Heads of the Valleys Development Company has acquired FTR Moto, the Buckingham-based motorcycle manufacturer, for undisclosed terms, and hopes to relocate the business to Wales. 02-Oct-2012
Motorcycles Direct has acquired Colchester Kawasaki, the Essex-based motorcycle dealership. 14-May-2012
V&J Superbikes is to go into administration through Milsted Langdon, with the closure of two motorcycle dealerships in Bridgwater and Taunton. 28-Feb-2012
George White Motors has gone into administration through Deloitte with the loss of 61 jobs at its Swindon-based chain of six motorcycle dealerships. 23-Jan-2012
Norton Motorcycles is planning to double production at its Derbyshire-based motorcycles factory to 1,000 a year, and the workforce will double to 60. 02-Aug-2011
Summer Retail has gone into administration through P&A Partnership with the loss of 44 jobs at its three motorcycle dealerships in Doncaster, Leeds and Stockport. 21-Jul-2011
George White Superbikes has acquired GT Motorcycles, the motorcycle dealer with showrooms in Paignton, Plymouth and St Austell, for undisclosed terms. 21-Oct-2010
Cusworth Bikes, the Doncaster-based motorcycle retailer, has gone into administration through KPMG with the loss of up to 15 jobs. 16-Nov-2009
Norton Motorcycles is looking to treble the size of its new motorcycles factory at Donington Park in Leicestershire to 30,000 sq ft over the next few years. 28-Oct-2009
Norton Racing is to set up a 15,000 sq ft motorcycles factory at Donington Park, and could create up to 100 jobs over the next 18 months. 20-Oct-2008
Intelligent Energy of Loughborough has secured a £1.7m investment from Suzuki to fund the development of a fuel cell engine for motorcycles. 31-Mar-2008
Perrys Motor Sales is to close its Planet Bikes motorcycle dealership in Leicester in March, with the loss of ten jobs. 01-Feb-2008
Harley-Davidson is to set up a 10,000 sq ft motorcycle showroom on the Slough Trading Estate in early 2008. 07-Jan-2008
The Driving Standards Agency has awarded a £40m contract to Bluestone to build motorcycle test centres across the country. 28-Jul-2005
Advantage West Midlands has awarded a £1.7m grant to Harley-Davidson, the US motorcycles company, to set up a training centre at Bromsgrove North East Worcestershire College. 18-May-2005
George White, the motorcycle retailer with six outlets, is planning to set up a new headquarters at the Elgin Industrial Estate in Swindon, with the creation of 15 jobs. 08-Apr-2005
Driving Standards Agency has advertised a £50m deal to find five regional contractors to set up 60 new motorcycle testing centres by 2008. 13-Sep-2004
Driving Standards Agency is considering Newark as a potential location for one of 60 new motorcycle test centres. 30-Jun-2004
CCM Motorcycles is expected to proceed with plans to set up a motorcycle factory in Haydock by the end of the year, having previously raised almost £1.5m from Merseyside Special Investment Fund. 20-Apr-2004
PFK Ling is to set up a £2.5m Honda centre in Lowestoft with the creation of up to 60 jobs, in order to offer cars, motorcycles, quad bikes and jet skis. 02-Feb-2004
Triumph Motorcycles is looking to more than double production at its Leicestershire motorcycle factory over the next five years. 24-Dec-2003
M&S Motorcycles has expanded its Newcastle-based motorcycle dealership with the £1.7m acquisition of Ken's Motorcycles, creating a chain of three sites with 65 staff. 08-Dec-2003
Dixon Motors is planning to sell or close its chain of 20 motorcycle dealerships by the end of June. 09-Jun-2003
Harley-Davidson is looking to set up a new motorcycle dealership in the Oxford area, and a number of possible locations are being considered. 12-Nov-2002
Pyramid Plastics, the Gainsborough-based motorcycle accessories manufacturer with 27 staff, is to relocate to the Corringham Road Industrial Estate in October. 23-Sep-2002
Harley-Davidson, the US motorcycle company, is relocating its European headquarters and 65 staff from sites in Windsor and Brackley to the Oxford Business Park in Cowley. 29-Apr-2002
Bikes UK, the Newbury-based motorcycle dealership with 290 staff, has gone into receivership. 08-Nov-2001
Harley-Davidson of the US is planning to expand its European network of 375 dealerships to more than 450, in an attempt to double its share of the motorcycle market. 20-Aug-2001
Toad has acquired SC Hill, the manufacturer of Datatool motorcycle alarms, for up to £3m. 05-Jun-2001
Triumph is to set up a motorcycle distribution network in Japan, including about 40 dealers. 27-Nov-2000
Johnson Matthey has opened a new plant at Manesar in India to produce catalysts for cars and motorcycles. 13-Nov-2000
CCM Motorcycles has secured £2m of venture capital investment for the development of new motorcycles and to expand its distribution network into overseas markets. 09-Nov-2000
BikeNet has raised £3m in a flotation on Aim in order to fund the expansion of its online motorcycle business. 28-Aug-2000
Fowlers is planning to expand its motorcycle dealership and distribution centre in Bristol, having sold its 10 other stores to Bikes-uk for about £25m. 19-Jun-2000
Burmah Castrol has announced a global partnership with BMW to develop the next generation of lubricants, and BMW will use Castrol oil in its cars and motorcycles. 22-Nov-1999
Sales of motorcycles and scooters rose 30% to 120,416 in 1998 according to the Motorcycle Industry Association. 14-Jan-1999
Honda is threatening immediate legal action against dealers selling unofficial imported motorcycles. 27-Nov-1998
UK motorcycle sales, including maintenance, rose by 44% to £377m in the first quarter of 1997 compared to last year, with a trend towards larger machines, according to the Office for National Statistics. 10-Jul-1998
Dixon Motors has acquired Cosmopolitan Motors, the London motorcycle dealership, for £1.5m, which takes its number of motorcycle outlets to eight. 02-Jul-1998
UK motorcycle sales reached 9,980 in April, up 10% on last year, with year-to-date sales up 20%, according to the Motor Cycle Industry Association. 18-May-1998
Sales of motorcycles and mopeds were up 37% last year at 93,289 according to the Motor Cycle Industry Association, and further growth of at least 10% is expected this year. 14-Jan-1998
Motorcycle City, the chain of motorcycle dealers, has been sold to a management buy-out with the support of venture capitalist Electra Fleming for undisclosed terms. 07-Nov-1997
Dixon Motors is buying Carnell Motor Group, the car and motorcycle retailer, for £13.4m. 06-Aug-1997
Sales of motorcycles, scooters and mopeds were up 34% in the first five months of 1997 at 32,288 according to the Motorcycle Retailers Association. 10-Jun-1997
Registrations of motorcycles, mopeds and scooters were up 19% in the first eight months of this year to 48,591, with Honda on a market share of about 26%, Yamaha and Suzuki on about 16% and Kawasaki 13%. 20-Sep-1996
FCC of Japan is planning a motorcycle component plant in Milton Keynes, creating about 100 jobs. 20-Oct-1995