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The Grand Rapids , MI based comeback of the Buell brand has announced that the legendary Buell Hammerhead 1190RX is going into production with reservations being taken online from November 1 . Bill Melvin , CEO of Buell Motorcycle Co ., said : " We have former executives from Buell , General Motors , Lotus Engineering , Toyota and Bombardier Recreational Products ensuring we are manufacturing and developing the highest quality products . It will have a Grand Rapids , Michigan- built and proven 185 horsepower high-performance 72- degree V-twin engine with 13.4:1 compression , sporting EFI with four injectors and exerting 101.6 ft / lbs of torque . Buell ' s unique chassis and braking system is the key to its success on the racetrack and on the road . The Hammerhead has a specialised aluminium ' Fuel in Frame ' design which provides strength , lower centre of gravity and added balance , with a single-track perimeter front braking system that reduces the unsprung weight . The overall weight will be 419 lbs to allow the rider unsurpassed performance and feel during turns at just 419 lbs / 190 kg ; www . BuellMotorcycle . com
Mitas will be increasing prices across its line for motorcycle , scooter and other tyres and for its complete range of tubes and mousses . The company says its second increase in 2021 is due to the significantly higher prices of raw materials and logistics services across the industry . The increases from 5 % to 10 % will take effect starting October 1 , 2021 .
Reuters reports that the Indonesian Energy Ministry has launched a pilot project to convert motorcycles that run on combustion engines into electricpowered vehicles , part of a national drive to make transport more environmentally friendly . The project has successfully converted ten such motorbikes and is aiming to convert 90 more by November . The government has set a target of having 13 million electric motorbikes - including converted ones - and 2.2 million electric cars on the roads by 2030 . It has also pledged to stop all sales of vehicles powered by combustion engines by 2050 . Indonesia had more than 15 million cars and 112 million motorcycles on its roads as of 2019 .
Impact Zero - Reduce , Reuse , Recycle !
Milan based exhaust manufacturer GPR Italia is establishing itself as a leader in the race to achieve ' Net Zero ' impact with its ' 3R ' rule … GPR Italia Srl has been a leading exhaust manufacturer for over 50 years , but joint CEO Mauro Orlandi is not a man who stands still . In a sector once widely regarded by regulators as a major contributor to pollution , a sector that is part of the problem and not part of the solution , Mauro has embraced the cause of sustainability and is quickly establishing leadership among the aftermarket exhaust industry for the creativity and innovation of his ideas and plans . Mauro has included the adaptation of design , management and production methods to guarantee the sustainability of its products into the GPR Italia Mission Statement . " In fact , we had already started on this path with the overhaul of the plant to begin the 2021 season already meeting the requirements of the circular economy ," Mauro says . " Better known as the ' 3R ' rule - reduce , reuse , recycle - our aim is to obtain the first ISO 14021 environmental certification by the end of 2021 . " We have carried out this ambitious project right in the midst of the darkest period for Italy , with the pandemic and the consequent lockdowns . It was not easy to carry out the work during such a difficult period , but the reasons for doing so keep increasing , and thanks to our collaborators , the management and the partners involved , we have achieved the goal . " The launch of the new catalogue , highlighting our plans and the progress already made , will be on an important date for GPR - November 18th , the 90th birthday of our founder and President , Giuseppe Orlandi . " With the first part of the project , to focus on the revision and renovation of the plant and equipment itself , already completed , the second part will see us
Gianluigi ( left ) and Mauro Orlandi - joint CEOs of GPR - Mauro sells them , Gianluigi makes them !
focus on the creation of a new generation of exhausts that will eventually replace all the present catalogue offerings within a few years ." In 2020 , GPR implemented a range of basic changes . These included the purchase of electricity that is certified as produced from renewable sources
' ISO 14021 environmental certification by the end of 2021 '
only ; the establishment of a contract with ReteClima for the offsetting of emissions from our websites and servers ; the purchase of natural gas for heating from companies that adopt emissions compensation and a change to hybrid vehicles by the management . Additional measures included the elimination of water bottles from distributors with the creation of an internal GPR " source ", thanks to which Mauro says that they have been able to eliminate the purchase of about 28,000 plastic bottles of water and carbonated drinks ( which have been abolished ) each year - plus the elimination of all plastic cups , spoons from coffee and beverage dispensers , which has allowed GPR to eliminate the purchase and use of approximately 45,000 cups and 45,000 plastic spoons per year . " These may appear to all be small , incremental steps , but making small decisions is how we can all , together , make big changes ," says Mauro . " We have also gone over to the exclusive use of recycled paper for about 950,000 pages of mandatory documents and eliminated our paper price list with an average saving of about 60,000 sheets of paper a year and a high reduction of the environmental impact of printing toner . " The reduction of the size of our paper catalogue , both in terms of page count and number of pieces distributed , has given us another saving of around
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