Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Yamaha FZ8 picture



Yamaha Motor (UK) Ltd have today released this image of the eagerly anticpated Yamaha FZ8, their new sport roadster.

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Kawasaki Z100 and Kawasaki 1400GTR arriving!





Kawasaki's 2010 updated 1400GTR and the much anticpated radical Japanese streetfighter style Z1000 will be in UK Kawasaki dealers in the next few weeks.

With a host of upgrades, the 1400GTR gets traction control, linked brakes and a special selectable fuel economy mode, heated handlebar grips and an electronically adjustable screen with a memory function.

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Friday, January 22, 2010

Harley-Davidson Forty Eight announced






Today Harley-Davidson UK announced the release of the new Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight motorcycle. In Harley's words "a new factory custom in the legendary tradition of the hot rod Sportster line with the raw, elemental appeal of a Custom".

The Forty-Eight is available in Vivid Black, Brilliant Silver and Mirage Orange Pearl colours.

Forty-Eight features and highlights:
Blacked and polished rubber-mounted Evolution 1200 cc V-Twin engine with chrome accents
Electronic Sequential Port Fuel Injection (ESPFI)
Steel 2.1-gallon (7.95 litre) peanut fuel tank with lightening hole mounting bracket
One-piece, solo Sportster classic seat
710mm seat height
Fat balloon tyres
16-inch Black Steel Laced wheels
Low profile custom handlebar
Under-bar mounted mirrors
New front forks with wide triple clamps
Chopped front fender mounted on fork brace with lightening holes
Fork brace mounted chopped front fender
Blacked components including air cleaner cover, clutch and brake levers and turn signals
Chopped rear fender
Stop-turn-tail lights
Two-year factory warranty
Harley-Davidson Smart Security System

All we know is it looks darn hot!!!

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Jon Booth
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Fancy a 25th Anniversary Suzuki GSX-R750?






Do you want a 25th Anniversary Suzuki GSX-R750? Well there are only going to be 25 machines for sale in the UK. Fitted with a Yoshimura silencer and commemorative individually numbered top yoke plaque and that distinctive unique retro colour scheme (a tribute to the 1996 GSX-R750) this will doubtless be a sought after machine.

Suzuki will be opening a reservation system at mid-day on the 23rd January at www.imgsx-r.com until all 25 machines have been reserved. It will be operated on a first come, first served basis.

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Jon Booth
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Suzuki Gladius 650 wins award



Suzuki's Gladius 650 has just won a Japanese 'Good Design Award' in the motorcycle category in its home market of Japan.

Congratulations Suzuki!

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Royal Enfield Wallpapers



Just added the following Wallpaper pic of the Royal Enfeld Trials EFi in the snow to our motorcycle wallpaper galleries, you can view all the Royal Enfield Motorcycle Wallpapers here.

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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Only a 20% reduction in motorcycle sales!

Statistics released by the Motor Cycle Industry Association for the end of 2009 show an overall reduction in sales of 20%. Apparently there were 111,513 bikes, scooters and mopeds sold.

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KYMCO Pulsar Base 125 Motorcycle arrives



KYMCO have recently announced that their very cometitively priced Pulsar Base 125 motorcycle is available in the UK this month at the suggested retail price of only £1,399.

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Triumph keeps the sales flag flying.

Despite the economic gloom, Triumph Motorcycles has bucked the trend, this iconic British motorcycle maufacturer has just announced it's UK 2009 sales figures and has increased sales in its home market by 26% in 2009, selling 7450 new motorcycles and overtaking Kawasaki to be the fourth largest big bike brand in the UK. All this despite the 20% drop in overall sales for 2009 in the UK motorcycle market.

Well done Triumph!

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Friday, January 8, 2010

Royal Enfield finds snow no trial!



Royal Enfield UK put out this excellent picture yesterday of their Royal Enfield Trials EFI in the snow near their premises in the Cotswolds, to promote the fact that the snow is no trial and they are open for business as usual.

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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Stop the increase in motorcycle tax!!!

Did you realise that in the Chancellors recent pre-budget report road tax rates for motorcycles are set to increase this year. Motorcyclists are to be faced with a Vehicle Excise Duty increases of between 4% and 6% - and this at a time when the Consumer Prices Index is only 1.9%! Yet again motorcyclists are targeted, whereas the car industry gets money via the car scrappage scheme.

Help stop this further tax increase on motorcycling by signing up to the petition set up by the British Motorcyclists Federation on the No 10 website asking the Prime Minister to intervene and stop the increases.

The bmf are asking that in this an election year, all motorcyclists should sign-up to show the strength of feeling over motorcyclists and motorcycling being treated unfairly. The petitions says:

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop the increases in motorcycle tax proposed for 2010

Given that the motorcycle industry is facing some of its darkest days with sales slumping by around 25-30%, it makes no sense for any government to increase taxes on motorcycle ownership as is proposed in the Pre-Budget Report. We petition the government to support the motorcycle industry as it has the car industry and freeze or lower Vehicle Excise Duty and provide some other stimuli for the industry and not to attack it further by increasing the cost of ownership for law-abiding citizens.

The petition can be found at: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/motorcycleved/

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Sachs announces Speedjet RS version of sports scooter





Sachs has announced an "RS" version of it's Speedjet sports scooter, equipped with black, white and red livery, red brake calipers and matching rear shock absorber, along with 10-spoke alloy wheels and lightweight alloy footplates and a new catalysed sports exhaust.

The Sachs Speedjet RS is due in UK showrooms from March 2010.

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