Yamaha FJR1400

According to a report on Moto Revue, Yamaha are looking at taking on the Kawasaki 1400GTR in a big way by launching an updated FJR – the FJR1400 – towards the end of this year. Apart from its 1400cc inline-four, the new FJR is expected to get bits like the latest-generation anti-lock brakes, traction control and a semi-automatic gearbox that offers clutchless gear shifts.

As we said in an earlier post here, Suzuki are also expected to launch a Hayabusa-based 1300GT sports-tourer by year-end, while Kawasaki are expected to offer ECU updates on their 1400GTR for improved power delivery. And Honda may finally unveil their V5-powered VFR1000, which would replace the VFR800 and the erstwhile CBR1100XX Super Blackbird. So looks like it’s exciting times ahead for sports-tourers

Ducati 999

The Cafe9 brings a new level of sophistication to the luxury motorcycle market. The serious rider and collector will accept no compromises in the capability and quality of a motorcycle that is truly work of art and a marvel of engineering.

Weighing in under 400 pounds ready to ride, with 150 horsepower and massive torque of 80 ft-lbs, this race-bred road machine is confidence inspiring while delivering pure superbike performance.

The Café9 combines the awesome performance of the Ducati 999 superbike with Steffano's unique yet timeless styling, museum quality finish and the world's finest components to create a pure roadster with race proven performance, real world comfort, ergonomics, and design unlike anything in the world. The Café9 is a new category in motorcyle production... the pure luxury exotic sporting motorcyle

Kawasaki GPZ1100

Hyundai i10 Becomes Hyundai Flagship Model

Hyundai i10 sales figures have touched 12,000 units per month making it the flagship model of the company. Hyundai launched its small car model Santro in September 1998 which has been the flagship model for the company ever since it was launched. Now i10 sales have taken over Santro sales clearly depicting that customer preferences are moving towards bigger cars even in the compact car segment.

“We follow a multi-model strategy and look at consolidated sales of Santro and i10. Sales of the Santro and i10 together contribute a sizable chunk of the compact car segment and it adds to a larger customer base,” said Hyundai’s spokesperson about i10’s improved performance. Hyundai expects i10 sales figures to reach 1,40,000 units this year while expected sales of Santro are 87,000 units.

I10 has witnessed higher sales in spite of being priced higher than Santro due to its contemporary styling and superior technology. Hyundai has been pushing i10 in the urban markets while Santro is being marketed in semi-urban and rural markets. Hyundai is also planning to introduce an electric variant of i10 at the upcoming Delhi Auto Expo. The new i10 Electric represents Hyundai’s growing expertise to conceive, design and develop vehicles in line with its vision of focusing on environmentally friendly vehicles.

Hyundai Tiburon Streat Concept

Hyundai conducted minor tweaks to the ‘GK’ model in 2005, for the outgoing named 2006. The vehicle incorporated reworked sleeker blackened headlights, redesigned rear tail lights, a different range of alloy wheel designs, colored stitching on leather seats (half leather seats available for the 1.6 range). A popular modification, as promoted on www.newtiburon.com, saw owners of the 2003 vehicle removing the air-filter resonator box. The resonator box was located directly in front of the front left hand side wheel, behind the fender. This allowed for a greater airflow to the air filter, gaining a minimal increase of (BHP). Hyundai, seeking cost cuts, adopted this modification for 2004+ models.

The 2007 model has seen minor changes in interior & exterior design. Most notably the previously amber gauge and button lighting has been changed to blue and white, similar to what can be found in the line. Exterior changes include muted side scalloping, new headlights and grille design and revised tail lights.

Norton Featherbed

Something you don't see very often. A Norton Featherbed frame with an actual Norton engine in it!!

Good lord. This is just sooooo wrong....

Sorry. I love bikes and all that but this is too much. You're just going to have to go to Jalopnik to read "the rest of the story" on this one.

