MotoAmerica, North America's motorcycle road racing series, has said that Aprilia will again be an official partner of the 2023 MotoAmerica Championship, with its RS 660 a major player in the REV'IT! Twins Cup title chase.
At a media event held at the brand's European research and development facility in Offenbach, Germany, Honda has outlined the next steps its European operations will take to provide new energy services products to European consumers. This included the brand's first electric moped - the MY23 swappable battery pack equipped EM1e: as part of its "multi-pathway approach towards Honda's global target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050".
The FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX) will stage its promised Asian debut in Singapore as Round 3 of the 2023 series on September 30. WSX is promoted by SX Global of Australia and funded by Abu Dhabi based Mubadala Investment Company.
Aprilia and the Piaggio Group are to donate € 200,000 to civil protection, in favour of the communities of Emilia-Romagna affected by the floods.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and GS Yuasa International Ltd. have announced a 50/50 joint venture agreement to establish a high-capacity, high-output lithium-ion battery development business (mainly for EVs) at Kyoto, Japan.
After over 17 years at Motorex in Switzerland (Bucher AG), Ronald Kabella is moving to Australia to work for its long-time sales partner A1 Accessory Imports "as part of his life plans". His successor, Andreas Vetter, will take over the role of Head of the powersports business unit on 1 May, 2023. In the USA, Motorex recently acquired Connecticut based brand Spectro Oils.
Yamaha's TY-E 2.0 electric trials bike and NEO's electric scooter (with removable battery) were awarded the globally prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design 2023. This marks the 12th consecutive year Yamaha Motor has won a Red Dot Award for its products since 2012.
Formerly known as the FIM Enel MotoE World Cup when Energica was manufacturer of the spec bikes, the 2023 series sees Ducati making its debut as the bike manufacturer for a series that now has World Championship status.
New and existing KTM street model owners in the UK and Republic of Ireland are now offered a new Lifetime Mobility Scheme, free of charge. New KTM street model owners already benefit from a 24- month manufacturer's warranty, which is accompanied by one year of European-wide Lifetime Mobility Service free of charge. The new KTM Lifetime Mobility Service scheme means that each time the machine is serviced at an authorised KTM dealer, the Mobility Service is automatically extended for up to 12 months or until the next due service (either the annual service or the next mileage service, whichever comes first). The definition of lifetime for single-cylinder vehicles is a maximum of 60,000 km or eight years, whichever comes first, and 80,000 km or eight years for two-cylinder vehicles. The scheme operates in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
Norton Motorcycle, the TVS/India owned comeback, has opened its first flagship showroom at the Bike Shed in London.
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