Archive for February, 2009:
Rider loses it during 100 mph wheelie
Those of you who have always wanted to do a high speed wheelie won’t be inspired by this video!
This biker actually achieves a long distance wheelie at speeds in excess of 95 mph, but loses control after passing along a group of riders watching him. Amazingly, the helmet-cam that he used didn’t end up in flying pieces allowing us to actually see the crash through the rider’s perspective.
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One horsepower is sometimes enough
Remember the Harley-Davidson Sportster dressed up for the wild west? If not, this picture will surely remind you of it. Presenting to you the Motorcycle Mustang!
Featuring a massive V-twin engine developing precisely one horsepower, this beast only needs a flame paintjob, foamy rider and passenger seat, leather saddlebags as well as taillights and a fancy number plate just so that the town’s serif would allow you to cruise peacefully.
Ducati 999 S Full Carbon
This mysterious looking motorcycle is the creation of German tuner Befaster and it not only attracts our attention with its unique look, but with an impressive power to weight ratio too: 1.88 horsepower for every kilo. This translates into a 170 hp engine, which, as the light weight, surely doesn’t come standard on the original Ducati bike.
The weight of the standard bike (186 kg) was reduced with 43 kg by installing a set of components made out of carbon fiber and titan instead of the original ones. Furthermore, the engine’s displacement was increased to 1.037 ccs, which explains the 170 hp.
2009 Star V Star 950
The V Star name itself says pretty much everything about a bike so Star wanted to change things for the better in that concern. They directed 950’s look towards a modern direction in such an outstanding manner that you can’t call it a classic cruiser neither a custom. Both motorcycle body types are expected to have a V-twin motor so V Star’s 942cc, air-cooled, four-stroke, V-twin; SOHC with four valves per cylinder isn’t of much help when trying to position this cruiser precisely in a certain category. The best thing about this unit is that it gets fuel injection which translates into 58.2 ft-lbs at 3500 rpm torque figures. Star didn’t release any information related to horsepower, but given the engine’s displacement and torque numbers, horsepower should be approximately 50 at the crank.
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2010 Ducati Multistrada new rendering
After revealing with courtesy of MCN the first spy shots featuring the all-new 2010 Ducati Multistrada, we get to see in the same way a proper computer interpretation of the bike that is meant to become THE alternative for the BMW R1200GS.
This is how the adventure-style Ducati will supposedly look when it will be shipped to dealers in 2010 and these lasts confirm it: “This is an accurate representation of what the bike looks like. I know I could sell loads of them this week if they were available.”
BMW S1000RR – the subject of 2009 WSBK teaser
In expectancy of the 2009 Superbike World Championship, BMW Motorrad creates a video promoting their all-new S1000RR motorcycle in both of its forms, street and racing. Riders behind those dark visors are Troy Corser and Reuben Xaus so watch them take this machine to the limit now and during the upcoming race season.
Harley-Davidson V-Rod turned into trike
Did you ever happen to buy a motorcycle and feel that there’s something missing in what concerns your new acquisition? Something such as a….third wheel for example. It seems that this motorcycle enthusiast did and with incredible results. This is the Harley-Davidson V-Rod Trike, definitely a unique machine which satisfies the riding demands of those who simply can’t stick to the standard two-wheeled version.
1995 Ferrari motorcycle searching for owner
Arlen Ness, before ending up designing Victory motorcycles for Polaris Industries, designed a Ferrari motorcycle inspiring on their famous Maranello model. It seems that the bike is the only one to have received an official Ferarri chassis number (SF-01M) as it apparently met the Italian car builder’s demands. The two-wheeled Ferarri is, of-course, a sportbike with great references not only thanks to its name, but also due to the 900cc DOHC motor developing 105 horsepower at 8,800 rpm.
Although the headlight is almost identical to what you would find on a 1995 Suzuki GSX-R750, the bike features Testarossa styling cues on the sides, the four-cylinder engine looks like handmade and the Ferrari Red makes it definitely stand out. But how radical, sophisticated or unique can a motorcycle be or look like so that someone would pay as muck as $300K for it these days. It seems that we will have to wait until the 20th to find out as that is when the auction for this bike ends.
2009 Honda CRF250R Preview
Creating the 2009 CRF250R, Honda engineers aimed towards power at all rpm levels as well as handling, resulting in a very well balanced motorcycle which’s small changes make all the difference. For example, the engine’s lower-to mid-rpm range was improved by reshaping the cylinder-head combustion chamber. This required the lengthening of the exhaust header in order for that rhythm to be sustained all through the rpm range of that already strong pulling four-stroke 249cc liquid-cooled four-valve Unicam motor.
The engine now mates to a new transmission with four-dog gears, new shift drum and shift drum arm for more precise shifting so the most important things when revising a bike have been totally covered up.
2009 Honda CRF450R Preview
Here’s the indisputable truth: Honda’s CRF450R is a proven winner. Since its first appearance in late 2001, the CRF450R has done plenty of winning in professional Supercross and Motocross competition. Weekend warriors also consider the CRF450R a big-time winner, whether it’s racing at the local level or simply enjoying an afternoon’s track outing aboard this remarkable 450. All of which points to a machine that’s as versatile as it is victorious. Just as impressive, beginning with its debut the CRF450R has been repeatedly judged as best-in-class by the guys who test them all. Every year the CRF450R collects rave reviews, 10-best honors and front-of-the-pack titles from enthusiast publications.
