often by way of a label dropped onto a slab of control

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Cambridge machine: akin New-look CE label to a giant belt sander

concrete where they slow to a stop. testing standard. It still is my The tear strength of materials and position, and I think the blanket the strength of seams are also categorisation of all motorcycle assessed. clothing is illogical. But it’s an Darmstadt machine: samples Classification AAA: The highest spun and dropped onto a slab extreme reaction that the industry level, demanding four seconds as a whole is responsible for of abrasion resistance with the creating; if every company had machine spinning at 707.4rpm (the approved motorcycle clothing produced a niche range of CE- equivalent of 120kph) in Zone 1, has been abrasion tested on a approved products – even five per two seconds at 442.1rpm (about ‘Cambridge’ machine, which uses cent of its entire range – I don’t 75kph) in Zone 2 and one second at a specific grade of abrasive belt think we’d be in this situation. But 265rpm (around 45kph) in Zone 3. running at 18mph. The test sample for too long the majority stance Classification AA: More is dropped at a specific force, with was to ignore the standards, while suited to touring gear, this a brush cleaning the belt of debris continuing to market clothing as specifies two seconds in Zone 1 and a fine metal wire behind the being protective.” at 412.6rpm (about 70kph), one sample breaking and ceasing the second at 265.3rpm in Zone 2 test when the material has abraded What bike kit will be able to buy and 0.5 seconds at 147.4rpm (the through. from 21st April 2018? equivalent of around 25kph) in The Darmstadt machine is a There’ll be a huge range of kit for Zone 3. spinning machine carrying three sale; some of it will conform to Classification A: Deemed samples that are dropped onto a prEN 17092, and be CE-marked as suitable for urban riding, with concrete slab (which must be very such, and some of it will already Zone 1 requiring one second of tightly controlled), that’s been meet EN 13595. And a lot of it abrasion resistance at 265.3rpm used previously to develop many won’t be CE-marked at all, because and half a second at 147.4rpm in man-made fabrics. After the device while anything deemed protective Zone 2. slows to a stop, if the material should have been independently Classification B is the same as hasn’t got a hole bigger than 5mm tested for many years now, it’s A, but impact protectors are not in it, it passes. simply not been the case, and required. there’s still a lot on the shelves. Classification C covers garments Will motorcycle riders be forced to Ultimately, for the vast majority such as the mesh under-suits that wear CE-approved clothing when of motorcycle riders who value have impact protection for off-road riding? their safety, the new legislation riding. From April 2018, all bike clothing can only be seen as a good thing. Samples are taken from each placed on the market will be Any ambiguity is gone, so Customs zone to be tested for seam strength deemed PPE but the consumer and Trading Standards will find and abrasion resistance, for doesn’t have to buy it. While for it much easier to remove from instance. A company using the a period there will be products sale any products that are not same materials and construction available that are not CE-marked, independently tested, and the methods in two or more jackets, and others that are, over time rails consumer will be able to get the for example, could meet approval will be filled with prEN 17092 (and best value when they spend their with one test, as long as the perhaps some EN 13595) clothing. money. tested parts are put together in In France, though, it’s already a The UK’s riding fraternity the tested way within the tested legal requirement to wear CE- still has a choice, but it’ll be an zones, and subsequent garments approved gloves. informed one. are added to the certificate. Once “As part of the working group these materials and construction that developed the original CE- Thanks to Bike Social, Bennetts methods are approved, they standards, I never wanted to see Insurance and PVA-PPE Group for cannot be changed, and that riders forced to wear protective sharing this information. More online includes the specific supplier of the kit,” said Varnsverry. “I just at www.pva-ppe.org.uk material. wanted a customer to be able to go into a shop, make a judgement What’s the Darmstadt machine? and complete an informed From the mid-1990s, all CE- purchase based on an independent

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p027030_PPE_dB.indd 31 02/05/2018 22:06 COMPANY UPDATE: ClementsMoto ‘Fantic’s gone frantic’ ClementsMoto has had an interesting 12 months, developing the Motorini and Zontes brands, and enjoying an explosion in demand for the revived Fantic range. Trader hears from boss Dean Clements

