Royal Enfield to double its motorcycle production

Royal Enfield has announced plans to invest $13.8 million to double its motorcycle production capacity at its Chennai plant in India.

The company, currently sells between 4,500 and 5,000 motorcycles a month, expects to sell 50,000 motorcycles this year, so a doubling of production should see it producing approx 100,000 motorcycles a year!

Ride safe.


Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://inter-bike.blogspot.com/
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

Ride from "Bikers Point" - Grossglockner (Part 2)

Here is the second part of our video of our ride down from "Bikers Point" on the Grossglockner pass on a BMW R1200 GS.

Ride safe.


Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://inter-bike.blogspot.com/
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

More Free Motorcycle Wallpapers

Just a quick blog entry to let you all know I've added two more great free motorcycle desktop wallpapers to the inter-bike wallpapers gallery for you to download.

They are the Rieju MRT50 Enduro Wallpaper and the updated 2010 Moto Morini Granpasso Wallpaper.

They are free for personal use, hope you enjoy them?

Ride safe.


Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://inter-bike.blogspot.com/
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

Ride from "Bikers Point" on the Grossglockner

Just though I'd let you know we've recently added the video below of our ride down on a BMW R1200 GS from "Bikers Point" on the Grossglockner in Austria to the inter-bike Channel on YouTube. The ride down was in near zero visibility cloud cover on a cobble pavement road with 7 hairpins!




Ride safe.


Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://inter-bike.blogspot.com/
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

2010 Moto Morini Granpasso details released

Italian motorcycle manufacturer Moto Morini have released details of the improvements to their adventure sport bike the Granpasso for 2010. These include:-

• The handlebars have been upgraded with risers that allow greater adjustment
• The redesigned seat decreases the riding height and is fitted with a moulded alloy heat shield underneath
• Morini have homologated the Granpasso for use with knobbly enduro style tyres
• Fitted high strength iron alloy motocross style footpegs too, these have removable rubber inserts.
• New software for injection engine control has been developed
• The lambda sensor has been moved to the front cylinder exhaust pipe, delivering smoother response, particularly during the initial opening of the throttle

Ride safe.


Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://inter-bike.blogspot.com/
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/