, the original Motocompo was designed specifically to fit into the boot of Honda's then-new City, the smallest car in the firm's range. Its bars and seat folded away to leave a suitcase-sized rectangle on wheels which sat perfectly in the back of the car

and more sporting than a traditional Harley 45° twin.The Street Rod also gets around a problem that the company has with its traditional market - it's been invaded by the Japanese with their Harley clones. And on top, sales growth of H-D's traditional big

for December showing a 19.1 per cent decline to 6,706 registrations for the month. The figures show the seeming stability of the UK bike market compared to the UK car market, which plunged 11.3 per cent last year.An upturn in the sales of commuters and a drop

THE radical KTM X-Bow is the first car to be produced by the Austrian motorcycle manufacturer and will cost just under £38,000 when it goes on sale in the UK in Spring 2008.KTM is aiming its 2-litre turbocharged car at the Ariel Atom and Caterham

EVER DECREASING values of secondhand bikes in the UK are attracting a huge number of overseas buyers, says BCA Car and Motorcycle Auctions (BCA).The company auctions around 200 motorcycles each month at their Peterborough centre. Their most recent

buying back days in order to keep up with production flow. The move mirrors an initiative at Honda UK's Swindon car plant, where staff are to be idled for fifty days next year, in a bid to keep costs under control.Oyama went on to say that the motorcycle

MOTORCYCLE sales in January have shown a rise of over 29% compared to January 2010.Adventure Sport motorcycles have shown the largest area of growth, up 52% on the same time last year. Motorcycles like the Triumph Tiger 800 and Ducati Multistrada

THE DUTCH-MADE Track T800CDi Diesel-engined motorcycle is now for sale in the UK, via importer Ovik Special Vehicles.The 800cc diesel engine is a Daimler-Benz unit, similar to the one used in the Smart car. Track claim it's capable of between 80

SUZUKI'S GSX-R1000 superbike was the best-selling motorcycle in the UK last month with 347 units shifted through the dealer network.Motorcycle sales in September dropped by 9.7 per cent – less than half the 21.2 per cent monthly decline recorded

year.Over the first 11 months of the year, registrations are just 2.4 per cent down, with 133,009 new powered twowheelers (PTWs) registered.Last week the UK car industry which last week announced that new carregistrations fell 36.8 per cent in November