Fantic Caballero: in demand

he international by surprise. The demand has Enduro 250 models, which we reaction to the exceeded expectation, but that’s a pitched firmly at the Clubman Fantic re-launch of nice problem to have. The launch racer and Trailbike leisure rider, the Caballero has of the 250 and 500 variants is and we have kept a regular supply been amazing and delayed but in hand, so we are pattern through our expanding “Tquite honestly caught us, other looking forward to a buoyant network of specialist dealers. The distributors around the world, and summer. 250 gets EFI for 2018, and these the Fantic factory very pleasantly “We have done well with the are due in May. We anticipate

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p032034_clements_dB.indd 32 02/05/2018 21:32 The Caballero has genuine flat-track credentials

demand for the 250 Enduro to “Demand for the Caballero took us by surprise, and continue, with strong dealer forward orders and end-user grew even stronger after Motorcycle Live” orders in place. “The demand for the Caballeros was instant, with enquiries coming variants have been delayed and, so flow won’t be a torrent but I am in before we even showed the with hindsight, it would have been confident we will rapidly clear the bikes in the UK. Dealers have been prudent to have delayed the model backlog of sales orders and normal taking orders from the first show promotion. On a positive side, service will resume. we attended last summer, with Fantic has added a new production “Of course, it’s great to have demand building even stronger facility in Treviso, Italy, close high demand, but it is frustrating after Motorcycle Live. 125cc to the existing factory, which all the way down the line when we variants rolled off the production will enable production to flow just can’t supply. line at the turn of the year and it is smoothly once the larger capacity “We also have the Fantic e-bikes encouraging that these are selling model production begins. Fantic coming online in May, and we are through immediately. 250 and 500 is still a hand-built Italian brand, holding a series of open days for the existing dealer network. We will not make e-bikes mandatory for current Fantic dealers, but they will get first option before we make them available to other non-Fantic dealers. Our specific target is off-road sports dealers, trials/enduro especially, as there is growing crossover. The core of the range is centred around serious competition mountain bikes, and the components and spec compete admirably with the best in the market. “We have a few vacant dealer areas for Fantic. Specifically, we need to appoint in Newcastle/ north-east, north Wales/Chester, Zontes Rocketman 125 and Greater Manchester. With

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these boxes ticked, we will be at around 25 dealers and will have sufficient coverage to match production capacity.

Zontes and Motorini “On the Zontes front we introduced the new Rocketman 125. It’s a bit different to all the reproduction retro Café models out there and, importantly, it isn’t in the region of £2,500 where a lot of the Chinese brands have pitched, but lists at an attractive £1,729.99 plus OTR charges. It is available in two classic colours, BRG and Trafalgar Blue. Motorini SMR125 “On the Motorini side, we released updated SMR and SXR 125cc models in February. The engine has been updated to a liquid-cooled motor running Delphi EFI. The model retains all of its core features and has an RRP of £2299.99 plus OTR charges. “Across our Zontes and Motorini ranges, we offer good dealer margins of between 20 to 25 per cent. We want to work with our dealers long-term, and so we need to provide them with a realistic Fantic Caballero Flat Track 500 profit. Any distributor who expects a dealer to build, advertise, prepare and sell a motorcycle for under £140 a time isn’t looking at the long-term picture for either the dealer or themselves. “We offer back-up that is second-to-none. Our sales team is supported by a dedicated head office team, and our parts stock holding is immense, with a pick rate from UK stock in excess of 98 per cent. “We work with dealers big and small and offer attractive 360- Fantic Caballero Scrambler day stocking terms for approved dealers in conjunction with DF Capital.”

