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Parts Europe has added Ohlins suspension parts to its burgeoning inventory . The arrangement is to start with Harley-Davidson aftermarket cruiser / custom fitments , with parts for all other brands and segments following soon after . Ohlins was sold recently , with Apollo owned , $ 18bn turnover US conglomerate Tenneco accepting a € 370m offer from Brembo in Italy . The news came hard on the heels of an announcement that PE had also added the Italian made Zard H-D application exhausts , and the Denali brand of LED lights and related products . Founded by Northeastern US distributor Twisted Throttle , Denalli and TT were bought by Washington State based lighting specialist Vision X . Vision X / Denali were subsequently bought by Brown Wilson International in Australia , which in turn was bought by the giant Australian Amotiv group ( formerly GUD Holdings ). There ' s always a bigger fish !

Harley sold 297 units in Sweden for the first nine months of 2024 , for ninth spot ( 3.95 %) in market share terms in the spiritual home of the Chopper . That was down from a 5.52 % share ( 533 units ) in the same period of 2023 . Yamaha is market leaders in Sweden , followed by BMW , Honda , KTM and Kawasaki .

Owned by Vision X in Washington State , USA , the Denali brand of LED electronic accessories is now available for dealers in Europe through Parts Europe in Germany . Products include " a complete lighting and visibility package that includes the lights , light mounts , auxiliary brake light and a single intelligent plug-n-play controller to provide effortless installation and integrated control of all your accessories "; denalielectronics . com , visionx-europe . com , parts-europe . com

The IMF reports that global public debt is forecast to exceed $ 100tn by the end of 2024 . IMF reports that the major economies ' plans to stabilise borrowing will " fall far short of what is needed " - leaving advanced and emerging economies perilously exposed to the risks of global economic collapse .

Following the news that American owned , Italian electric sportbike manufacturer Energica is bankrupt , another high-profile e-bike brand has gone into bankruptcy . New York based Fuell Motorcycles has now joined the ever-growing list of electric PTW startups that are not , in fact , going the start up anymore . Fuell was the brand backed by former sportbike and H-D man Erik Buell .

Kymco has been promising a highperformance electric motorcycle since revealing the original RevoNEX concept bike back in 2019 - and while the latest version shares the same name it ' s a completely different vehicle that ' s much closer to production reality . In fact , it ' s the third time Kymco has used the RevoNEX name . The original was a rather heavy-looking electric bike that took the unusual measure of featuring a conventional manual transmission . A second , completely redesigned concept arrived in 2022 , looking slimmer and featuring completely new underpinnings that replaced the heavy manual gearbox with an electronic simulation of a manual - there was still a clutch lever and foot shifter , but the ' shifts ' were programmed into the electric power delivery rather than real , mechanical changes of ratio . The latest Kymco RevoNEX concept is completely different to previous iterations , but retains the idea of an electronically-simulated gearshift to give an extra layer of control and familiarity for riders brought up on ICE motorcycles . However , it ' s a much more viable production bike than its predecessors because under the radical , semi-transparent bodywork lies the chassis and powertrain of the LiveWire S2 platform . It ' s not unexpected . In late 2021 Kymco and LiveWire announced it was investing in the Livewire SPAC and that they were working together on future bikes , including machines based on the S2 ' Arrow ' platform that ' s since been launched in LiveWire ' s S2 Del Mar and S2 Mulholland models , and a

smaller , cheaper ' S3 ' platform for lower-performance future bikes . Kymco expects the latest RevoNEX to reach production in late 2026 , and while we can expect some elements of the concept bike to be replaced with simpler or lower-cost parts the overall look and chassis design is essentially locked-in at this stage . For the latest concept Kymco has delved into the high-end components bin , using the tried and tested combination of Ohlins suspension and Brembo brakes , along with some less familiar elements including a forged carbon fibre material for the seat unit and that red-tinted transparent fairing . Whether those parts make the cut for the production version will depend largely on Kymco ' s intended price point .

Kymco partnership leads to LiveWire ' s first scooters

Before the Kymco RevoNEX reaches production the company - along with LiveWire - has developed two electric maxi-scooters based on the same S2

Arrow platform that are set to wear LiveWire branding when they reach dealers in early 2026 . Details are thin on the ground , but renderings of the two machines show one is an adventure-style model , with fat , knobbly tyres and an array of luggage racks and crash bars covering almost every panel , while the other is a low , sleek design that ' s clearly intended as a city-oriented machine . Both are notable for their long wheelbases and appear to show a new level of adaptability for the S2 Arrow platform . It was always designed to be scalable , allowing different battery sizes and motors to be fitted , and thanks to bolt-on front and rear subframes , the geometry can be easily changed . Power , performance and range are unknown at this stage , but the two bikes are likely to be officially launched in 12 months ' time ahead of production in the first half of 2026 .