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Yamaha to open new plant in Pakistan
By Visordown News on 28/02/2013 10:26:34
50-acre site will produce Euro-compliant motorcycles
YAMAHA are set to open a new motorcycle manufacturing plant in Pakistan.The $150 million (£99m) plant will produce Euro-II & Euro-III compliant motorcycles over 125cc.Yamaha first submitted plans for the 50-acre plant just outside of Karachi in 2009
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Benelli Macis scooter goes on sale
By Visordown News on 05/05/2010 12:32:53
Available in 125 or 150cc format
SAY HELLO to the Benelli Macis - the company's first big-wheel scooter, which is about to go on sale in Italy.The scoot, which was first seen at the 2009 EICMA Show in Italy, is shod with 16" wheels and will be available with either a 125cc or 150cc
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Teen Hinton gets MotoGP Donington wild card
By Visordown News on 10/06/2008 11:27:13
Young-gun gets a chance to impress infront of the world's best at the British MotoGP round
Luke Hinton, the Stratford teenage 125cc motorcycle racer has earned himself an invitation to compete against the world’s best in the British round of the 125cc World Championship at Donington Park a week on Sunday.He said: "To be racing at Moto
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MOTOGP: Dorna announce cost cutting measures
By Visordown News on 19/02/2009 10:47:50
It's back to basics (sort of) for motorcycle racing's premier class
.Also, for the eight 2009 MotoGP World Championship races which follow the summer break each MotoGP rider will be restricted to the use of a maximum of five engines until the end of the season. Friday13:05-13:45 125cc Free Practice 1 14:05-14:50 MotoGP Free Practice
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German MotoGP in numbers
By Visordown News on 13/07/2011 17:13:17
Stats and facts ahead of round 9 at the Sachsenring
Waldmann was third in the 250cc race in 1999, Steve Jenkner was third in the 125cc race in 2002, Stefan Bradl finished 2nd in the 125cc category in 2008 and Sandro Cortese finished third in the 125cc race last year.3 – There have been three different
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Indy: 19th GP in USA and other stats
By Visordown on 24/08/2011 11:43:37
GP in numbers by Dr Martin Raines
of fifteen as a wild-card rider in the 125cc class at the final race of 2004 in Valencia. He became a full time GP rider from 2005, first in the 125cc class and then moving up to the 250cc class half way through 2006. After continuing in the 250cc class
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Stoner to make 100th GP start at Valencia
By Visordown on 02/11/2011 15:57:59
All the stats ahead of the MotoGP season finale at Valencia
Vinales’ win at Sepang was the 150th victory for Aprilia in the 125cc class of Grand Prix racing. Only Honda have more 125cc GP wins than Aprilia, with 164.100 – Following the cancellation of the Malaysian race, Casey Stoner is now scheduled to make his
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Gilera Runner 'most stolen motorcycle' in the UK
By Visordown News on 17/08/2011 13:58:36
Police publish list of most stolen motorcyclesst
it in a garage overnight, do.”Top ten motorcycle and scooter models stolen in 2010ModelPercentage of overall stolen motorcycles1.Gilera Runner (moped)3.552.Piaggio Vespa (125cc and variants)3.303.Piaggio Zip (moped)2.714.Peugeot Speedflight (moped)2
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Commuter bike sales plunge in November
By Visordown News on 14/12/2012 09:02:16
Drags market down 3.2 per cent
2012 sales amounted to 5,092 units, compared to 5,262 in November 2011. The poor performance was driven by a surprising fall at the lower end of the market, in the sub-50cc and 51-125cc segments (-7.2 and -6.8 per cent, respectively). The 651-1000cc
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Darran Lindsay's funeral details
By Visordown News on 12/09/2006 19:30:39
Darran Lindsay RIP
in the accident. Porter sustained a broken collarbone and a dislocated knee. All prize money from the event was donated to the Lindsay family.Darran Lindsay was a four times Irish Champion, a Manx GP winner and the winner of the 2005 NW200 125cc race. All
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