Two Wheelers News

An Italian court has allowed motorcycle brand MV Agusta 's new business plant to restructure its debt with creditors and suppliers. The court order in Varese, Italy, may well result in MV Agusta closing its investment deal with the Black Ocean Group, an Anglo-Russian private equity firm. Latest reports speculate that Black Ocean could take over the position held by Mercedes-AMG in MV Agusta. The Italian motorcycle brand has been reeling under financial crisis for some time now, with the firm forced to slash budgets last year in order to continue operating.

Japanese electric motorcycle manufacturer Mugen Shinden has unveiled a new model - the Mugen Shinden Roku - the firm's sixth entry into the Isle of Man TT. "Roku" - Japanese for number "six" is so named to mark Mugen's sixth year in the iconic race. Piloted this year by John McGuinness and Guy Martin, this year's attempt will be to break the 120 mph (193 kmph) at the TT Zero event at the IOMTT.

TVS has overtaken Hero MotoCorp as second largest scooter manufacturer in India during the period of April, 2016-February, 2017, according to the latest sales data available from Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).

The 2017 Kawasaki Ninja 300 has been launched in India at a price of Rs 3.64 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The baby Ninja gets new livery - new decals inspired from the larger-displacement Ninja supersport models. The new Ninja 300 also gets a fatter 140 section rear tyre on the 2017 model, compared to the 130 section tyre on the outgoing model, and now meets new emission norms.

Kawasaki and Bajaj have decided to amicably end their eight-year long alliance to provide sales and after sales to Kawasaki bikes in India from 1 April 2017. With effect from that date, Kawasaki motorcycles will be sold and after sales service, including that for past customers, will be provided by India Kawasaki Motors Pvt Ltd

Triumph Motorcycles is recalling a limited number of bikes in the Bonneville range for what the company calls "preventive part replacement". Triumph authorised service centres are reaching out to customers and replacing the faulty part which could potentially malfunction, CarandBike.com has learnt. The replacement will be carried out free of charge, and only certain motorcycles are affected which have been identified.

An almost production-ready version of the new Royal Enfield 750 cc twin-cylinder motorcycle has now been spotted testing in the UK, just days after the new 750 cc parallel-twin Royal Enfield was spotted testing in India. Although there are no new pictures of the new bike, MCN reports that a finished version of the new Royal Enfield model - to be called the Continental GT750 - was spotted testing in the UK. The bike was spotted testing in Spain last year and is expected to be launched within the next few months.

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) has said that its popular mini-bike, the Honda Navi, has crossed the 60,000 sales mark, far ahead of the 50,000 sales target it was meant to achieve.