NEW MINERVA T150 VX 2010

Minerva T150VX 2010

Specification minerva T150VX

Kristanto explained, the front fairing Minerva R150VX more sporty than previous variants. Meanwhile, the rear fairing far looks very sporty rear fenders.

Also be a sporty tank, larger fuel tanks such as motor sport racing with big cc (moge).

According to him, with a bigger tank at the top will give room for our feet 'in' attached to the frame. "When an accident (falling) body of the tank will give the defense a bit in order to not only keep our feet on the asphalt bike weight, such as the function of the frame slider," said Kristanto.

Another advantage, he explained, headlight, projector headlights using an older version, this type can be much lighter than the previous type. Then, the lights behind the mufflers.

"Sporty design with finishing sunblasting look and use the cover," he added.

While it will be retained as the previous series is a digital speedometer, front and rear double diskbrake, upsidedown shockabsorber (front), and monoshocks (rear).

"For the engines, Sachs Germany who designed specifically for R-150VX, 150 cc with a 13.5 HP, more powerful," said Kristanto.

Minerva's presence seemed to precede R150VX sole agent (ATPM), such as PT Yamaha Motor Kencana Indonesia (YMKI) who intend to launch the 153 cc motor sport Byson PT Astra Honda Motor (AHM) which will be issued a 150 cc sport bike, and PT TVS Motor Indonesian company would launch a sports bike TVS Apache 180 cc.

Segment of motor sport in Indonesia, contributing only about 7% of the total domestic market reached about 5.8 million units in 2009. however, this segment is relatively stable and even tended to increase although thin. It's better than a motorcycle segment continues to sag, evicted by the type skutik.

Ducati 900 Supersport Desmo

Reader Ride! One hell of a custom Yamaha SR500!

Mike C sends in these pics of his stunning SR500 custom.  As a person who's been known to overbuild a few small CC bikes myself I really like this.

Mike includes his build sheet:

Here are some snaps of my 1978 Yamaha SR 500, hope you like them:
Front forks:'94 GSXR 750
Front 'fairing': Modified aftermarket fiberglass Yamaha R6 front fender
Headlights: Modified 18 wheeler back-up lights
Wheels: '94 Yamaha FZR600
Rear monoshock: '94 Yamaha RZ350
Muffler: Modified Toyoya Camry resonator (center section from a Harley, front section is a Kerker).
Oil cooler: Shop class project a buddy made for me
Front master cylinder & clutch lever: Honda CBR 900
Rear master cylinder: Honda CBR 600
Rear brake caliper: '94 Kawasaki ZX 750
Chin fairing: Home made fiberglass copy of RZ 350 part
Vapor catch tank: Modified reciever/dryer from Camry ac system
Kick starter: Yamaha XS 650
Tail piece: Fiberglass home-brew
Rear fender; Fiberglass home-brew
Gas cap: Yamaha YSR 50
Tailight; Marker light I 'borrowed' from a school bus
Seat is a cut down stocker using a upper shock mount at the rear
Speedo; Yamaha RZ 350
Mag cover: Kedo in Germany
Oil filter cover; Motolana Thailand
Cam chain adjuster cover; I forget the company name, but it came from New Zealand
Rear sets;Home-brew combo of the old buddy pegs from my '85 GSXR 750 and some nice alloy stock I found in a parking lot =-)
Bar end mirrors; Metal copies of some I found at a bicycle shop
Motor running early TT500 points type ignition & magnetto lighting
Voltage regulator from a snowmobile
Etc., Etc., Etc......
If you like, you can follow these links for more:
http://www.sr500forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=415


http://www.sr500forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2185


Thanks for your time ......Mike C.


Great Stuff.  Thanks Much for the pics and info!

1937 Rudge Special!

Sorry Eddy.  Thanks SuzukiJoe...

I don't know anyrhing about this bike but I love the look.

