Saturday, July 31, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Classic Motorcycles - The Honda CB750
The Japanese were coming, however, and has already achieved great successes in the middle classes and light weight since 1948.
However, in 1968, everything changed. It was not one looked really coming. Perhaps the self-satisfied when the British motorcycle industry decided that the Japanese will not enter the arena, a large bike.
Naturally, the definition of "big bike" means anything more than 750cc, and in many ways refer to the same 750cc category, and once again was going to be any change in the 1970s.
However, in October 1968 saw a huge difference in motorcycles. Only a few months of the year, and victory began the new "big bike", and Trident. This machine produced 58bhp and a top speed of 125mph. Properly handle and the victory and high hopes for it.
However, the cosmetic is ugly to some extent for the time, and expensive when compared to the level of twins age.
Tokyo saw the 1968 and show a motorcycle shock launch CB750 Honda. Design immediately caught the eye. Flow lines, and in victory and not "look" box, mostly as a result milk rectangular bread "" tank, and the stunning four-cylinder engine with four exhaust pipes, disc brakes front and rear indicators and electric starter is something very mad.
And technologically advanced well. And the engine was completely new and have very low levels of vibration, which makes it incredibly soft to the day, and brake and revelation.
The smoothness of the engine a lot to do with the main design brief, which was "more the better" with respect to the engine.
One of the main objectives of the development of the device, which can suffer comfortably for long periods. Were studied and one of the keys to this limit was vibration, and many configurations to find out what type and size of the engine and provide a minimum of vibration.
Was found to vibrate problem in the 500cc engines on the ability to form a double parallel shared. V twins have been tested and style boxer engines, and the result of four configurations are included in the 750cc.
The bike was well received in the United States and then in the United Kingdom, where it was presold the first installment as a whole.
The bike was a great success, combining the state a lot of design art, both in terms of design and mechanics. It was very quiet for the day, and due to some changes in engine design brand new, split horizontally cans facilities (Alkrnkat For example, the device that is unlikely that oil leaking or need constant attention.
CB750 was an instant hit, and paved the way for a massive change in the manufacture of motorcycles. This is the dawn of Superbike.
Honda VFR1200F - The New Sports Tourer on the Block
There was a large number of motorcycles expected protector over the years but the excitement and speculation which emerged on VFR1200F New Honda V4 powered must certainly rank up there with the most fervent
Honda showed the bike originally from V4 concept in late 2008 in the annual exhibition for trade Intermot, which was held in Cologne. Group to model the distinctive tongues wagging and speculation - fueled by the experience of a number of humor sites and leaked information - was rife on what was next in the pipeline.
The company has developed finally fans out of their misery in 2009, when VFR1200F officially announced and unveiled for the entire device in that year the Tokyo Motor Show. The production of the sport bike tour of October 2009 and the beginning of 2010 saw the delivery of prototypes of the merchants.
So, what is it about the VFR1200F enthusiasts so excited? Well, one of the main reasons is that while the bike is available for a hierarchical system of traditional manual transmission, and can also be equipped with automatic transmission binary - which, although well established in like BMW and Volkswagen, the first of its kind bike bursts in the world.
Dual-clutch system one sees working grip, third and fifth gears, while the other is responsible for the second, fourth and sixth. Is a choice of three modes: fully automatic, sports, and a guide.
On the one hand engine, and uses the V4 VFR1200F Unicam overhead camshaft distribution system, and one already for a walk in Honda motorcycles off-road. Has also been positioning the crank pins and the cylinder firing in a specific way, so as to reduce vibration.
Has taken a dual combined braking system on the show in previous models IFR jump to more than 1200F, while the included anti-lock brakes as standard.
Aesthetically, the bike is a winner, with the design of lending gift layers form a unique shape while maintaining the optimum air flow and heat management. And potential buyers can choose from three color options - Candy emergence of the Red, Pearl White, Sunbeam and seal Metalliic silver.
Costs VFR1200F £ 11,596 on the road, and comes with a three-year roadside breakdown cover and warranty for a period of three years. With cheap insurance motorcycle Honda available to drivers willing to shop around seems to be a good deal-General of the machine is enormous.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Mickey Thompson Performance Tires MiRock Superbike Series
Mickey Thompson Performance Tires MiRock Superbike Series
event: Fast by Gast WPGC Bike Fest
when: July 17-18, 2010
where: Maryland International Raceway in Budd’s Creek, MD, USA
Rider Chip Ellis and tuner Blake Ritter weren’t intimidated by Jeremy Teasley’s HTP Performance Real Street win streak. The bounty that the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires MiRock Superbike Series levied on Teasley’s head had swelled and Ellis and Ritter planned on taking it back to Indiana with them.
