Bike Manufacturers
Honda Motorcycle Insurance
Soichiro Honda quickly learned in his 30 years that life was full of hard knocks, never more so when his piston ring making business collapsed in the late 1930s...
Suzuki Motorcycle Insurance
Like many of the Japanese motorcycling greats Suzuki Motor Co. began life from the seeds of a different business venture, and was entirely driven by one man’s passion for speed and engineering...
Yamaha Motorcycle Insurance
Yamaha was established when founder Torakusu Yamaha became adept at mending and then manufacturing musical instruments...
Harley Davidson Motorcycle Insurance
Harley-Davidson motorcycles have become an enduring American icon. The company history spans almost 110 years and the Motor Company still employs ancestors of original founding father, Arthur Davidson...
Kawasaki Motorcycle Insurance
Kawasaki Heavy Industries started life back in 1896 under the guiding arm of Shozo Kawasaki. His expertise in heavy engineering led to Kawasaki becoming one of the chief industry players in Japan...
Triumph Motorcycle Insurance
Currently celebrating over 110 years of motorcycle production, it’s interesting to note Triumph, the great British manufacturer, was actually founded by Siegfried Bettman, a German who moved to the UK in 1884...
BMW Motorcycle Insurance
BMW motorcycle production started after WW1, as new regulations meant that the company, which was originally part of Rapp Motorenwerke, was unable to continue manufacturing aircraft engines...
Aprilia Motorcycle Insurance
Aprilia’s first powered two-wheeler was created in 1969, after Ivano Beggio took the helm at his father’s bicycle business in Noale, Italy...
Benelli Motorcycle Insurance
Benelli was established by Teresa Benelli in Pesaro, Italy, in 1911 and is one of the oldest Italian motorcycle manufacturers. After losing her husband, Teresa wanted to ensure a stable future for her six sons, so invested all the family’s money...
Cagiva Motorcycle Insurance
Cagiva was founded by Giovanni Castiglioni in Varese, Italy in 1950, originally producing small metal components. However, the manufacturer entered the motorcycle industry in 1978 with the launch of the Cagiva Elefant 650...
Derbi Motorcycle Insurance
Derbi was originally founded by Simón Rabasa i Singla in Mollet, near Barcelona, Spain, in 1922. Initially, the company focused on bicycle repair and hire, until 1944, when Singla formed Bicicletas Rabasa and began manufacturing bicycles...
Ducati Motorcycle Insurance
Ducati was founded by three brothers, Adriano, Marcello and Bruno Ducati in 1926. Originally, the company was known as Societa Scientifica Radio Brevetti Ducati, and produced vacuum tubes, condensers and other components for radio transmission...
Gilera Motorcycle Insurance
Gilera was founded by Giuseppe Gilera in Milan, Italy, in 1909 and the first machine he produced had a 317cc overhead-valve engine and a belt drive. Twenty-six years later in 1935, the manufacturer acquired rights to the Rondine four-cylinder engine...
Italjet Motorcycle Insurance
Italjet Moto Srl (Italjet) was founded by Leopoldo Tartarini in San Lazzaro, Bologna, in 1959, and is still managed by the Tartarini family today. With a strong focus on innovation, the manufacturer has developed more than 150 different models...
KTM Motorcycle Insurance
The brand that would become KTM as it is today began in 1934, when Austrian engineer Hans Trunkenpolz opened a metalworking shop, naming the business Kraftfahrzeuge Trunkenpolz Mattighofen...
Moto Guzzi Motorcycle Insurance
Moto Guzzi was the original dream of two aircraft pilots and a mechanic: Carlo Guzzi; Giovanni Ravelli; and Giorgio Parodi, in Mandello del Lario, Italy, in 1921...
MV Agusta Motorcycle Insurance
MV Agusta was originally a division of the Agusta aviation company, which was established by Count Giovanni Agusta in 1923. After his death in 1927, his wife and four sons remained at the centre of the business...
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