I really cannot decide whether it's healthy to take a look at this photos, but daaam I'm pretty sure that they do bring happiness to the soul. Enjoy
Showing posts with label cross bikes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cross bikes. Show all posts
Sunday, 28 March 2010
KTM 690 SMC
100% fun on and off the streets
The fuel-injected 654cc motor is beloved for showing incredible numbers on the dyno (63 horsepower) and for the fact that it only weighs 305.4 lbs. Stop reading the numbers over and over again and try to imagine how this thing will perform on tight roads because street legality was a must while developing it. Not only it will leave behind all the supersports (only on the twisties) like most of these thumpers do, but you’ll be finishing your coffee before they even get to the point you’ve planned to meet.
The frame was designed with mass centralization and implicit handling in mind while the suspensions and brakes are all fancy performance units so, all around, the bike is ideal both for the track and the streets.
One of the most aggressive styled KTM motorcycle destined to hit the roads, the 690 SMC
has its own very good idea on how street super motards should look. Massive and yet refined! Every single exterior piece blends perfectly in with another, creating this way a compact looking motorcycle. But things would have been much simpler for designers if they wouldn’t have chosen to go for sharp edges all around this thumper, including the seat. Have you ever seen a top notch manufacturer to do any concessions? I haven’t and for KTM, the SMC is a good “go for it” example.
The frame was designed with mass centralization and implicit handling in mind while the suspensions and brakes are all fancy performance units so, all around, the bike is ideal both for the track and the streets.
One of the most aggressive styled KTM motorcycle destined to hit the roads, the 690 SMC
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David Mirov
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Motorcycle legends
Travis Pastrana #199 a.k.a the crazy flying man
What you get is what you see in the title, a man who is genuinely great guy, funny and passionate who is also freakingly talented on two and in the last years four wheels.
Pastrana's acomplishments are really legendary: he became world freestyle MX (motocross) champion at age 14, five -time US amateur MX champion, two-time Canadian amateur mx champion. The youngest rider ever who represented the United States at the Motocross des Nations in France, 125cc pro national outdoor champion, 125cc East Supercross Series champion, and most succesful competitor in the history of X-Games freestyle MX.
The last couple of years he had been pretty amazing on four wheels, too, as he demonstrated in the Rally America Series. But despite the success stories the superstar has maintained a reputation of a total no-brainer who is just being himself - never ending stunts and tricks, shows, killer records, and a lot of stupidity into the whole thing.
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The new unbreakable Suzuki
off-road beast RM-Z450
Engine Features
The 18-pin magneto intelligent rotor senses feedback on crankshaft position, rotation speed and stroke which is cleverly fed back to the ECU to calculate optimum injection and ignition timings and you know that means POWER. It is equipped with a 5-Speed Transmission which makes RM-Z450 versatile for various terrain conditions and features a link type shifting mechanism. One incredible feature is that the cross machine is supplied with so intelligent magneto which provides enough electricity for everything even for the fuel injection system and therefore is "Battery-less". Suzuki call that "single-phase all-charging system". The combustion chamber is specially designed for strong low-to-mid range response as well as top-end pull. Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI) offers better roll on power and strong low-to-mid range power. KEIHIN throttle body specifically designed for motocross. Fuel is delivered via an internal fuel pump which yet again is a battery-less system thanks to the clever japanese engineers.
The 18-pin magneto intelligent rotor senses feedback on crankshaft position, rotation speed and stroke which is cleverly fed back to the ECU to calculate optimum injection and ignition timings and you know that means POWER. It is equipped with a 5-Speed Transmission which makes RM-Z450 versatile for various terrain conditions and features a link type shifting mechanism. One incredible feature is that the cross machine is supplied with so intelligent magneto which provides enough electricity for everything even for the fuel injection system and therefore is "Battery-less". Suzuki call that "single-phase all-charging system". The combustion chamber is specially designed for strong low-to-mid range response as well as top-end pull. Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI) offers better roll on power and strong low-to-mid range power. KEIHIN throttle body specifically designed for motocross. Fuel is delivered via an internal fuel pump which yet again is a battery-less system thanks to the clever japanese engineers.
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David Mirov
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