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After its AFT debut , Royal Enfield has announced a second phase for its wellreceived Build , Train and Race program - it is to go road racing in 2021 . Four female riders will convert and prepare Continental GT 650 motorcycles for road racing . The participants will have the opportunity to learn from world class professional racer Melissa Paris and be among the first people in the world to road- race the Continental GT 650 platform , " so the motorcycling world will be watching ."
Royal Enfield is thought to be developing another new iteration of its popular Interceptor 650 cc parallel twin platform . The KX650 would be a cruiser-style street bike - similar to the KX concept that RE showed a while back . Features are said to include upside downies and dual shocks .
Polaris India Country Manager Lalit Sharma says the company has big plans for the subcontinent . Indian Motorcycle will be launching a B26 complete range there in December 2020 ( Scout , Scout Bobber , Chieftain , Springfield and Roadmaster ; Challenger in January 2021 ), and will be continuing to supply some ATVs and UTVs to the Indian military . There is speculation that the company " may be working on a smaller , less expensive , volume-selling model for the Indian market ." At present there are no plans to expand beyond Indian ' s current eight dealerships across the country . Indian motorcycles sold in India continue to be imported as completely built units ( CBUs ). Polaris exited from a 50 % JV in India with Royal Enfield parent Eicher Motors three years ago after its co-designed ' Multix ' urban utility vehicle failed to sell .
Taiga Motors of Montreal is set to launch ' Orca ' ( and the ' Orca ' Carbon ) electric PWC in the U . S . in 2021 . The machine will be based on the same Taiga RADIX powertrain platform that powers its TS3 electric snowmobiles .
British weekly MCN has named the H-D LiveWire as its ' Best Electric of 2020 ' in its annual awards .
22 AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE DEALER - DECEMBER 2020
Billet Proof Acquires Aeromach Product Range
Collegeville , Pennsylvania based Billet Proof Designs has been on the expansion trail - in April of 2020 they bought the manufacturing and distribution rights to Paul Aiken ' s Aeromach Mfg product line . Damian Ercole founded Billet Proof Designs in 2012 , manufacturing and selling motorcycle parts out of a 600 sq ft garage , with a backyard shed as a warehouse and a spare bedroom as an office . " Our goal was to get the everyday guy more involved with the parts they were putting on their bikes ," explains Damian . " Customizing is a very personal thing , and while there are many great volume produced parts out there , it can be tough for riders to be able to get exactly what they want and to try to make that crossover from just buying something to having parts on their bike that they have had a stake in making . " Our first product line was laser-cut steel battery boxes that could be bent by hand and welded by the average fabricator . From there , we have grown into a 6,000 sq ft facility with thousands of SKUs . We are a small company and pride ourselves on the level of attention we give our customers . Our team has built choppers , café racers , dirt bikes , scooters and more , and we ’ re happy to offer technical support and advice to people even if they haven ’ t made a purchase with us , and we understand the frustrations that riders with a vision of what they are looking for often run up against ." Damian grew the Billet Proof line to include floorboards , footpegs , shifters , highway bars , covers , motor mounts and kits , handlebars , risers and mirrors and hard to source parts such as weld-on tabs and bungs .
Dan Doyle ( left ) and Damian Ercole - who founded Billet Proof in 2012
" We make most of what we sell but also stock selected , complementary products from well-known brands and manufacturers such as Ness , Fat Baggers , Joker Machine , Rick ' s Motorsports Electrics and more , so the Aeromach range of luggage racks , floorboard relocation kits , levers , kickstand extensions , license plate frames and such like just fitted really well with what we already
Damian Ercole started as a chopper builder
make - especially with the emphasis on parts for Indians . " Since we already had CNC manufacturing capabilities inhouse , and we were already familiar with the Aeromach product line as we carried a number of its parts , this has been a perfect fit . The majority of Aeromach ’ s products are manufactured by us right here in Collegeville , PA , with the same attention to detail that Aeromach ’ s customers have come to expect ." www . billetproofdesign . com
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