China Tire Industry Facing Most Serious 0verdraft
September.15.2010

From this year, a stream of tire investment boom quickly spread throughout China, and it comes with tremendous force that is unexpected. According to the incomplete statistics, there are no less than 40 new items in tire industry, all-steel tires less is 600,000 sets and more is tens of millions sets; as for passenger tires, less is 3 million sets and more is 15 million sets, the production capacity has been exceeded the demands severely. Reporters appeal that relevant departments and auto parts industries should pay high attention urgently on this phenomenon. Relevant experts also advise tire enterprises to have rational investment in order to reduce risk.

After investigation reporters know that, Shandong Guang Nao Company, known as the nest of tires recently have initiated a tide of constructing all-steel and semi-steel radial fitness projects, and this project has reached more than 10. The scale in building of the radial tire project has reached 50 million sets and it is expected that the car parts production capacity can be formed in the next two years. Shandong Jin Yu Company plans to expand the all-steel tires to 300 million scooter sets per year, and the semi-steel tires to 15 million sets per year; except Guang Nao there are more than 10 radial tire projects in Shandong. In addition, according to the survey of the reporters, now the scooters investment boom of the tire enterprises is spreading in many areas except Shandong Province.

When atv reporters investigate and cover the reason why so many areas start to have the tire projects, Mr. Chen Jinrong said that, in the beginning of this year the market expected that the world economy would continue to show a recovery trend, so the tire markets are all in the state of replenishing stock. In this process, manufacturers may get a wrong signal that the market prospect is better. Therefore, most manufacturers automatically speed up the production and capacity expansion. The centralized, large-scale, rapid expansion of constructing the tire electric bike projects will seriously intensify the fierce competition and disorder in tire industry, now the risk of over-expansion has begun to appear. According to the dirt bike statistics of China Rubber Industry Association Tire Branch, from January to May of this year, the stocks of China's major 43 tire companies have increased 23% compared with the same period last year, and the phenomenon of tire accumulation around most electric bikes factories appeared again. In June the decrease of tire price is generally about 15% compared with the peak, many companies cannot help but begin to limit their production.

Mr. Ju Hongzhen, the honorary president of China electric bike Industry Association, worried about the current pole investment boom. He took the engineering giant tire boom in 2008 as an analogy and said that, the engineering tire boom has caused serious surplus on China's engineering giant tire, the day the production electric bike line of most engineering giant tires to put into operation is the day to stop garment steam production. But this year the tire investment boom has exceeded the boom of engineering tire, which is seriously overdrawing the future of China's tire industry, it is extremely detrimental to the skyrunner industry development. And he hoped that the tire enterprises could have rational investment and maintain a healthy industry development.

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The Interpretation of China Sporting Goods Industry
September.09.2010

Industry Development

Compared with developed countries, China's sporting goods industry is in its beginning stage. At present, nearly 400 million consumers have ploughed into the athletic sports, and this figure is increasing constantly, so the consumers' demands for the sporting goods are rapidly growing. Under the influence of the world financial crisis, the industry awareness of the whole sporting goods industry has became cautious. However, in the next decade this growth rate will continue with faster speed. The 2008 Beijing Olympics has significantly speed up the development of China's electric bike sporting goods market. According to the data statistics by China Industry Research Institute, in 2009 the sales volume of China's sporting goods industry has exceeded 100 billion yuan, and it is expected that 250 billion yuan will be achieved in 2013, therefore, the potential of the market demand increase is very large.

Competition Pattern

With the 2009 annual electric bike report of some major sporting goods companies coming out successively, the ranking list of sporting goods ATV brands in the domestic market seems to have some changes, after a slight glance we can find that a new competition pattern is forming fitness equipment quietly. For example, Li Ning has ranked second in the industry with 8.387 billion yuan annual sales volume, which first exceeds Adidas and squeeze into the leader ranks. Nike, Li Ning and Adidas have gradually formed a new first tier. It is not difficult for careful readers to find that the competition between Chinese and foreign skyrunner brands has begun to have a qualitative shift: the Chinese sporting goods market which dominated by foreign capital brands has gone and will never be back. In China the brand spread and promote means of many brands represented by Li Ning and Anta are increasing continually, and the market performance become better and better. Although they have their own style and characteristics, but in China the fact that the competition of sporting goods market continues to strengthen can not be denied.

