International Dealer News IDN 146 December 2018 / January 2019 | Page 12
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New clutch kit options
BRIEFS from SBS
NEWS
EU motorcycle registrations by month
for 2018 Q3 were 108,874 units in July
(100,029 in 2017), 77,488 units in
August (68,086 in 2017) and 82,897
units in September (76,611 in 2017).
Yamaha is to collaborate with
major Indian bicycle manufacturer
Hero Cycles and Mitsui & Co. to
evaluate the business
opportunities available for
electrically power-assisted
bicycles in India. Yamaha Motor
will supply Hero Cycles with drive
units (E-kits).
The BMW Group and Daimler AG are to
headquarter the proposed global
mobility joint venture company they
announced (March 2018) in Berlin. The
business is to “offer customers a single
source for sustainable urban mobility
services”, offering their customers “a
holistic ecosystem of intelligent,
seamlessly connected mobility services,
available at the tap of a finger”,
expanding their existing on-demand
mobility offering in the areas of
CarSharing, Ride-Hailing, Parking,
Charging and “Multimodality”. Each
will hold a 50 percent stake, but will
remain competitors in their respective
core businesses.
For the first 9 months of 2018,
Brembo announced revenue up
+8.0% to € 1,999.7 m; EBITDA at
€ 380.0 m (19% margin); EBIT of
€ 266.8 m (13.3% margin) and net
financial debt down by € 22.4 m to
€ 240.7 m. Net profit was € 197.2
million (+0.4%). Net investments
amounted to € 184.1 m.
Danish brakes specialist SBS Friction
has leveraged its expertise in friction
management to develop a series of
new and updated clutch kits for a wide
range of models from the 1970s and
up - the programme covers all kinds of
bikes from sport, street and touring to
off-road and MX.
SBS Product Manager Claus
Rønnemoss says: “It has been
extremely important for us to make a
simple programme, where it is easy to
choose the right clutches. Therefore,
we have made an easy item structure,
an easy to use catalogue, and from
January 2019 it will be easy to find the
right clutches for almost any bike
online at sbs.dk.”
CSO Christel Munk Pedersen went on
to say: “SBS is well known for its high-
quality brake pad programme and, of
course, the clutch kits have been
developed with the same care and
expertise to ensure high performance,
long lifetime and quality operation.
From being a brake pad manufacturer,
we now see ourselves as a complete
brake system supplier as we not only
offer brake pads, but brake discs, brake
shoes, brake pins and now also
clutches.”
The programme consists of standard
and upgrade clutch friction plates,
steel plates and standard and upgrade
single plates for dry clutches. The
standard version is always an OE
replacement, whereas the upgrade
version is made from materials that
offer improved performance.
The standard clutch friction plates are
made of organic friction materials and
are resistant to stress and overheating,
whereas the upgraded version is made
from carbon/paper materials, making
them very reliable on race tracks and
street performance applications.
The standard single plates for dry
clutches are made from organic
friction materials and the upgrade
version from para-aramid synthetic
fibres, thereby ensuring a higher
friction coefficient and no damage
from overheating or if covered in oil.
All steel plates are made from special
wear and deformation resistant steel
and have the same dimensions and
thickness as the OE product.
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