February 2009

Last September, we wrote about Brammo Motorsports getting $10 million in venture capital funding, part of which came from Best Buy Capital. The obvious speculation was that Best Buy would carry the Brammo Enertia when it went on sale. Well, sure enough, that’s what is about to happen when the Enertia will go on sale [...]

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Continental has developed a new very small and lightweight anti lock brake system for motorcycles. The system weighs only 2.6 pounds and because it’s so small and lightweight it should be easy to add to a wider variety of motorcycles than those already equipped. This particular system will be on the new Aprilia Mana, Shiver [...]

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Yamaha Slows 2009 Motorcycle Production

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 2/26/2009

in Economics and Politics, Motorcycle Business

Yamaha is looking at rising inventories of unsold motorcycles and has decided to cut 2009 production by 24 percent. This year’s production will be only about 260,000 units to adjust for the current backlog. Motorcycle stockpiles bound for Europe are twice normal levels while motorcycle inventories for the U.S. are up 50 percent. Yamaha has [...]

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Carberry Enfield Update

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 2/24/2009

in Motorcycle Builders

We told you about the Carberry Enfield Double Barrel a few months ago, the nifty V-Twin conversion that doubles the capacity of the stock Royal Enfield thumper. Paul Carberry just got a limited supply of donor bikes ready to convert and a new batch of crankcases are being machined. Orders are now being taken for [...]

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