Remember when Mr. Wizard explained Newton’s First Law of Motion by setting a table and whipping the tablecloth out from underneath all the cups, plates, and utensils? We won’t spoil the outcome for you, but here’s a hint: that Newton fellow was onto something. Applying some physics of the their own, BMW has a video which takes the tablecloth trick to its next logical motorcycling related progression. Check it out after the jump.
You may remember that six month’s ago we published a rumor that AMA Pro Racing was considering the idea of adding a Harley-Davidson XR1200 spec racing class. Today, that rumor became reality as AMA Pro Racing announced at the Daytona Bike Week that it would be adding the AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 Series to its calendar. The painful press release and our colorful commentary after the jump.
Usually when you see a video of lovely lady standing next to a motorcycle at an FIM sanctioned event, she’s holding an umbrella. Well the FIM is hoping to change that perception a bit, and is serving up this video with its resident ladies of motorcycling talking about what they do best. Featuring Leslie Porterfield (FIM World LSR Holder), Livia Lancelot (FIM Women’s Motocross World Champion) and Laia Sanz (FIM Women’s Trial World Champion), the video is a part of the new FIM campaign called “Women Ride” that hopes to encourage more femme fatal in our two-wheeled sport.
When was the last time you saw someone seriously rethink how a motorcycle seat functions and operates? To our knowledge this design from Brit Brothers is the first real attempt to rethink what our butts have known all along. With its eye catching design, and roller-style seat, Brit Bros says their seat has numerous benefits over your standard foam wrapped in vinyl garden variety seat, including the ability to help tame a high-side crash.
Nicolas Petit, a 25 year old Frenchman who lives just outside of Paris, is a motorcycle mechanic by day, and motorcycle sketcher by night. With already an impressive resume of motorcycle design sketches and renders to his name, we think Nicolas can add one more stunning example to the list: the Ducati Desmosedici RR Trike concept. We’re not huge fans of trikes here at A&R, but when you base your concept off one of the most powerful streetbikes ever created, it certainly catches our attention.
By now you’ve surely read about MotoCzysz’s new eDD and it’s “suitcase” chassis design. Recently Asphalt & Rubber got a chance to take a peak into the Portland, Oregon based company’s service bay and take a closer look at the 2009 E1pc D1g1tal Superbike, with a specific interest in its quick-release swappable batteries and unique chassis design. We’ll be covering these innovations in a two-part series, starting today with a never before seen look at the MotoCzysz battery packs. More and photos from Peter Lombardi Kustom Photography after the jump.
Ever wonder what great action footage of the 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200 would be like if you set it to the music commonly found in a piano bar? Well never fear, Ducati has the answer for you. Watch the Multistrada 1200 take on four different riding situations without missing a beat. Beat! Get it! Uggh…we don’t get paid enough for this. Video after the jump.
Today MotoCzysz is announcing its Electric D1g1tal Dr1ve (eDD), better known to us as “the suitcase”, which is essentially the housing for the E1pc’s proprietary controller, motor, and batteries. MotoCzysz will be using the eDD on their 2010 E1pc D1g1tal Superbike, and intends on letting other teams use the suitcase as well, helping fill the grid at electric motorcycle races.
This announcement is important on a variety of levels, and most electric motorcycling enthusiasts will be interested to get their first glimpse at technology beind Michael Czysz’s 2010 E1pc D1g1tal Superbike, which will for sure be at the TT Zero race at the Isle of Man this year. The suitcase contains MotoCzysz proprietary battery, motor, and controller designs, which are setting the bar higher in electric motorcycle racing.
Erik Buell Racing has just updated its website, and releasd the first real clear shot of what the EBR 1190RR will look like it in its racing form. With 185hp being made at the rear-wheel (according to the optimistic DynoJet dynamometer), the EBR 1190RR sits at the top of the Buell totem poll.
Based off the 1125R chassis, the 1190RR is virtually anorexic, dropping 30lbs off the AMA Daytona Superbike racing machine, while still bumping up displacement by 65cc’s. With 93lb•ft of torque on hand at 9,500 RPM, the EBR 1190RR is sure to sling your eye balls into the back of your head…if you can find a racing series to race it in.
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RT @Asphalt_Rubber: Mat Mladin Considering A Move to World Superbike? – http://bit.ly/8VpvD6 #motorcycle
Honestly think this is a bad move.. RT @Asphalt_Rubber: Mat Mladin Considering A Move to World Superbike? – http://bit.ly/8VpvD6 #motorcycle
I would LOVE to see this.
me too …but without me sifting thru WSBK news…what seats on competitive machinery are in fact remaining? I think the answer is zero. I’m pretty sure it’s just MM winding up the press with a ;-)
there’s rumors of Yoshimura entering back into WSBK, but yeah…not a lot of teams out there.
This info sure contradicts his prior assertions, but I’d love to see him in WSBK.
Mat Mladin pondering World Superbike offers http://tinyurl.com/ybp2kqt
Suzuki needs him, and nobody knows the bike better. I would love to see Ben spies teacher doing wsbk racing.
I would love to see Mat race on the World Level. I believe all of the fustration with the new rules in AMA pushed him away as well as many factory teams such as Honda, Kawasaki, Ducati etc, which made Superbikes more like Super Suport Bikes. It’s amazing how the Daytona Motorsports group runed AMA racing. However, those type of rules will not apply on the World Superbike Level which, on the right bike (Suzuki) would give he more then an average chance of winning. I think team up with Max next year would work better; furtermore, if he brings the Yoshimura Team, then other riders need to be very afraid.
Despite his lack of charm on the press, Mat is a true racer and a fast at that. And I’m sure he’s tired of all the questions about racing for WSBK or MotoGP. He’s probably too old or too big for GP, but he’s certainly a perfect fit for a WSBK. With Yoshimura Suzuki going to SBK, I feel that Mat’s move to race in the world stage is finally going to happen. Especially with AMA falling apart; to say the least. Let’s hope that he is compensated the same as he was in AMA, which was always the spoiler for leaving AMA. His competitive nature needed a challege, which he lacked in AMA, but the WSBK offers were only a fraction of his current compensation. Mat’s decision makes sense and hard to understand why WSBK offers a lower (pay cut) offer at a bigger stage.