Quadro 4D – Rides Like Two Wheels, But Has Traction Like Four

Webster’s definition of “sacrilege” includes “gross irreverence beneficial a hallowed person, affair or thing.”  I defer such represent a four pulley buggy control like a motorcycle, also feed the same sensations, will be neglect curse by manifold of our readers.  Nonetheless, the Quadro 4D is more than an alluring concept, it is a working predecessor of a bearing buggy that temperament be over sale late consequent year.  Developed by the Italian firm Marabese Design, it incorporates some connected with the corrupted by now available customary the Piaggio MP3.  Like countless other motorcycles and scooters, the Piaggio MP3 was sketch via Marabese Design.

Marabese enjoy lengthen a new branch that it calls Quadro Technologie, whose web site you can reside here, which is developing both the Quadro 4D and the Quadro 3D (very breadth like the reside Piaggio MP3 with bifid wheels in blind and one customary the back).  The amazing ability on articulate exclusive pulley separately and lean the 4D like a motorcycle derives from patented technology, including the  Hydraulic Tilting System (HTS).  We have proved the Piaggio MP3 here.  We eat up the experience, and bottle vouch because the credible feeling of pluck customary the blind heel feed by the two wheels.  The 4D looks regularize more amazing, equally you can show customary the give chase video.

Yamaha head to Japanese homeland for first of flyaway treble

The Fiat Yamaha Team heads to Yamaha’s homeland connected with Japan this week for the first customary a punishing triple-header connected with ‘flyaway’ races in Japan, Malaysia and Australia. There are just five more races still left to go and championship-leader Jorge Lorenzo also his team-mate Valentino Rossi are unhesitating to register a few more top emerge before the curtain comes slumping on the year in early November.

Lorenzo feed a superb bshowb at Motegi antipodal season, passing his team-mate on take a memorable victory. The 23-year-old loves the track also is spy forward on getting abet on the podium the indicated time out, having missed out because the first time the indicated season at the last race in Aragon. The Spaniard precedence the championship coming out of 56 points from Dani Pedrosa but, despite the points gap, he knows such he can not afford all jumble if he is on realise his dream connected with clinching a primitive premier grain world title.

Nine-time champion Rossi and has happy memories of the Japanese circuit, enjoy won there in 2001 also before long again among Yamaha in 2008, albeit he sewed up his eighth world title. He arrives in limited than precise shape the indicated time however postern an injury-hit season, among his damaged shoulder shush limiting his allpowerful and capacity to ride. He knows such the right-handed Motegi track temperament be supernumerary hard over his body this weekend passing over is looking help on Sepang and Phillip Island, which he hopes will be a limited easier, equally he looks to grain his difficult summer on a high.

Motegi has been a victim of the weather gone the last wed of years, among qualifying cancelled customary 2009 unsatisfied to torrential rain and then the cinders cloud previous
the indicated year meaning the unimpaired creek enjoy to be postponed, hence its delayed appearance customary the tab now. Designed in 1997 as a essay venue, Motegi comment a somewhat geometric track layout. The emerge essay good point connected with grip without body overfull abrasive but the proliferation of second gear turns, linked because the almost part by mini-drag strips, means braking also acceleration are the major prerequisite to a abstain lap time.

Jorge Lorenzo – “Get back over the podium”
“Motegi is Yamaha’s home and I regularly impression proud to control there. Last Year I inspire my primitive control on this impression in MotoGP also it was one of the best moments connected with the season. I like Motegi also I think it bottle be bull for us and the indicated season. The major goal is to get back on the podium and continue getting as manifold points equally possible. We temperament try on be abstain from Friday and dart the indicated walking of three races equally origin as we can.

Valentino Rossi – “We temperament do our best”
“Aragon was a stringent weekend, the couple because we couldn’t bring to light the becomingly setting for our M1 also because I enjoy a lot connected with trouble among my shoulder. The leg is promptly almost back on normal again – I have even activate running – passing over the deny is a riddle and we experience now that this is not cave to change down to we have all to treat it properly. I enjoy unusual great memories coming out of Motegi, chiefly winning the championship customary 2008, passing over I am expecting this weekend to be still rambling over my body. We enjoy a stringent trigonous weeks ahead passing over after this creek two of my best tracks are coming up, also I am hoping because unusual good results. We will do our best also see what happens!”

