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2016 AIMEXPO WRAPS UP
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housands of motorcycle enthusi-
asts from around the world con-
verged on Orlando, Florida's Orange
County Convention Center last week
for AIMExpo 2016, North America's
largest powersports trade show. Nearly
500 exhibitors took advantage of the
four-day showcase featuring the latest
and greatest products coming to the
powersports marketplace, which was
highlighted by a large number of both
global and North American debuts of
new motorcycles, gear and aftermarket
products during two exclusive trade
days. The weekend welcomed a stream
of consumers who came to see the
newest products firsthand and also put
a wide selection of two-, three- and four-wheeled
vehicles to the test at AIMExpo Outdoors!
During the expo, it was announced that, not
only is the show moving to Columbus, Ohio, next
year (September 21-24) but will also move again to
Las Vegas in 2018.
One of the highlights of this year's AIMExpo
was Yamaha introducing its revamped YZF-R6
that pretty much kicked off the show. Yamaha also
honored 10 of its racing legends at the show, us-
ing the festivities as an oppor-
tunity to induct them onto their
"Yamaha Wall of Champions."
Those inducted were Freddie
Spencer, Doug Henry, Randy
Hawkins, Thomas Stevens,
Jamie James, Mark Burkhart, John Dowd, Jamie
Hacking, Tom Kipp and Barry Hawk, and all were
in attendance.
MotoAmerica used the AIMExpo to celebrate its
Night of Champions, as did the AMA to induct its
newest Motorcycle Hall of Fame members.
Of course, there were plenty of new products
on display, way too many to mention here, but
some of the things that caught our attention in-
cluded Scorpion's Covert Helmet, a versatile 3-in-1
helmet. It's a full, three-quarters and half helmet all
rolled into one eye-catching street lid.
Sena showed off its new Calvary half helmet
prewired with built-in Bluetooth capabilities and
controls, and Sidi introduced its all-new Crossfire
3 SRS off-road boots. Even GoPro was on hand
to show off its new drone, which is a great way of
recording parts of your rides. CN
Scorpion's new
3-in-1 helmet was
one of the many
new products that
was introduced at
the 2016 AIMExpo.
