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Galfer: Through its US subsidiary and distributed by Zodiac in Europe, the Spanish brake component
manufacturer is a leading rotor as well as brake pad manufacturer - if you haven’t seen the
company’s unique ‘Skull’ design rotors, check them out! www.galfer.es
Royal Enfield: First revealed a year ago, the new 650 Twins from the Indian manufacturer are
among the most eagerly anticipated additions to the burgeoning middleweights sector - a sector
that Harley-Davidson finally announced this year it will enter in the next 24-36 months. The
Continental GT and Interceptor INT are slated to finally be in U.S. dealerships by spring of 2019 and
their engineering pedigree (with heavy Anglo-American pre-production development influences)
and the ‘Retro’ nature of a brand that can trace its origins back to 1901 (it claims to be oldest
motorcycle brand in continuous production), combined with ‘sweet-spot’ value pricing for what is
widely being touted as a very, very good machine, should have a dramatic effect in an all-important
18-30 youth sector that is largely priced out of anything above 400 cc. An all new steel cradle
chassis and SOHC air-oil-cooled parallel twin engine with a claimed 47 hp means they can sell to the
entry level A2 licence holders. Much of the development work was undertaken at Royal Enfield’s 'UK
Technical Centre', which is to be used as a global headquarters for product development, at the
Bruntingthorpe Proving Grounds in England. In 2015 Royal Enfield parent company Eicher Motors
bought Harris Performance in the UK, a long-standing collaborator; www.royalenfield.com
Motoz: Australian tire
manufacturer Motoz
isn’t in the
mainstream cruiser
tire market, but if
you are after the best
dual-sport, Enduro or
MX tires money can
buy, listen to the
“paddock chat” and
get some seriously
top-end knobbies
from the company’s
new German
warehouse inventory;
www.motoz.com.au
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