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Troubled Italian motorcycle manufacturer MV Agusta's financial future seems to be secure with jts debt restructured in Italian courts and investment from the Black Ocean Group. Although MV Agusta announced that the company's liquidity crisis meant no new superbike was planned for 2017, now it seems the Italian marquee is back on track with a new model planned for later this year after all. MV Agusta CEO Giovanni Castiglioni has told MCN that there are three new models currently under development.

India Yamaha Motor Private Limited (IYM), the Indian arm of the Japanese two-wheeler major, is planning to export over 2.2 lakh scooters and motorcycles from its manufacturing plants in India, Chairman of Yamaha Motor India Group Companies, Hiroaki Fujita said in a statement. Yamaha also intends to sell over 10 lakh two wheelers in the domestic market in 2017.

Two of the greatest American brands in Indian Motorcycle and Jack Daniels have come together to reveal the Indian Chieftain Jack Daniels Special Edition. Indian will be manufacturing only 100 units of the same, making it a really exclusive motorcycle. The Chieftain Jack Daniels Edition has been designed in collaboration with Klock Werks Kustom Cycles, a motorcycles custom outfitter based in South Dakota, USA.

BMW Motorrad has launched the 2017 model of its popular S1000 R super-naked sportbike. It was first showcased at the 2017 EICMA along with the updated BMW S1000 RR sportbike and the S1000 XR adventure sport motorcycle. BMW Motorrad has given quite a few updates to the S1000 R such as a new lighter chassis, Euro IV compliant engine with a bump of 5 bhp from 157 bhp to 162 bhp and a 2kg reduction in weight from 207kg to 205kg. The 2017 model also gets a revised electronics package which includes lean-angle sensitive ABS along with a bi-directional quick-shifter as well.

Indian Motorcycles entry-level cruiser, the Indian Scout Sixty, has been introduced in a two-tone paint scheme in Europe and will be available from April 2017 onwards. The new colour option, called Star Silver/Thunder Black joins the existing colour options on the Scout Sixty of red, solid white or black.

Honda has unveiled a rally-ready version of its adventure model the CRF1000L or Africa Twin as it's called. The Honda Africa Twin CRF1000L Rally, as it's called, was first showcased as a CRF1000L Enduro Sports concept based at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan in November 2016.

Royal Enfield is the latest manufacturer to have silently updated its line-up to the BSIV emission norms. While the company is yet to release a statement, Royal Enfield dealerships across the country have confirmed to carandbike.com that the BSIV compliant motorcycles are on their way with production commenced and deliveries set to commence from April.

There are so many options as far as sportbikes are concerned that we had a tough time choosing some of the best ones currently on sale in India. Here is our list of some of the best sportbikes that money can buy. Be advised, most of them are extravagant indulgences. Buying a sportbike in India will always be a decision of the heart, rather than the head.