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    Yamaha motorcycles: Yamaha FZ600S
    Yamaha Motorcycles is a conglomerate based Multinational Corporation in Japan which is involved in manufacturing motorcycles, musical instruments and electronics and power sports equipments. The company was found in the year 1887 by Torakusu Yamaha as Nippon Gakki Company Limited in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture. After Second World War, Genichi Kawakami, president of Yamaha, repurposed the production of machineries and metallurgical technologies for manufacturing motorcycles. The first motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha was YA-1 which was powered by single cylinder 125CC two-stroke engine. In the year 1959, success of YA-1 resulted in founding new firm called Yamaha Motor Company Limited. Yamaha Motorcycles is a Japanese vehicle manufacturing company and a part of Yamaha Corporation which is located in Iwata, Shizuoka. In 1955, Genichi  [...]
    Posted at December 31st, 2010 in Yamaha
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    Kawasaki Motorcycles: Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager & Kawasaki ZX12
    Kawasaki Motorcycles was found in the year 1954 and today it is known to be the leading manufacturer of motocross, Supersport touring, supersport, off-road, sport, dual purpose and cruiser motorcycles. They have been in the market for a very long time and have gained a good reputation in motorcycle industry. For purpose of racing, Kawasaki has manufactured and launched lots of models. These powerful and light machines took the motocross arena to higher level. The company is also involved in manufacturing great and excellent racing machines and motorcycles. The production line of Kawasaki ranges from off-road bikes to heavy duty cruiser motorcycles. Today, it is known to be the most innovative motorcycle companies in the world. In the year 1960, company started exporting bikes to United States which proved to be a successful move  [...]
    Posted at December 29th, 2010 in Kawasaki
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    Bajaj Motorcycles: Bajaj Chetak & Bajaj Argo Ar150-18
    Bajaj Motorcycles is a leading manufacturer which is known for excellence in the motorcycle industry. It is known to be one of the most trusted and reliable motorbike brands. The first production of Bajaj was scooters and today it produces ultra modern bikes. Their motorcycles are known for embodiment of distinctive styling and features which allow these models to provide excellent levels of performance. It is the biggest Indian automobile manufacturer which was found by Rajasthani merchant. The company is located in Pune, Maharashtra and has other manufacturing plants in Waluj, Aurangabad, in Pantnagar, Uttranchal and in Chakan, Pune. Their oldest plant is located in Akurdi, Pune which now houses Research & Development centre. Today Bajaj is involved in producing and exporting auto rickshaws, motorcycles and motorscooters. Over  [...]
    Posted at December 22nd, 2010 in Bajaj
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    Ridley Motorcycles: Ridley Sport
    Ridley Motorcycles was found in the year 1995 by Clay Ridley and it is the motorcycle producing company which is located in Oklahoma, United States. It is not the first motorcycle which is known to be the favorite motorcycle cruiser. They manufactured their first motorcycle cruiser called Ridley Speedster in the year 1999 with variable transmission which later was positioned as “America’s Automatic Motorcycle”. The Speedster was the first production motorcycle called as miniature cruiser equipped with V-twin engine and CVT transmission. There are lots of other motorcycles in the market launched by Ridley such as X-Glide, A-G Chopper, A-G Trike, A-G Classic, A-G Old School, A-G TT and A-G Sport. Clay Ridley, who was founder of Ridley Motorcycles, started experimenting motorcycles with automatic transmission in the  [...]
    Posted at December 15th, 2010 in Ridley
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    Victory Bikes: Victory Jackpot & Victory Vegas Jackpot
    Victory Bikes is a bike producer located in Minnesota, United States which started manufacturing motorcycles in the year 1998. Polaris Industries is a parent company of Victory that created a company following the success of American manufacturer called Harley Davidson. The motorcycle produced by Victory is designed especially for competing against other American style motorcycle manufacturers such as Harley Davidson. Their motorcycles come with V-twin engines, cruiser, touring and sport touring configurations. The first bike manufactured by Victory is V92C which was introduced in the year 1997 and started selling in 1998. Polaris is located in Minnesota and has annual sales of $1.8 billion and it is the first snowmobile manufacturer. The company is also involved in producing personal watercrafts and ATVs. By observing the sales  [...]
    Posted at December 13th, 2010 in Victory
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    Aprilia Motorcycles: Aprilia RXV 450 & Aprilia RXV 4.5
    Aprilia Motorcycles is an Italian bike company, one of the seven brands owned by Piaggo, which is the world’s fourth largest motorcycle manufacturer. They initially use to produce scoters, recently began with the production of race winning motorcycles. Aprilia is specially known for its flagship model 1000CC V-Twin engine. The company was founded by Cavaliere Alberto Beggio after the Second World War as a bicycle manufacturing factory in Noale, Italy. They first produced a 50cc bike with a dozen of collaborators. The first production bikes were names as Packi, Colibri and Daniela. In the year 1970, they manufactured a motocross bike called Scarabeo and it was manufactured till the year 1970. In 1980s, they added some new models like road bikes with 600 and 50cc, trials and enduro. They introduced a model called TL320 trial  [...]
    Posted at December 6th, 2010 in Aprilia
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    Yamaha bikes: Yamaha YZF R6 & Yamaha YZF R1
    Yamaha Bikes has manufactured more than one million bikes in a year which leaves Suzuki far behind. Till mid fifties, Yamaha didn’t launch any of their motorcycle. Torakusa Yamaha is the father of Yamaha and in the year 1887 he started manufacturing reed organs. Today it is known to be the second largest bike producer in the world which is way far for a fledging company that has just arrived in motorcycle industry. The first bike produced by Yamaha was YA1 that comes with single cylinder two-stroke 125cc engine and is a copy of German motorcycle. This bike is also known as Red Dragonfly which laid the foundation of company’s reputation for success and reliability on the race track. The first motorcycle designed by Yamaha Bikes was launched in the year 1957. In those times, Yamaha was the only company to provide sports model  [...]
    Posted at December 1st, 2010 in Yamaha