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Horex VR6 gets delayedPosted at May 9th, 2012 in NewsIn spite of stating @ end of Feb that VR6 all-new Roadster was just weeks away from the production, the manufacturer has stated that 6 cylinders machine won’t go in to production till May. This delay comes after firm had decided on putting control equipment of extra emissions on this bike. VR6 all-new Roadster comes with series of some innovations including clever & compact 1218 cc 6-cylinder engine. This bike will get 161 bhp & thumping 100 ft lb torque which is impressively low in rpm slugs. Engine of six-cylinder has 66 ft lb torque @ 2000 rpm, increasing to about 74 ft lb @ 3500rpm. Performance figures for lower engine range of speed topped by max 100 ft lb torque @ 7000rpm. It is said that Horex decided on equipping new VR6 Roadster along with secondary air system of injection that is designed for reducing the [...] -
MIC says motorcycle sales up 6.7% in Q1Posted at May 8th, 2012 in NewsMotorcycle Industry Council has reported that the sales of new motorcycles grew by 6.7 percent for 1st quarter of the year 2012. Encouraging news does follow MIC’s sober fore cast of March that the sales of 2012 will decline. Scooter segment has leads way in the percentage growth as compared to the Q1 of last year, along with segment of On-Highway showing highest increase in volume. Positive news here continues along with sales of ATV rebounding post multiple quarters for the reduced sales. The news is not so good for the sales of Off-Highway, which was only segment that showed decreases in sales over the years. Market of motorcycle is up by 6878 units for 2011. The on-Highway sales increased to 6224, about 77,103 total 8 percent gain from the last year. The scooter sales, typically follows volatile boom & bust cycle but [...] -
Motorcycle sales shows reboundPosted at April 23rd, 2012 in NewsSales of the on-road motorcycles, which had taken beating at economic downturn, have started to rev up finally. According to Motorcycle Industry Council, the sales of the new motorcycles which meant for the road use & scooters rose to 8.8% for first quarter in 2012 as compared to same period in last year part due to weather that is unseasonably warm & higher prices of gas. Scooters got particularly big boost about 16.9% as compared to last year. The sales of the dual-purpose bikes which are used for on- & off-road riding, rose up to 12.7%. 1 sector which still saw the declining sales was the off-road bikes, down by 6.7 percent. Eric Jensen, who is owner of European dealership of dirt-bike – Eric Motorcycle Co. @ Pasadena, had expressed some optimism. Jensen says that he has reached bottom. Jensen has been been saving [...] -
Indonesia March motorbike sales fell 12.8 percentPosted at April 16th, 2012 in NewsIndonesia’s domestic sales of motorcycle, which is indicator of the private consumption at Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, recently fell about 12.8 % year-for-year in the month of March, say our sources. The sales for March were about 619,678 motorbikes, says AISI or Indonesian Motor cycle Industry Association. In 1st 3 months, the sales were about 1,931,677 motorbikes, or about 2.7% below 1,985,800 from one year earlier. The sales in March were led by the manufacturers from Japan like Yamaha, Honda, & Suzuki, according to the data showed. Parliament of Indonesia on March 31st gave authority to government to raise the subsidised prices of fuel if the bench mark Indonesian crude rise of price is 15 percent above the targetted level of about $105 for a single barrel. Central bank set minimal down payments for the [...] -
2012 Yamaha WR450FPosted at April 12th, 2012 in Yamaha2012 Yamaha WR450F is now here. However, before I write about how every thing updated, new, borrowed & unique, you may wish to ask your self what a perfect off-road 450 cc-class bike should be. Do not compromise. Your expectations should be set high. This is 2012 after all. I’d think that manufacturer can build perfect bike now & never mind fact that they’ve EPA, DOT, CARB & some other acronyms for appeasing. We’d want 2-stroke lightness, fuel-injected smoothness, four-stroke traction, plush suspension which doesn’t bottoms out ever, & we’d want it looking really awesome & unique at same time. We’d want it to be legal on street & I’d want for racing too. Finally, it should be cheap. Knowing the consumer-bred difficulty that is going in to such exercise is why it is pretty exciting [...] -
