Wednesday, April 15, 2009

CBR1000RR


Honda's 2004 CBR1000RR ushers in a whole new era of inline-four Superbike performance. Taking its technical cues from the MotoGP-winning RC211V, the CBR1000RR redefines Superbike domination.

Suzuki SV650X


For '99 Suzuki will in fact be bringing their new 650 twin to the States. The bike looks much like a downsized version of the TL1000S and it is powered by a 650cc 90 degree V-twin.

Suzuki GSX1300R


Suzuki's all new GSX1300R Hayabusa is claimed by Suzuki to completely redefine sporting expectations. The Hayabusa pushes the envelope so far that Suzuki doesn't refer to the bike as a sportbike, nor as a supersport bike, but as an "ultimate sportbike." I guess that's called Hayabusa hyperbole. As you may have heard, Hayabusa is the name of a small Japanese falcon that has the ability to fly really, really fast. Reportedly at speeds up to 186 mph.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

D1200R - BMW Based Concept Motorcycle


Every now and then, one of the many emails we receive from designers and builders stands out from the crowd, and this project, the BMW D1200R by Pablo Gonzalez de Chaves and Carlos Beltran, is one of the best to come along in quite some time.The year long project began with a BMW R1200R fitted with sensors and taken to the track where a great deal of performance data was gathered. Then the motorcycle was disassembled, extensive measurements were taken, entered into the computer and the redesign began. ng in quite some time

Thunder Star 1200


Stop the presses! er… stop the keyboards, I love this! Star Twin, a company over in Holland, has designed and built the Thunder Star 1200 TDI Sportbike. This is a 1200cc, three cylinder turbocharged direct injection diesel. They started with a 3 cylinder diesel engine from the VW Lupo, redesigned numerous parts using SolidWorks 3D computer modeling software, created patterns from those models and had them cast in aluminum. They use an FJ1200 5 speed gearbox. The frame is their own design.

700cc Royal Enfield V-Twin - The Musket


What you see here is a 700cc Royal Enfield V-Twin constructed using two 350cc top ends. The whole bike appears to have come from the factory, or maybe the “special vehicle operations” section, instead of the mind and work of a creative and determined owner. Aniket Vardhan, the builder, still wants to come up with a better exhaust arrangement, than short open pipes, but already, the bike looks fantastic. Aniket calls the 700cc Enfield V twin, “The Musket”, to keep the vintage gun (ala Bullet) reference alive. This is very impressive work. I have to admit, when I watched the videos at the end of this post, I just started smiling and kept smiling all the way through. I really like this bike!

Yamaha 1971 XS650


This is a very nice example of the 1971 XS650 Yamaha. It started life as the factory candy gold color from yamaha. It was a completely original exellent running bike before the restoration was started. The owner had the bike painted a two tone silver / grey color, although the color is not original the factory stripping is, the paint is done right and the color is awsome. It looks better in person, the pics don't do it justice. The frame was taken to bare metal and repainted black. All the chrome is excellent, not pitted. Rubber grommets, air boots, and fork seals were replaced, seat was redone, tires are new. This bike runs as good as it looks, It has 21322 original miles. Starts cold on first kick! Gets lots of thumbs ups when riding around town. Successfull bidder must paypal $500.00 down payment by 24hrs of close of auction. Full payment due by, 10 days of close of auction, cash in person, or cashiers check. Shipping is the responsibility of the buyer.