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KTM 390 Duke to get fully-faired and off-road variants

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Austrian motorcycle heavyweights KTM are in plans to introduce two new variants of their much hyped 390 Duke motorcycle in India.

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, KTM’s CEO Stefan Pierer recently stated, “KTM will debut a ‘faired’ model (KTM Moto3 350) and a ‘travel / touring’ model (KTM Enduro 350), which will be based on the KTM 390 Duke platform, and will share the bike’s 375cc single-cylinder engine.” He further added, “KTM will continue to rollout models every six months, with the faired sport bike and enduro model included in that plan.”

The Austrian firms market strategy is quite evident here as they are focusing more and more on the upcoming economies like India, south-east Asia, and Japan etc. Pierer also stated that KTM is developing a sub 200cc motorcycle for India and the Asian markets, which will, in all probability, be powered by a 180cc engine. With Bajaj-KTM’s expansion blue print going in the right direction it is evident from the fact that India is being touted as the next big market for the ‘Orange army’.

 

Source: CNBC-TV18

MV Agusta returns to WSS; confirms Luca Scassa for 2013 season

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Of the many reasons to look forward to the upcoming season of World Superbike, a very important one is the return of MV Agusta in the FIM Supersport World Championship, with full factory support.

The Italian bike maker has confirmed the news of getting back to the racing world, with ParkinGO team. Both partners have signed a three-years contract. The company will race in the 600-cc Supersport class with their three-cylinder F3 675, which will be developed by 2011 series champion ParkinGO who also saw victory with the campaign they did for Chaz Davies in WBSK in the last season and an overall ninth for the team.

MV Agusta has a glorious history in racing with as many as 37 championship titles to their name, but have been away from the racing scenario for quite some time. The number to be raced by the duo is still under speculations, with MV Agusta rider Luca Scassa being the only one racer whose name has been confirmed at the moment. Davies, on the other hand, would be racing with BMW in the 2013 season. The contract between MV Agusta and ParkinGO was made on the same day, which would have been MV Agusta’s founder late Claudio Castiglioni’s 65th birthday. There are reports which suggest that the company may even return to WSBK by 2014. Alongside, MV Agusta also sees competition from Suzuki who will also make a comeback into racing in the upcoming season, with Suriano Racing, and Yamaha who wish to increase their presence in the championship under the name ‘Yakhnich Motorsport’.

MV Agusta returns to WSS; confirms Luca Scassa for 2013 season

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Of the many reasons to look forward to the upcoming season of World Superbike, a very important one is the return of MV Agusta in the FIM Supersport World Championship, with full factory support.

The Italian bike maker has confirmed the news of getting back to the racing world, with ParkinGO team. Both partners have signed a three-years contract. The company will race in the 600-cc Supersport class with their three-cylinder F3 675, which will be developed by 2011 series champion ParkinGO who also saw victory with the campaign they did for Chaz Davies in WBSK in the last season and an overall ninth for the team.

MV Agusta has a glorious history in racing with as many as 37 championship titles to their name, but have been away from the racing scenario for quite some time. The number to be raced by the duo is still under speculations, with MV Agusta rider Luca Scassa being the only one racer whose name has been confirmed at the moment. Davies, on the other hand, would be racing with BMW in the 2013 season. The contract between MV Agusta and ParkinGO was made on the same day, which would have been MV Agusta’s founder late Claudio Castiglioni’s 65th birthday. There are reports which suggest that the company may even return to WSBK by 2014. Alongside, MV Agusta also sees competition from Suzuki who will also make a comeback into racing in the upcoming season, with Suriano Racing, and Yamaha who wish to increase their presence in the championship under the name ‘Yakhnich Motorsport’.

Honda Promotes Road Safety at 32nd India International Trade Fair

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Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt Ltd (HMSI) participated in the 32nd India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 14-27 November 2012 in association with the Delhi Traffic Police at their pavilion.

Activities for young children included role plays and interactive games for a “fun way” of learning. There were also Special Painting Competitions for over a 1,000 children from the age group of 5-8 years with gifts for the winners.

Honda arranged a practical riding experience for 9-12 year old children in a protected road environment designed specially for the purpose. The company trained 1,100 children on its CRF 50 model to help them understand why safe riding is important. Parents were advised to not allow children access to vehicles before they are at the correct legal age to ride or drive. The families were also presented ‘safe family’ framed photographs.

For riders aged 16 years and above, riding trainers (who are also present at all HMSI dealerships) helped them to experience more than 100 possible road dangers.

Over 2,000 visitors got to participate in this virtual experience, and more than 50,000 visitors to the Trade Fair gave an overwhelming response to Honda’s initiative of spreading road safety awareness and knowledge.

Suzuki unveils GSX-R1000 Yoshimura special edition

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Japanese exhaust specialists Yoshimura have always been associated with Suzuki since the early days.

Now, Suzuki have unveiled a special edition Yoshimura GSX-R in honour of the Japanese tuning brand’s association with the motorcycle giant. To start things off, this special edition has been decked up with a unique paint-job, quite literally shouting out the ‘Yoshimura’ brand name. The superbike showcases all about performance even from a stand-still, sporting custom seats, OZ wheels, mirror block-off plates, wave brake discs, and a rear shock linkage kit have all been decked up to this special edition GSX-R.

Although not many off the technical details have been disclosed of this special edition 2013 GSX-R1000, we reckon Suzuki is going to market this stunner in very limited numbers to wealthy connoisseurs in Europe and the US of A. And, as with most limited edition works of art, the price tag has been kept very hush-hush for now.