Motorcycle & Other Small Engine Vehicle Manufacturing Industry Competitors

American Ironhorse Motorcycle has got its motor running. The company designs and manufactures custom-built cruiser and touring motorcycles. It engineers and builds many of its parts in-house. The company offers five models -- the Bandera, the Texas Chopper Legend, the Classic Chop, the Judge, and the Slammer, via a network of dealers throughout the US....

You'll be thankful for Club Car's products on that long par 5 on the back nine in August. The company's golf carts have been making for much fewer good walks spoiled since the 1960s. A subsidiary of industrial powerhouse Ingersoll-Rand, Club Car manufactures utility carts used in industrial, factory, academic, rough terrain, and grounds maintenance applications in addition to its signature line of golf carts....

Honda of South Carolina Manufacturing (HSC), a subsidiary of Honda Motor, manufactures about a half-dozen models of Honda All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) for the North American market. HSC also manufactures a line of personal watercraft and small engines....

As aficionados of the Discovery Channel's hit TV series American Choppers can attest, Paul Teutel Sr. and sons Paul and Mikey can kick some serious...well, you know. The family-owned business, Orange County Choppers -- equal parts serious street attitude, precision engineering, and media savvy -- manufactures customized motorcycles, or choppers....

Paladin Holdings (formerly Bad Toys) has covered all the angles -- if you ride one of its products, you may need the services of its other investments. Paladin's Bad Toys division sells custom V-twin motorcycles and hot rod frames under brands that include American Eagle, Gambler, and Bad Toys....

What better way to show off your patriotism than by buying a Chinese-made dirt bike or ATV from Patriot Motorcycle Corporation? The company currently markets a line of Chinese-built dirt bikes and ATVs under the Patriot OffRoad brand. Patriot has a deal to sell the Chinese bikes marketed by California-based Yamoto Motor Corporation, the importer of bikes made by Chongquing Huansong Industries (Group) Co....

Piaggio USA speaks English with an Italian accent. The company is the US sales and marketing division for Piaggio, one of the world's leading makers of two-wheeled vehicles -- or scooters. Piaggio basically invented the scooter class of motorcycle in postwar Italy in 1946 with the introduction of the Vespa....

It didn't take long for the folks at TEAM Industries to realize that snowmobiles could really help folks in Minnesota get around. The company designs, tests, manufacturers, and assembles power-train chassis components for snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, and lawn mower makers including CNH, Ford, Honda, Ingersoll-Rand, Kawasaki, Textron, and Yamaha....

Viper Motorcycle is hoping to put the bite on heavy cruiser heavyweight Harley-Davidson. The company plans to develop a full line of V-twin heavy cruiser bikes with high prices and the performance to match. The company's first bike, the Diablo, began shipping to 20 dealers in 14 states in June 2004....

Whether you're on the surf or the turf, Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA keeps you on the move. The company, the US subsidiary of Japan-based Yamaha Motor, manufactures boats, all-terrain vehicles, generators, motorcycles (including Raider, Roadliner, Road Star, Royal Star, Silverado, Stratoliner, V Star, and VMAX), outboard motors two and four stroke varieties), race-cart engines, scooters, snowmobiles, and WaveRunners for the North American market....

On hard ground or snow, Arctic Cat growls with speed. The company manufactures and markets all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), snowmobiles, and related products and accessories. The company sells its four-wheel model ATVs under the Arctic Cat name for uses ranging from commercial to recreation....

Bajaj Auto Limited makes scooters for commuters. The company manufactures and sells small two- and four-stroke motorcycles, scooters, and three-wheelers. Motorcycle and scooter models include Avenger, Discover, Kristal, and Platina. The three-wheelers are used both for personal transportation and as light delivery vehicles....

Monsters don't scare the people at Ducati -- they build Monster high performance motorcycles. Ducati also makes the Sport Touring, Super Sport, and Superbike, as well as a line of Ducati clothing. Although many "Ducatists" prefer performance over comfort, Ducati has attempted to expand into new markets with new products, including touring bikes and a supermoto model....

E-Z-GO Textron makes it easy for golfers with high handicaps to get their woods in and out of the woods. The Textron unit is the biggest maker of golf carts and off-road utility vehicles in the world. Its offerings include turf maintenance vehicles, shuttle personnel carriers, golf carts, and trail utility vehicles....

If Easy Rider had been made in China, odds are Peter Fonda would've ridden a Dayang-brand motorcycle. Ek Chor China Motorcycle operates through several joint ventures, including Louyang Northern Ek Chor Motorcycle, which makes the Dayang and related parts....

"Put your a** on some class," reads one (not necessarily official) Harley-Davidson T-shirt. Harley-Davidson is the only major US maker of motorcycles and the nation's #1 seller of heavyweight motorcycles. The company offers 35 models of touring and custom Harleys through a worldwide network of more than 1,500 dealers....

Hero Honda Motors is putting forth an epic performance in the manufacturing of two-wheeled motor vehicles. Serving the Indian market, Hero Honda sells more than 3 million bikes annually with products ranging from cute and fuel efficient scooters, to powerful and stylish motorcycles....

Lehman Trikes proudly proclaims that it is the "leader of the three world." The company builds motorized tricycles by converting heavy-cruiser motorcycles manufactured by the likes of Harley-Davidson, Honda, Victory, and Suzuki....

The world listened when Piaggio said, "Scoot!" As Europe's #1 maker of scooters, the company has kept its signature Vespa model, one of the world's most popular scooters, on the road for more than half a century. The Vespa became a star after whizzing Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn through Rome in the 1953 film Roman Holiday....

Polaris Industries is the world's #1 maker of snowmobiles and the #2 maker of four- and six-wheeled all-terrain recreational and utility vehicles (behind Honda). It also makes Victory cruiser and sport cruiser motorcycles. Other products include replacement parts, accessories (covers, tow hitches, cargo racks), and recreational clothing and gear (boots and helmets)....