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Director of KTM RC8 Sales & Marketing: Hubert Trunkenpolz
By Hubert Trunkenpolz on 18/02/2008 16:05:33
The man responsible for the promotion behind the Austrian firms debut superbike
“The RC8 is tremendously important to KTM, for various aspects. First of all it was the missing link in our core products strategy. For years we have been one of the dominating off-road brands, close to almost 50% market share, and we realised that our expansion would be very dif...
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UK Powered Two Wheeler sales from the last decade
By Visordown News on 09/02/2011 11:43:27
The figures make stark reading but after the ecomonic meltdown is the industry on the rise again?
THE graph above shows the sales of Powered Two Wheelers (PTW) in the UK over the last decade.The figures, compiled by the Motorcycle Industry Association, were published in a recent article in British Dealer News.Sales in 2010 shrunk by over 43
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Suzuki GSX-R1000 tops September sales
By Visordown News on 08/10/2008 16:56:26
Motorcycles still selling at a steady pace, despite economic gloom
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
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Bike sales gone haywire
By Visordown News on 13/02/2008 09:32:21
Adventure sports market up 23 percent
BIKES LIKE the BMW R1200GS and Triumph Tiger have helped boost the Adventure Sports market by a whopping 23 percent in January 2008. And, amazingly, Harley-Davidsons have helped boost their Custom Bike sales sector by a full 7.4 percent over
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Yamaha's worldwide sales on the up
By Roger Willis on 30/10/2007 12:12:12
94,000 units sold in Europe alone in 2007
Yamaha's net profit in its third financial quarter to 30 Septemberclimbed by 16.2 per cent year-on-year to £75.6m on the back ofhealthy motorcycle sales in Asia and Europe " and despite a declinein the US. Total sales revenue for the period was up
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Motorcycle sales drop in Italy
By Visordown News on 05/02/2008 09:22:26
Figures down 7.7 percent in January
IT MAY account for more than half of all non-Japanese motorcycle and scooter production but figures just released have shown that sales of motorcycles in Italy slipped 7.7 percent in January.The news is thought to be as a direct result
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Eve's motorhome up for sale
By Visordown News on 03/01/2008 09:37:27
Blimey - what can't you buy on eBay?
Starting price? $225,000IT'S GOING to cost a fair chunk of cash - but the motorhome that the world's greatest daredevil lived and travelled in has just been put up for sale on Ebay. Check out the listing here: 250202343360 Apparently, it's been
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Hyosung's UK sales up
By Tim Skilton on 24/10/2007 13:50:26
Start taking us seriously, say manufacturer
HYOSUNG RECORDED its best ever sales month in September with 152 bikes being registered - 135 per cent up on the same month last year. The figure takes the South Korean make to a total of 781 bikes sold to the end of September.UK dealers report
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Honest reason for sale
By Tom Higham on 20/04/2012 16:10:06
Buy bad Bobby's bike
I've had spider webs covering bikes before but never 'in' a paint job. If that sounds like the sort of thing you're into then don't hang around. The seller might not be available for some time otherwise.
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Formby's Bike Up For Sale
By Visordown News on 28/11/2007 13:52:32
Funny teeth and ukulele not included
HE was most famous to the biking world for his TT comedy film No Limit - and now one of George Formby's own motorcycles is going to be up for sale. Formby's Norton 490cc international model 30 motorbike, is going up for auction for around £22
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