‘Extenda Fenda’ and hugger for Africa Twin
British parts, accessory and styling specialist Pyramid Plastics offer dealers worldwide access to one of the largest ranges of replacement and custom options on the market - from huggers and frame infill panels to fairing lower kits and belly pans.
However, they are perhaps best known for their unique ‘Extenda Fenda’ concept, an easy and inexpensive solution to protecting the front and back of the bike from road debris, making it easier to keep the bike clean and maintain after riding on wet and muddy terrain.
Seen here for Honda’s popular CRF 1000L, the Extenda Fenda is designed and manufactured specifically for this bike in strong, lightweight and durable ABS plastic, just like the hugger, which is hand-laid in fibreglass.
Available in black, white, red or carbon, all Pyramid designs are bespoke, precision-fit, model-specific solutions engineered to suit each individual motorcycle - the company has over 350 models of ‘Extenda Fenda’ and more than 15,000 items across the full Pyramid range available from inventory at any time.
Celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, the company ships worldwide to over 50 countries.
PYRAMID PLASTICS
www.pyramid-plastics.co.uk
Puig air-flow optimised touring and New Gen late-model naked bike screens
For long distance rides, Spanish manufacturer Puig has introduced an aerodynamically optimised, virtual wind tunnel designed, touring-specific screen series to minimise the windblast against the rider. These screens are said to raise the windblast by several centimetres, allowing the rider to keep in a more comfortable riding position.
The touring screen for the Ducati Monster 1200/R 2016 seen here is available in smoke, dark smoke, black, red and transparent finishes and is made in “resistant and durable” 3 mm “high-impact” acrylic. The design is TUV approved and features a rounded edge 3mm profile that doesn’t need a windshield trim to be used.
Also shown here, Puig’s “Retrovision” windshield, seen here for the 2016 Suzuki SV650, is said to be a unique new generation of model-specific windscreens specially designed for late-model naked bikes. Manufactured in 3 mm “high-impact” acrylic and available in a selection of colourways, it too has been engineered, tested and specified and is said to offer increased protection against windblast.
PUIG HI-TECH PARTS
www.puig.tv
Titanium rear sprocket
PBR in Italy is offering this titanium rear sprocket for selected sports and street bike applications – identical to the sprocket supplied to the official Aprilia MotoGP and Superbike Championship racing teams.
Precision-machined from titanium, not surprisingly PBR says “this rear sprocket is as good as it gets – it not only looks great, but it is extremely light, really strong and very durable”.
PBR SPROCKETS
www.pbr.it
13” rim winter tyre
Have you ever tried to get winter tyres for 13” wheels? Sure, not an everyday requirement for all motorcycle dealers, but it’s one of those things that should you ever require them, and require them quickly – best of luck!
Unless that is you contact Krefeld, Germany specialist Niemann+Frey, because then you’ll be in luck. For models such as the Piaggio Porter and other 13” rims, the pure-race winter Portafour M + S tyre is equipped with the snowflake symbol and is a latest generation winter all-rounder, developed especially for light-truck models such as the Piaggio Porter.
A reliable tyre year-round, the Portafour M + S technology has been tailored to meet the demands of winter road surfaces, with excellent performance on a wet-cold track and high safety during driving on snow. Thanks to 3D lamella technology, improved driving stability is achieved by minimising block movements; reduced rolling resistance and abrasion ensure high efficiency. The radial steel belt carcass delivers the necessary high load carrying capacity, and the aquaplaning characteristics are very good thanks to an optimised footprint that also provides additional stability and better handling on wet and dry surfaces.
Niemann+Frey product manager and tyre mastermind Jens Engelking added that “it was important for us to close this gap in the market and to provide European customers and the trade with a good product, with good margins, while at the same time meeting the specialist requirements. The Sceed42Tyre Portafour M + S is produced in Europe, thus satisfying the highest quality requirements”.
