Syarikat Motosikal dan Enjin Nasional Sdn. Bhd, or known as Modenas for short is a Malaysian national motorcycle company producing various small motorcycle models below 400cc targeted for local market and export. The company's headquarters and factory are located at the small town of Gurun, Kedah, Malaysia.
The Malaysian Cub Prix Championship is a national-level underbone or moped racing series for motorcycles with displacements from 100 to 150cc. The tournament is a grassroots developer with the main objective of discovering and developing Malaysian motorcycle racing talents.
The Ulster Grand Prix is a motorcycle race that takes place on the 7.3-mile Dundrod Circuit made up entirely of closed-off public roads near Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first races took place in 1922 and in 1935 and 1948 the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme gave it the title Grand Prix d'Europe. The Ulster Grand Prix was included as one of the races in the inaugural 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, a place it held until 1971. It also counted for the Formula TT Championship between 1979 and 1990. According to the race organisers, it is the fastest road race in the world.
An underbone is a type of motorcycle that uses structural tube framing with an overlay of plastic or non-structural body panels and contrasts with monocoque or unibody designs where pressed steel serves both as the vehicle's structure and bodywork. Outside Asia, the term underbone is commonly misunderstood to refer to any lightweight motorcycle that uses the construction type, known colloquially as step-throughs, mopeds or scooters.
Yamaha Y125Z or better known as Yamaha Z is a 125 cc two-stroke moped or underbone motorcycle produced by Yamaha. Debuted in 1998 as a successor of Yamaha Y110SS, the Y125Z was the first two-stroke underbone motorcycle with a catalytic converter. Beside being sold in most Southeast Asian countries especially in Malaysia and Singapore, it was also sold in Greece. The production of the Y125Z ended in 2017 after being sold for more than two decades.
Sébastien Gimbert is a professional motorcycle road racer. He currently competes in the Endurance FIM World Championship aboard a Honda CBR1000RR. His greatest success has come in the Endurance World Championship, and the bulk of his career has been spent on Yamaha YZF-R1 with more recent seasons spent on BMW S1000RR and Honda CBR1000RR motorcycles.
The 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 53rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Shahrol Yuzy Ahmad Zaini is a motorcycle Grand Prix rider from Malaysia. After his retirement from motorcycle racing at the end of 2002, he served as a full-time mentor of Team Petronas Sprinta Racing for the Malaysian Cub Prix from 2003 to 2007 before moving to Team Modenas Yuzy Pachi in 2008.
The Yamaha Nouvo is a CVT underbone manufactured by Yamaha Motor. It was introduced in April 2002 for Southeast Asia markets and In 2004, Brazil, where it was renamed the Yamaha Neo. Nouvo is from the French word Nouveau, which means new or fashionable.
Tomomi Manako is a Japanese former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1994 to 1999. Manako is notable for finishing in the top three of the 125cc world championship for three consecutive years, narrowly missing out on the title in 1998.
Doni Tata Pradita is an Indonesian motorcycle racer who raced in the 2013 Moto2 World Championship. In 2008, he raced for Yamaha Pertamina Indonesia Team in the 2008 250cc Grand Prix World Championship. Doni is the first Indonesian rider ever to participate in a 250cc Grand Prix World Championship race & remains the only Indonesian rider to score points in intermediate class so far.
Mike Di Meglio is a French Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and 2008 World Champion in the 125cc class. In 2019, he will compete in the MotoE World Cup aboard an Energica Ego Corsa. Of Italian descent, his paternal grandfather was born in Lentini.
Mohamad Zamri Baba is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Malaysia. He races in the Asia Road Race Championship in the SS600 class for MuSASHi Boon Siew Honda Racing.
Hafizh Syahrin Abdullah is a Malaysian motorcycle racer. In 2018, he became the first ever Southeast Asian to participate in the MotoGP category.
Rafid Topan Sucipto is an Indonesian motorcycle racer. He races a Yamaha YZF-R25 in the Asia Road Race AP250 Championship. In 2015 he raced in the Asia Road Race SS600 Championship aboard a Suzuki GSX-R600. He previously competed in the Moto2 World Championship for QMMF Racing Team.
Rajini Krishnan is an Indian motorcycle racer. He became national road racing champion in 2011 and in 2013 became the first Indian winner of an international road racing event with his victory at the Losail Asian Road Racing Championship in Qatar. He won the Malaysian Superbike championship in 2015.
Matthieu Lagrive is a French motorcycle racer. He races in the International Road Race Championship, aboard a Yamaha YZF-R6.
The FIM Asia Road Racing Championship is the regional motorcycle road racing championship for Asia, held since 1996.
Dimas Ekky Pratama is an Indonesian motorcycle rider who last raced in Moto2 Championship for Idemitsu Honda Asia Team.
Gerry Salim Laurens, is a motorcycle rider from Indonesia who competes in FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship.