 

Insane Triple Engine Yamaha R5 (based) 2-stroke Drag Racer!!!

From Suzukijoe's visit to Willow Springs.

Pit Boss, the motorcycle concept for wiseguys

The guys at Custom Eyes Concepts have come up with a rather unique motorcycle concept, but not at all implausible. In fact, the Pit Boss, as it is called, actually looks a bit old and that is mainly due to design inspirations from the cars back in the 1950s. More precisely, show off cars such as the ones you would have seen being driven by the early Vegas "wiseguy" aka casino pit manager aka pit boss. And that’s where the name comes from.

CEC claims that “mixing those themes with modern design concepts results in a true embodiment of the emotion and stature evoked by the real pitboss, in this one-of-a-kind custom motorcycle design.” More pictures after the jump.

VertiGO Electric Motorcycle

It took a student working on his masters to create a concept for an electric motorcycle. We’re sure Maarten Timmer wondered with us on when electric motorcycles will appear, so he created this VertiGO Electric Motorcycle concept. Timmer’s idea features a tailsection and saddle cantilevered instead of the usual area where the gas tank is located. As a concept, not many details are yet known. Would you like to see Electric Motorcycles in the road soon?

2010 Hyundai ‘YF’ Sonata Illustration

Early-bird ‘YF’ 2011 Hyundai Sonata fans YFLove.net have put together this illustration, showing their idea of what we might be able to expect when the camouflage finally comes off the next all-new Sonata.

The new Sonata has been spotted around South Korea in recent weeks during testing, and the more revealing the camouflage becomes, the more we can probably expect to see of these artist renderings. (You will have seen one illustration that’s been floating around for a while now.)

Whatever the eventual lines of the ‘YF’ Sonata, it’s clear that Hyundai’s volume-selling family sedan is taking on a much sharper, style-focused appearance.

From the coupe-like roofline to the long sloping bonnet and sharply angled headlights, Hyundai is obviously planning big things for the 2010 Sonata.

2010 Suzuki V-Strom 1000

2010 Suzuki V-Strom 1000



2010 Suzuki V-Strom 1000



2010 Suzuki V-Strom 1000



2010 Suzuki V-Strom 1000
2010 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 you can find pictures, wallpaper here, there are also a variety of cars and motorcycles along with specifications and prices in the year 2010 this

All-round revolution.

With remarkable versatility, the Suzuki V-Strom 1000 offers exceptional sport-touring performance. It’s designed for you to make the most of every mile, whether you’re winding your way over a mountain pass or out for a long weekend sport-touring.

Presenting a bike so revolutionary it opened the door on an entirely new motorcycle category: Sport Enduro Tourer. City road, open road, it has the cornering clearance of a sportsbike, the cruising capability of a tourer.

A powerplant based on the proven TL1000, a textbook example of advance design that houses a pulsing 90° V-twin. A performance package rich in refinements, the aluminium twin-spar frame is lighter than steel frames. An upright seating position ensures optimum visibility, the 22-litre fuel tank gives you the riding range of a touring machine.

Engineered to have no limits, this all-rounder lets you live the adventure in your mind.



Suzuki's V-Strom 1000, V-Strom 650 and V-Strom 650 ABS are the ultimate all-rounders, combining proven V-Twin performance with the practicality of a tourer.

The 2010 V-Strom range is now available, featuring bold new liveries and graphics for the popular models, among Suzuki'ss best-selling adventure tourers.

All three models combine trademark V-Twin grunt with the 'go anywhere' attitude and cruising capability of a tourer, fitted with an adjustable windscreen, upright riding position and large, 22-litre fuel tank.

With a 996cc, liquid-cooled, 90-degree V-Twin engine delivering strong power through its rev range, the 2010 model 2010 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 has a striking new Black livery.

The ever-popular adventure tourer, the 654cc V-Strom 650 is now available in Black or Orange colour schemes, while the Anti-Lock Braking System-equipped V-Strom 650 ABS comes in Black or White.