ClementsMoto Ltd Unit 1a Woolton Farm Bekesbourne Canterbury Kent CT4 5EA Tel: 01227 720700 Email: customer.services@ clementsmoto.co.uk fanticmotoruk.com motorini.co.uk www.zontes.co.uk Motorini SXR125

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p032034_clements_dB.indd 34 02/05/2018 21:32 ASSOCIATION VOICE: Stevie Muir The true cost of driving Extolling the virtues of riding a powered two-wheeler is what the upcoming Ride to Work week is all about, reckons Stevie Muir as she details just how much money car drivers fritter away

ith Ride to Work next through sitting in traffic or solution lies with greater use of month, it’s timely that the cruising around looking for technology, “applying big data W hidden cost of motoring somewhere to park. These are all to create intelligent connected has been revealed in a new report unavoidable, given the state of our car services is the key to solving from the traffic data company current road network, so it’s quite mobility problems.” Inrix. The first ever ‘Cost of right that they be factored in to Another solution would be to Driving Study’ calculates how help plan budgets. encourage more people to swap much drivers pay annually to The study aptly coined the term to a powered two-wheeler. This experience futile activities such as ‘parking pain’ and no wonder when would also help with reducing sitting in traffic and searching for you consider just how expensive public costs, such as road parking spaces. This adds an extra it is. “The true cost of driving was maintenance. How many scooters £1,924 a year to running costs for staggering”, explained Inrix’s chief are causing potholes? Not many, motorists in Britain’s major cities, economist Dr Graham Cookson: I’ll wager. taking the total cost per driver “Parking, for example, made up Putting forward compelling to £5,795 a year and a staggering almost a third of the total cost of reasons to Ride to Work is what £9,353 per year for those living in motoring. On average, drivers are the campaign is all about. As the London. spending almost £2,000 a year on Inrix study breaks down costs for While part of the cost comprised parking-related costs.” 10 major UK cities, its data could things you’d expect to pay, such Inrix is suggesting that the easily be used in local advertising as maintenance, parking and fuel, this is the first time the “In British cities, running a car costs on average equation has included ‘indirect’ costs. These include parking fines, £5,795 per year, and a staggering £9,353 for each overpayment of parking, plus driver living in London” the time and carbon expended

An extra wheel or two may help tempt car drivers

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p035036_ass voice_dB.indd 35 02/05/2018 21:35 ASSOCIATION VOICE: Stevie Muir

‘It’ll be cheaper to run than your Range Rover, sir, honestly!’

to attract weary and increasingly broke car drivers into dealerships. A quick google of the phrase ‘the true cost of congestion’ threw up several other attempts to put a figure on what our current transport mix is doing to the economy. For example, the British Chambers of Commerce, which represents 100,000 UK businesses, calculated the cost of crippling congestion to be more than £18 billion a year. Local groups were able to break this down further, suggesting sitting in traffic reduced productivity for the labour force and pushed up transport costs for goods and services to the tune of £1 million a day for Birmingham alone. L-category: the next Poor air quality is another area generation of commuters? compounded by clogged up roads. The World Health Organisation has estimated poor air quality bikes which help with air quality. eventually become a big part of our costs the UK economy a staggering There are new commuter market: £54 billion a year, accounting products in the pipeline too. “There is no doubt about it, new for 3.7 per cent of GDP and the MCIA CEO Tony Campbell was in and innovative L-category vehicles premature deaths of 29,000 people Brussels recently to see some of are going to offer the solution to each year. these at the Resolve event. Resolve current commuting woes and There are many small stands for Range of Electric our industry needs to be ready to motorcycles and scooters on Vehicles for L Category Vehicles accommodate them within existing the market which already meet and is the culmination of a three- sales networks.” ultra-low emission requirements year project to develop a range of You can find information and and with National Clean Air Day cost-effective, energy-efficient and download digital assets from the falling in the middle of Ride to comfortable electric L category website: ridetoworkweek.co.uk Work Week, we will certainly be vehicles. and don’t forget to take part in the highlighting the huge choice of Tony is convinced that these will action via social media.

