From a press release issued by Design Works:

Ray Campanile, President and General Manager of Motorrad North America has resigned as of June 1st. (Motorrad of North America is the MZ factory owned U.S. office and importer of MZ motorcycles, scooters, and ATVs). Ray started as National Sales Manager with American Jawa Ltd. in 1989,in 1993 convinced the company to import and distribute the MuZ brand of motorcyles from Germany. MuZ of North America was incorporated in April of 1997 under the leadership of Ray. The company was originally set up as the MZ and Laverda Distributor for the US. To broaden the product line, Ray was instrumental in creating the Scooter market that has now grown to be a significant power sports industry sector.

MZ motorcycles were made popular with their 660cc single cylinder Skorpion line. Ray promoted this line with a special class that ran in the AHRMA road race series. He is now exploring new and exciting challenges. Ray can be contacted at 386.679.8229 any time or e-mail him at [email protected]