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Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Valentino Rossi tested the Dainese D-Air racing suit, with seriously high-tech features sometime ago. Rossi is asking questions about how the inflation mechanism works on the D-Air Racing suit.
The suit’s protection includes padding around the shoulders and collarbone, with inflation feature that can be activated in a crash. The air-bag ...
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Two students from Swathmore College, USA took two years and approx Rs 5,00,000(410,000) to develop this hydrogen powered motorcycle as a college project.
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Alex Bell and Andres Pacheco used a chassis from Buell Cyclone to develop a working hyrogen fuel cell powered motorcycle capable of ...
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Close to heels of the announcement for the 2010 VFR1000 comes the announcement of the dual clutch system from Honda for it's future generation of motorcycles.
Termed "Next Generation Transmission" by Honda, the dual clutch system is expected to be similar to transmissions of automatic cars and grace future release of ...
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
FIM has announced the new regulations for the 600cc four stroke class which is slated to replace the two stroke 250cc class currently underway in MotoGP championship. Termed "Moto 2", the new class will come with a slew of new regulations as underneath.
Replacement Regulation for 250cc Class from 2011 (Moto2) ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Honda's new Combined Anti-lock Braking System is designed to work when a bike is into a hard corner preventing panic in mid corner which can lead to crash. The new system to be used in the 2009 CBR600RR &
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2009 CBR1000RR Fireblade will use sophisticated ...
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
Here's a quick look on the specifications of suzuki's new big bike in India, the GS150R.
ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS
Displacement:
149cc
Engine:
Four Stroke, Single Cylinder, SOHC
Maximum Power:
13.8 Bhp @ 8500rpm
Maximum Torque:
13.4 Nm @ 6000rpm
Gears:
6 Manual
No. of Cylinders:
1
Cylinder Configuration:
SOHC
Valve Per Cylinder:
2
Cooling Type:
Air Cooling
Carburetor:
BS26 - Throttle Positioning Sensor
DIMENSIONS
Length:
2095.00 mm
Width:
775.00 mm
Height:
1120.00 mm
OTHER SPECIFICATIONS
Ground Clearance:
160.00 mm
Fuel Tank:
15.50 ltrs
Wheelbase:
1340.00 mm
Headlamp:
Multi ...
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Roland Sand's amazing modification on Yamaha R1.
Bike has been painted in Yamaha's 50'th Anniversary colors made famous by Kenny Roberts.
For more details visit Roland Sands official website at: http://www.rolandsands.com/
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
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Dainese launched it's 2009 motorcycle riding gear range in Italy last week. Dainese has introduced a number of new products in it's new collection which goes on sale in November. Details for the complete range are available at: www.dainese.com.
We have previewed some ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Kawasaki has applied for patent on a all new engine layout for powering their sports bikes, motocross bikes and ATVs. As per the images available from the US patent office, the engine layout seem similar to the new Husaberg engine which debuted sometime back in the Husaberg 450.
In the new ...
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
You must have heard a lot of talk about the Sintered brake pads and their advantages over regular organic pads. But what are these sintered pads and do they provide better value for the buck? Let us first understand Sintering.
Sintering is a method for making objects from powder, by heating ...
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