Archive for the ‘Superbikes’ Category
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Ducati unveiled the new for 2010 Nicky Hayden edition 848 for the US market on 4th of July at Red Bull United States Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
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Nicky Hayden Edition 848 is the 2010 model of Ducati’s middleweight sport ...
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
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Yamaha France has just released 2009 Yamaha R1 in Valentino Rossi & Jorge Lorenzo replica factory livery. These bikes will be made available in limited numbers( 4 units only) for select buyers in France. In France, each R1 will cost €19,990 (a ...
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Ducati after it's entry in India 7 months ago will finally open it's showrooms in India. It's first showroom is expected to open in Mumbai in the third quarter with a possibility of more showrooms by next year.
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“We want to have one showroom in every ...
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Sunday, January 4th, 2009
BMW plans to enter the highly competitive and large volume middleweight supersport motorsegment with development of a new 600cc sportsbike. Unlike previous endevors where BMW would bring out an innovative product, this time it's expected to pickup design cues from the sucessfull production models from Japanese firms.
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Saturday, November 8th, 2008
Sportsbikes account for the highest death rate and for over 25% fatalities among bikers as per a study by IIHS. With eye-popping acceleration, superb manuverability and stopping power combined with the most powerful engines developing maximum bhp per tonne, superbikes or supersport bikes as they are sometimes called have been ...
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
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Ducati has released a limited edition 1098 superbike, the Bayliss 1098R to commemorate Troy Bayliss's victory in the 2008 World Superbike Championship on board the 1098 R.
The 1098 R Bayliss Limited Edition has a special colour scheme designed by Aldo Drudi. The ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
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Ducati Monster have been practically unchanged since 1994. Last year when the new Ducati 696 was restyled & launched, there were speculations for the higher capacity which have finally been confirmed with Ducati unveiling the Monster 1100 & 1100S.
The new Monsters are powered ...
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
As a limited edition gesture, Yamaha France will offer 35 kits of MotoGP livery to customers who own a recent Yamaha R1 or R6. The kits will feature a full MotoGP styled fairing kit, fuel cap and graphics.
The kit once on the bike will transform a R1/R6 into a MotoGP ...
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
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I came across this article in Economic Times stating the launch of superbikes to be a disaster in India. With 73 R1 & MT-01 sold since December 07 & 'just' 22 bookings for Ducati's in India, the launches have been termed failures.
Now let's look ...
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