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News from past: the compressor BMW scores a one-two victory in the Tourist Trophy.

Posted on Monday, February 8th, 2010 by kakatiya

Munich. “Asking me about the most impressive experience in my racing career, you will make my mind wander back to the year 1939 on that classic island in the Irish Sea, where the world-famous Tourist Trophy has been held for almost a century against the toughest competition you can imagine in international motorsport.” These were [...]

World’s first production electric supersport bike – TTX02

Posted on Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 by kakatiya

There is a whole new ebike (e as in Electric) revolution happening in Europe and eGrandPrix is gaining quite a bit of mainstream focus. Given that the technology is still in early stages its a bit of challenge coming up with a bike to race with in the eGrandPrix. Mavizen is the technology, advisory and [...]

New S1000RR – a straight four super bike from BMW

Posted on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 by kakatiya

History:- The BMW S1000RR is a super bike manufactured by BMW Motorrad to compete in the 2009 Superbike World Championship. It was introduced in Munich on 16 April 2008, and is powered by a 999 cc (61.0 cu in) inline-4 engine redlined at 14,200 rpm. BMW will only manufacture 1,000 production models in 2009 to [...]

JGR/Toyota Motocross Bike Concept at 2009 SEMA

Posted on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 by kakatiya

The Joe Gibbs Racing Motocross/Toyota (JGRMX/Toyota) Concept Bike is a special one-of-a-kind project built specifically for the 2009 SEMA show. The JGRMX/Toyota motocross partnership, in conjunction with the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota NASCAR group teamed up to make the special bike a reality. The group logged more than 100 man hours on the project, and [...]

Walking tour of 41st Tokyo Motor Show

Posted on Saturday, October 24th, 2009 by kakatiya

Tried to present a “walk around” overview of the stands and bikes around the show. Here it is. Here are some pictures for the bandwidth challenged.

Zero Motorcycles – mean green electric moto!

Posted on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 by kakatiya

Finally a electric bike (4 flavors), that looks as aggressive as it performs. Combination that was good enough to make it into Jay Leno’s garage. A product of passion for fun on 2 wheels and environmental consciousness, from mind of Neil Saiki – a Californian aeronautical engineer, Zero now lays claim to making fastest, cleanest [...]

Honda finally gets the juices flowing again with new VFR1200

Posted on Monday, October 12th, 2009 by kakatiya

October 8, 2009 – Honda Motor Europe Ltd. announced plans to begin sales in 2010 of the sports tourer VFR1200F/VFR1200F Dual Clutch Transmission, featuring an all-new V4 engine. The VFR1200F has been developed in keeping with previous VFRs; that have delivered a combination of sports and touring capabilities using the latest technologies. This motorcycle is [...]

Move over Segway – the Kiwis are here with their YikeBike!

Posted on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 by kakatiya

Hand it to the Kiwis to come up with an functioning art piece that’s equal parts brilliant, functional and environmentally sensible. Time to trash your Segway and hang your KiwiBike on the wall! Grant Ryan Mechanical Engineer with a PhD in Ecological Economics, an addicted inventor & entrepreneur came up with this masterpiece. The YikeBike [...]

Electric Unicycle – eniCycle.

Posted on Thursday, August 27th, 2009 by kakatiya

Since we seem to be on a streak of highlighting odd “bikes” (ones with four wheels and ones without front fork) – we decided to keep pushing… eniCycle is a brain child of young Slovenian engineer Aleksander Polutnik. Basically mate a unicycle with a Segway and throw in a electric engine and voila – we [...]

Siemens Electric Chopper by OCC.

Posted on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 by kakatiya

First Electric Bike Made by Famed Orange County Choppers; (Will Be Featured on Hit TV Show and Donated to Charity) An interview by Fox featuring the bike. Siemens (NYSE: SI) announced today (Aug 12, 2009) that it has teamed up with renowned custom motorcycle manufacturer Orange County Choppers to build the first custom electric motorcycle. [...]

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