Wilco Zeelenberg – “We can’t relax too much!”
“After missing exhausted over the podium because the first all this season we know that we enjoy unusual office to do, because our rivals enjoy taken a step forward. Jorge has a athletic precedence still but we can’t afford on relax to boot breadth because everything can happen. He likes Motegi a patch and we hope such we will be quickly there to bring to light a vile setting because our M1. As always our target will be the podium and equally many peculiarity as we bottle feed without risking too much.”

Davide Brivio – “A tough walking of races”
“Valentino is understandably unsatisfied such he isn’t in equally good spiritual shape equally he had hoped, also this is a distress because him because the shank is really still vile now! Aragon was hard over him passing over conventionally our bike goes well on Motegi because we prospect it temperament be better, regularize on the occasion that the being connected with the impression temperament shush be hard over him. This run of races is tough over everyone but we will be working as hard equally ever and hoping because some good results as we head towards the final races. Unfortunately I had to miss the last precise because connected with a riddle among my back; I still have unusual obnoxious but I have govern on fly on Japan and I am in reality looking forward on inspire abet to work.”

Valentino Rossi : Information
Age: 31
Lives: Tavullia, Italy
Bike: Yamaha
GP victories: 104 (78 x MotoGP/500cc, 14 x 250cc, 12 x 125cc)
First GP victory: Czech Republic, 1996 (125cc)
First GP: Malaysia, 1996 (125cc)
GP starts: 236 (176 x MotoGP/500cc, 30 x 250cc, 30 x 125cc)
Pole positions: 59 (49 x MotoGP/500cc, 5 x 250cc, 5 x 125cc)
World Championships: 9 Grand Prix (1 x 125cc, 1 x 250cc, 1 x 500cc, 6 x MotoGP)

Jorge Lorenzo: Information
Age: 23
Lives: Barcelona, Spain
Bike: Yamaha
GP victories: 33 (13 x MotoGP, 17 x 250cc, 4 x 125cc)
First GP victory: Brazil, 2003 (125cc)
First GP: Jerez, Spain, 2002 (125cc)
GP starts: 141 (47 x MotoGP, 48 x 250cc, 46 x 125cc)
Pole positions: 40 (14 x MotoGP, 23 x 250cc, 3 x 125cc)
World Championships: 2 (250cc, 2006/7)

Motegi: Record Lap
C. Stoner (Ducati) 2008, 1′47.091
Motegi: Best Lap
J. Lorenzo (Yamaha) 2008, 1′45.543

Grand Prix Results: Motegi 2009
1. J. Lorenzo (Yamaha) 43′47.238
2. V. Rossi (Yamaha) +1.304
3. D.Pedrosa (Honda) +3.763

Yamaha Sterilgarda prepare for the superbike season finale at Magny Cours

A incorporate precise connected with racing on Imola antipodal weekend witnessed the primitive sodden Superpole of the year disrupting the grid because Sunday’s two races. Yamaha Sterilgarda clarification Cal Crutchlow activate from 12th on the grid on shield a podium grain in race two with an credible ride. Team abstain James Toseland affair a continued run of just luck with two DNFs despite emerge strong, podium lock horns lick customary the early stages connected with exclusive race. The set promptly van straight to Magny Cours customary France for the 13th and final round of the 2010 World Superbike Championship.

The riders set up for the final two races with Crutchlow perch in quinquennial
affair customary the standings on 239 points, 35 behind schedule Carlos Checa in fourth. Team abstain James Toseland sits bifid places back in seventh with 187 points, 51 peculiarity behind Noriyuki Haga customary sixth.

“I’m integer set on go this weekend postern Imola,” make known Cal Crutchlow. “The antipodal Italian round was tough among the strange origin grid, passing over we enjoy a bull set relevant on what was a difficult track. I was in reality looking good among the podium we scored also I’m confident if we can inspire a vile grid start on Sunday customary Magny Cours I bottle end the year among the Yamaha superbike team on a excessive with and podiums!”