Stevie Muir is press officer for the Motorcycle Industry Association. E-mail: mcia.co.uk

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p035036_ass voice_dB.indd 36 02/05/2018 21:35 FEATURE: Shows & events

Prescott Bike Fest 2018 Prescott Bike Fest is set to be the biggest and best yet and has been extended to a two-day event for 2018

There will be extensive displays opportunity to get up close and want to get from A to B as cheap of historic, modern and racing see, smell and hear and watch as possible. Saturday’s ‘Electric motorcycles throughout the the bikes take to the historic hill Avenue’ will feature the latest weekend with a Paddock Specials climb course. All the marques are in road and race technology, Show ’n’ Tell featuring the best well represented from the likes of an innovation zone from the in historic, customised, road, BMW, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Universities and their EV projects race, factory builds, prototypes, Ducati, Harley Davidson, Triumph, plus special displays featuring shed builds, wacky, jet powered Norton, BSA, Moto Guzzi through Formula E and the TT Zero. and record beating machines. to the lesser known ones too. Gracing the paddock will Literally everything from a Electric is here and BikeFest be iconic motorcycle builder 1903 Royal Sovereign, the only wants to be among the first Allen Millyard with five of his known survivor from the London to showcase it, from high marvellous creations including his Machinist Company, to the performance supersport popular vintage looking ‘Flying ‘Warhorse’ – the World’s Fastest motorcycles such as Energica - the Millyard’ fitted with two cylinders Monowheel and everything in ultimate expression of Italian from a Pratt and Whitney 1340 between will be on show. luxury through to Super Soco radial, and a 5.0-litre V-Twin, Unlike a static bike show, an affordable urban inspired engine designed for an aeroplane, Prescott gives visitors the unique commuter bike for those who plus the Millyard crafted Honda

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p037039_events.indd 37 02/05/2018 22:15 FEATURE: Shows & events

SS100 V-twin, believed to be the smallest road legal V Twin motorcycle in the world - a deceptively standard looking V-twin made using the engines from two SS50 sports mopeds. Zef Eisenberg, together with the Mad Max Race Team, is returning with three of his beasts including his new 480hp V8 prototype project, plus the only road legal H2R in the UK, 300hp and the Madmax Streetfighter the which currently holds the speed record as the world’s fastest jet-turbine street-legal motorcycle. Matt ‘Madcap McKeown’ creator of both the world’s fastest shopping trolley and the world’s fastest hearse will unveil his new project – the World’s Fastest Wheelbarrow, being built especially for the regional gins plus jazz vocalist of live blues and rockabilly bands. event using a Honda Fireblade Tina May, considered as one of Throughout the weekend there’s motorcycle engine! the finest jazz vocalist’s in the UK, non-stop live music, special As well as the displays of performing throughout the day guest appearances, ‘On the Edge machinery, there’s a stellar with supporting acts. Meanwhile Stunt Show’, Show ‘n’ Tell area, line-up of entertainment to keep the Orchard will be rockin’ with passenger ride experiences, large the whole family entertained. ‘Brews and Blues’. A huge marquee kids zone, over 100 quality trade On the Saturday there’s ‘Gin & will feature over 20 regional and stands, clubs, a beer tent, the Jazz Fest’ in the Clubhouse – 50 craft beers, plus a stunning line up Blood Bike Village and great food. All proceeds of the event go to The Nationwide Association “As well as the displays of machinery, there’s a of Blood Bikes and Severn stellar line-up of entertainment to keep the whole Freewheelers. family entertained” For tickets and information, visit: www.prescottbikefestival.co.uk

EVENTS CALENDAR 2018 May August November 19th – 20th MCN Festival of 11th – 12th Action Sports Music 1st – 4th Dirt Bike Show, Motorcycling, East of England Live, Ardingly Showground, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire Arena, Peterborough West Sussex www.dirtbikeshow.co.uk www.mcnfestival.com www.actionsportsmusic.co.uk 17th – 25th Motorcycle Live, NEC, July October Birmingham 12th – 15th Goodwood Festival of www.motorcyclelive.co.uk 3rd – 7th Intermot, Cologne Speed, West Sussex www.intermot-cologne.com www.goodwood.com 13th – 14th Classic Motorcycle 21st – 22nd MCN Scottish Mechanics Show, Stafford County Festival, Royal Highland Centre, Showground, Staffordshire Edinburgh www.classicbikeshows.com www.mcnscottishfestival.co.uk

