KAWASAKI JAPAN is to increase its domestic production of motorcycles to 94,000 units in fiscal 2010, up 25% on last year, it has been reported.Despite the decline in demand for motorcycles in Japan, the company is to boost output at its Akashi works

, choosing the emerging market to exploit the country's demand for high-end motorcycles.The facility that Triumph intends to build will be in Karnataka near Bangalore. The new production plant will join its existing facilities in Hinckley and Chonburi

DUCATI temporarily closed its factory after the earthquakes in the Emilia Romagna region.Although the building suffered no visible damage and no-one from Ducati was injured, Ducati opted to close the factory in order to assess any potential damage

TWENTY-SIX years after building their first motorcycle, Buell employees watched as the last machine rolled off the production line last week.The company have built 136,923 motorcycles since 1983; the last, an XB12SCG was wheeled off the assembly

HARLEY-DAVIDSON are to move the company's trike production back in-house from 2011, the company has said.At present, the contract to provide components, paint and conversion services to build the Harley-Davidson Tri Glide and Street Glide trikes

THE FUTURE of French motorcycle manufacturer Voxan remains uncertain, despite serious interest from a potential buyer.A French court ruled yesterday the company is to be put into liquidation and all of its assets sold at auction. However, Thierry

BMW has denied it has any plans to build a S600RR supersports machine, despite the success of the S1000RR – but the evidence is mounting that in fact that's exactly what it's going to do.The firm was confronted about the idea after the domain name

HESKETH, the motorcycle marque established by Lord Hesketh in 1980, could produce a new model in 2012.The original company went bust in 1984 and were bought by another company, Broom Engineering. The marque never really developed and now it has been

Honda will accelerate motorcycle production and triple sales in India to 5 million units annually in five years. To offset the expected decline in its local market share, Honda plans to boost production at subsidiary Honda Motorcycle and Scooter

CLASSIC British brand Matchless has been bought by Franco Malenotti, the Italian responsible for the reinvention of Belstaff apparel.Malenotti has secured the rights to go to market under the Matchless name, and has firm plans in place to build