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Harley-Davidson could close Milwaukee factory
By Visordown News on 02/06/2010 15:04:48
American brand claims labour costs are too high. May be just policital sandbagging
Harley-Davidson has warned that it might close down all its manufacturing facilities in Wisconsin, including the legendary Milwaukee base, claiming that labour costs there are too high, and that other states might offer a better deal.While it might
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KTM announce 81.4 million euro loss
By Visordown News on 01/12/2009 15:01:33
"Eighty per cent of the published loss can be accounted for in one-off restructuring costs," says UK MD
are that this is achievable.”Earlier this week, Visordown reported the news that Japan's motorcycle export market was down over 50 per cent.
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Industry chiefs call for Government help
By Visordown News on 05/02/2010 13:00:01
Scrappage schemes, alternative-fuel incentives and vehicle excise costs - just a few of the topics presented to the Government by the MCIA
THE MOTOR Cycle Industry Association (MCI) has met with Government representatives with a view to gaining financial support for the motorcycle industry.MCI representatives met senior advisors, calling for equal status in the automotive field
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Get On drives 12,940 motorcycle sales
By Visordown News on 22/07/2011 11:51:07
Industry-backed campaign brings in thousands of new bikers
GET ON, the industry-backed campaign designed to offer free motorcycle taster sessions, has generated 12,940 motorcycle sales.The Get On campaign was launched in 2009 and is designed to promote motorcycling to a wider audience. It's funded
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Dealers give the Fireblade the thumbs up
By Visordown News on 28/02/2011 14:19:41
Honda's flagship sportsbike is popular with dealers too
BRITISH motorcycle dealers have voted the Honda Fireblade as the 'Used Machine of the Year'.The survey, conducted by British Dealer News, was voted on by almost 600 motorcycle dealers across the UK. Dealers who voted for the Fireblade reckoned
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Conflicting reports over Audi-Ducati deal
By Visordown News on 17/04/2012 10:48:32
'Important' week for Ducati
NEWS agencies are providing conflicting messages about the status of the talks between Ducati owner InvestIndustrial and the VW Group.Yesterday, InvestIndustrial's boss Andrea Bonomi briefly spoke to reporters, confirming the fact that his firm
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FTR Moto sold to Circuit of Wales developers
By Visordown News on 01/10/2012 17:25:05
Heads of the Valleys Development Company gets its own bike firm
for the Circuit of Wales are due to be presented later this month. The circuit and the technology park connected to it represent an investment of £250 million, the biggest in 50 years in the UK automotive industry.FTR Moto has a long history working behind
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European PTW market 'in crisis'
By Visordown News on 13/07/2011 13:51:16
A slump in sales in Italy drag down the rest of Europe's already bad figures
THE Powered Two Wheeler (PTW) market in Europe is 'in crisis' according to the Association des Constructeurs Européens de Motocycles (ACEM), the organisation that represents over 30 different motorcycle brands across Europe, as sales of PTWs
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Harley hit hard by recession
By Visordown on 01/02/2010 11:23:03
Global economic downturn forces American motorcycle giant Harley-Davidson to announce it’s to shed almost 1,000 jobs at the company’s main manufacturing plant in York, Pennsylvania.
The announcement comes as good and bad news to York’s 45,000-strong population: on the one hand the news ends months of speculation that Harley was planning to relocate the factory to another part of the country, putting all the plant’s 1950
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Road Safety campaign budgets cut by 80%
By Visordown News on 31/01/2013 09:18:17
Cyclists get just 1/25th of the budget allocated to motorcyclists despite cycling deaths continuing to rise
on motorcycle campaigns£78,000 on child and teenager road safety£53,000 spent on cyclist safety£50,000 on research into young drivers The figure attributed to a fatal road accident is £1.7m, however this is not the cost of 'cleaning up' the accident but
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