| A year of records for BMW Motorrad: | | Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:50:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | Munich. 2006 was a year of superlatives for BMW Motorrad. On December 15th, an annual production of 100,000 motorcycles was achieved at the Berlin plant for the first time ever, and in sales too the magic figure of 100,000 units was exceeded for the first time. Exactly 100,064 BMW motorcycles were sold worldwide – the highest number ever supplied by the company to customers in a single year. As compared to the previous year (97,474 units) this means a sales increase of 2.7 per cent. And the company can boast yet another proud statistic for 2006: in December the number of all BMW motorcycles produced since 1923 reached the two million mark. By the end of the year a total of 2,061,977 motorcycles had been produced, 1,616,016 having come off the production lines of the motorcycle plant in Berlin-Spandau since 1969.... | |
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| | | KCR Race Report - 11-13-06 | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:50:14 AM by Blog57 Team | | Avondale, Ariz. Brian Keselowski finished 43rd behind the wheel of the #23 Ridley Motorcycles Chevrolet in the Arizona Travel 200 at Phoenix International Raceway on Saturday. Keselowski had started in 43rd position in his NASCAR Busch Series debut. He hoped to gain seat time and experience in the race but another car got into him on lap 22 and he hit the wall. "It was great to get a chance to compete with these guys, but I wish things had turned out a little better," said Keselowski. "Brian was doing a good job out there today," said crew chief Ronnie Griffin. "He was just trying to stay out of trouble when he got hit. That's racing." Brian Keselowski was subbing for his brother Brad, who skipped the race to maintain his eligibility for the Raybestos Rookie of the Year in 2007.... | |
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| | | Taiwan donates motorcycles to Zambo government | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:53:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Representative Hsin-Hsing Wu is arriving in Zamboanga City next week to turn over motorcycles to be used by local authorities in peacekeeping efforts. Mayor Celso Lobregat said on Monday that Wu will hand over 38 units of Taiwan-made motorcycles to the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, who in turn will donate it to the local government. .... | |
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| | | Angel Ride set Saturday | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 6:52:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | A procession of hundreds of motorcycles will roar through south Baldwin on Saturday as participants raise money for sick and disabled children, according to organizers of the 2006 Angel Ride. "Response has been very good and we're expecting more than 2,000 riders," said Mary Carolyn McDaniel, one of the organizers of the fifth-annual event. "The weather's part of it -- it's supposed to be great, and Lonestar is a very popular group." The bands Lonestar and Mustang Sally will be the featured entertainers at the concert at the end of the motorcycle rally at Oak Hollow Farm in Fairhope. The ride will begin at the Tanger Center outlet mall in Foley around 3 p.m., McDaniel said. Riders will go north on Alabama 59 through Foley and Summerdale before turning west on Alabama 104 in Robertsdale.... | |
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| | | An absolutely undeserved reward for the police | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 12:54:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | A months time to control the rising street crime in the metropolis is finally over yet the crime situation continues to worsen with the passage of each day. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, taking serious note of the growing incidents of street crime, had presided over a meeting in Karachi about a month ago and put the police on notice to control the situation. However, it continues unchanged. The citizens of Karachi have been paying all along with their lives and property and the cost of the lawlessness that is the sole responsibility of the government. No let-up has been observed across the city, despite a clear-cut warning that the prime minister had given the police in order to control the street crimes and the period is completed on November 1.... | |
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| | | Motorcycle master | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 2:49:24 AM by Blog57 Team | | Paul Teutul's fame has taken off like a blown bike without binders, flogging it down the interstate to destinations unknown. Teutul, 57, is the patriarch of the dysfunctional clan that's helping fuel the national mania for motorcycles. He and his sons Paulie and Mikey (more formally Paul Jr. and Michael) star in the hit Discovery Channel reality series "American Chopper," which debuted in 2003 and is still carving its way across the countryside. In reality, they own Orange County Choppers, a seven-year-old company that designs and builds "choppers" or motorcycles with extended front ends. The bikes usually have been "chopped" or cut up to reduce weight. A third son, Danny, now owns Orange County Ironworks, the business that gave Paul Teutul his start back in the late '60s and early '70s.... | |
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| | | State, local officials raid Motor-Sport Entertainment in Holyoke | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:49:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | (Holyoke, MASS - AP) - State and local police, fire and other city officials raid a High Street business in Holyoke and remove poker machines and mini-motorcycles. Police sawed through several door locks before confiscating nine poker machines and nine mini-motorcycles at Motor-Sport Entertainment yesterday at about 2:30 p-m. Holyoke's licensing commission banned the licensing of video slot and poker machines in July. And the mini-bikes were confiscated by the Fire Department because officials said the gas tanks presented a fire hazard to the surrounding businesses and apartments overhead. Holyoke Police Captain Arthur Monfette said action is possible against the lease-holder, who was not on scene yesterday. The building owner, Yvon LeDuc, told The Republican of Springfield that he was unaware of any possible impropriety at Motor-Sport.... | |
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| | | Shop owner pins sales hopes on trike product's benefits | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 6:48:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- As Wayne and Anita Williams rolled into the parking lot of Evil Twin Motorcycles on Thursday afternoon, there were grins on their faces. "This is great," 59-year-old Wayne Williams said as the couple spent a few minutes relaxing while the trike they had just taken for a test ride cooled down. "If I get a trike, it will be this one here." "We did doughnuts with it and it did pretty good," his 48-year-old wife said. "I might even learn to ride it by myself." That is what W.R. "Pappy" Schippers likes to hear. Through his DeLand-based machine shop, Schippers sells DFT (Darn Fine Trikes) kits to convert most standard motorcycles into three-wheeled machines. But he was spending Biketoberfest demonstrating the product outside the New Smyrna Beach motorcycle shop.... | |
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| | | Notorious Bhagwandas killed | | Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:49:02 AM by Blog57 Team | | Gwalior, Oct 16: A notorious criminal Bhagwandas Kamaria was shot dead at the door step of his own house in old cantonment area of Jalalpur village . The killers riding on three motorcycles reached at his house and they were six in numbers. Case against five of them has been registered . Bhagwandas received five bullets into his body and died on the spot. There were 32 cases registered against him and 9 cases were of murder and others of different crimes. According to sources, at around 1.30 pm at around half a dozen criminals reached near the house of Bhagwandas who was sitting out side his home. The killers opened fire continuously on Bhagwandas. In this incident Bhagwandas received injuries at his head and chest. The attackers after shooting Bhagwandas again ridiing motorcycles fled away from there.... | |
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| | | Harley profit jumps on sales of higher-priced motorcycles | | Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 6:49:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | Milwaukee-based motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc. said third-quarter net income rose 18 percent on demand for its highest-priced cruiser models. Net income climbed to $312.7 million, or $1.20 a share, from $265 million, or 96 cents, a year earlier, the company said today. The results exceeded analysts' estimates by 10 cents a share. Harley, which has a significant manufacturing presence in Kansas City, stoked demand for its namesake cycles this year by adding a more powerful V-Twin engine and a six-speed transmission to its Dyna, Softail and Touring models, which sell for more than $30,000 after riders customize their bikes with chrome components and other accessories. Harley-Davidson sells about 25 percent of motorcycles worldwide with engines of 650cc or larger.... | |
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