Motorbike Talk

Can the iconic Norton motorcycle marque return

Honda Motor full year to March 2009 consolidated earnings estimates

British motorcycle brand Norton is roaring back home after almost 15 years of US ownership.

Last May in the UK, the Silver Ferns were shocked 50 to 45 by England.

TOKYO, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks are likely to fall on Friday after U.S stocks plummeted as investors bet recent moves by authorities worldwide to thaw frozen credit markets would not be enough to avert a global recession.

rolandw writes “The Beeb have a piece about Loughborough University’s hydrogen motorcycle and one of the UK’s first hydrogen fuel pumps (presumably all developed by their excellent Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering department). Offering 50mph, the ENV will have a range of 100 miles on a 3-minute refill of hydrogen. By-products are warm air and ‘drinkable’ water. It will be interesting to …

The front pages of the day’s newspapers are dominated by the financial crisis devastating international markets.

A British soldier has shot dead an Afghan civilian who failed to stop his motorbike as it approached a patrol. Soldiers noticed the approach of the motorcycle and signalled to the rider as he drew close to a patrol near Forward Operating Base Inkerman, in the Sangin district of Helmand province.

The Irish Emigrant

The world’s biggest smoking ban came into force in India yesterday - but try telling that to Om Prakash, an affable motorcycle policeman patrolling south Bombay in the midday sun.