2010 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 - Canada Specifications
MSRP: $12,299 CDN

Engine:
Bore Stroke 98.0 mm (3.858 in) x 66.0 mm (2.598 in)
Compression Ratio 11.3 : 1
Engine 996 cc (60.8 cu. In), 4-stroke, liquid-cooled, DOHC, 90-degree V-twin
Fuel System
Fuel injection
Ignition Electronic ignition (Transistorized)
Lubrication Wet sump
Starter Electric

Chassis:
Brakes Front Disc brake, twin
Brakes Rear Disc brake
Colour Black, Red
Curb Weight 238 kg (525 lbs)
Final Drive RK525 SMOZ7, 112 links
Fuel Tank Capacity 22 L (5.8/4.8 US/Imp gal)
Ground Clearance 165 mm (6.5 in)
Overall Length 2295 mm (90.4 in)
Overall Width 910 mm (35.8 in)
Seat Height 840 mm (33.1 in)
Suspension Front Telescopic, coil spring, oil damped
Suspension Rear Link type, coil spring, oil damped
Tires Front 110/80 R19 M/C 59H, tubeless
Tires Rear 150/70 R17 M/C 69H, tubeless
Transmission 6-speed constant mesh
Wheelbase 1535 mm (60.4 in)

Warranty:
Warranty 12 Month unlimited mileage limited warranty

2010 Suzuki V-Strom 650SEA ABS Touring

Suzuki V-Strom 650SEA ABS Touring



Suzuki V-Strom 650SEA ABS Touring



Suzuki V-Strom 650SEA ABS Touring


Suzuki V-Strom 650SEA ABS Touring

2010 Suzuki V-Strom 650SEA ABS Touring you can find pictures, wallpaper here, there are also a variety of cars and motorcycles along with specifications and prices in this year

2010 Suzuki V-Strom 650SEA ABS Touring

If you're looking for adventure, here's the machine to help you find it - the V-Strom 650. It combines the versatile performance of the V-Strom 1000 with exciting middleweight agility. Now standard with the added safety and piece of mind of Suzuki's Antilock Braking System (ABS)

With its height-adjustable aerodynamic windshield and spacious riding position, the V-Strom 650 is designed for smooth, comfortable performance on the highway. In addition, it has an extra-large fuel tank for extended riding. It's equally at home around town, thanks to its low seat height, light weight and overall crisp handling. And the V-Strom's V-twin engine adds excitement to every ride, offering a wide powerband and strong acceleration in every gear.

What really sets the 2010 Suzuki V-Strom 650SEA ABS Touring apart from other street bikes, of course, is its unmatched versatility. Its lightweight, agile handling inspires confidence, while its smooth suspension front and rear performs exceptionally well in almost any situation.

For the long distance rider, the V-Strom 650SEA comes standard with colour matched hard side saddle bags and top case. Easily removable and complete with handles, you can take them with you when you get to your destination.

It's time to get in on the adventure - with the Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS.

2010 Suzuki V-Strom 650SEA ABS Touring - Canada Specifications
MSRP: $10,799 CDN

Chassis:
Brakes Front Disc brake, twin
Brakes Rear Disc brake
Colour Black, White, Orange
Curb Weight 236 kg (520 lbs)
Final Drive D.I.D 525V8, 118 links
Fuel Tank Capacity 22 L (5.8/4.8 US/Imp gal)
Ground Clearance 165 mm (6.5 in)
Overall Length 2290 mm (90.2 in)
Overall Width 840 mm (33.1 in)
Seat Height 820 mm (32.3 in)
Suspension Front Telescopic, coil spring, oil damped
Suspension Rear Link type, coil spring, oil damped
Tires Front 110/80 R19 M/C 59H, tubeless
Tires Rear 150/70 R17 M/C 69H, tubeless
Transmission 6-speed constant mesh
Wheelbase 1555 mm (61.2 in)