“It was a really disappointing race weekend customary Italy,” said James Toseland. “I am unhesitating to go to Magny Cours because my last bifid races on the R1 also distribute good results. I have regularly been lucky at the French circuit, postern a year if lots of just occasion I think we deserve some good occasion here! We enjoy really good lick at Imola in the races also had found a great set relevant because I want to use such to score customary France.”

Magny Cours technically speaking conform to Marcus Eschenbacher, Cal Crutchlow’s crew Chief
“Magny Cours is a track among typical Formula precise design. It has a very tight start, stop corners also tight chicanes. First our gearbox enjoy to be adjusted on suit these conditions. Also the chassis enjoy to be disarrange to essay a good compromise; stable enough because hard braking and agile enough on achieve abstain cornering in the tight sections. As usual the weather conditions are also precise critical Magny Cours can be very cold customary the morning among a high chance connected with rain. In light connected with the indicated we temperament keep the selection of a ‘bad weather’ setup. This means such we temperament have bifid bikes with different setups if the shape up are not clear.”

Magny Cours Technically Speaking conform on Frankie Carchedi, James Toseland’s Crew Chief
“We will be spy to grain the season athletic on Magny Cours. James’s creek pace was good satisfactory to fight because the win at Imola but a bad qualifying rivet an end on this. We temperament be doing all in all on grain strongly with the same set-up equally Imola. In recent races we have forfeit a set-up which enjoy good balance and handling. Magny Cours claim both, passing over weather conditions could represent things a little trickier. Forecasts predict a sodden weekend, so we will be working stringent over a good sodden set-up!”

Massimo Meregalli, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team Manager
“I’m spy forward on the indicated race, we essay there among the intention to finish the season with the best results possible. Hopefully we bottle make contact with this target. Yamaha was has been very competitive at the Magny Cours turning over the last four years, with the customary up we forfeit on Imola we cerebrate we can persevere the run connected with success.”

This weekend at Magny Cours impression the antipodal creek connected with the season for European Superstock 600 2010 Champion Jeremy Guarnoni, who attest control antipodal weekend at Imola over his YZF-R6. It also marks the return on the European Superstock 1000 Championship of Yamaha YZF-R1 clarification Loris Baz who has been enjoying a ride customary the British Superbike Championship among the Motorpoint Yamaha Team R1.

Suzuki Alstare Fired Up For the Season Finale

Team Suzuki Alstare clarification Leon Haslam and Sylvain Guintoli essay into this weekend’s 13th and supreme World Superbike precise on Magny-Cours in France fired relevant also ready on end on the podium.

Haslam aims on represent up because last weekend’s disappointment on Imola and would be sweet on nothing better to put precise gone over newly-crowned World Champion Max Biaggi.

Since Imola, Haslam enjoy enjoy a chance on be supported his left knee and is sure to be customary much better notched than last weekend albeit he enjoy on have a streak connected with pain-killing injections customary neaten to race. Although his knee is a long hook from perfect, the developing Briton will be giving 100 per cent equally usual and trying on gesture off the season customary style.

His team mate Sylvain Guintoli would and be sweet on on heel among a flourish, enjoy been close to the podium on scarcely any occasions, passing over not still getting there. As it is also his ‘home’ race, the Frenchman would be sweet on on grain among a podium also parcel out integer his advocate a family something on shout about.

Leon Haslam:

“Obviously I am unsatisfied how things turned exhausted antipodal weekend, but such has cave now also I prefer to focus on Magny-Cours and help Max. But for a limited mistake, I am sure I could’ve won the first race also that would enjoy put a grain and pressure over Max. He still would enjoy enjoy a good lead in the points going into Magny-Cours, passing over the defile would’ve been less and it would’ve been an interesting race zenith for sure.

“I had some good emerge antipodal year at Magny-Cours on a bike such was not equally vile as my Suzuki this year, so there’s not at all reason motive I shouldn’t be thinking about podiums this weekend. The circuit is not because technical, but there are lots of tight eddy on long straights and a lot connected with heavy braking.

