It looks like this recovery in the motorcycle industry is stronger than anyone expected.

Dealers jumpstart the 2012 motorcycle-riding season
It’s an unseasonably warm Saturday in mid-March. Scott Poupard, owner of Monroe Motorsports in Monroe, Mich., is rarely absent from his store, but today he’s attending his daughter’s dance competition. March is a slow month, anyway. Poupard’s cell phone rings. It’s an employee back at the store, which is being overrun with customers. “Are we having an open house that you didn’t tell us about?” the tense employee asks. “There’s so much traffic in here — are we giving something away for free?” Read more.

Honda new-unit powersports retail sales up 39 percent in Q1
Honda dealers in North America sold about 53,000 new Honda units during the first quarter of the calendar year, up 39 percent compared to the same period last year. Read more.