Sport Motorcycles

Yamaha has announced the launch of 2010 FZ1 streetfighter motorcycles and big news here, once again, is the new color and revised ECU mapping to improve throttle response in the low to mid rpm range. If not, Yamaha FZ1 engine, chassis and suspension remain unchanged during the previous year model. New FZ1 with a price of U.S. $ 10,290 and will be available from February 2010.

KTM has two alternatives in the 950 Adventure line-up. Standard silver and orange model ‘S’ model. Ground clearance is a generous 281mm for the standard ‘low-chairs’ model, or a higher one at 316mm ‘S’ version. But ‘low chair’ is something wrong in this case because it is a 880mm high enough, the high version is a pretty extreme 915mm. At 179cm tall I tip-toeing on the shorter version while at traffic lights, if you’re shorter than me, you may find [...]

You see, the V-Strom 650 slot into their own niche in the growing-but-still-small-adventure tour category. He offers a lighter, cheaper alternative to big-rigs, world adventure tour, like the BMW R1200GS or KTM 950 Adventure, at the end of the scale dirty, the Triumph Tiger and a bigger DL1000 V-Strom, the street-oriented end of the range. At the same time, the DL650 is more road-ready than the dual-sport thumpers are sometimes pressed into similar duty, such as the Kawasaki KLR650 or [...]

Of course, The DL1000 V-Strom is Suzuki’s newest weapon in the war against Aprilia, BMW,  Triumph, and Honda (in Europe) in the do-it-all SUV adventure-tourer class. Some call them “trailies,” others say “off-road sport“, but Suzuki calls it “Sport Enduro Tourer.” In case you were wondering what “Strom” means, it’s not a reference to a certain senator but the German word for “stream of wind.” Alrighty, then. Giving credence to the word “sport” in the Suzuki V-Strom

Introduction: At a first glance you immediately know that this is no Japanese engine / machine and doesn’t even intend to get close to that image considered by many simple and uninspiring. What the two Benelli models try doing is individualizing themselves in the world of stylish, aggressive and powerful three-cylinder powered machines. Relying on their fuel-injected 899cc liquid-cooled, three-cylinder, four-stroke, twelve-valves, DOHC engines and on the versatile chassis to conquer the aimed market segment, both the normal and the [...]

Although there are inevitable similarities between the RD400 and 350 that preceded it, the two-stroke 40bhp has developed enough to make it bigger, softer, quieter, faster and longer lived. Yamaha improving stroke 51cc engine to add to the capacity of the machine, which requires new crankcases, and the newly installed barrel and cylinder head. Engine breathing through a new airbox arrangement, and the motor is rubber-mounted in a frame. These days, it seems an RD is not complete without a [...]

2010 – APRILIA 750 SHIVER M.Y. Evolution of the shiver project has no limits. The Aprilia naked who has surprised the world with the technology content is still not within reach of its competitors, has perfected himself even further with interventions aimed at improving the personality, fun riding and ergonomic features. In the case of special features, Aprilia shiver 2010 is without doubt a benchmark in the medium bikes cc naked sector. A highly developed machine is equipped with the [...]