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Energica Motor Company has delivered its first shipments to Japan and Australia - deliveries include Energica ' s newest model , the Experia . In Japan it has signed a strategic partnership with importer Estar & Co ., Ltd ., who has opened a mono-brand showroom in Kobe , on the man-made RokkÅ Island . It showed the 2023 Energica range at the Tokyo Motorcycle Show in March . Energica has partnered with Australian Electric Motor Co . to import its electric motorcycles into Australia and New Zealand . From its HQ on the Gold Coast , AEMC is developing a network of dealers throughout the continent . Additionally , Energica recently introduced its products to the Pakistan market .
Yamaha Motor has announced an investment in Andes Ag , Inc ., a U . S . - based start-up pursuing research into beneficial microorganism technologies to remove CO2 from the air . This marks the first investment made through the $ 100m Yamaha Motor Sustainability Fund , established in June last year specifically for investing in early-stage companies working to address climate change . This investment in Andes was made possible through Yamaha Motor ' s Silicon Valley-based group company Yamaha Motor Ventures ( YMV ), the corporate venture capital arm of Yamaha Motor Company .
In its 75th anniversary year , Honda has won Red Dot Design awards in the Product Design category for the European designed CB750 Hornet and XL750 Transalp models . Honda ' s design team in Rome created the CB750 Hornet " as a new , contemporary expression of technical beauty with sharp lines and aggressive angles ." In addition , the XL750 Transalp received top honors from the Red Dot jury . Marking a return of the Transalp name to Honda ' s motorcycle line-up after nearly a decade , the XL750 Transalp " brings the comfortable do-it-all crossover to a new generation of riders . Built around the same all-new 755 cc parallel twincylinder engine as the Hornet , it faithfully references the iconic 1986 original XL600V Transalp , but with an unmistakeably modern look , thanks to the sculpted fairing and screen ."
Kyle Wyman Bags KOTB Double Header
The latest round of the MotoAmerica King Of The Baggers series , at the Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta in Braselton , Ga . ( April 22-23 , 2023 ), saw Kyle Wyman take two convincing series wins and set three lap records as the Harley-Davidson Screamin ' Eagle factory rider took the series points lead . Wyman has now won three consecutive races on the team ' s raceprepared Road Glide . Wyman paced the field in Friday ' s qualifying session on the 2.55-mile Road Atlanta course , setting a new track record for the King Of The Baggers class with a lap of 1:30.427 . Wyman took the lead at the start of the eight-lap Saturday race and pulled away from the field , opening a gap of 2.67 seconds by lap 5 and breaking his own track record with a best lap of 1:30.304 . Factory Indian racer Tyler O ' Hara finished second , 3.09 seconds behind Wyman . Hayden Gillim finished third on the Vance & Hines Racing Road Glide . H-D Screamin ' Eagle factory rider Travis Wyman finished in sixth place . On Sunday ( Round 4 ), it was O ' Hara leading the field from the start , with Kyle Wyman on his rear tire . But before the end of the first lap , O ' Hara ran off the track as Wyman challenged him on the brakes in turn 6 , with O ' Hara ultimately overshooting the turn . Kyle then began to pull away from the field and led by 2.56 seconds after lap 4 and set yet another class record with a best lap time of 1:30.036 . O ' Hara recovered to finish second , 1.83 seconds behind Wyman , with Bobby Fong finishing third on the Roland Sands Indian . Gillim and James Rispoli finished fourth and fifth respectively on their Vance & Hines Racing Road Glides . Travis Wyman finished seventh on the Factory Harley-Davidson Road Glide .
After four of 14 rounds in the series , Kyle Wyman leads the championship with 75 points , followed by Rispoli with 67 points and Gillim with 65
points . O ' Hara sits in fourth place with 61 points . Team Saddlemen Harley-Davidson rider Jake Lewis is fifth with 37 points .
MotoAmerica KOTB Results - Road Atlanta Race 1
1 . Kyle Wyman ( H-D ) Screamin ' Eagle Harley-Davidson 2 . Tyler O ' Hara ( Ind ) Progressive / Mission Foods 3 . Hayden Gillim ( H-D ) Vance & Hines Racing 4 . Bobby Fong ( Ind ) Sacramento Mile / SDI Racing / Roland Sands 5 . James Rispoli ( H-D ) Vance & Hines Racing 6 . Travis Wyman ( H-D ) Screamin ' Eagle Harley-Davidson 7 . Jake Lewis ( H-D ) Team Saddlemen 8 . Max Flinders ( Ind ) M3 / Revolution Performance 9 . Kyle Ohnsorg ( Ind ) Roland Sands Design 10 . Hawk Mazzotta ( Ind ) Lloyds Garage Source : H-D / Paul James
MotoAmerica KOTB Results - Road Atlanta Race 2
1 . Kyle Wyman ( H-D ) Screamin ' Eagle Harley-Davidson 2 . Tyler O ' Hara ( Ind ) Progressive / Mission Foods 3 . Bobby Fong ( Ind ) Sacramento Mile / SDI Racing / Roland Sands 4 . Hayden Gillim ( H-D ) Vance & Hines Racing 5 . James Rispoli ( H-D ) Vance & Hines Racing 6 . Jeremy McWilliams ( Ind ) Progressive / Mission Foods 7 . Travis Wyman ( H-D ) Screamin ' Eagle Harley-Davidson 8 . Kyle Ohnsorg ( Ind ) Roland Sands Design 9 . Jake Lewis ( H-D ) Team Saddlemen 10 . Patricia Fernandez ( H-D ) Team Saddlemen 11 . Eric Stahl ( H-D ) Jiffy Tune Racing
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