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Brough Motorcycles were made by William E. Brough in Nottingham, England, from 1902 to 1926 , after some earlier experimentation with motorised tricycles. [1] The Brough Superior company was a separate company created by his son, George Brough.
Henderson Motorcycle promptly announced a new 57 cubic inch (934 cc) IOE four-cylinder 7 hp motorcycle, with the engine mounted inline with the frame and chain drive. Production began in 1911, using the in-line four-cylinder engine and long wheelbase that would become Henderson trademarks, and it was available to the public in January 1912.
The GP450 has a frame of "Bond-Lite" aluminium, which CCM claim as a world first. The bought-in engine is a BMW 450cc 4-stroke single, detuned from 51hp to 41hp. [ 10 ] Originally used in the discontinued BMW GP450X, the 450cc engine is now built by Kymco in Taiwan.
The UK government announces that legislation will be brought forward to ban sex offenders in England and Wales from changing their names to avoid detection. [415] 10 May The UK economy is reported to have moved out of recession, with 0.6% growth between January and March, the fastest rate for two years. [416]
US Navy motorcycle training at Imperial Beach. Motorcycle safety is the study of the risks and dangers of motorcycling, and the approaches to mitigate that risk, focusing on motorcycle design, road design and traffic rules, rider training, and the cultural attitudes of motorcyclists and other road users.
The Yamaha YZF-R6 is a sport bike, [1] produced by Yamaha as a 600 class from 1999 to 2020. From 2021, production availability is limited to race-only specification in most global markets, [2] [3] causing race organisers to realign their engine eligibility criteria to encourage other manufacturers having larger than 600 cc displacements to enter road-race competition from 2022. [4]
Background. The album features "a lot of songs about grudges and negative energy”, with the song "Commemorative ____ T-Shirt", inspired by a gift to Vennart by the band Cardiacs, which includes a time signature of "11/8 or 9/8, so when we were naming the song it was like 'it's in 11, it's in 9, it's got to be 9/11",
Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses and eyeglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1952. Made popular in the 1950s and 1960s by music and film icons such as Buddy Holly , Roy Orbison and James Dean , Wayfarers almost became discontinued in the 1970s, before a major resurgence was created in the 1980s through massive product placements .