Italian suspension manufacturer Bitubo’s nitrogen gas pressurised CLU rear mono shock features completely serviceable hydraulic spring pre-load, length, rebound and high/low compression adjustment.
Indian Motorcycle has announced it is to accelerate the July 2018 announced plan to manufacture Scout models for Europe at its Polaris ATV/UTV facility in Poland. The intention is to “reduce the impact of the retaliatory tariffs on motorcycles imposed by the EU in response to the Trump administration’s aluminium and steel tariffs.” The facility in Poland will assemble CKD kits (Complete Knock Down) shipped there from its Spirit Lake, Iowa motorcycle manufacturing and assembly factory.
Harley has confirmed that it will build its European models at the factory it commissioned in Q3 in Thailand. Further expansion of the initial build is to take place.
Italian suspension specialist Andreani has updated its popular Misano fork cartridge. The EVO cartridge features a 20 mm piston with increased oil passages and adjustable compression, rebound and spring preload. Over 150 naked, street, sport and custom bike applications are available.
PBR’s C45 tempered steel sprocket kits include EK Chain and an RSS front sprocket with rubber injected into its holes for “exceptional smoothness and noise suppression”.
Sifam Motorcycle Parts is offering dealers access to a programme of Kyoto high-performance lead acid batteries and ElecThium Li-ion batteries with “Connect and Forget” universal application (12V, S.L.A, lead and A.G.M) chargers available.
The work of the Connected Motorcycle CMC continues, with the objective being to make sure that the “very different riding dynamic and behaviour of motorcycles” are integrated into the moves to see cars and other four-wheel traffic embrace Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Cooperative Intelligent Transport System (C-ITS) collision avoidance and traffic flow technology. In 2014 all the motorcycle manufacturing members of ACEM committed to introducing at least one model equipped with C-ITS functionality by the year 2020.The CMC was founded in 2016 by BMW, Yamaha and Honda; since then Kawasaki, Suzuki, KTM and Ducati have also joined.
