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Not a Yamaha YZF-R125
By Visordown News on 10/02/2012 10:31:37
You've got to admire the blatancy of it...
NOPE. It's not a Yamaha YZF-R125. Can't you tell it's actually a Genata GM125YZF-R?Yes, in China it seems that patents, copyrights and trademarks all have a slightly different meaning, and the result is this, erm, shall we say “tribute” to Yamaha
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General Motors sells its Suzuki shares for £156m
By Visordown News on 19/11/2008 10:21:37
Struggling American car giant flogs assets to help stem their massive losses
ANOTHER victim of the global financial crisis, American vehicle giant General Motors, is selling it's three percent stake in Suzuki for a reported £156m.Suzuki has already announced that it would buy back the shares.GM has just filed it's third
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Le Mans 24hr: Plater tops practice times
By Visordown News on 17/04/2009 09:09:43
BSB frontrunner blasts Honda France missile to top of timesheets ahead of this weekend's epic
race.The Honda France squad were fastest in the first free practice sessions reportedly with Yamaha GM94 second quickest and then Michelin Honda, National Motos Honda, SERT Suzuki and Kawasaki Bolliger making up the rest of the top spots.Last year
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Electric bike hits 166mph in new speed record
By Visordown News on 21/10/2009 10:57:34
Lightning Motorcycles machine pips Mission One to new electric speed record
record, set by Paul Thede from Race Tech, during the world famous Speed Week Time Trials, makes the machine the world's fastest production electric bike.Lightning's machine is powered by lithium ion batteries and a GM EV1 electric car motor.The record
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Cheap cars to be made with motorcycle parts
By Visordown News on 11/02/2008 17:14:22
General Motors looks at new ways to mass produce low-cost automobiles
been shaken by the challenge from the Tata Nano, a bargain car recently unveiled in India last month. Hans Demant, chief executive of GM's German unit Opel has told the German weekly Auto Motor und Sport that the company was looking at an Euro 8
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Suzuki slashes race budgets
By Roger Willis on 02/12/2008 17:44:14
£150m share buy back plan puts mockers on 2009 race budgets
MotoGP campaign run by Paul Denning’s Crescent outfit from the UK is as yet unclear.Apparently company chairman Osamu Suzuki decided to buy back the shareholding from GM because he didn’t want it flogged off at a distress price on the open market
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Gallery: General Motors electric 'scooter' revealed
By Visordown News on 25/03/2010 08:13:17
It looks like a car but rides on two wheels
congestion and accidents, and more fun and fashionable than ever before,’ says Kevin Wale, President and MD, GM China Group.The EN-V’s motors are powered by a lithium-ion battery pack, which provides a range of at least 40km on one full charge. GPS, onboard
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Ducati gets a new CEO
By Visordown News on 19/04/2013 09:31:00
Claudio Domencali takes over from Gabriele Del Torchio
the company on a path of growth and strength.'Domenicali has been with Ducati for over two decades, having joined as a project leader in 1991, and has served in various positions, including MD of Ducati Corse, R&D Director and GM of Operations and Product
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Badger's Tails: Slow Slow Journos
By The Badger on 24/10/2006 22:23:17
Badger discovers not all 'ex-racers' become journos
. The victim of this odious email is a freelancing fen-dweller who claims to be both a farmer and an ex-racer. A heady combination. Our irked emailer suggested that the only thing cultivated on this particular farm were bumper crops of G.M egos and judging
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The Grass Roots of Grass Track
By Mark Graham on 20/09/2010 15:56:13
Tearing a groove in to a field with an adventure in the world of grass track racing
is the most popular powerplant at the moment, followed by the Italian GM lump, and British Godden units are still doing the business in the right hands. These engines run total-loss oil systems: castor oil carried in the frame top-tube is pumped
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