Powersports Business Power Hour

The ink was barely dry on the transaction from Polaris to Carolwood LP when we reached out to Mike Kennedy to join us on the Power Hour to talk about the transition and future of Indian Motorcycle.

Yamaha Motorsports President Mike Martinez, who’s retiring after an amazing career, sat down with us at AIMExpo to talk about his retirement, transition, and plans for more (BDR) adventures.

Mark Sheffield has worn many hats in the industry, but he says he's "semi-retired" now. He still holds many positions, such as co-owner of Woods Country Cycle and NPDA board member. We sat down with him to talk about his latest column for PSB and where he sees the industry headed in 2026.

Brendan sits down with Power Week MC David Gee, along with Boating Industry's Madelyn Hubbard and PSB's Chris Officer, to talk about the Elevate and Accelerate Conferences in Orlando in January.

Phil Waters is the owner of Cleveland Moto, which he has owned for 25 years, and has mostly focused on the scooter market as a Piaggio dealer carrying the Vespa line. However, he has also recently added a new line: Moto Morini. We talk about how it has been working for him as we chat inside his west side dealership.

Jacob Berry, co-founder of Motohunt, host of the Dealership Fixit Podcast, PSB contributor, and an advisor to powersports and motorcycle dealerships across the U.S., sits down with Brendan, hot off the Dealer Connect event in Columbus, to discuss the growth opportunities in pre-owned.

Brendan chats with BRP's President of Powersports, Sandy Scullion, about Club BRP in Boston and the launch of the electric ATV, as well as a newly redesigned Defender. Scullion says they had more than 4,000 dealers join them in Beantown as the brand refocuses on business in the second half.

George and Courtney from Performance Brokerage Services sit down with Brendan to discuss the current state of the M&A market for powersports dealerships. George says that he's never seen so many sellers in his 25 years in the business.

Brendan discusses what powersports dealers can learn from their automotive counterparts. Pied Piper's Fran and Cameron O'Hagan join the podcast to show data that illustrates where powersports dealers need to improve, and many of the areas involve better processes and follow-through.

Brendan sits down with Max and Zach Materne to discuss their former dealership and how Max is now returning to help save it in the Turnaround Project. Max will be putting all of his experience and skills on the line over the next 90 days to help the dealership he used to own. In the process, numerous lessons can be applied by dealers to enhance their own stores.

Brendan visits Brad Tews, owner of East Central Motorsports in Kent, Ohio. The dealership specializes in value brands. We discuss the importance of value brands in the sales chain and why it is important for high-quality entry level products.

Brendan chats with John Resciniti, owner of the Motorcycle Mall in Bellville, New Jersey and partner in the luxury apartment and retail project REV by Vermella. Courtney Mulligan is the vice president of marketing at Russo Development, which helped spearhead this unique project with powersports roots.

Brendan chats with MIC's new president, Christy LaCurelle just after she has returned from the Capitol Hill Fly-In, which this year happened to take place April 7-8 as President Trump announced sweeping tariffs. We chat about tariffs, rider programs and other legislative efforts for the industry.

Brendan sits down with longtime powersports industry veteran and rental operator Rob Solem, who is the co-founder of RecSystems. This company uses AI to run your rental operations from marketing to bookings.

Most dealers are familiar with Ryan McFarland's other company, Strider Balance Bikes, but he also heads up another project that is very important to kids learning how to ride bikes in school. All Kids Bike was created to teach kids how to ride a bike as part of a school or church program. We discuss how it all got started.