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The large bike with a 650 cc Rotax engine was produced since 2004 in three different variations. The JAWA 650 classic was a retro bike with classic proportions. The JAWA 650 Style was aimed for city streets, and the JAWA 650 Dakar was a full-scale enduro bike similar to the Honda XL Transalp.
Jawa 350 was the first foreign motorcycle, available for sale in post-WWII USSR. The other only manufactures (until 1991) were ČZ (Chezet) and Hungarian Pannónia . The 350/640 two-stroke twin is almost mechanically unchanged since the 1970s, it is still sold mainly to the countries of Latin America (Cuba and Argentina).
The RC51 was designed as the motorcycle to be used by Honda's racing teams in the Superbike World Championship. [5] The 2000–2001 models are designated SP1, while the 2002–2006 models are designated SP2 (the latter having updated fuel injection and suspension systems).
The Zephyr started the naked/retro bike boom in the UK and Europe in the early 1990s [opinion] and for a while moved Kawasaki to the 2nd best selling manufacturer of motorcycles in the UK Market. [citation needed] The Zephyr Z750 engine reappeared in the late 1990s in the short lived ZR7.
The Honda CBR1000RR was developed by the same team that was behind the MotoGP series. [3] Many of the new technologies introduced in the Honda CBR600RR, a direct descendant of the RC211V, were used in the new CBR1000RR such as a lengthy swingarm, Unit Pro-Link rear suspension, and Dual Stage Fuel Injection System (DSFI).
Minsk (Russian: Минск), also known as M1NSK, is a Belarusian brand of motorcycles, scooters, ATVs and snowmobiles, produced by the Minsk Motorcycle and Bicycle Plant (MMVZ). The first M1A motorcycle was released in 1951. Since 2007, the company is a private enterprise. More than 6.5 million Minsk motorcycles have been sold worldwide.
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In Landspeed motorcycle racing, the racer is trying to beat the fastest speed ever achieved by that style of motorcycle and type of engine for a timed mile. The pre-eminent event for motorcycle LSR is the International Motorcycle Speed Trials by BUB, held on the Bonneville Salt Flats annually (near Labor Day).