On October 30, a Buell Lightning XB12Scg rolled off the company’s East Troy, Wis. assembly line, the last of the 136,923 motorcycles built in the company’s 26 years of operation. Parent Harley-Davidson announced on October 15 that the Buell lineup of motorcycles would be discontinued effective December 18, 2009. Buell motorcycles will continue to be sold through existing dealers until inventory is depleted.
BMW is known the world over for its excellent brand of inline-six cylinder powerplants. In most cases, those supremely smooth and powerful engines power the German company’s cars and trucks. Apparently, that won’t always be the case, though, as BMW has just revealed its new Concept 6 motorcycle at the EICMA Show in Milan.
As the name implies, the Concept 6 boasts an engine with six cylinders, and the best news is that the mill is destined for a new production model in the near future. Expect to see …Â Details
Keeping a secret in the motoring world is nearly impossible. Maybe that’s why Italian bike manufacturer CR&S let the cat out of the bag just shy of the EICMA Milan motorcycle show on November 10th.
The Duu — Italian for two — follows the “two†theme throughout the bike. It’s a two-seater with a V-twin engine and it fuses the sporty European and muscular American motorcycle cultures. But the most impressive specification in this repertoire of twos is the massive 2.0-liter engine… Details and Pictures
This morning BMW announced revised editions of the R 1200 RT and R 1200 GS for 2010. While the GS essentially is unchanged except for a new engine (featuring double overhead cams, as well as increased horsepower and torque), the RT not only receives the same revised engine, but a host of other changes described …Â Details & Pictures
BMW is known the world over for its excellent brand of inline-six cylinder powerplants. In most cases, those supremely smooth and powerful engines power the German company’s cars and trucks. Apparently, that won’t always be the case, though, as BMW has just revealed its new Concept 6 motorcycle at the EICMA Show in Milan.
Keeping a secret in the motoring world is nearly impossible. Maybe that’s why Italian bike manufacturer CR&S let the cat out of the bag just shy of the EICMA Milan motorcycle show on November 10th.