International Dealer News IDN 140 December 2017 / January 2018 | Page 32

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LighTech: Export Sales Manager Michele
Balboni. Recent new products from the top-end
Italian parts manufacturer include kits or
individual parts for the Honda X-ADV, GSXR
1000-R and Kawasaki Z650 and 900. Earlier this
year LighTech parts became available in France
from Bihr Distribution; www.lightech.it
Touratech: Herbert Schwarz, Founder and CEO.
The good news for the Niedereschach, Germany
based adventure touring specialist is that there
has been a massive response from potential
investors to the company’s recent insolvency
filing, with a short list of candidates now
entering the final phase of due diligence.
Market response to Touratech’s well publicised
troubles has been almost universally positive,
with its distributor community pledging
significant forward orders and OE customers
confirming their long-term commitment to the
market leading specialist; www.touratech.de
Matris: Recent new products include high quality “entry level” suspension options such as its
M46KD, an easy to use and adjust rear shock for naked and road bikes, and F15K hydraulic fork
cartridge kit that completely replaces all the existing fork internals. Computerised engineering
systems are used to design, test and produce all the components, and as with all Matris products,
“only materials of high-end technical and mechanical characteristics are used,” says co-founder and
co-owner Alberto Turcato; www.matrisdampers.com
Polisport: Noted for its brand-specific colour-match accessory kits and replacements, the latest new
products from the Portuguese specialist include an exclusive new line of MX kits and spare parts. As a
follow-up to its ground-breaking FLO yellow colour programme, nothing could be quite such a
contrast with Polisport clear plastics available for selected KTM, Yamaha and Honda models. Other
new products for 2018 include a utility can, upper fork protectors, bottom fork disc protectors and a
new bike stand; www.polisport.com