“I’ve only had two rounds this year point I have gone out on a podium also that’s existent I don’t want to recite at Magny. At the moment, I precedence Max via 14 podiums to 13 also my aim is on still be in the lead connected with him over Sunday night.”

Sylvain Guintoli:

“I am excited about racing at Magny-Cours because it is my soil race also obviously I would be sweet on on do origin there. I know that a patch of family, friends and fans temperament be there, because I would like to get a podium in reverse two. I feel I have very cozy with on that elusive podium many times, so now it is relevant on me to make my mark also inspire onto those steps.

“This might be a home race, passing over I haven’t raced at Magny-Cours since 2000 also that was on a 250! The impression had a marginally different layout then, so the primitive thing I will enjoy on go for it is relearn the track. If I bottle go for it that quickly also inspire a decent grid position, before long I have a good jeopardize connected with unusual good results. Hopefully, I temperament and enjoy restore coming out of whatever I had last weekend and be absolutely fit and raring on go right coming out of the primitive practice over Friday.”

2009 Results:

Race 1: 1 Ben Spies (USA-Yamaha), 2 Noriyuki Haga (JPN-Ducati), 3 Max Biaggi (ITA-Aprilia), 4 Michel Fabrizio (ITA-Ducati), 5 Leon Haslam (GBR-Honda), 6 Carlos Checa (ESP-Honda). Sylvain Guintoli DNS.

Race 2: 1 Haga, 2 Biaggi, 3 Jonathan Rea (GBR-Honda), 4 Spies, 5 Leon Haslam (GBR-Honda), 6 Yukio Kagayama (JPN-Suzuki Alstare). Sylvain Guintoli DNS.

BMW K1600GTL: First Official Photos

Why should you care about cyclopean luxo-touring machines, sometimes impolitely referred on equally "barges?" Because they are the flagships because their relevant manufacturers, that’s why, and you can all up the direction a company is headed customary a single glance.

These grainy, low-res images were apparently leaked to the blog Hell For Leather. They show the impression connected with the K1600GTL, the primitive all-new luxury-touring bike BMW has introduced for over a decade. The new bike enjoy a dizzying amount of stuff to talk ones leg off about, passing over what’s notable—aside from a 160-hp, 129 ft.-lbs. of torque inline Six engine, of course—is the exercising of electronics that wouldn’t be out of affair over BMW’s top-of-the-line touring cars. Stuff be sweet on electronic suspension ordering (you can actually change hippety hop duty among the pep of a button) also a full-color display controlled with a small knob so the clarification can use the consolidate GPS, audio and Lord-knows-what-else on the fly. The headlights use electronics also sensors on disarrange for shot also bike angle

Despite all this, the K1600GTL won’t be that big, on entrylevel not set against to other cyclopean touring rigs. The engine, on 22 inches wide, is very compact because a Six. It’s and tilted forward 55 status to keep the frame marked down and narrow-feeling. A Honda Goldwing (which won’t be show because 2011—expect a new version for 2012) weighs over 900 pounds fully stripped (but doesn’t feel like it, honest), because you can bet the new BMW will be lighter, just for the final cause of corporate pride. What won’t be light is the price—the 2010 K1200LT retails because a starting point sticker price connected with $21,700, also I’m pretty sure the 1600 won’t be cheaper.

Speaking connected with corporate pride, the use connected with a new engine configuration—as origin equally car-like amenities also styling cues—speaks on the new direction at BMW Motorrad. This is over top of revolutionary (for BMW) new work be sweet on the F800 and S1000RR. Apparently no longer chain via the need to exercising traditional engines like the Boxer in reverse K-bike Four, BMW bottle angle its engineering, design also financial muscles on lay out competitive new bikes in every segment. This is in an era albeit the Japanese Big Four emerge to be shrinking their commitments to large-displacement models, losing market share and credibility among consumers. Will Europe force control back coming out of its Japanese manufacturing rivals? We eagerly be prepared for the next five represent years.