National Motorcycle Museum Vintage Rally 2012 If you are into vintage motorcycling, and who isn't to some degree these days, Vintage Rally 2012 at the National Motorcycle Museum really has got it all. A bike show, swap meet, vintage motorcycling panel discussions, all set at one of America's … Read more on Cycleworld
India's Royal Enfield roars back on quieter, sleeker bikes Royal Enfield, a 119-year-old Anglo-Indian motorcycle maker with a cult following, has brought its distinctive bikes into the modern era with new and quieter engines and can't make them fast enough to meet demand. The once-sleepy company sold 74600 … Read more on Reuters
Honda CBR400R coming? by Visordown News JAPANESE magazine Young Machine is claiming that Honda is developing a new CBR400R to sit between the CBR600RR and CBR250R in the firm's sportsbike line-up. The bike, an artist's impression of which is shown on the bottom right of the … Read more on Visordown.com
2012 Harley-Davidson Seventy-Two First Ride And though the musicians tried to concentrate on their sound check, they each took turns snatching peeks at the Candy Red motorcycle parked in front of the stage that was stealing the show. With cameras flashing and video rolling, … Read more on MotorcycleUSA.com
Maruti Suzuki Profit Beats Estimate on Record Car Sales Chief Executive Officer Shinzo Nakanishi is adding new models and expanding diesel engine capacity as demand shifts to cars that run on the fuel, which is cheaper than gasoline in India. The automaker, which introduced its Ertiga van this month, … Read more on BusinessWeek
Horex VR6 Roadster delayed The initial version is naturally-aspirated, with 'only' 161bhp from its 1218cc six-cylinder engine. Augsburg. Horex has decided to equip the new VR6 Roadster with a secondary air injection system designed to reduce exhaust gas emissions. Read more on Visordown.com
Privacy experts warn that new car black box bill doesn't go far enough "Among them are the car's speed, how far the accelerator was pressed, the engine revolutions per minute, whether the driver hit the brakes, whether the driver was wearing a safety belt, and how long it took for the airbags to deploy. Read [...]
Hyundai To Announce Plans On India Diesel-Engine Plant In 2 Weeks SE) will announce within two weeks plans to build its first diesel-engine factory in India, a senior executive said, as the auto maker tries to meet soaring demand for its cars that run on the cheaper fuel. The South Korean company had earlier halted [...]
Polaris adding 89 jobs at motorcycle engine plant in Osceola in western … Polaris Industries Inc. plans to add 89 jobs in the western Wisconsin city of Osceola as it boosts production of Indian motorcycles. Minnesota-based Polaris acquired Indian last year and produces the motorcycles in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Engines for both … Read more [...]
Audi may announce Ducati purchase next week – sources DE) plans to announce the acquisition of Ducati next week, having completed a due diligence assessment of the Italian motorcycle maker, two people familiar with the matter said. Audi encountered no major stumbling blocks when checking Ducati's books, … Read more on Reuters UK