Bikes in the Fast Lane: Eicma 2011: A Funny Thing Happened plus 8 more

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• Eicma 2011: A Funny Thing Happened
• Eicma 2011: GasGas New Electric Trial Motorcycle, the TXT-e
• Eicma 2011: Ducati 1199 Panigale
• Eicma 2011: KTM Presentation
• Eicma 2011: BMW New Maxi-Scooters
• Eicma 2011: Zero Electric Motorcycle 2012 Improvements
• Eicma 2011: Honda Integra - The MoSco / ScoMo
• Eicma 2011: Kawasaki Versys 1000 Scope
• Eicma 2011: Honda’s New NC700 Series Motorcycle

Eicma 2011: A Funny Thing Happened Posted: 08 Nov 2011 10:45 AM PST Every year, Silvio Berlusconi, the Prime Minister of Italy, opens Eicma (in fact, I've been told he owns the grounds). It's always a big thing, with 100's of operetta-dressed policemen walking around, drinking coffee, and watching the ladies. This year, when I went to the press center, I saw 100's of journalists focused on one person. None of the photographers or TV people were from the motorcycle world, so they were political journos. I snapped this photos, and thought that in the middle, as usual, it's Berlusconi. In the hotel, I just found out that he is resigning, and I guess this was a fact finding by some senior politician. The "normal" journalists were obviously waiting for the Prime Minister, and they were told that he is no longer coming. ...

Eicma 2011: GasGas New Electric Trial Motorcycle, the TXT-e Posted: 08 Nov 2011 10:30 AM PST GasGas, specialist of Trial motorcycles, was showing off their first electric Trial motorcycle, the TXT-e. If ever there was a motorcycle sport that was suited for electric motorcycles, it's Trial. Here it is. ...

Eicma 2011: Ducati 1199 Panigale Posted: 08 Nov 2011 09:45 AM PST Since I had decided to give the Ducati press conference a miss yesterday, I caught up with them at their stand and snapped a few photos. Here's the megasportsbike, or the supersupersports bike, the Ducati 1199 Panigale motorcycle. ...

Eicma 2011: KTM Presentation Posted: 08 Nov 2011 08:45 AM PST KTM, for their presentation, rolled out most of the Champions and Toby Moody (from Eurosport TV) to liven up the event. The Duke 690, Freeride 350 and e-Freeride were presented. ...

Eicma 2011: BMW New Maxi-Scooters Posted: 08 Nov 2011 01:30 AM PST BMW introduced with a big ceremony their two new maxi-scooters, the 600 Sport and the 650 GT. Only thing missing to make it a real BMW, is heated seats... ...

Eicma 2011: Zero Electric Motorcycle 2012 Improvements Posted: 06 Nov 2011 02:00 PM PST I found a French leaflet in the press center at Eicma, full of new information on the changes coming to the Zero electric motorcycles. Faster, further and better. Here's what it says... ...

Eicma 2011: Honda Integra - The MoSco / ScoMo Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:30 PM PST Here are the launch photos of the new ScoMo, or MoSco motorcycle/scooter that Honda has launched today at Eicma. The real name is the Integra, and its a cross between a scooter and a motorcycle. ...

Eicma 2011: Kawasaki Versys 1000 Scope Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:00 PM PST The "pirates" of the Dutch site Nieuwsmotor have been going through garbage cans, toilets and what else not, and found some interesting data of the new Kawasaki Versys 1000 which will be launched tomorrow. Here's what you can expect. ...

Eicma 2011: Honda’s New NC700 Series Motorcycle Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:30 PM PST Here's a quick view of Honda's presentation of their brand new NC700S and NC700X motorcycles, as shown at Eicma 2011. The photos are a bit blue, but that's because they used blue filters... sorry. ...

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