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Popular motorbike manufacturing company MV Agusta have received a fifteen million Euro loan which will see the company branch out into other areas of the world and will see them develop more motorcycles on an international platform. The United States,Asia and Brazil are just some of the countries to name a few that will benefit from the new international development of the Italy based company with brand new motorcycles and brand recognition being focused on heavily thanks to the loan. These changes are all a part of the firms four year growth plan which runs from 2014 up until 2018. It has been a big and profitable year fro MV Agusta. One of the worlds leading car brands Mercedes Benz recently bought a stake into the company which seen them purchase twenty five percent of the MV brand which will help to increase the long standing rivalry with the BMW brand carrying over now to the motorcycle market. It will be great to see just what models MV are planning on developing in the new future and just what new ventures will come from the way of this growth development plan.
The Suzuki Katana is set to return
It was a motorbike that proved to be one of the most influential and biggest sellers for the Suzuki Corporation in the early days and now the firm are not to revive the name of the Katana after many years away. The big hint that the company are reviving the name is that they have applied for the trademark of the name once again. The Katana's dominated the motorcycle scene for the Japanese brand during the 1980's and for anyone who particularly enjoyed the eighties thanks to models such as the Katana then you may be excited to learn of the news that the old Gamma model is set to make a comeback also. As soon as we learn more about the revival of both of these bikes, we will keep you informed.
A new Triumph Cafe Racer is spied testing
The addition of a brand new Triumph Cafe Racer bike has been spotted undergoing tests on public roads and the bike was spied in Barcelona. The picture taken of the bike reveal that the new Triumph will feature an 1100cc engine coming complete with a liquid cooling system. The model shares a similar sort of design to that of the classic Thruxton model but one of the biggest differences between the two motorcycles is that this new Cafe Racer will put out somewhere in the 90 bhp area which is a vast increase compared to that of the standard Thruxton. The bike has been given the name of the 'Street Tracker' but an special R version of the two wheeled machine is also expected. This will carry some of the most up to date specifications including an Ohlins suspension system and a set of Brembo brakes. Both variations of the bike are believed to be going on sale from around next year.