But before the pair could take on Teasley for the win at Maryland International Raceway’s Fast by Gast WPGC Bike Fest—now indisputably the nation’s biggest all-motorcycle drag race—Teasley had some unfinished business to attend to. He still had to win the rain delayed June final over Eddie Murphy. That he did on Saturday, doubling the bounty for anyone that could beat him and his Adams Performance/RS Motorsports Kawasaki ZX14 on Sunday.
No combination rose to that challenge better than multi-time AMA Prostar national champ and NHRA national event winner Ellis, his fellow Vance & Hines employee Ritter, and their Suzuki GSX-R1000. Ellis qualified number 1 and made his way to a semifinal made up entirely of riders who’d ridden for Teasley’s team boss Coby Adams at some point in their careers—Ellis himself, Ryan Schnitz, superstar Rickey Gadson, and current pilot Teasley. Ellis advanced in style, nailing a record 7.83 to beat Schnitz. Teasley beat Gadson, then took the tree against Ellis in the final. But setting the record was no fluke for Ellis, and Ritter had the bike firmly in the 7.80’s at this point. Teasley, running a whole new nitrous system installed by owner/tuner Roger Starrette, was stuck in the .90’s and event promoter Jason Miller handed the cash bounty over to Ellis in the MIR winners circle.
Adams is final round tested after many matches with his rider Teasley, but couldn’t get his own ZX14 to hook up on Saturday and was stuck in the B race on Sunday. He opened the day with an 8.0 but fluctuated as the day wore on. His worst light and ET of the day came in the final against fellow builder/tuner heavyweight Del Flores. But Del and his ‘Busa were hovering around 8.40, and Adams had enough to take the B race.
Although Teasley saw his Real Street streak broken, two Orient Express Pro Street wins on the weekend helped ease the pain. After leaving the tree within .001 of each other, Teasley and his nitrous huffing Kawasaki ZX14 ran 7.31 to pull ahead of number 2 plateholder Rodney Williford for the rain delayed June race win. Rodney’s turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa was on a top end charge but ran out of racetrack.
Sunday’s race saw plenty of Pro Street upsets, with number 1 qualifier Bud Yoder breaking in the water box before his round 2 match with Sean “Skinny” Walsh. Sean carried that break all the way to his first Pro Street final against Teasley, and stepped up by taking the tree and running his quickest lap of the weekend. But that wasn’t enough to keep Teasley from his second Pro Street win of the event.
Steve Smithers drove all the way from Kansas and was determined not to go home empty handed. He beat Ehren Litten in the Pro Street B final after a full, four round raceday.
Pro Comp eighth mile racing for nitrous Pro Mods, turbo Funnybikes and Outlaw Pro Street bikes made its MiRock debut, and Maryland native Ronnie Procopio took all the spoils. Procopio qualified number 1 on his nitrous Pro Mod Suzuki and met up with Canadian Terry Schweigert on a similar combination in the final. Schweigert failed to make the long trip pay off, cutting a poor light, backsliding slightly on ET, and handing Procopio the homecoming win.
Robert “Crossroads” Johnson worked his way through a 52 bike House of Speed Crazy 8’s field to meet Dr. Rick Bunting in the final. Bunting ran .009 off the index, but gave up too much to Johnson’s .012 light at the tree and Johnson took the win.
After subduing a 134 bike Fast By Gast Pro ET field, Shawn Smith beat Kip Green in Saturday’s final. Rodney “They Call Me Mister” Tibbs and his gorgeous old school Kaw 900 took Sunday’s win when Jimmie Miller redlit. Rickey Butler Jr. won the FBR Shop Quick 32 final when Jay Windsor redlit by a scant .001.
Derek Christensen and Brandon Bachmeier bested 133 riders to reach the final in Saturday’s Schnitz Racing Street ET race, and Christensen bested Bachmeier in the final. Dale Hamilton and Glenn Gass fought their way through an even bigger field on Sunday, with Hamilton taking the win.
In all, 7000 watched the Maryland action, which along with the 450+ race entries each day included 47 stunt and show bikes, 13 bikini contestants, live music, and a large vendor display, all at Maryland International Raceway’s fabulous facility.
The Mickey Thompson Performance Tires MiRock Superbike Series races next August 21-22 at the Schnitz Racing Summer Sizzler at Rockingham Dragway in Rockingham, North Carolina, USA
Find out more about the MiRock Superbike Series at www.mirockracing.com