Channel Structure

Generally speaking, the profit level of sporting goods scooters industry is higher, and it has strong premium capacity and attraction. From the profit allocation of industrial chain in all links, the brand manufacturers are in the highest level of the profit because they have the brand property and are responsible for brand promotion, pocket bike product design and development. The brand manufacturers dominate Chinese electric bikes sporting goods market with better profitability and strong right of speech on channel, and they often put pressure on distributors in order to ensure the increase of brand revenue.

In sporting goods industry the profit allocation pattern of industrial scooters chain in all links results in the double squeeze from brand manufacturers and terminal retailers on distributor's profit, with their decreasing profit it will cause the pole retailers to further nibble the distribution market, the channel level of sporting goods industry will continue to reduce and develop toward a flat scooter trend. In a short time the overall pattern of channel partners will not be changed greatly, the probability of new household items national retailers appearing is small, and the local advantages of retailers are still barriers and obstacles for foreign retailers to enter into the local market.

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China's Motorcycle Export Will Achieve More Than 20% Growth in 2010
August 18, 2010

China Motorcycle Chamber of Commerce recently released an analysis shows that if the trend of global economic recovery does not change much, China's motorcycle exports in 2010 will continue to improve scooter . And the motorcycle exports in 2010 is expected to be achieved over 20% growth.

On the press conference of China International Motorcycle and Parts Fair, the principal of China Chamber of pocket bike Commerce said, we should be notice that China's motorcycle industry which relying on the external demand is not a backward production capacity, its structural adjustment is very difficult and also requires a long time but the electric bike of stable quality and low-emission of emission compliance electric bikes accord with the global household items environmental protection trend.

Therefore, currently the fitness equipment government will firm export and keep share at the same time adjust the structural. So we should increase policy support of developing new product and accelerate the electric bike transition of industry's export growth pattern. At the same time, we must increase ATV the export credit insurance and credit skyrunner support to help enterprises dare to take a single and make more transaction and scooters export.

As reported, the First China scooters International Motorcycle and Parts Fair will hold on June 11 to 13, 2010 in Beijing pole Agricultural Exhibition Hall, hosted by the Ministry of Commerce to promote international exchanges and cooperation of motorcycle industry.

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Cute scooter defined by electricity, portability

It's energy efficient, it's clean, compact and simple, and, above all, it's very cool. All of these factors could be significant in getting people to adopt a lightweight, electrically powered scooter designed by William J. Mitchell, the Alexander W. Dreyfoos Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences, and several of his students in MIT's Smart Cities Group, in collaboration with SYM, a major scooter manufacturer in Taiwan, and ITRI, Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute. A prototype of the new design was a hit at the Milan Auto Show, where it was unveiled earlier this month.

The viability of the one-way-rental business model has been demonstrated in Paris, Mitchell said, where a company has recently begun a similar service with 1,000 bicycles. The design of the scooter is also important in getting the new concept adopted. "People want to look cool," Mitchell said, and the folding scooter was highly praised at the Milan show, where vehicle design is especially prized.
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International Motorcycle and Scooter show preview

Hot on the heels of the Paris motorcycle show, the Birmingham NEC hosts in two weeks time the International Motorcycle and Scooter Show in association with The Sun newspaper. The show will feature the exclusive world launches of several new models:

BMW Motorrad UK will showcase the world premier of a new model that will be on sale in 2006, of which details are still under wraps. Yamaha will unveil their new YZF-R6R, 'bristling with MOTOGP technology' and YZF-R1SP- a high spec limited edition. The firm's FJR1300AS will be the first production semi-automatic motorcycle. British manufacturer CCM will launch its brand new FT35S model at the show, a street version of its American-style 'flat tracker' based on a new chassis that has a much reduced seat height compared to any previous CCM model. Triumph will launch its three new models in the UK at the NEC. The Rocket III Classic, the twin-cylinder Scrambler and the middle-weight triple-cylinder Daytona 675 Triple. Kawasaki will unveil to a UK audience for the first time the ER-6f, ZZR1400, VN900 Classic and KX450F.
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International Scooter Rally

Widely recognised as the largest scooter event in the world, the August Bank Holiday weekend welcomed thousands of fellow scooter enthusiasts to Ryde for a fun-filled line-up of ride-outs, rally events and parties. Blue skies and bright sunshine greeted the scooterists, mod fans and of course their faithful two-wheelers as they descended upon the IOW for the greatest rally of the scootering calendar. As always, the highlight of the weekend was the mass ride-out around the Island on Sunday, which, regardless of your personal preference and opinions on scooters, was without any shadow of a doubt, a truly awesome sight to behold.