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p037039_events.indd 38 02/05/2018 22:15 PROFILE: BUSINESS NEWS: BEN’S top tips for managing stress BUSINESS & FINANCE NEWS Avoid the stress According to not-for-profit organisation BEN, a staggering 49 per cent of sick days and two fifths of work-related ill health in 2016/17 was caused by work-related stress, depression or anxiety

BEN partners with the automotive Avoid more stress than non-smokers. Nicotine industry to provide support for life Avoid taking on dependency makes stress to its people and their families. more tasks and worse as smokers tend to During the course of its Stress don’t be afraid to rely on it to control their Awareness month in April, it say “no”. Taking mood. It isn’t healthy to highlighted the very real problems on too much won’t use alcohol as a way of of lost work days caused by stress help the person de-stressing or coping – an astonishing 12.5 million – as you’re doing the work with issues. Eva Cyhlarova outlined in a survey by the Health for and it will only make from The Mental Health and Safety Executive. The charity you feel more stressed. Foundation says; “Over time, issued this guide to reducing stress It’s not easy, but try not to worry heavy drinking interferes with the levels. about the things you can’t change neurotransmitters in the brain that or control. Instead look at how to are needed for good mental health. Recognise the warning signs solve the problems that are within While alcohol may help deal with These can include: your control. stress in the short term, in the long - Feeling irritable or impatient run it can contribute to feeling of - Feeling distracted, forgetful or Exercise depression and anxiety and make losing attention to detail Doing exercise releases stress harder to deal with.” - Mood swings endorphins, which improve your - Not being able to ‘switch off’ mood, as well as distracting Time to relax - Becoming withdrawn you from any stress you’re Schedule in some ‘me’ time each - Under or over-eating experiencing. Find a sport or week. Do something that makes - Increased consumption of activity that you enjoy and try to you happy and relaxes you. nicotine, alcohol or drugs fit it into your routine. Even a half- Clearing your mind can also help - Tense muscles hour walk around the block can to reduce feelings of worry and - Headaches help to relieve tension. stress. You don’t have to consider - Nausea yourself spiritual to benefit from - Insomnia Get enough sleep meditation. - Susceptibility to minor illnesses Almost 25 per cent of people in Britain have problems with sleep Socialise Identify the cause on a regular basis, according to Having a support network of Try to work out what’s making The Sleep Council. Getting enough family, friends and colleagues you feel stressed. If you’re not good quality sleep is a crucial improves resilience to stress. sure, try writing down what you’re part of our overall wellbeing Feelings of isolation can also be doing each time you feel stressed. and can actually help reduce a big contributor towards stress. Sometimes making a to-do list stress and anxiety. For adults, Try to speak to someone - opening and prioritising your tasks can it’s recommended to get between up can lift some weight off your help. Do the most urgent ones first seven to nine hours sleep per night. shoulders. and break big tasks into smaller chunks so that you can see yourself Reduce alcohol and nicotine For more on this call Ben’s free making progress. Don’t get too consumption and confidential support line on disheartened if you can’t complete According to NCBI, stress levels of 08081 311 333 or use its webchat at them all at once. adult smokers are slightly higher www.ben.org.uk.

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p037039_events.indd 39 02/05/2018 22:15 BUSINESS JOURNAL: Family business succession

Passing on a family business For many, handing on a family business to the next generation is a natural desire, but doing so is not without its complexities and risks, as Adam Bernstein explains

ccording to the Institute for issues are the elephant in the room: the problem. Nick Smith, a family Family Business (IFB), two “Current and future generations business consultant, says families A thirds — 4.7m in total — of often find it incredibly difficult need think about relationship UK businesses are family-owned. to talk about succession, and can dynamics: “Will my children want Of these, some 17,000 collectively make assumptions about each to take over the business? Are they generate over a quarter of the UK’s other’s intentions which lead to capable of running it? Is there GDP and employ around 12.2m misunderstandings and tension.” room for more than one child? people. Crucially, the IFB believes He points to a recent PWC Family Will they fight? How do I deal with that around 100,000 of these Business Annual Survey, which ownership if some want to work in firms change hands each year, for found that only 30 per cent of the business and others don’t?” a number of reasons — retirement, family businesses make it to the Every business needs a insolvency or death. second generation, 12 per cent to succession or exit plan. In the case David Emanuel, partner at law the third, and just three per cent a of a growing business, family or firm VWV and head of its family further generation. not, there will also come a point business team, says succession Relationships can exacerbate when the current owners need to