Engine:
Bore Stroke 81.0 mm (3.189 in) x 62.6 mm (2.465 in)
Compression Ratio 11.5 : 1
Engine 645 cc (39.4 cu. in), 4-stroke, liquid-cooled, DOHC, 90-degree V-twin
Fuel System
Fuel injection
Ignition Electronic ignition (Transistorized)
Lubrication Wet sump
Starter Electric

2010 Suzuki Boulevard C109RT

Suzuki Boulevard C109RT



Suzuki Boulevard C109RT



Suzuki Boulevard C109RT
2010 Suzuki Boulevard C109RT you can find pictures, wallpaper here, there are also a variety of cars and motorcycles along with specifications and prices in the year 2010 2010 Suzuki Boulevard C109RT

You've never seen - or experienced - a classic cruiser like this. Introducing the Suzuki Boulevard C109RT. It combines classic cruiser styling with renowned Suzuki V-twin power in such a striking way that it establishes a new standard for the class- and completes the Suzuki Boulevard line of cruisers. The key to the C109RT's performance is its 109-cubic-inch engine with Suzuki fuel injection- the same basic powerplant used by the awesome M109R, which traces its technological heritage to Suzuki's championship winning GSX-R supersport bikes.

One ride on the C109RT and you'll notice that it boasts its own power characteristics, with more torque down low for extraordinary acceleration. The Suzuki C109R establishes its own identity with its styling. It has pullback handlebars, floorboards that let you kick your feet out, a spacious, relaxed riding position and its own slash-cut mufflers. Add to that a standard windshield, saddlebags, passenger backrest, engine guards and light bar.

The 2010 Boulevard C109RT: A king among classic cruisers.



The Suzuki Boulevard C109RT is a touring version of the C109R, with white wall tyres, an attractive two-tone paint scheme, studded seat trim and passenger footboards. When complimented with a host of optional genuine Suzuki accessories you can customise your ride and hit the streets or open road.

The traditional classic hard-tail styled cruiser is powered by the same modern high-performance 1,783cc, fuel injected, V-Twin engine as used by the M109R.

To enhance this responsive, massive torque producing power-plant is a five speed transmission, a shaft final drive, a linked front-and-rear disc brake system and a massive, ultra wide 240/55R16 rear radial tire.

A common sense comfortable riding position with chromed pullback handlebars and a wide seat completes the package to make this a cruiser that does it all.

This classic style cruiser compliments the growing range of popular Suzuki Boulevard cruisers.

2010 Suzuki Boulevard C109RT - Canada Specifications
MSRP: $19,299 CDN

Reader Ride. Stunning Ducati Sport 1000.

Thank you again Fabio!

Hyundai Recalls Sonata Sedans Over Door Latch Glitch

Hyundai Motor Co. on Wednesday announced a voluntary recall of its new Sonata sedan, its most important new model this year, in South Korea and the U.S. to fix faulty latches on the vehicle's front doors.

The action—which affects 46,000 cars in South Korea and 1,300 in the U.S.—came after customers in the U.S. complained that, in certain circumstances, the latch gets stuck after the door is opened and then can't be closed.

A company spokeswoman said the problem happens when a passenger simultaneously pulls the door latch and holds down the lock, an unusual circumstance but common enough to send the company scrambling for a fix.

There have been no accidents or injuries reported to the company in connection with the problem. But it came at a time of increased scrutiny on vehicle flaws, shaped mainly by troubles at Toyota Motor Corp., the world's largest auto maker by vehicle sales. That company in recent weeks has been forced to recall several models to deal with quality issues. Toyota President Akio Toyoda was set to appear before U.S. lawmakers Wednesday.

Shares in Hyundai Motor fell 2.6% on the Korea Stock Exchange after news of the recall emerged. Some analysts said they believed investors overreacted and that the financial impact of the recall would be minimal.