With such recognition and a series of prestigious trophies up for grabs, it was easy to understand why owners of some of the hottest scooters around took the trouble to transport their prize processions across the Solent. Multiple classes were set aside for a multitude of extraordinary tastes and innovative ideas spanning decades of scootering lifestyles. For anyone with a previously limited knowledge and appreciation of scooters, the Custom Show, together with the weekend's varying activities, emerged triumphant in turning heads and transforming attitudes.
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Scooters: The New Menace On Australian Roads?

As the new motorcycle market heads for a record year here in Australia, buoyed by increased demand for scooters, a recent survey conducted by insurance company AAMI asserts that "one-third (33 per cent) of drivers nationally said that scooters were the new menace on Australia's capital city roads." Now major motoring authorities such as the FCAI - the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries - have come out and rubbished AAMI's claims, essentially calling the company's surveyors a pack a liars.

"The fact is that motorcycles and scooters have become so popular amongst urban Australian commuters over the past four to five years that they now form a major component of our traffic and play a valuable role in reducing vehicle densities and lowering overall fuel consumption. "According to our research, 97 per cent of those who ride motorcycles and scooters also have a car, so they are well aware of the risks. They clearly have a two-way perspective. In contrast, car drivers who have never ridden rarely appreciate the riders' perspective," opined Mr Behr. "Perhaps if 97 per cent of motorists also rode a bike, this understanding may be different and there would be a lot fewer collisions!"
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Scooter sales soar as petrol prices bite

Australians are turning to scooters to combat escalating petrol prices. After a slump in the March quarter this year, demand for scooters bounced back to be up by more than seven per cent in the first half of 2008, according to figures released Tuesday by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI). The FCAI said total motorcycle sales also were running at record levels as more Australians turned to two wheels for transport and recreation. "It's encouraging the motorcycle market continues to show resilience in the face of higher interest rates and general economic turbulence," said FCAI chief executive Andrew McKellar.

The increase of over six per cent for the first half of 2008 demonstrates that the demand for bikes, scooters and ATVs has remained quite strong." After falling 3.4 per cent in the first quarter this year, scooter sales stormed back to rise by 7.6 per cent over the first half with 7,613 retailed across the country. The recent spike in pump prices has no doubt played a part in the turnaround in scooter sales since the March quarter." In scooters, SYM led the way with 14.6 per cent of the market ahead of Piaggio on 13.2 per cent, Yamaha 11.9 per cent, Vespa 10.2 per cent and Honda 7.5 per cent.
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Scooter riders in last egg-run

THOUSANDS of scooter riders will travel to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital on Saturday, March 8, for the 22nd and final Ginger's Easter Egg Run.Named after organiser Kevin "Ginger" Lawton, the event will feature Lambretta and Vespa riders from across Europe, who will be taking chocolate treats to the young patients at the hospital in Pendlebury.The run is the centrepiece of a two-day rally at Lowton Civic Hall on March 7 and 8, featuring trade stalls selling scooter parts and 1960s clothing.Last year, 2,000 riders took part in the run, which travels from Lowton, through Leigh, Atherton, Little Hulton and Walkden. However, this year's, on March 8, will be the last because the hospital is to close later this year.

