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Harley Davidson Just One Of Many Headed for India

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With all of the talk about Harley Davidson moving into the Indian motorcycle market, everyone overlooked the fact that all of the other motorcycle companies began eyeing India for possible sales of their high displacement bikes, too. When India opened up their market to Harley by allowing the Euro III emission standards to regulate high displacement (above 500cc) engines, … [Read more...]

Honda Griffon Scooter Concept for Production?

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The Honda Griffon scooter concept from 2003 might become more than just a concept. Steve, over at ScooterScoop, has a little story where one of his readers came across a Honda patent application filed just a few days ago for a "headlamp for two-wheeled vehicle" which should throw off most searchers, but evidently not all. It appears to be a horizontally opposed 4 cylinder … [Read more...]

Ducati 1098 Giveaway Benefits Larz Anderson Museum

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If you were looking at the new Ducati 1098 and thought it was a little out of your price range, you might be able to pick one up for $25, ... if you're lucky. If you're not quite so lucky, you still gave to a good cause. Press release follows: Eastern Cycle DUCATI of Beverly, Massachusetts has contributed a 2007, 1098 DUCATI Motorcycle to the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson V4 Nova

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Here's a bike most motorcycle folks have never heard of, the Harley Davidson V4 Nova. Bob Horn brought this up in a comment yesterday and pointed to a pretty interesting page that tells the story of a motorcycle that might have been and I thought it deserved a story of its own. At the time the Shovelhead's replacement was being designed (the engine that eventually became the … [Read more...]

Scorpa Trials Quad Prototype

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At the EICMA Show last fall, Scorpa had a quad concept on display that looked very neat but was nothing more than a concept. Well, funny how things work out because the engineers took the quad out on a test track in France and found it to be extremely capable and a lot of fun. The visitors at EICMA loved it and next thing you know, Scorpa starts thinking about building it. … [Read more...]

Cagiva Production Moving to India

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Cagiva seems to be restructuring their business a bit. According to this article, Cagiva has partnered with Kinetic Engineering of India to begin manufacturing the 125cc Mito in both 2 and 4 stroke versions, however, they are also considering production of a 650cc version in India as well. Cagiva President Claudio Castiglioni, planning to restructure his company … [Read more...]