50 Years History Of FIM World Grand Prix

Perhaps Hong Leong Yamaha can manage one here in Malaysia... but will  they ??

HLY isn't true sportbike fan... well, if you visiting these country, perhaps you can join the celebration..

Here are the Celebration Event Calendar :-

Location	Date	Event
France, Coupes Moto Legende, circuit Dijon-Prenois	May 28-29	Yamaha Classic Racing Team parade
UK, Isle of Man TT	June 8-10	Yamaha Classic Racing Team parade
Netherlands, Assen	June 23-27	Yamaha Anniversary Expo
Netherlands, TT circuit Assen	June 25	Yamaha Anniversary Parade (at MotoGP Assen round)
Belgium, Bikers Classics, Spa-Francorchamps	July 1-3	Yamaha Classic Racing Team parade Yamaha Anniversary Expo
UK, Festival of 1000 Bikes, Mallory Park	July 8-10	Yamaha Classic Racing Team parade
Netherlands, Motor GP Eext, Oldenbroek	August 27-28	Yamaha Classic Racing Team parade
Italy, 200 Miglia revival, Imola	September 30-October 2	Yamaha Classic Racing Team parade Yamaha Anniversary Expo
UK, Motorcycle Live, NEC, Birmingham	November 19-27	Yamaha Anniversary Expo
France, Paris Motor Show	November 30-December 4	Yamaha Anniversary Expo

An Example Of Hot Press Forming (HPF)

Hyundai Elantra proves it...

New Proton Flagship

Read more at http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20120404234331/Article/index_html

So.. they say it's coming..

1000cc Honda Moto GP Bike Puts Out More Than 250hp 

LCR Honda released specs (see below) for the 2012 Honda RC213v yesterday, claiming that Big Red has delivered more than 250 hp to satellite teams for 2012! By comparison, Ducati claims “only” 230+ horsepower from its new Moto GP bike.

Interestingly, despite the relatively long stroke design of its new bike (dictated by the new rule limiting bore size), Honda has fitted pneumatic valves to its new race bike. RPM limits (red line) will be dramatically lower than last year given the displacement increase (from 800cc to 1,000cc) and the new bore/stroke configuration, but Honda saw benefit from pneumatic valves, nonetheless.

LCR’s Stefan Bradl rode this machine to the 10th quickest time (within 1/10 of a second of Valentino Rossi’s time on his new Ducati) on the opening day of the final MotoGP test at Jerez. We will give you the full rundown on the final test when it concludes this Sunday.

Interestingly, LCR Honda has produced a superb “white book”, which you can see here. It is an elegant and interesting presentation of their racing team, sprinkled with quotes from Honda founder Soichiro Honda. Definitely worth taking a look.

LCR Honda RC213v

Engine features:  Four stroke liquid cooled pneumatic valve engine, V4 ,DOHC 4

Displacement:  Up to 1000 cc

Maximum Power:  Over 250 HP

Maximum Speed: Over 350 km/H

Gearbox:  Six speed “seamless” cassette type gearbox with alternative optional ratio

Clutch:  Fully adjustable multi plate slipper clutch

Exhaust:  Arrow Titanium line

Overall length:  2050mm to 2070mm up to circuit lay out and specification

Overall height:  1125mm

Overall width:  645mm

Weight:  157kg

Fuel: 21 litres capacity ELF

Oil:  ELF

Chassis Features:  Aluminium twin spare frame

Fully adjustable steering and geometry

Fully adjustable HRC magnesium triple clamp

Front Forks:  Fully adjustable Öhlins TRVP25 diam 48mm upside down

Rear Suspension:  Fully adjustable Öhlins TRSP44

Tyres:  Bridgestone

Wheel:  OZ

Front Brakes:  Nissin 4 pistons caliper, 320mm Nissin carbon disc

Rear Brake:  Nissin Twin piston caliper, 196mm Yutaka steel disc

Screen :  Rama

Grip:  ProGrip

Sprockets:  PBR

All accessory:  Rizoma

p/s - can't wait for Motogp 2012

DUCATI - NOW FOR SALE

Yup.... DUCATI is up for sale. So do you have some extra 10 to 11 figure. Perhaps, this is the company you should buy.

According to the Financial Times, the 86-year-old company is for sale, just six years after its purchase by private equity group Investindustrial.

Investindustrial’s Chairman Andrea Bonomi told the Times “Ducati is now a perfect company but the further growth it requires needs the support of a world-class industrial partner…this year, we will work towards that partner.” In 2011, the group looked into taking the company public, but the story posits selling it to a rival manufacturer or automotive group would be the “more likely way to internationalize the brand further.” Is “internationalize” another way of saying “we can’t raise a billion Euros with an IPO?” Whatever it means, Bonomi told the Times he expects his family-owned group to realize three times its investment in the company.

So who has that kind of dough? Various sources report Volkswagen would like to enter the motorcycle market, Indian industrial giant Mahindra may prick up its ears, and of course BMW is always a suspect in this kind of thing, although BMW firmly stated it isn’t interested in buying other brands when the Italian financial newspaper Il Solo 24 Ore asked. We can also rule out Harley-Davidson. Bonomi said a “handful” of industrial groups in Asia, Europe and the U.S. were interested, but he wouldn’t name names.

Would it be a good investment? According to Ducati and Bonomi, of course. It has very low debt for this kind of company—just 1.7 times it earnings of 480 million Euros a year—has been experiencing sales growth in a global recession, and enjoys 9 percent of the world sportbike market (I couldn’t confirm those numbers, or get an explanation of what Ducati meant by sportbikes; I assume that means sportbikes over 600cc). I wouldn’t be surprised if a large Chinese or Indian company snapped it up, but we’ll have to wait and see what the future holds for the storied brand.

350km/h is the top speed for MOTOGP 2012 !!!!!

We have to watch this live on circuit, especially on straight track line. However, Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo has been quoted as being concerned about the safety issues posed by the top of speed of the new 1000s.

Specifically referencing 350 kilometers per hour (218 mph) as expected speed on some of the MotoGP tracks with long straightaways. He seems to be concerned about a flat tire or other mechanical issue causing a rider to go down at these speeds. He has suggested a top speed limit (which could be enforced by an ECU standard).

What do you think? It should be noted that Valentino Rossi (Ducati) does not seemed concerned with any safety issues relating to the more powerful bikes this year.

Nah... for me be it... either you got ball's or not..

Make No Mistake about the 2012 Gixxer

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