Archive for 'Motorcycle Business' Category
First Indian Motorycle Dealership Opens October 4th
30 September 2008After all of the hard work and no small investment, Indian Motorcycle Company is set to open its first U.S. dealership in North Carolina. It looks like they’ve done a great job of producing a high quality bike in the Indian tradition, what remains to be seen is how customers respond.
This is also a [...]
25 Years of Buell - Book Review
30 September 200825 Years of Buell by Court Canfield and Dave Gess, arrived last week and I read it over the weekend. This is a very complete history of the Buell Motorcycle Company starting with Erik Buell’s early years and interest in motorcycles right up through the current Buell 1125R. If you are the least bit interested [...]
Brudeli 654L Leanster On the Road in Europe
28 September 2008Remember the Brudeli 625L tilting trike? When we first covered the prototype over 2 years ago, it looked pretty neat, the 45 degree lean angles it’s capable of seemed like huge fun. Geir Brudeli, inventor of the trike, says they’ve been working on getting it approved for European roads and that hurdle is finally cleared [...]
Honda Super Cub Special Site
23 September 2008Honda is about to launch a special site devoted to the long running Honda Super Cub. After 50 years and 60 million units, the Honda Super Cub is about to get its own special website. It’s set to go live on September 26th. Neat!
UPDATE: Site is live. It takes a while to load but it’s [...]
2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager
22 September 2008Kawasaki has entered the full dress touring market with the 2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager. They’ve done their homework and the bike looks pretty complete. It’s powered by a 1700cc, single overhead cam, 4 valve, fuel injected V-Twin with 107 foot pounds of torque. A 6 speed transmission with overdrive turns a belt final drive. [...]
Brammo Gets $10 Million Funding for Enertia Electric
22 September 2008Brammo Motorsports has just raised $10 million in venture capital funding for the Enertia electric motorcycle. According to Brammo CEO Craig Bramscher, that is enough to bring the Enertia into production.
What is especially interesting is the source of part of those funds, Best Buy Capital, yep, the Best Buy you know as an electronics store. [...]
Electric Motorcycle Conversions and Kits
11 September 2008The report that Honda and Yamaha may be planning electric motorcycles is interesting and brings with it problems and opportunities for smaller companies trying to get into the electric motorcycle business. One commenter said, “e-bike manufacturers which are currently filling a niche market will be utterly crushed and destroyed.” That’s one possibility, but not the [...]
Electric Motorcycles From Honda and Yamaha?
10 September 2008A news report out of Japan says both Honda and Yamaha are planning lithium ion battery powered electric motorcycles to be on sale, possibly as early as 2010 for Yamaha and 2011 for Honda. Prices will be anywhere from $1900 to $3700.
With electrics coming on the market from companies like Vectrix, Zero Motorcycles and [...]