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p040041_Bus Journal_dB.indd 40 02/05/2018 21:35 hire external talent to maintain “Does the next generation want to take on the growth. One solution is for the family to find time away from the business, and on what terms? Maybe it’s time business to discuss the future. Family members must know that to let go of the reins” meetings are convened on neutral territory and that they are expected what should be done in these paid in cash, in full, at completion,” to speak their minds freely and circumstances and consider a says Emanual, “rather than risk not honestly. shareholder’s agreement to cover getting paid because the business For Emanuel, there are two these issues.” For Smith, this might gets into difficulties under its new fundamental issues: Does be considered unromantic but it’s owners, or a dispute arises.” the current generation want “infinitely preferable to having the There are, however, many to retire, when, and on what divorce courts decide the fate of the good reasons why the retiring terms? Conversely, does the next family business.” shareholders may keep an equity generation want to take on the Once the sale decision has been stake or agree to be paid over time business, and on what terms? taken, the family should take advice or subject to future performance. Smith wonders about an inability on the options. Emanuel advises Even so, Emanuel suggests starting of the senior generation to let go of seeking recommendations, with with the idea of the “clean break” the reins, owing to “a lack of faith the choice of adviser dictated by the and working back from there. in their successor, a belief that size and complexity of the business: It’s important to remember that only they can steer the business “Think hard about engaging people in a succession situation, where one forward, or a fear of what life after who work principally on a success generation is passing the business the family business holds.” fee percentage commission-only to the next, and the retirees are Some forebears simply want the basis — the overall cost may be expecting a payment of value to next generation to forge careers higher, although you may be cover their retirement ambitions, of their own: “The decision to insulating yourself from costs if a deferred payment risks may be join the family business should deal doesn’t go ahead — but there looked at differently depending on be a conscious decision, rather can be a conflict of interest for the circumstances. than a sense of obligation, and it people remunerated only if a deal Tax planning is of course should bring with it the skills and goes ahead.” important and should always form experience learned elsewhere.” One thing that will ease the part of the decision-making process For Smith, there is a tricky process is to undertake some but should never be the main balance to be struck between, financial and legal due diligence as driver. No one wants to hand over, on the one hand, creating though the seller were a buyer, to by way of inheritance tax, 40 per opportunities for the next identify any gaps or issues that may cent of the value of what they have generation, and on the other, affect price or saleability. Internal worked for. generating inappropriate due diligence also means the firm “The most important point expectations. If the family aren’t is prepared for what the buyer’s is what is right for the family committed to the firm’s future, lawyers will be asking for in due members and the business itself,” the best answer is likely to be to course. says Smith, who believes the UK sell. Advice on value and likely Businesses are usually valued offers a fairly benign tax-planning exit options from an experienced on one of three bases: the value environment for family business corporate finance adviser is of net assets plus a valuation of succession. Most family businesses necessary. Smith believes that goodwill; a multiple of earnings; or can be passed on free of inheritance families often choose to sell to the discounted future cash flow. and capital gains tax. Emanuel buyer which they believe is most “In between the extremes,” adds that if Entrepreneur’s Relief likely to preserve the culture and says Smith, “there are a raft is available, the effective rate of ethos of the family business. of approaches and solutions Capital Gains Tax is just 10 per Death and divorce are just as including discounted prices and cent. obvious risks for a family business. stage payments. There are also The death of a co-owner can lead to more complicated solutions such In summary a loss of vital skills and experience, as freezer share mechanisms, Family businesses are peculiar as well the risk of shares passing where no sale takes place but entities, subject to the need to to an unknown quantity, or a need the senior generation lock in the compete in the marketplace and to fund the purchase of those current value of their shares to be the need to keep familial factions shares to provide some value for left to the wider family, while the in agreement. Whatever course is the deceased co-owner’s family. next generation family members taken to secure the future of the Divorce principally presents the working in the business receive business, one thing is certain — risk of shares passing outside the the benefit of any growth in value everyone needs to keep the lines of family, or a need to sell shares during their time in charge.” communication open. to finance a divorce settlement. What of an arm’s-length sale? “Families must think about “The family will ideally want to be Adam Bernstein is a literary agent. ■