Triumph creates 40 jobs while expanding bike rangePosted at April 11th, 2012 in NewsTriumph Motorcycles is making forty jobs of engineering for helping to develop the new models. Legendary plans of company for increasing number of the engineers for the Hinckley centre of design by a 5th to about 240. This company yearns to expand the range of about 22 bikes, and it includes classic Speed Triple & adventure Tiger 800 bike. New recruits, which are mixture of the experienced engineers & the recent graduates, are responsible for design & development of the new bikes. Head of HR at Triumph – Cliff Powell said that they are looking at attracting both the talented graduates & the experienced engineers, for different exciting & challenging roles. He says that Triumph is offering the engineers varied path of career as compared to different automobile manufacturers at UK, encouraging people actively [...] -
Mega Merger Announced by the Japanese Motorcycle ManufacturersPosted at April 4th, 2012 in NewsOn heels of unprecedented stagnation of sales triggered by global recession,,Japanese “big 4″ motorcycle makers– Kawasaki, Honda, Suzuki & Yamaha-recently announced alliance which they’ll build, develop, & distribute the bikes under a single banner. The corporation representatives had revealed that this deal will have strategic meets of all minds which has not been done since conglomerate of German Auto Union was done in the year 1932. This new organization has promised to be tour de force of technology. Soichiro Kojiro Genichi Michio, who was speaking for the manufacturers, said that they will be ushering new motorcycling era. Through new racetracks collection which now has Hamamatsu, Motegi, Fukuroi, and Autopolis, they will be engineering new type of 4 -cylinder super bikes which will beat best [...] -
Ducati 1199 Panigale – Forza ItaliaPosted at March 30th, 2012 in Ducati“Forza Italia” that’s the first thing that came to our mind after riding the all new Ducati 1199 Panigale for more than a day. And that’s pretty right thing as well. The all-new 1199 Panigale twin-cylinder bike, but this time around Ducati has raised the standards of twin cylinder superbikes to a new height with it. As a matter of fact it not only has shot all the other superbikes out of the contention, but also has made it pretty clear to all the other superbikes that “I am here to rule.” All that we said in the above paragraph might sound a bit exaggerating to some, but the moment you sit on the Ducati 1199 Panigale, it becomes apparent that this no ordinary bike, as a matter of fact this isn’t even like any other Ducati superbike that has entered the market in the past 25 years. The Panigale [...] -
KTM Launches Limited Edition 690 Duke TrackPosted at March 28th, 2012 in NewsKTM has released a bran new limited-edition variant of their all new 690 Duke. This special model is the track only model of the bike and has been developed on the basis of the bikes rivaling in the 2012 KTM-supported European Junior Cup (EJC). KTM only will be making only 200 models of any such bike and they all are supposed to have the similar specs as EJC (European Junior Cup), which will have riders from around 13 Nations competing in 8 stages as a sponsored race for the World Superbike Championship. The KTM 690 Duke Track will be having a price tag of less than £10,000, but it will not be legal for street use. The KTM 690 Duke Track has been fixed with a wide range of KTM accessories, modifications for some of its standard parts and modified items to turn it into a truthfully alarming circuit weapon. All those modifications [...] -
Triumph Unveils Their 110th ‘Anniversary Special’ BonnevillePosted at March 21st, 2012 in NewsTriumph has been manufacturing great quality motorcycles for more than 110 years. And in order to commemorate this incredible feat the company has unveiled a brand new 110th Anniversary Special Triumph Bonneville. This special Triumph Bonneville will be a limited edition model and will be limited only to 1,000 models with price tag of 7,399 pounds. The 110th Anniversary Special Triumph Bonneville has been developed by taking inspiration from the 1902 No.1 model, and per se it flaunts an exclusive anniversary crest, encouraged by previous tank badges of Triumph and an aluminum silver paint scheme and a retro-stimulated Brooklands green. Every single anniversary model that will be sold in the market will be offered with a numbered sign given on the handlebar compress, in addition to a numbered credential. The GM of Triumph UK says: [...]
