Here’s one to wrap your mind around: Suzuki sold more motorcycles in the last 9 months of 2010 than it did in same time period in 2009, but somehow managed to make less money on those sales. Selling 975,000 units in Q2-Q4 of 2010, Suzuki scored an encouraging 6.1% sales increase, but the Japanese company made only ¥186.3 billion in revenue ($2.26 billion USD), which was down 4.6% from the ¥195.2 billion ($2.37 billion USD) made in the same timeframe in 2009. Puzzling, no?
In a case being prosecuted in Florida, a former dentist has plead guilty to supplying a number for high-profile athletes and celebrities with various steroid and performance-enhancing drugs. Among the names being pulled out of his business records is Paul Teutul Sr. of Orange County Choppers and the popular television show American Chopper. According to the seized documents, Paul Sr. received dozens of prescriptions for steroids and HGH (human growth hormone).
This news of course comes as virtually no surprise to anyone who has ever watched the show.
Yamaha recently announced that it will be closing its factory in northeastern Spain, and consolidating the production into its Saint…
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2BccVeAurI We don’t really know how this accident happened on the byway (it’s hard not to notice a motorcycle that…
With the 2011 MotoGP season right around the corner, there are several big questions waiting to be answered. The biggest…
Continuing its “ONE on ONE” series, Yamaha has pitted two staples of its MotoGP garage to interview each other: nine-time…
Maybe it’s the low-key feel-good guitar music, or the fact that this video is about a small motorcycle mechanic based…
Posted to Erik Buell Racing’s Facebook page yesterday, this photo is what we presume is the soon to be released Erik Buell Racing 1190RS street bike. Based off the EBR 1190RR race bike, Erik Buell & Co. have been slowly teasing the idea of producing a limited production street bike, now that certain legal obligations are coming to a conclusion. No word yet on price or quantities, but we don’t expect this to be EBR’s foray into large production, and units are likely to be hand produced at the American company’s race shop.
Once thought for dead, Dymag wheels are again be available for motorcycle enthusiasts, as the brand has been bought by…
The writing has been on the wall for some time for BMW to replace its air-cooled boxer twin with an updated liquid-cooled version, and that hallmark day appears to be coming, as SoloMoto (additional photos on their website) has captured the next-generation German motor out testing in the wild (enhanced photo above) on the Spanish roads near Tarragona. This photo appears to confirm reports that BMW is testing a new R1200GS model, which will feature the liquid-cooled boxer twin, and has obvious differences from its air-cooled predecessor.
Troy Corser was forced to sit out the second day of testing for BMW Motorrad at Phillip Island after a…