Mr Lawton, aged 54, a lorry driver from Atherton, is a member of Bolton Spartans Scooter Club and will be trading in his Eddie Stobart wagon for a 1972 Lambretta to take part.His wife, Caroline, aged 43, will be riding a 1964 model.He said: "It's sad that it's the last egg run, but it should be a great event this year because we've got people coming from Belgium, Holland and Ireland, among other places."The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is to be replaced by a new hospital in Oxford Road.
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Air-powered scooter leaves city centres cleaner

An inventor has created what he claims is the world’s first motorcycle powered by fresh air.Jem Stansfield says his converted Puch moped produces cleaner air than found in many town and city centres and so can actually reduce pollution.“It actually fires out cleaner air,” said 37-year-old Stansfield, who used to be a sheep herder.The University of Bristol aeronautics graduate fitted the Puch with high pressure carbon fibre air cylinders used by fire fighters as breathing apparatus in burning buildings.The cylinders power two rotary air engines which in turn drive the chain to the rear wheel. Unlike electric scooters, it takes just seconds to recharge from larger air tanks filled by a diving compressor.

With a top speed of 18mph and a range of just seven miles between air top-ups, Stansfield admits it’s never going to be good for trans-continental touring. But hesaid: “You could definitely run a fleet of delivery bikes on it.”TV presenter Stansfield built the scooter for a National Geographic channel documentary, Planet Mechanics.Viewers can see him test ride it in Bristol when the programme is aired on June 3 at 6pm.
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Drunk in charge of a shopping scooter

A 46-year-old woman was caught trying to drive a supermarket mobility scooter from Oldham to Stretford while drunk.Magistrates heard last week that unemployed Amanda Leaff was spotted by an off-duty police officer driving the vehicle erratically on Oldham Road, Hollinwood, at around 10.45pm on Wednesday, November 12.The officer called colleagues who stopped the woman further down the road in Failsworth, before breathalising her and finding her to be more than twice over the legal limit.Leaff, who is not disabled, told police she had borrowed the ‘Mart Cart’ from Asda Chadderton to save herself the taxi fare from a friend’s house to her own home in Stretford, Trafford.She planned to drive the entire 10-miles on the motorised supermarket trolley, seemingly unaware that its maximum speed is 2.4 mph and the journey would have taken more than four hours.Leaff – who hid behind an umbrella on leaving Oldham Magistrates’ Court – admitted the charges of taking without consent and driving while unfit. She was banned from driving for 20 months and ordered to pay ￡240.

The court heard that Leaff had been visiting a friend in a pub in Chadderton and, after several hours of drinking, the intoxicated pair decided to go back to the friend’s house nearby.En-route, at around 8pm, the pair came upon the Asda store on Milne Street and "borrowed" the motorised shopping scooter (like the ones above) because the heel of Leaff’s friend’s shoe had broken. They then drove it to the friend’s house nearby where it was left outside. Two hours later Leaff decided to drive the scooter home down main roads.The court heard that when the police stopped Leaff, who has a previous conviction for theft, she became abusive. A breathaliser recorded 77mg of alcohol on her breath. The legal driving limit is 35mg.Defence solicitor Stephen Krebbs said Leaff, who has no driving licence, had planned to drive along Oldham Road into the centre of Manchester and then via Piccadilly to Stretford.
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Transport chaos accelerates the scooter's rebirth

For decades they were the ultimate in two-wheeled uncool. But the rebirth of the moped as the "must-have" for chic urbanites was confirmed yesterday after sales rose by more than a third in a year.Out go the jokes about hairdryers on wheels ridden by nerds; in come snazzy designs and boasts about beating traffic jams. Nowadays, the scooter spells automotive salvation for frustrated commuters.That, at least, was the claim from motorcycle retailers, as they revealed a record-breaking boom in sales that has put 48,164 more 50cc two-wheelers on the nation's roads in the last 12 months.The figures, published yesterday by the Retail Motor Industry Federation, represent a 38 per cent increase in year-on-year sales. Overall sales of motorcycles - 170,000 - are the best for 14 years.

To others, most of them environmentalists, the scooter craze is dangerous and causes pollution. But on both sides of the argument, there is agreement that Britain is in the grip of a love affair with the moped.Industry experts said the effects of the chaos on Britain's railways and continued problems with congestion had encouraged a rush into showrooms for mopeds and scooters.Kevin Kelly, the federation's director for motorcycle retail, said: "Thousands of people who live in cities are seeing the scooter as their means of escaping commuting hell, and being fashionable with it."Many were already being forced out of their cars because they were sitting in traffic jams all day, but the rail crisis has accelerated the trend. The scooter is a cheap and convenient alternative."
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OAP's lifeline scooter wrecked

A DEFIANT Bishop's Stortford pensioner refuses to be beaten by a cruel thief who robbed him of his independence.Ninety-year-old widower Harold Diss's mobility scooter was stolen from its garage at a sheltered housing complex. A teenager has been charged with the theft, along with six other offences.The spirited great-grandfather, who underwent major heart surgery in his early 70s and has had treatment for throat cancer, said: "It's the difference between me getting out without my family's help."Mr Diss, who served with the Royal Army Ordinance Corps during the Second World War, was particularly upset because it happened days before the first anniversary of his wife's death. He and Phyllis, 86, had known each other for 70 years.

