Archive for 'Motorcycle Business' Category
Doublewhiz - Twin Engine Whizzer Motorized Bicycle
27 July 2008For all of you small displacement, lightweight motorcycle guys, here’s something I came across as I wandered around Vintage Days 2008 at Mid Ohio. It’s called Doublewhiz for the twin engines it currently sports. Total displacement is 276cc. The engines are Whizzers, or whoever made them for Whizzer, and power runs through a 3 [...]
2009 Victory Motorcycles
25 July 2008The other American cruiser company, Victory Motorcycles, is celebrating their 10th anniversary and their 2009 lineup is out. After introducing the Victory Vision last year, changes this year are a bit less dramatic. There’s a new 106 cubic inch Freedom V-Twin and a new Kingpin Low. The rest of the lineup seems to have only [...]
Honda Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Super Cub
23 July 2008We’ve mentioned a couple of times how many Super Cubs have been rolling off the assembly lines, first 50 million, then recently they passed 60 million and now Honda held a celebration at Honda’s Kumamoto Factory where Super Cub is produced in Japan to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Super Cub production.
Honda began making the [...]
2009 Harley Davidson CVO Lineup
22 July 2008Harley Davidson’s Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO), builds bikes with a little extra, well, actually, a lot extra, and these special models stand out in looks and performance. For 2009 there are 4 models, the CVO Road Glide, CVO Ultra Classic Electra Glide. CVO Dyna Fat Bob and CVO Softail Springer. All 4 run the Screamin’ [...]
2009 Harley Davidson V-Rod Muscle
22 July 2008Harley Davidson has introduced a new member of the V-Rod family, the V-Rod Muscle. The look is new with somewhat angular bodywork and exhaust pipes that exit on both sides of the bike.
The Revolution engine in the V-Rod is excellent but The Motor Company seems to be having a problem coming up with the right [...]
2009 Harley Davidson Touring Frame is All New
22 July 2008The complete line of Harley Davidson touring bikes will sit on a totally new frame for 2009. New frame, swingarm, wheels and tires plus non linked ABS (you control front and rear braking), electronic throttle control (one more sign of the increase in “fly by wire” technology showing up on many motorcycles) and quite a [...]
2009 Harley Davidson Tri Glide Ultra Classic
22 July 2008Harley Davidson is introducing a trike from the factory, the new Tri Glide Ultra Classic. Since so many companies already modify the HD touring bikes to 3 wheel configuration, HD asked, why not make them in house? The advantage of doing this is a trike with a chassis specifically designed as a 3 wheeler from [...]
2009 Buell 1125CR
22 July 2008The Buell line is expanding on the 1125R with the new Buell 1125CR “cafe racer,” a more street oriented version with lower gearing and a flyscreen instead of the higher fairing. The engine has been tweaked slightly with new fuel and spark maps, the new maps will be available for the ‘08 1125R. Judging from [...]
