American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 217 August 2017 | Page 29

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This edition includes... Sturgis Hall of Fame, Fine Custom Mechanics with ‘Bonny’,
Team Ermi with their two entries from the 2016 World Championship in Germany
Harley to sponsor Sturgis Hall of Fame Class of 2017
The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum has
announced that Harley is to be the
official sponsor of the Hall of Fame
Class of 2017. In addition to
supporting the induction ceremony on
August 9th, the Motor Company has
commissioned a series of videos
recognizing the Class of 2017 and
Lifetime Achievement Award winner,
Willie G. Davidson.
unmatched race tuning experience to
“build a company that would be a pillar
of the motorcycle aftermarket – a
brand that would unmistakably stand
for quality and performance,” said
Myrick Robbins, Executive Director for
the Museum.
In addition to fielding the defending
Vance & Hines NHRA Pro Stock
championship team, Terry Vance also
helps Harley-Davidson in other ways.
“Although he claims to be retired, Terry
took over operational duties for Harley-
Davidson’s Factory 2017 American Flat
Track Series team, a full-time job in
itself.”
old, he disassembled his bicycle,
painted it, chromed its parts and
entered it in the Oakland Roadster
Show. The first motorcycle he turned his
talents to was a wrecked CB350. After
building it back up, Cory sold it before
Willie G. Davidson
This year’s inductees include Terry
Vance, Collen Barnett and Mike Taylor,
Jim Thiessen, Cory Ness, Rod Woodruff
of Sturgis Buffalo Chip Campground
fame, and Mark Shadley of Shadley
Bros Motorcycles.
Terry Vance is a former professional
motorcycle drag racer, racing team
owner and manufacturer of high
Terry Vance
performance parts for motorcycles. He
is #35 on the NHRA’s 50 greatest drag
racers of all time, and is a 14-time
national champ. With race partner
Byron Hines, Terry used their
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Collen Barnett and Mike Taylor
Colleen Barnett started her
motorsports career at Barnett Clutches
& Cables while still in her childhood,
working for her parents (and original
1948 founders), Charlie and Afton
Barnett. “Since the beginning Colleen
has been a driving force and integral
part of the company. Mike Taylor,
already a long-time motorcycle
rider/enthusiast, joined the firm in
1968, which cemented a great
partnership after he and Colleen were
married. Together they have operated
Barnett since 1975 and owned the
company since 1993.
“As for Cory Ness,” Robbins says,
“don’t think for a second that he rode
his famous father’s coattails into the
Sturgis Hall Of Fame. At only 10 years
even getting a chance to