Archive for the ‘International News’ Category
Friday, January 16th, 2009
With the official release of Honda Fury just a few hours away, images of Honda Fury have surfaced on the internet. Hellforleather.com released studio images of the Fury chopper from Honda throwing the Honda embargo to winds.
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The chopper styled Fury is powered by a ...
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Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Trillium Muir of Ontario, Canada has broken the land speed record for the fastest woman on a motorcycle by running a ECTA certified top speed of 382.98 kmph (239.36 mph) on her tuned Hayabusa.
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Trillium achieved her record at Maxton Mile race ...
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Bajaj auto today announced that it has shelved plans for a stake/alliance with Triumph motorcycles of UK which it had been negotiating with for the past year. Bajaj will instead increase it's stake in KTM to over 30% by the first quarter next year.
With increased stake in KTM, Bajaj is ...
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Vijay Mallya might be one of the bidders for the Honda F1 Team which went on block last week when Honda announced it's withdrawal from the Formula 1 championship.
Vijay Mallya is expected to be pitted against Carlos Slim, one the world's richest men and majority stake holder of Mexican telecom ...
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Sunday, December 21st, 2008
Honda has announced a foray into the electric motorcycle segment with first of the electric bikes to be launched as early as 2010. Announcing a tie-up with GS Yuasa Corp for development of lithium ion batteries for it's motorcycles, Honda is clearing planning to take a lead on it's competitors ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
Economic slowdown claimed another casualty in form of Honda opting out it's factory team from AMA Road Racing championship.
A week ago, Honda has moved out of Formula 1 and this news bades troubling times for motorsports. At time of Formula 1 announcement, Honda had mentioned it's commitment to all other ...
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
US is considering imposition of a 100% customs import duty on motorcycles imported from Europe in retaliation to EU's ban on US beef products derived from growth hormone treated cattle.
This regulation if implemented will severely impact sales of European giants including KTM, Husqvarna, BMW, Aprilia and many more. Ducati, MV ...
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
TTX01 was unveiled at the recently concluded NEC Bike Show. The bike, which is built around an old GSX-R chassis, suspension and bodywork, is fitted with two electric motors that produce a total of 86 horsepower and 125Nm of torque.
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The TTX01, designed and built ...
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
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Harley Davidson plans to make XR1200 in a limited run of 750 unit in homage to XR750, the precursor to the 1200. XR1200 is based off of the 1200cc air-cooled Sportster engine, and has styling and design that is inspired by Harley-Davidson’s dirt-tracking days ...
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Yamaha XJ6 similar to the FZ6R being launched in Europe will be launched in the American market shortly.
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Expected to compete against the new Suzuki Gladius, Honda CB600 Hornet & Kawasaki ER-6n, the XJ will fill the void in the market under the FZ6.
XJ6 N ...
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