He said: "I have quite a performance to go shopping and I do my best not to trouble my children. I have four children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren and they are all wonderful."Mr Diss can walk only a few paces unaided, but in a determined effort not to be housebound after his scooter was stolen on Tuesday or Wednesday last week, he took his three-wheeled walking frame and headed off to do his shopping."I had to stop four times but I made it," he said. "I stopped five times on the way back."Police have now returned his scooter, which was found damaged in Thorley Park, but it is beyond repair. He said: "It's upset me so much."Describing it as "wicked", his eldest daughter, Marilyn Campbell, of Little Hadham, said: "It means he is housebound, he can't get out without it. His independence has gone."
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Mobility scooter takes A-road

An 81-year-old man was driven home by police after he rode his 8mph electric mobility scooter in the middle of a busy dual carriageway.The man decided to take the A27 for a shopping trip on the edge of Portsmouth after trying out another route along smaller roads which he "found too slow", the police officer called to the scene said.It is not illegal to drive such vehicles on A-roads, but the man was warned against attempting the route again.The pensioner, who has not been named, set off yesterday morning from his home on Hayling Island in Hampshire to an electronics shop in Farlington, PC Steve Wootton said.Police received calls from motorists who had been forced to brake hard or swerve to avoid the scooter as it used one of the main lanes on the road, which has a 70mph speed limit.

They tracked him down as he returned home, at one point apparently using the right-hand lane for a period.Wootton said that by the time he arrived motorists had persuaded the man to stop on the hard shoulder of the eastbound carriageway, close to the junction with the A3(M). Police put the man and his scooter into their van and drove him home."When I spoke to him at the scene he was very aware of what he was doing and why," Wootton said. "There is another route to the shop using more minor roads. He'd been the other way before and said he found it too slow, so decided to go on the A27. It probably wasn't the best option."The man said his scooter could travel up to 50 miles on a single charge."We advised him very strongly not to go on such a main road again, but it remains to be seen what he'll do," Wootton said.
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Beat fuel inflation with a Salford electric scooter

A new option for the impoverished British motorist is now available, with the introduction of electric scooters from the Far East which have been given improved performance by University of Salford designers.The 'Wispa' range of scooters, which cost half a penny in electricity for one mile's travel, are being developed by staff in the University's School of Art & Design to make the ownership experience more enjoyable for the UK market.A new range of scooters is to be unveiled in the first quarter of 2009, which incorporate classic scooter design from the sixties and which are more powerful - removing the necessity of pushing them uphill!Damian Vesey from the School of Art & Design said: "As people find they have less money and are looking to become more environmentally friendly, these scooters become a very attractive proposition."We've taken some of the original design concept and made it more powerful and lighter to deliver increased speed and efficiency. We've also given the company some advice on style and accessories for the UK market.

At a retail price of ￡999, the scooters are cheap to buy, cheap to run and cheap to insure. The bikes can be fully recharged for around 8 pence, giving a maximum range of over 40 miles. One of the key markets for the scooter is universities where students and staff currently use a car to commute."Large organisations like universities and councils could really benefit from these scooters," Damian said. "They're an excellent alternative to a passenger car and in most cases more convenient than public transport. The Scooters will elevate the demand for parking spaces in congested areas as well as being less harmful to the environment than cars or motorbikes."The technical support from the University will help Wispa Scooters to take off in a big way and we are hopeful that the people of Salford will embrace the product and help make the North West a beacon for sustainable transport''Managing director of Wispa scooters Allistair Carmichael said: "The links with the University have allowed us to re-evaluate our current working practices and product range and to investigate alternative methods for product development in the future.