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Mac Motorcycles

UK-based motorcycle design studio have teamed up with product designer Ellis Pitt to form a new company called Mac Motorcycles. Ellis has collaborated with the team at Xenophya for the past nine months to design a range of simple, lightweight and sporty bikes.

Mac Motorcycles have planned four models namely the Spud, the Ruby (top right), the Peashooter and the Roarer (bottom right). The bikes will be powered using an air-cooled single cylinder 500cc Buell Blast engine in a tubular backbone frame.

Ellis explains “Between us we’d designed, modified, built and ridden all sorts of motorcycles over the last 30 years and thought it was time to produce a motorcycle that reflected our philosophy. Our influences have been diverse and we’ve made unusual connections between genres of motorcycles such as choppers, Italian singles from the 1950s, flat trackers and competition specials”.

What underpins Mac Motorcycles’ philosophy is the belief that the riding experience and the stories that go with motorcycle journeys seem to have been hijacked by technology and plastic.

The company initially plans to produce a few hundred bikes in small batches for markets in the UK, North America, Japan and Australia gradually increasing production with time. Expect to buy one of these beauties between £8k (approximately Rs 6.24 lakh) and £10k (approximately Rs 7.80 lakh).

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Yamaha Launches FZ-S

Yamaha Motor India has launched a new version of the popular FZ16 called the FZ-S. The FZ-S according to Yamaha is the more stylized version of the FZ-16 which has been a runaway hit for the company.

The FZ-S sports new colors and graphics, chiseled aerodynamic windshield, stylish and sporty carbon pattern meter console and a more aggressive looking headlight.

Speaking at the launch about Yamaha’s focus, Y. Tsuji, CEO and Managing Director, India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. said, “Yamaha has set forward on a journey where each and every product of ours will set a benchmark in the market with its technological superiority, quality and manufacturing excellence and style quotient. The arrival of this new variant FZ-S is a clear illustration of how the market has responded to FZ 16. Our strategic intent is to provide customers with stylish variant to suite his fashion statement and personality.”

The FZ-S will be offered in two colors: Yellow Streak and Silver Tech and has been priced at Rs. 67,000 Ex-Showroom, Delhi.

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Yamaha R125

After the YZF R15 , then the FZ16 – Yamaha is going to launch a new 125cc bike – The R125 . The R125 is a scaled down version of the R15 which itself is a scaled down version of the all conquering R1. It actually looks much better than the R15 and whether Yamaha will bring the R125 as such is still skeptical.

[Via: indianautosblog]

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