American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 215 June 2017 | Page 18

Kendon standing up for themselves
Made from steel, Kendon’s
patented folding, stand-up space-
saving design features independent
torsion bar suspension,
triangulated round tube
construction and large industrial
grade casters for manoeuvrability
The low deck height makes for easy loading and
unloading, with loading ramps included with every
trailer. Featuring a premium quality industrial
powder-coat finish, the company say their trailers
are a “lightweight, one-person stand-up operation
Noted for their innovative
“Stand-up” trailers and lifts,
California based Kendon
Industries is to shift availability
of its products to Dealer-Direct
selling.
Kendon has ended its
relationships with both Tucker
Rocky/Biker’s Choice and Parts
Unlimited/Drag Specialties to
self-distribute its products.
Kendon Brand Manager Steven
Adams cites increasing raw
materials costs and shrinking
margins as the reasons for the
change, noting that three-step
distribution no longer makes
sense for them, their
distributors or their dealers.
“We appreciate the
relationships we’ve had with
our distributors over the years.
They provided a much needed
service and channel to market.
We would not be where we are
today without our valued
business partners. But our costs
have increased and the three-
step distribution model no
longer works for a product such
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EBR Motorcycles factory –
liquidation sale
As anticipated since its most recent
demise, EBR Motorcycles (Erik Buell
Racing) of East Troy, Wisconsin, has not
been able to secure a new investor,
which means that its assets will be
auctioned and a much-storied chapter
of the U.S. motorcycle market brought
to an undignified and very definite
denouement.
Liquid Asset Partners, of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, the owner of EBR, hold a
piecemeal liquidation sale and live
auction at EBR’s factory for all
remaining assets in a two-month on-
site liquidation sale starting June 7,
with a live auction June 8, that will
include the intellectual property and
tooling used to manufacture the EBR
motorcycles, all factory production
equipment and EBR artefacts.
“This is the motorcycle deal of a
lifetime,” said Bill Melvin, CEO of
Liquid Asset Partners. “For any
motorcycle fan the deals are too cheap
to miss. You can buy anything from a
race motorcycle, hand tools, all the
way to buying the iconic motorcycle
brand itself.
“This will represent the largest factory
liquidation of a sport motorcycle
manufacturing facility,” said Melvin.
“These superbike parts and
equipment, which are rolling art, are
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as ours. We want to thank
Tucker and Parts for their
efforts, but it’s time for us to
make a change.”
selling at enormous discounts, right off
the factory floor. The sale is open to the
public, and they can buy not only the
motorcycle parts, but also the tools
and equipment from which they were
made.
“We have no illusions, the market is
very soft, and we are prepared to
deeply discount everything,” said
Melvin. “It’s stacked hi gh and we’re
selling it cheap. Everything must be
sold regardless of cost or loss.”
Buyers can view the assets
online at www.LiquidAP.com
No more Mr Nice Bikes, for now at
least - the well received Buell 1190SX