Tag: Chinese Motorcycle
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Chinese 8 Cylinder Motorcycle Coming Soon
GWM Patent Engine Designed to Take on V6 These days there seems to be only one certainty, and that is that change is occurring faster than most people are willing to accept. Over the last eight years in particular, there has been a huge blowback in North America, and to a lesser extent in Europe…
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CFMoto Ibex 800T
Impressive Features, Excellent Warranty Today I got the opportunity to look over the CFMoto Ibex 800T, and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised. It’s obvious that CFMoto’s partnership with KTM has paid big dividends, and its competitors, such as the Kawasaki Versys 650 ($14,000 without a number of accessories found on the CFMoto and…
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Harley-Davidson Livewire S3 To Be Made in Taiwan
The big news this morning from Cycle World is that HD will be making its S3 Livewire in Taiwan. Kymco of Taiwan will be making the electric motorcycle, a scaled-down version of the S2 Platform. As most of you will know, in 2021 HD spun off Livewire as a separate company and announced plans for…
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Moto Morini Coming to Canada?
According to Canada MotoGuide.com they Are. Moto Morini is a company that many Canadian motorcyclists will never have heard of. Now wholly owned by China’s Zhongneng Vehicle Group, the bikes are made in China as well. Though the motorcycles have a long lineage in Italy (1937), the company has changed hands numerous times with incremental…
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The Chinese Advantage
ON MARCH 31, 2024 BY photomotoman MOTORCYCLING Share This! Why Will the Chinese Dominate in the EV Market, Be it Vehicles or Motorcycles? Chinese vehicles, irrespective of whether they are cars or motorcycles, are seeing great success in the marketplace. The question is why? What is it in terms of Chinese production that brings virtually every manufacturer to their…
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Electric Bikes: Three Continents and Three Different Outcomes
In Europe and North America There Is No Incentive to Going Electric. The response to electric motorcycles is very different, depending on where you live. In North America, electric motorcycles aren’t popular, at least as of yet, due to their lack of range, and a belief by prospective buyers of a motorcycle that the infrastructure…
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“Where“ is Harley-Davidson’s Motorcycle Market?
ON MARCH 25, 2024 BY PHOTOMOTOMAN WAWAIN MOTORCYCLING And why is this So Important to Harley-Davidson? Harley-Davidson has a problem, which in some ways is more unique to Harley-Davidson than it is to other motorcycle manufacturers in that only 34.95% of its sales occur outside North America. Why is this consequential to Harley-Davidson? Because while 65.05% of Harley-Davidson’s sales…
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Culture Shock for Harley-Davidson Owners
Chinese and Indians now making Harley-Davidson Motorcycles It had to happen eventually, or Harley-Davidson was likely going the way of the Dodo Bird. HD is now just not marketing motorcycles made in China, but making Harley-Davidson motorcycles in China, and one of them may well be coming to the US sooner than anyone thought. HD…
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Best Selling Bikes on the Planet
And, Dorothy You’re Not in Kansas Anymore In the last fifty years there has been a profound shift in motorcycle sales and motorcycle technologies. None more-so than those manufacturing motorcycle products worldwide. Where throughout the previous forty years, dominance in the industry was principally owned by Japanese, European and American manufacturers, like Honda, BMW, Triumph,…
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Motorcycle Prognostications 2024
This morning I was reading an article by Revzilla about the market for motorcycles in 2024. As interesting as it was, I’m sure that there will be a few surprises coming this year. I’ve compiled predictions from a variety of sources for this article. Some I can already see occurring, while for others, time will…