langs: 9 января [ru] / january 9 [en] / 9. januar [de] / 9 janvier [fr] / 9 gennaio [it] / 9 de enero [es]

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Design / Design

#1 Featherbed frame

The featherbed frame was a motorcycle frame invented by the McCandless brothers and offered to the British Norton motorcycle company to improve the performance of their racing motorcycles in 1950. It was considered revolutionary at the time, [2] [3] [ full citation needed ] and the best handling fra

• ... 949 and it was granted as reference 664,667 but the completed specification was not published until 9 january 1952. The Featherbed frame was simply constructed: [20] This invention relates to a new or improved ...

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Manufacturer / Manufacturer

#1 Victory Motorcycles

Victory Motorcycles was an American motorcycle manufacturer with its final assembly facility in Spirit Lake , Dickinson County, northwestern Iowa , United States. It began production of its vehicles in 1998, and began winding down operations in January 2017 to be succeeded by the revived traditional

• ... at Britain and Germany. As of July 2010 [update] there are 107 local chapters. [35] WINDING DOWN On 9 january 2017, parent company Polaris Industries issued a press release [36] announcing that they would imme ...

#2 Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine Company (川崎重工業モーターサイクル&エンジンカンパニー) is a division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries that produces motorcycles , ATVs , utility vehicles , jet ski personal watercraft , and general-purpose petrol engines . Before the 2011 fiscal year it was called Consumer Produ

• ... d to the premier class of motorcycle racing, the team became a complete ‘in house’ factory team. On january 9, 2009, Kawasaki announced it had decided to "... suspend its MotoGP racing activities from 2009 seas ...