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A-Z listings MAY18.indd 65 02/05/2018 21:49 END USER: Mark Williams A right old cult The bike market is awash with backward-looking tribalism, claims Mark Williams, as he reminisces about the days of ‘pure motorcycling’

otorcycling has always keep the trade alive. By ‘pure keeping motorcycling and been a bit tribal. Trail motorcycling’, I mean simply its retail trade alive, this is M and enduro riders don’t riding fast and loose on the best undoubtedly a Good Thing. But have much in common with machine you can afford, whether it’s a little troubling to me that weekend riders on their high-end it’s off into town for a beer or over much of this tribalism is reliant sportsbikes, who in turn share to Italy for the hell of it. Time was, on the imagery and motorcycles little in common with commuters and not so long ago, when that of yesteryear. Look at BikeEXIF, on their scooters and 125s. And was easy and even fairly cheap, Pipeburn or any webzine then there’s the outlaw brigade but we all know that’s no longer dedicated to custom bikes: they whose furtive and occasionally true, owing to onerous legislation, showcase almost exclusively illegal activities, usually aboard prohibitive costs, and crumbling, the time, money and undoubted older Harleys and Brit twins, jam-packed infrastructure. skill lavished on machines from have little to do with anything or A clear indication of this is that the Seventies and Eighties, or anyone else on two wheels. few people own a bike as their sole on trying to make more recent I was reminded of this as I or primary means of transport. products look like machines from ambled round a photo exhibition Bikes have become the identifying those earlier eras. called Another Kind of Life at the Barbican Arts Centre the other week. It included the works of 20 “Hardly anyone owns a bike as their sole means photographers who chronicled of transport anymore. Bikes have become the the wilder fringes of humanity, mainly during the last half of the identifying badges of factions and tribes, each with 20th Century. I was re-introduced its own magazine or website” to Danny Lyon, best known for images taken when he joined the Chicago Outlaws in the mid- badges of increasingly numerous No greater evidence of this Sixties: five helmetless riders and factions or, if you will, tribes. rearwards look was plain their pillions, taken from behind Whole magazines and especially from the mid-April launch of as they sped off into a cloudless websites — see last month’s AutoFabrica’s beautifully crafted Wisconsin horizon. Most famous column — are now dedicated to Type 11 futuristic cafe-racers built is a shot of an Outlaw looking adventure trail-bikes, dirt-track around Yamaha’s XSR900, and behind him as he crosses the Ohio racing, road- or off-road racing based on an XS750 concept — a bridge on a hard-tail Harley, his or, and — of particular interest to bike that debuted in 1976. In a greased hair streaming in the yours truly — custom bikes. completely different vein, we have tailwind. The Bikeriders, Lyon’s Although mutually exclusive, Royal Enfield’s Himalayan, a bike 1968 book of photos taken during each of these sub-species is, to shamelessly and successfully his years with the Outlaws, varying extents, of particular mining the Indian marque’s was re-published in 2014 by interest to manufacturers, rugged history. Although at Aperture Foundation. I urge importers and dealers. Which of opposite ends of the commercial anyone interested in the power of course explains the café-racer, spectrum, both bikes are steeped motorcycling to create and fuel a street tracker, adventure trail in nostalgic imagery and aimed lifestyle to get hold of a copy. and bobber versions of hitherto solely at a very specific group of Why is this relevant now? ‘standard’ models offered by riders, or riding tribe. Because it emphasised how, everyone from Triumph to BMW, Where will it all end? Indeed, now that pure motorcycling Fantic Motor to Moto-Guzzi, will it end? Or are we, as has peaked, tribalism is being Lexmoto to Mash. committed motorcyclists, doomed relied on more and more to Viewed in the context of always to live in the past?

