International Dealer News IDN 146 December 2018 / January 2019 | Page 14

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Ferodo and Champion win on
BRIEFS the track and the dirt in 2018
NEWS
Windscreen specialist National
Cycle (Maywood, Illinois) has
received ECE R43 L-Class
Certification for Quantum
Hardcoated Polycarbonate with
UV protective coating for use on
powersports vehicles with
windscreen wipers.
Thermoformed or injection
moulded, Quantum Hardcoated
Polycarbonate is said to be 56%
lighter than glass and is widely
acknowledged as the most
impact resistant material
currently in use for motorcycle
windscreens. The test involved
wiper testing the material to
over one million cycles!
The MV Agusta Brutale 1000 Serie Oro
was chosen by some 35% of 16,000
plus EICMA voters as “The most
beautiful motorcycle of the show". The
competition, organised by the largest
Italian monthly motorcycle magazine,
Motociclismo, saw the Ducati
Hypermotard SP come second,
followed by the Aprilia RSV4 1100
Factory.
Brembo will be the exclusive
‘Official Brake Supplier’ for all
the Energica bikes in the
inaugural MotoE Championship.
The fully electric single brand
competition will be staged at five
European circuits for the 2019
World Championship, together
with MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3.
The FIM has added its support to the
European Training Quality Label - a
voluntary certification scheme
launched in 2015 by ACEM and the
DVR - a leading German road safety
NGO, to help motorcyclists clearly and
easily identify high-quality post-license
training programmes in Europe.
Italian boot brand TCX has a new
CEO - Andrea Nalesso joins from
the Equipment and Footwear
division of Oberalp Group, where
he was GM, prior to which he
spent five years at Dainese as
Director of Sales and Marketing.
Based near Treviso, TCX was
founded in 1999 and acquired by
London based equity investor
Keyhaven Capital Partners in May
2017.
Suzuki is nearing completion of its new
combination engineering,
development, engine production and
vehicle assembly facility at
Hamamatsu, Japan, where parent
company Suzuki Motor Corp. (SMC) is
headquartered. Announced in 2014,
the 70,000 sq m facility (on a 16 Ha.
Site) will consolidate operations,
including engine production from
Takatsuka and final assembly from its
Toyokawa factory.
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Team Costa Ligure Beta Boano Racing Sport, Enduro GP: Brad Freeman won
the E1 class, Matteo Cavallo the EJ class in technical partnership with
Ferodo and Champion
It has been another good year
on the track and in Enduro
racing for Ferodo and
Champion.
In World Supersport, Ferodo and
Champion are Kallio Racing
Team technical partners, and
2018 saw Kallio’s Sandro
Cortese win the World
Supersport Championship.
On the dirt, Enduro racing gets
bigger and more popular every
year, and Enduro GP Team Costa
Ligure Beta Boano Racing Sport
delivered on Ferodo and
Champion’s investments as
technical partners, with Brad
Freeman winning the E1 class
and Matteo Cavallo the EJ class.
Back on the track in the World
Superbike series, Ferodo
sponsors the Pata Yamaha
Official WSBK Team, with
Michael Van der Mark finishing
3rd overall.
www.ferodoracing.com
www.championpowersports.eu
Photo: Robert Murdoch
Kallio Racing Team, World Supersport Champion: Sandro Cortese
won the World Supersport Championship in technical partnership
with Ferodo and Champion
Pata Yamaha Official WSBK Team:
Michael Van der Mark finished
3rd overall, sponsored by Ferodo
The first glassless
rear-view mirror for
motorcycles?
Berlin, Germany based company
motogadget has released what it says
is the world’s first glassless mirror
series for motorcycles.
Called ‘m.view’, the patented mirror
surface is milled directly into the
metal of the body. The aluminium
itself is the mirror surface, meaning a
frame or edge is no longer necessary
and 100 percent of the mirror surface
is used for a “minimum size with
maximum mirror area”.
“Without glass and frame, an elegant
and weightless design is achieved.
The mirror body itself is very thin and
light. Shattered or fallen out glasses
are simply impossible with this
mirror”.
INTERNATIONAL DEALER NEWS - DECEMBER 2018 / JANUARY 2019
The convex mirror surface is produced
in a complex fly-cutting process using
diamond tools on ultra-precision
machines directly on the
aluminium body. It is
then made resistant to
oxidation, corrosion and
scratches by a high-tech
plasma coating in a
vacuum.
The mirrors and mirror arms
are made of billet aluminium, CNC-
machined and anodised in black. All
parts such as screws or ball heads are
made of stainless steel.
Motogadget offers four different
mirror designs with conventional
mirror stem as well as three
handlebar end
mirrors, all with ECE
marking. The range also
includes two tiny handlebar
end mirrors without ECE
marking.
www.motogadget.com
www.idnmag.com