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Honda figures show impressive gains
By Visordown News on 30/01/2008 14:58:52
Motorcycle business revenue up 20.3 percent
revenue by 20.3 per cent to £1.6bn. Operating profit for the sector grew by 172.2 per cent to £133.5m. Actual claimed unit sales of bikes produced by the company fell by 14.4 per cent to 2.36 million but this figure discounts a further 1.16 million Honda
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Pole performance from Ducati
By Roger Willis on 21/05/2008 12:15:50
Premium Italian bike brand making substantial amounts of money
. Operating profit punched through to the front of the pack, up by 110 per cent to £15.6m, and net profit took the flag with a massive 166 per cent year-on-year increase to £11.8m.The factory wholesaled 11,948 bikes into its world-wide dealer networks during
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Harley-Davidson chief speaks out over Buell
By Visordown News on 16/10/2009 11:37:48
Keith Wandell: "We're not going to try to be all things to all people"
were "diverting investment dollars away from the Harley brand to support those brands."The company, owners of now defunct Buell Motorcycles, yesterday reported an 84% drop in third-quarter profit.Harley's financial arm recorded a $31.5 million third-quarter
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March sees positive motorcycle sales figures
By Visordown News on 17/04/2008 10:58:47
Despite the much chewed over credit-crunch, we're still buying bikes by the bucket-load
the first three months of the year the market is just 2.2 per cent down with a total of 30,694 registrations. To add a little more perspective, although March 2008 is down on March 2007, it is still over 10 per cent up on March 2006 and puts the industry
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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
11.8 per cent to£1.71bn.Unit sales grew 12 per cent to 1.26 million bikes, with Europeanvolume (including the UK) climbing by 15 per cent to 94,000 units.But the 'sub-prime' consumer credit turmoil in the US hammered themarket there, with sales down
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Strewth mate, turn yer lights on!
By Visordown News on 25/12/2007 20:49:57
Queensland minister asks bikers to switch on
, compared with 48 at the same time last year. Mickel said: "Motorbike riders and their pillions represent about a quarter of this year's road toll to date and motorbike riders are 30 times more likely than car drivers to be seriously injured or killed in a
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Santa Pod to run alternative fuel drag event
By Visordown News on 21/04/2008 11:21:38
Biodiesel, bioethanol, methanol, electric and hybrid fuel-powered machines to battle it out on Friday 25th April
SANTA POD Raceway will host a new event on Friday 25th April 2008 to showcase Alternative Energy sources for personal transport… and even motor racing. Entries to the event are very diverse, and have come from individuals, clubs, manufacturers
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Yamaha's new 250 racer for the road
By Visordown News on 28/05/2008 09:14:56
Visordown gives you the first picture of Yamaha's latest pocket-rocket
Yamaha's new 250cc YZF-R4HERE'S THE first look at Yamaha's next generation quarter-litre machine - the YZF R4.According to Japanese factory insiders speaking to top-flight Japanese motorcycle magazine Young Machine, the bike will be powered
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Biker convicted over 100 metre wheelie
By Visordown News on 22/10/2008 09:05:11
Another Oxfordshire biker gets slapped by local magistrates
A BIKER who performed a quarter-mile wheelie on Oxfordshire roads was yesterday convicted of careless driving. Witney magistrates heard how Florian Combe, 26, was travelling at speeds of up to 100mph on the dual carriageway, which has a speed limit
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Ronnie Renner - big balls
By Visordown Blogster on 27/07/2009 17:28:52
We get vertigo with thick socks on - check this nutter
DAREDEVIL MOTOCROSS star Ronnie Renner has broken his own world record with a jump of 63 feet, 5 inches on a quarter pipe.On Saturday at Chicago's Butler Field at Grant Park, in front of a cheering crowd, Renner launched himself over 63 feet above
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