Triumph Motorcycles and Bajaj Auto India announce partnership

Triumph Motorcycles UK and Bajaj Auto India have announced a partnership to bring Triumph motorcycles to the Global motorcycle markets. This non-equity partnership is meant to deliver a range of mid–capacity motorcycles benefiting from the collective strengths of both companies. The companies haven't disclosed many details besides stating that the aim is to collectively reach a large number of motorcycling audience across the globe.

2017 Bajaj Dominar 400

Besides being India's 3rd largest motorcycle manufacturer, Bajaj  
- Owns a whopping 48% stake in KTM
- exports accounted for approx. 35% of its total sales to countries viz., Thailand, Turkey, Peru, Ecuador, Finland, Mexico and several nations in Africa.
- Has had a long standing technical and sales/service alliance with Kawasaki that spans over 3 decades.
- Is a leading contender as the future owner of Ducati
- Bajaj Auto's exports accounted for approx. 35% of its total sales.

2017 Triumph Speed Triple

The iconic Triumph brand which was founded in 1902 has a very narrow yet strong fan following and is most known for their modern classics (the Bonneville and Thruxton models) and naked street fighers (Speed Triple and Street Triple).

Taking all of these factors into consideration, both Triumph and Bajaj appear to have found each a great partner. The goal here appears to be targeting small to medium displacement motorcycle sales. While Bajaj will gain access to the iconic Triumph brand, Triumph return will gain access to new higher volume market segments especially within the emerging markets across the world.

Ducati Wrooom Event (w/videos)

The Wrooom 2012 event held in the ski-resort town of Madonna di Campiglio involved Ducati riders and Ferrari F1 drivers and others big-wigs from the Italian racing industry. This event that kick-started the Italian motorsport season started off with press-conferences where the Ducati riders answered questions from international media in attendance. 

Nicky Hayden who wasn't wearing a sling confirmed he felt much better after his recent injury during riding practice in his hometown. "I can’t wait to ride the GP12..." he said as he talked about his physiotherapy and his aims to get fit in time to ride the GP12 in Sepang. Nicky also expressed his preference for the new displacement vs the earlier 800s. ''I believe in Ducati, this project and Filippo, and I want to get back on my Ducati as soon as possible.” said Nicky.

Valentino Rossi spoke at the press conference "We’re not expecting it to be immediately perfect at Sepang", and that the teams goals were very realistic, and that they were to reduce the gap to competition step by step, working in a logical way, and from there to be able to refine the details in order to be competitive and to try and win. "One of the most important things for going fast is to make the tyres work as they're able to, so together with Filippo, we’ve tried to come up with a bike that will let them perform as well as possible. We’ll see if we’ve managed it. I like working with Ducati. I feel good here because there’s a nice atmosphere and we all have faith.” said Valentino.

Click here to watch videos of the event.

Chasing Summer (teaser) - Dirt biking thru the Baja (w/ video)

We at Motonext.com honestly want to put together a tribute for the folks at Redbull, the reason being, that produce some amazing videos about all things motorsports that are sponsored by them which makes for some amazing tube time. This includes many of the video posts we've featured on Motonext so far. 

Here's another video thats a teaser for a web-series we just can't wait for. Its called Chasing Summer which documents Baja champions and best buds Kendall Norman and Quinn Cody who go on an epic dirt bike journey with only a t-shirt, swimming trunks, sneakers, riding gear, and some flip flops for the ultimate freedom that comes with chasing summer.

Ducati kick-starts the Italian motorsport season

Ducati MotoGP riders Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden kick-started the 2012 motorsports season at the 'Wrooom Press Ski Meeting' in the small village ski resort of  Madonna di Campiglio in northeast Italy. This 22nd edition of Wrrooom was a five day event which involved the two riders followed by Filippo Preziosi (Ducati Corse General Manager) and Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari Team Principal) and also Ferrari drivers. The event concluded on Friday, with the spectacular kart and auto exhibition with the riders and drivers on the town’s frozen lake.

 

Look forward to upcoming posts that cover the Wrooom press event from the Italian Dolomites on Motonext.com :). Click on thumbnails and images to enlarge.

Claudio Domenicali (Ducati Motor Holding Gen Manager)

Vale with Filippo Preziosi

Jorge Lorenzo on Track in New Delhi ... likes the Buddh circuit

11/01/2012

Yamaha Factory Racing rider Jorge Lorenzo kicked off 2012 today with a visit to New Delhi. The MotoGP star was in India for a personal appearance at the Auto Expo to meet both racing fans and the national Indian media. Lorenzo also took time this afternoon to visit the impressive Budh International circuit, a potential newcomer to the MotoGP calendar in the not too distant future. After a lap of the circuit aboard a Yamaha R15 in full Yamaha Factory Racing leathers Lorenzo met with a selected few new R15 owners before holding a short press conference at the track.

 

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