Mark Williams was the founding editor of Bike magazine, and keeps a blog at: markswill.wordpress.com

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p066_end user_dB.indd 66 02/05/2018 21:26 The essential guide to the motorcycle trade and industry New Vehicle Registration Statistics in the UK for 01 MAR - 31 MAR 2018

Highest registering Registrations by Style 2018 vs 2017 model this month within each style MOPEDS Mar 2018 Mar 2017 % Change 2018 YTD 2017 YTD % Change Yamaha Aerox 50 22 SCOOTER 330 530 -37.7 930 1,311 -29.1 Lexmoto Hunter 50TD 50Q 11 OTHER 51 69 -26.1 171 124 37.9 TOTAL MOPEDS 381 599 -36.4 1,101 1,435 -23.3

MOTORCYCLES Mar 2018 Mar 2017 % Change 2018 YTD 2017 YTD % Change BMW R1200 GS 405 ADVENTURE SPORT 3,267 3,170 3.1 4,629 4,346 6.5 Honda CMX500 Rebel 123 CUSTOM 1,320 1,079 22.3 1,983 1,649 20.3 Kawasaki X900 RS 238 NAKED 4,539 4,204 8.0 6,992 6,311 10.8 Honda NSC 110 WH 327 SCOOTER 2,326 2,036 14.2 4,358 4,112 6.0 Kawasaki Z1000 SX 208 SPORT/TOUR 595 653 -8.9 767 879 -12.7 Honda CBR650F 178 SUPERSPORT 1,405 1,333 5.4 2,058 1,990 3.4 BMW R1200RT 159 TOURING 501 472 6.1 705 626 12.6 Honda CRF250LA 74 TRAIL/ENDURO 777 859 -9.5 1,833 1,753 4.6 UNSPECIFIED 7 10 -30.0 30 15 100.0 TOTAL M/CYCLES 14,737 13,816 6.7 23,355 21,681 7.7

SUMMARY Mar 2018 Mar 2017 % Change 2018 YTD 2017 YTD % Change Total Scooters 2,715 2,644 2.7 5,385 5,559 -3.1 Total Mopeds, M/Cs 12,493 11,887 5.1 19,224 17,754 8.3 & Tricycles TOTAL REGS 15,208 14,531 4.7 24,609 23,313 5.6

Highest registering Registrations by Engine Band 2018 vs 2017 model this month ENGINE BAND Mar 2018 Mar 2017 % Change 2018 YTD 2017 YTD % Change Torrot MUVI 25 0-50cc 427 611 -30.1 1,161 1,460 -20.5 Honda NSC110 WH 327 51-125cc 3,375 3,270 3.2 6,935 6,755 2.7 Honda CBR650F 178 126-650cc 3,390 2,176 55.8 5,475 3,754 45.8 Honda CRF1000 249 651-1000cc 3,891 4,512 -13.8 5,400 6,109 -11.6 BMW R1200GS 405 Over 1000cc 4,125 3,962 4.1 5,638 5,235 7.7 TOTAL REGS 15,208 14,531 4.7 24,609 23,313 5.6

New Motorcycle registration statistics supplied by The Motor Major manufacturers by UK powered two wheeler market Cycle Industry Association. For brand this month background information more detailed information about No. of motorcycles in use; the motorcycle market please Honda 2,869 (2010-2015) 1.2 million (2016) 1.27 million BMW 1,938 contact: Motorcycle rider test passes; Kawasaki 1,659 (2012/13) 45 thousand (2013/14) 30.5 thousand Motorcycle Industry Association Yamaha 1,534 (2014/15) 34.5 thousand (2015/16) 37.9 thousand Triumph 1,348 1 Rye Hill Office Park Total distance travelled by motorcycle; Birmingham Road Suzuki 1,060 (2013) 4.4 billion km (2.7 billion miles) Harley-Davidson 821 Allesley, Coventry, CV5 9AB (2014/16) 4.6 billion km (2.8 billion miles) KTM 657 T: 02476 408000 Ducati 536 W: www.mcia.co.uk Lexmoto 327 E: [email protected]

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