Michael Kiley has been a lifelong fan, participant and beneficiary of all things motorsports and powersports. Growing up in an extended farming family, his first exposure to motorcycles was at a very young age using them as a tool to bring cows in on dairy farms and getting from farm to farm during hay bailing season – where time is money. Of course, riding a dirtbike like a miniature cowboy – as in all things racing – you have to be faster than your cousin – then buy a bigger bike, then tune it and improve it….

As an adult (subject to argument), Michael has been involved in club and professional racing to include teams involved in auto racing and motorcycle racing. Team Rally Pan America was a fixture in the Dakar, Rally Mongolia, etc… for a decade and team trucks were used to deliver relief supplies – including shoes and mosquito netting, malaria prevention devices to remote villages in Africa. Have fun, do good. In auto racing, Michael and his teams won the Pirelli World Championship and placed third in the Hot Road Drag Week Gasser class – paying tribute to the builders of the 50’s and 60’s.

Michael is the owner of Tytler’s Cycle Racing which currently competes in the MotoAmerica Superbike class, Supersport class and Super Hooligan class. One goal of the race team is to expand motorcycling and the market that goes with it – by tying it into the gaming and entertainment communities. The industry needs the next wave of riders and buyers and this is a great way to cause growth. TCR has created history on a number of fronts – first female on the podium in a national series, first electric motorcycle on the podium against ICE bikes in a national series, first podiums for BMW in 45 years of professional racing.

Michael built a successful technology company from the 1980s to the 2020s. That group of companies provided industry leading solutions for small businesses to provide retirement plans to their owners and employees. While the company itself was not a household name, it was an “ingredient partner” to the top banks, brokerages and payroll/financial firms in the country – as well as a partner to various governments around the world. The best part of owning that company was when the snow came off the roads and he could ride his motorcycle from Wisconsin to Boston, New York, Washington DC, Houston, etc., for partner meetings. In the early days he often had to hide his motorcycle and riding gear as the industry was not favorable to motorcycle riding CEOs. Michael remains active in government policy mostly related to making sure that worker’s retirements are funding worker’s retirements and not poorly executed governance. The economy is healthier when people have money for motorcycles.

Michael owns two dealerships in Wisconsin – Tytler’s Cycle in Green Bay and MotoUnion in Milwaukee. BMW, Ducati, Indian and Royal Enfield are the primary brands represented. The dealerships are focused on converting industry processes and software from transaction and machine oriented to customer oriented in hopes of vesting the value in the dealership in its relationship to the community as well as in the brands it sells and the transactions it executes. DMS as CRM support. OEMs manufacture motorcycles, we manufacture customers.

All of Michael’s companies run on three key words – Care, Know, Do. Michael and his wife Gina are the parents of 7 children and (so far) 6 grandchildren – some of whom are active in the dealerships and/or race team.

When not in the business, Washington DC or surrounded by family – Michael and his wife are happy to not be found – touring all areas of the country on a motorcycle. “I thought it was why I married HER. Turns out it’s why she married ME.”