R&G Racing wins at British Dealer News Industry Awards Motorcycle dealerships across the UK have voted R&G Racing’s crash protection ‘Best Aftermarket Product of 2009’ at a recent industry awards event. The British Dealer News Industry Awards were held on Sunday evening following the opening day of the Motorcycle Trade Expo at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. The awards – held at The Belfry Hotel, Sutton Coldfield – are now in their seventh year and were the most successful yet, with more than 500 motorcycle dealerships in the UK taking the time to vote on seven different categories, including ‘New Machine of the Year’, ‘Used Machine of the Year’ and ‘Best Trade Service’ of 2009. R&G Racing scooped the award for ‘Best Aftermarket Product’ for their extensive range of crash protection products. Simon Hughes, R&G Racing’s Sales Director, said: “We are obviously very happy to win this award. For so many dealers to vote for our crash protection as ‘Best Aftermarket Product’ is reward for the last ten years of hard work we’ve put in to make our products the best in the business. We truly believe that the technology and thought that goes into our crash protection can help save a motorcyclist thousands of pounds in the event of a crash. We’ve never rested on our laurels though, as we’ve shown with an extended range of products such as heated grips, bike covers and tail tidies and our new range of engine case covers which we launched late last year.” R&G Racing are the world’s number one manufacturer of crash protection and 2009 marked their 10th anniversary of producing high-quality crash protection and other after-market accessories for motorcycles. Every year the company invests in the industry in some way. In 2009 they were headline sponsors of the R&G Racing Suzuki GSX-R Trophy and in 2010 R&G Racing will be supporting the Ducati 848 Challenge, as well as sponsoring many individual riders and teams. For more information of the R&G Racing range go to: www.rg-racing.com About R&G Racing R&G Racing was formed in 1999 with the express intention of designing manufacturing and distributing quality crash protection for motorcycles. R&G Racing designs and manufactures a growing range of innovative and functional bolt-on motorcycle accessories, the core of the business being crash protection. Utilizing modern CNC machining and aircraft-grade metals, as well as other materials, they set the standard in the crash protection business, offering protection from front to back of the motorcycle: products such as engine case covers & sliders, frame sliders (crash protectors), radiator guards, exhaust protectors, fork protectors, swingarm protectors, bike covers etc. Their vast range also covers fender eliminators (tail tidies), exhaust hangers, frame plugs and more. R&G Racing turned over more than £3m in 2009. The company employs around 15 people, plus seven field-based agents, and is based at a 10,000 sq.ft industrial unit near Alton, Hampshire.