INTERNATIONAL

Piaggio Group has announced that its Derbi factory in Martorelles near Barcelona is to close down with the loss of more than 150 jobs....

La Jolla Group Inc, which claims to be the world’s premier multi-brand apparel licensing company with a portfolio of brands including O’Neill Clothing USA,...

US aftermarket exhaust manufacturer Vance & Hines has been fined $500,000 (£320,000) by the California Air Resource Board (CARB) emissions regulatory body for selling...

Global BMW Motorrad retail bike sales in January were eight per cent down at 4818 units. In the UK, the German brand’s registrations for...

The French authorities have announced the full and permanent scrapping of plans to force all bikers riding a machine larger than 125cc to wear...

The remorseless decline of Europe’s biggest national bike market has continued into the new year. According to the latest data from Italian industry association...

India’s largest motorcycle manufacturer has announced that it will launch products in up to ten new markets across Latin America and Africa by the...

BMW has dumped its Husqvarna Motorcycles subsidiary, however the new proprietor isn’t KTM, as widely rumoured. The business has in fact been bought lock,...

Harley-Davidson’s results for its full financial year to 31 December 2012 illustrate ongoing healthy recovery, with unit motorcycle sales and profit and up, although...

Minneapolis-based US powersports manufacturer Arctic Cat increased its third-quarter revenue to 31 December 2012 by five per cent to £138.7m. Net profit for the...