(June 27, 2011) Carlin Dunne won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Sunday on the Ducati Multistrada 1200, setting an all time motorcycle record and giving the Italian brand its second consecutive victory in the historic race.

Dunne, owner of Ducati Santa Barbara in Calif., took the checkered flag on his store’s showroom demo bike.

(May 28, 2011) WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — Motorcycle helmet owners are increasingly likely to purchase their helmet online, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. Motorcycle Helmet Satisfaction StudySM released today.

The study finds that nearly one-fourth (23%) of motorcycle helmet owners purchase their helmet on the Internet, compared with 20 percent in 2010. In 2002, less than 10 years ago, this proportion was just 4 percent.

(May 26, 2011) MILWAUKEE (PRNewswire) — Two American icons, outlaw country music and Harley-Davidson Motor Company, launch the summer concert season this Memorial Day weekend with Willie Nelson's Country Throwdown tour.

This second annual outdoor music tour mixes some of the hottest young artists in country music with the rogue roots of Harley-Davidson and America.

(May 19, 2011) SINGAPORE (PRNewswire) — Harley-Davidson announced today the official opening of its Asia Pacific headquarters during an event held at the company's new regional office in Singapore. The region office had been based at the company's global headquarters in Milwaukee.

(May 17, 2011) WAUKESHA, Wis. (PRNewswire) — Six area high schools will showcase their vintage motorcycle restoration talents on June 2 at the Iron Horse Hotel in Milwaukee through BUILD Milwaukee, a Moto Mentor program sponsored in part by Markel American Insurance Company.

(May 12, 2011) BERLIN, Germany — BMW Motorrad on May 6 celebrated the two-millionth motorcycle to roll off the assembly line at its BMW plant in Berlin Spandau. Motorcycles have been manufactured on this site since 1969 and bikes from the plant have been exported to 130 nations around the world.

The manufacturing milestone was celebrated in style with a special ceremony attended by Klaus Wowereit, Governing Mayor of Berlin, BMW Motorrad employees across the company, and invited guests.

(May 12, 2011) HARBOR CITY, Calif. (PRNewswire) — Indian Motorcycle, America's oldest motorcycle founded in 1901, will celebrate its 110th Anniversary May 14 at the company's exclusive Southern California Dealership, Indian Motorcycle Los Angeles in Harbor City.

(May 4, 2011) MILWAUKEE (PRNewswire) — To recognize the increasing number of women who are hitting the open road on two wheels, as well as inspire even more women to get into the saddle of their own motorcycle, Harley-Davidson is celebrating its 3rd Annual Women Riders Month this month..

(April 25, 2011) WASHINGTON (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — For more than a century, Harley-Davidson Motor Company has been supplying motorcycles to America's law enforcement agencies. Now, the Milwaukee-based company is helping to write a new chapter in law enforcement history through a unique donation in support of the first-ever National Law Enforcement Museum.

(April 22, 2011) Earlier this week Minnesota-based Polaris Industries announced that the company has purchased the rights to produce Indian motorcycles and intends to shortly resurrect the 110-year-old marque.

Polaris bought the name and logo from Indian Motorcycle Limited (IML), the latest entrepreneurs who attempted to revive the brand.