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Anyone who manages bicycle, be sure in these matters started with two little wheels at the sides for stability, since the balance is not something that can be achieved in one shot and a sharp decline in childhood is definitely not an experience nice.
Well, something similar has been implemented in the bikes. This LegUp Landing System, designed to give more stability to our bikes either standing or maneuvering at low speed, avoiding falls. The original manufacturer of this invention is Chopper Design Services, but do not think that it is a recent creation and has two years of life. This contraption drew considerable attention in recent Bikeweek 2011 held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Its operation is very simple: it consists of two rollers mounted parallel to the rear wheel, which act stabilizers. A computer that folds down or control the computer, as it detects the bike slows down. If we increase the speed of our march, the casters retract fully.
Customization work not often seen on Spanish motorcycles, and are even more rare cases if we speak of Trial type. Therefore, any case that this very striking, as with the Montesa Cota 247 we see in photographs.
This bike will surely bring many fond memories to the older, has been customized by the folks at Studio Raar for one of its customers: Bhudda to Buddha. This mystical name firm is dedicated to manufacturing various leather goods.
And what they asked for the customization was mainly cover the body with the same leather used in their work, and to highlight the department also making jewelry, they also asked to add a logo inserts. It is the result is at least curious, I can deny.
Montesa Cota 247 is a bike full of history, born in 1969 after the brand experience with their model 250 Trial, a two-stroke that easily stand up to the robust Q4. The original design of the Cota 147 was amended several times while in production, and launched a number of limited editions.
What we see in the pictures, it is indeed a motorcycle ladies and gentlemen. Of course this is not a conventional one: it is a prototype called Concept Bird Saline, a result of the proposed course to a group of French students ISD Valenciennes.
The talented guys are Charles-Edouard Berche, Ugo Spagnolo, Adrien Fuinel, Frederic and Jean-Philippe Dobbelstein Paries, and I suppose that not only managed to pass, but got a very good note. This building was designed as an entire race bike. Its chassis is made of carbon fiber, and is propelled by a compressed air engine looks scary …
When viewing the images, it seems that is not exactly comfortable for the driver, and that’s because it simulates the position of a speed skier to significantly improve the aerodynamics.
But that’s not all, as the Saline Bird Concept can be turned into a street bike with a couple of tweaks. In particular, puts a high and comfortable handlebars and a leather protector which makes it virtually a ‘radical naked. ”
Some will love his aesthetic, others just the opposite, but the truth is that a university is quite commendable. It must be acknowledged.
The Triumph Street Triple is renewed for the 2011, and although we know it is only cosmetic changes, it is still great news for fans of the brand, who awaited the arrival of the new model to dealers for good weather .
At first glance, struck by the change of lights, instead of the classic round have been replaced by a polygon. Are three new metallic paint options at no additional cost: Crystal White, Phantom Black, and the new Imperial Purple. A version changes this last purple-red (Red Devil) at least in the pictures it looks like a pink hue.
The Street Triple R is also found in colors Crystal White and Phantom Black, with gold rims. Another cosmetic change is the color of burnished metal exhaust, replacing the current chrome. Both the standard model as the R, presented the new brand logo, the handlebar-aluminum-have new flanges and balances have been machined.
Also in both methods we see the same chassis, but the suspension and brakes R includes more sportsmanship. Besides the bike equipped with a new instrument panel. The engine of the Triumph Street Triple has not been changed, keeping the 675 cc three-cylinder rated at 95 hp at 11,700 rpm.
The version of ‘normal’has a retail price of 7,195 euros, while the R costs 8,495 euros, both with a two-year warranty with unlimited mileage.
On the occasion of a popular game show on Australian television, called “100 Things”, two adventurers have achieved a special feat with a couple of small motorcycles SYM Symba of only 100 cc displacement.
Sebastian Terry and Andy Thomas have been able to cover the 3,457 miles that separate the towns of Perth and Melbourne in Australia. One of the dreams was Terry outstanding ocean cross the country from west to east, and boy has done it. Could perform this feat by Andy Thomas, with two SYM 100cc motorcycle, a limited displacement but that did not stop as we can see.
The total distance was covered in just seven days, and most remarkable is that this affair also served to raise funds led to a foundation to fight childhood cancer. However, it is not the first time that SYM Bikes Symba allow a feat of this magnitude.
A few months (ie June 2010) the importer of the brand in the United States used this same model to travel from California to Alaska, giving it a unique publicity to the small motorcycle, which deservedly won the title of “extremely reliable. “