Hero MotoCorp in an official press conference in New Delhi India on 22nd February 2012 announced its partnership with Erik Buell Racing, a USA based sports motorcycle company. Erik Buell Racing was founded in November 2009 after the Buell Motorcycle Company was shutdown by the majority stake holder Harley Davidson. EBR is based in East Troy, Wisconsin USA. The Erik Buell Racing makes sports motorcycles and street Motorcycles which are sporty in nature. Under this partnership between Hero MotoCorp and Erik Buell Racing – Hero will sponsor two racing teams viz. Team Hero and AMOSIL Hero for AMA Pro Racing National Guard Superbikes Championship.
image – Pawan Munjal MD and CEO of Hero Moto and Erik F Buell, chairman and CTO of EBR
The racing series is scheduled for March 15 – 17, 2012 at the Daytona speedway in Florida, USA. Both the teams will use the mighty Buell 1190RS as their bike for this race. Team Hero will be represented by champion rider Danny Eslick while the team AMSOIL Hero will be represented by Geoff May.
image – Buell 1190RS
In return Hero will receive technology inputs and design cues from the Erik Buell Racing for their future motorcycle models. Also in future, Hero is considering bringing some of Buell’s high end sports bikes to India as the sports bike segment in India is already on a rise.
Speaking to media, Pawan Munjal, managing director and chief executive of Hero MotoCorp Quoted:
“This is in keeping with our objective of quickly scaling up our own in-house R&D capabilities to a global two-wheeler technology powerhouse by leveraging our network of strategic international alliances. Erik and his team have been working closely with our engineers and designers to develop our next-generation range of products with cutting-edge technology and first-of-its-kind features.My R&D team and Erik’s team together have made some definitive progress in this direction, and we will hopefully be putting a few scorchers on the roads soon.”
Erik F Buell, chairman and CTO of EBR quoted:
“EBR is delighted to partner with a company as iconic as Hero MotoCorp. Both Hero and EBR share the common commitment of manufacturing world class two-wheelers with technology of the future”
We hope to see a fruitful partnership between the Hero and EBR just like we have seen with Bajaj and KTM. It is no sheer coincidence that Bajaj Pulsar 200 NS looks highly inspired by the KTM Duke 200, the reason for similarities is the same design team which helped in the development of these two bikes. In somewhat similar fashion, we expect that future Hero MotoCorp products will get some design inputs and design inspiration from the partner EBR. We will keep our fingers crossed and eyes on any new development. Stay tuned to us for latest updates by signing up for our free email newsletter, also like our official Facebook Page and add our Google Plus Page to your circle.
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