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Idaho Patriot Thunder raises money for veterans and active service members
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Idaho Patriot Thunder raises money for veterans and active service members

MERIDIAN, Idaho — Mike Gabler won the popular reality show Survivor, but he did something different with his one million dollar prize. He decided to donate it all to help veterans.We caught up with Gabler at the 13th annual Idaho Patriot Thunder where he participated for the first time in the ride for charity from Meridian to Mountain home with 1,200 other riders. "I’ve never ridden a Harley Davidson until a few months ago, but they have a learn to ride program," said Gabler. "I’ll be on a Harley today, it is a terrific charity, great cause, amazing people and the only thing more American than our soldiers and our veterans is Harley Davidson." The ride features several different veterans groups and organizations with one of them being the ...
Harley-Davidson banks on Hero Moto partnership to push premium bike sales
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Harley-Davidson banks on Hero Moto partnership to push premium bike sales

With high customs duty impeding sales of its imported big bikes in India, Harley-Davidson is banking on the partnership with Hero MotoCorp to offer locally-produced premium models in the country, according to company's Chairman, President and CEO Jochen Zeitz. India imposes 50 per cent customs duty on imported fully built up bikes, which makes the American cult bike-maker feel that partnering with Hero has turned out to be a good decision after deciding to exit its manufacturing operations in India three years back. In an interaction with PTI, Zeitz noted that the tie-up with Hero MotoCorp is allowing the Milwaukee-based bike maker to go for "volume opportunities" by introducing a competitive product in the Indian market. "And (there is) a lot of upside with mu...