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2015 Victory Gunner
The 2015 Victory Gunner will be on display and available for demo rides at Daytona Beach Bike Week at the Speedway.
Indian Motorcycle-Bike Week Schedule
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Indian Motorcycle, America’s first motorcycle company, announced schedule of events for Daytona Bike Week 2014, which takes place March 8-15. Celebrate the historic launch of the 2014 Indian Chiefs with parties, demo rides, giveaways, celebrity guests, special events. www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-ca/events/daytona TRENDING
Wolfe at Bike Week Mike Wolfe of American Picker fame is a huge fan of Indian Motorcycles. The TV personality will be making a couple of guest appearances for the company during Bike Week 2014. AROUND THE WORLD
Yamaha Recall Yamaha has recalled 24,000 of its 20092013 YZF-R1 sportbikes, 2012-2013 Super Tenere XTZ12 adventure-touring motorcycles due to overheating headlights. Yamaha says the possibly affected YZF-R1 sportbikes were manufactured October 2008 through August 2013, and the Super Tenere adventure tourers from October 2011 through August 2013. The recall is expected to begin in February 2014. Owners may contact Yamaha at 1-800-962-7926.
Quote of the Month “Keep your bike in good repair: Motorcycle boots are NOT comfortable for walking.”
Courtesy Kawasaki Motors Inc
Three Decades of Ninja Kawasaki’s Iconic Ninja Brand Celebrates 30 years
2014 marks the 30th anniversary of Kawasaki’s iconic Ninja brand. During those thirty years Ninja have set the standards for high performance motorcycles. The first Ninja, the GPz900R, debuted in 1984. This revolutionary machine was powered by a liquid-cooled, 4-valve, DOHC, in-line 4-cylinder engine mounted in a diamond
frame and featured a highly aerodynamic full fairing. Packed with advanced Kawasaki technology it heralded a new era in high-performance sportbikes. This breakthrough machine set new standards for power, handling and aerodynamics that made it a world-wide sensation. Since then the Ninja name has continued to represent
the ultimate in supersport motorcycles. Featuring unique, state-of-the-art technology, that first Ninja established a new paradigm of value. Now, thirty years later, the DNA from that epochal machine lives on in the Ninja of today: In the incredible Ninja ZX-14 our flagship model offering CONTINUED ON P.3
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