NIEMANN+FREY GmbH
www.niemann-frey.de
Italian motorcycle registrations +21.49 percent for 2016
According to the latest data released by ANCMA (the Milan based motorcycle industry trade association for Italy), new motorcycle registrations were up by 128.12 percent in December 2016, at 3,707 units as manufacturers and their dealers pre-register units in advance of statistical and regulatory cut-offs.
For the full year, motorcycle registrations in Italy were +21.49 percent at 75,936 units, a third straight year of growth.
In total PTW terms December registrations were +75.83 percent in Italy at 8,621 units and +13.26 percent for the full year at 193,814 units – also a third straight year of growth, the Italian market having fallen to 153,933 total PTW registrations in 2013.
Scooter registrations were +117.88 percent for 2016 at 117,814 units; the top sellers were Honda’s SH 125/150/300 series, achieving sales of 24,868 units between them, with Kymco’s Agility 125 R16 (4950 units) ahead of Piaggio’s Beverley 300 and Liberty 125 ABS in their home market (4,421 and 3,920 units respectively) and Yamaha’s TMax 500 (3,870 units).
The top selling motorcycle in Italy in 2016 was BMW’s R 1200 GS (3,329 units), followed by Honda’s Africa Twin (2,840 units); Yamaha’s MT-09 Tracer (2,609 units); Honda’s NC 750 X (2,355 units) and Ducati’s Scrambler 800 (2,264 units).
The Italian market is seeing the same trend towards middleweight motorcycles that is apparent right across Europe with the 751 – 1000cc sector the fastest growing, in percentage terms, at +20.83 percent (22,013 units).
Naked/”traditional” style bikes are the largest sector in Italy, with 26,387 new models sold (+23.26 percent), with Enduro style models being the fastest growing of the “major” sectors in styling terms (25,668 units/+31.49 percent); the sportsbike market in Italy was actually down a little (-0.88 percent) at 3,949 units; custom bikes were +12.3 percent in Italy in 2016 (6,923 units).
UK motorcycle registrations + 13.52 percent for 2016
The latest data released by the MCIA, the motorcycle trade association in the UK, shows new motorcycle registrations + 13.52 percent for 2016 at 118,990 units – a fifth straight year of growth for the UK market and the best annual market performance since before 2008.
In total PTW terms the UK market was +11.86 percent for 2016 at 127,702 units – a third straight year of growth and also the highest annual market performance since before 2008.
As elsewhere in Europe, December “sales” were inflated by pre-end-of-year registrations of Euro 3 inventory before the new Euro 4 regulations took effect on January 1st.
New moped registrations in the UK were down by – 6.77 percent in 2016 at 8,712 units for the year, and scooter registrations were -6.8 percent for 2016 at 8,712 units.
New LighTech accessories for Yamaha MT-10
During the recent EICMA show, leading Italian manufacturer LighTech unveiled a full line-up of aftermarket accessories for the popular Yamaha MT-10 (FZ-10), one of the best received naked sportsbike launches of recent years.
In line with its usual ultra-high quality product standards, these products were designed to both complement and extend the performance of this new bike model. Aesthetically these new accessories are designed to add class in a way that is sympathetic to the original MT-10 designer’s thinking, and are available in five colour choices - black, cobalt blue, red, silver and gold.
Model-specific designs include adjustable rear-sets with LighTech’s Track-System technology (available in 3 versions), a license plate holder kit and Ergal screws kits (for fairings, engine and frame).
Available from LighTech’s universal fit programme are proven, durable and stylish passenger footpegs, chain adjusters, swingarm spools, aluminium mirrors (for legal street use also), gas caps, reservoir covers, brake and clutch levers in magnesium, carbon parts, frame sliders, aluminium engine covers, handlebar caps and more.
All LighTech aluminium parts are 100 percent CNC-machined from a solid block of high-grade, high-strength, lightweight aluminium.
LIGHTECH S.r.l.
www.lightech.it
