FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT  (this  "Amendment") is entered into
as of July 17, 1998, by and between TITAN  MOTORCYCLE  CO. OF AMERICA,  a Nevada
Corporation ("Borrower"), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ("Lender").

                                    RECITALS

     WHEREAS, Borrower is currently indebted to Lender pursuant to the terms and
conditions of that certain Loan Agreement  between  Borrower and Lender dated as
of April 10, 1998 ("Loan Agreement")

     WHEREAS,  Lender and Borrower  have agreed to certain  changes in the terms
and conditions set forth in the Loan Agreement and have agreed to amend the Loan
Agreement to reflect said changes.

     NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration,  the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged,  the parties hereto agree that the Loan Agreement
shall be amended as follows:

     1.  Paragraph  8.3 is hereby  deleted in its  entirety  with the  following
substituted therefor:

          " 8.3  COLLATERAL  REPORTING.  Borrower  shall provide Lender with the
following documents in a form satisfactory to Lender:

               (a) on a weekly  basis,  or, at any time  borrowing  availability
hereunder  is less than  $500,000 or if an Event of Default has  occurred and is
continuing,  on a  daily  basis,  a  schedule  of  Accounts,  including  without
limitation, daily sales, credit and adjustment journals and cash receipts;

               (b) on or  before  the third  business  day of each week for each
immediately  preceding  week and of each  month for each  immediately  preceding
month (or more frequently as Lender may request),  a borrowing base certificate,
and,  on or before  the  third  business  day of each week for each  immediately
preceding week until a perpetual  inventory system  satisfactory to Lender is in

place, results of a weekly physical inventory count of finished goods; provided,
however,  that so long as any  weekly  report  provided  by  Borrower  to Lender
hereunder  covers  periods  coinciding  with  Borrower's  month end and contains
corresponding monthly information,  no separate monthly report need be delivered
by Borrower pursuant to this subparagraph (b);

               (c) on or  before  the 15th day  after  and as of the end of each
month,  (or more  frequently as Lender may request but not more  frequently than
weekly),  (i) perpetual  inventory  reports,  when a perpetual  inventory system
satisfactory to Lender is in place (ii) inventory  reports by category and (iii)
agings of accounts payable and accounts receivable;  provided,  however, that so
long as any weekly  report  provided  by  Borrower  to Lender  hereunder  covers
periods coinciding with Borrower's month end and contains  corresponding monthly
information,  no separate monthly report need be delivered by Borrower  pursuant
to this subparagraph (c);

               (d) upon Lender's request,  (i) copies of customer statements and
credit memos,  remittance  advices and reports,  and copies of deposit slips and
bank  statements,  (ii) copies of shipping  and  delivery  documents,  and (iii)
copies of purchase  orders,  invoices and delivery  documents  for Inventory and
Equipment  acquired  by  Borrower;  provided,  however,  that  with  respect  to
shipments  involving  aggregate  amounts greater than $75,000 to any one dealer,
copies of invoices and shipping  documents  shall be accumulated and sent weekly
to Lender on or before  the third  business  day of the  immediately  succeeding
week;

               (e) upon Lender's  request,  Borrower shall, at Lender's expense,
no more than once in any twelve (12) month period, but at Borrower's expense and
at any time or times as  Lender  may  request  on or after an Event of  Default,
deliver or cause to be delivered to Lender  written  reports or appraisals as to
the  Collateral in form,  scope and  methodology  acceptable to Lender and by an
appraiser  acceptable  to Lender,  addressed  to Lender or upon which  Lender is
expressly permitted to rely;

               (f) such  other  reports  as to the  Collateral  as Lender  shall
reasonably request from time to time."

     2.  Paragraph  8.14 is hereby  deleted in its entirety  with the  following
substituted therefor:

          " 8.14 PERPETUAL  INVENTORY SYSTEM.  Implement,  by no later than July
31, 1998, a fully functional perpetual inventory system satisfactory to Lender."

     3. Except as specifically  provided herein, all terms and conditions of the
Loan Agreement remain in full force and effect,  without waiver or modification.

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All terms defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same meaning when used in
this Amendment. This Amendment and the Loan Agreement shall be read together, as
one document.

     4. Borrower hereby remakes all representations and warranties  contained in
the Loan  Agreement and reaffirms  all  covenants  set forth  therein.  Borrower
further  certifies that as of the date of this Amendment and except as set forth
in this  Amendment,  there  exists no Event of  Default  as  defined in the Loan
Agreement,  nor any  condition,  act or event which with the giving of notice or
the  passage of time or both would  constitute  any such  Event of  Default.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have caused this  Amendment to be
executed as of the day and year first written above.

TITAN  MOTORCYCLE  CO. OF                    WELLS FARGO BANK,
AMERICA                                      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By: /s/ Robert P. Lobban                     By: /s/ Gerald W. Widasky
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Title: Chief Financial Officer               Title: Vice President
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