( showing all of John ’ s TT starts on a Honda and 100th start sponsor logos ) and Gold wheel stripes . Each will also be adorned by McGuinness ’ signature to crown the airbox cover alongside an individually numbered plaque on the headstock . Each bike is also equipped with a Genuine Honda Accessories carbon fibre front mudguard and carbon rear hugger , plus rear seat cowl and tall screen . Tyres are also swapped out for race ready Metzeler Racetec RR tyres will be fitted , although the original tyres will also shipped with the bike . Considering no more than 30 units will be built , they are priced at a bargain £ 30,000
($ 58,064.65 ) retail . There ’ s more . Alongside the bike itself , Honda UK is also throwing in a custom Fireblade garage mat , a genuine Honda Accessories indoor body cover and a 3D laser-engraved crystal featuring a design of the John McGuinness 100th Start replica . There ’ s even an opportunity for a personal handover from the man himself , John McGuinness MBE , at Honda Racing UK in Louth . Sadly for us , on top of that low production number of just 30 bikes , the Fireblade John McGuinness 100th Start replica CBR1000RR-R SPs are for the UK market only .
KTM TAKES 25 % STAKE IN MV AGUSTA
It looks like KTM and its insatiable hunger for acquiring new brands is set on a new company , with KTM taking a 25.1 % stake in Italian brand MV Agusta . This comes off the back of news that KTM is now in charge of distributing the Italian brand within the North American market . KTM , or more to the point its parent company Pierer Mobility AG , currently owns the KTM , Husqvarna and GasGas brands , and has partnerships with CFMoto in China and Bajaj Auto in India . In the case of MV Agusta , the strategic partnership between the two European motorcycle manufacturers sees KTM AG
provide MV Agusta with supply chain support and take over the purchasing . Whether this partnership will see MV Agusta eventually be distributed in our part of the world by KTM is yet to be seen , but Pierer Mobiliy ( KTM ’ s parent company ) noted in its release that in the course of this cooperation , MV Agusta will partly distribute its product range via PIERER Mobility ’ s worldwide distribution network . KTM recently announced it will be responsible for distribution of CFMoto in five key European markets including Germany , Austria , Switzerland , Spain and the United Kingdom .
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