MotoGP Suzuki GSV R Vermeulen Edition

Spesification SUZUKI (GSV-R 2008) 2008

Type Mesin :4 stroke water cooled V4Kapasitas
Mesin :800ccMaksimum Power :225+ ps / 18,000rpmValve Control and
Type :Pneumatic (air control), DOHC four-valve
Karburasi :Fuel injectionLubrication
System :Wet sump (Motul Lubricants)
Clutch :Dry multi plates (back torque reduction type)
Transmisi :Six speed low friction constant meshFinal
Drive :ChainFrame
Type :Twin spar aluminum alloy frame
Suspensi :Front: Inverted type telescopic (Ohlins)
Rear: Link type (Ohlins)
Ban :Bridgestone
Wheels :Front and rear: 429mm (16.5 inches)
Brake System :Front: Double carbon disc (Brembo)
Rear: Single steel disc (Brembo)Overall
Length :2080mmOverall
Width :660mmOverall
Height :1150mm
Wheelbase :1450mm
Weight :148+kg
Fuel Tank :21LEstimated
Top Speed :330+km/h

Valentino Rossi tests Ducati Desmosedici GP12

“I’m happy, I like the GP12,” Valentino Rossi said afterward. “In my opinion, it’s more enjoyable, more fun to ride. It was the first time we had it on the track, so we had some work to do, but the engine is nicer. It’s a lot of fun, and you can do some nice slides. It’s the bike we’ll ride next year, so it was very important—and also very nice—to be among the first to take it on the track.” Both racers and fans are hoping that the 1000cc bikes will mark a return to the days of the 990cc era, when lurid rear-wheel slides out of the corners were the norm instead of the atypical. The current 800cc bikes (as well as the fuel capacity restrictions) have made sliding in the corners more of a rarity, due to their spikier torque output and need to conserve momentum—a byproduct of which is usually less fuel usage. The problem is that—as they sit right now—the rules for the factory 1000cc machines still enforce a 21-liter fuel capacity limit. Whether the engine configurations chosen by the OEMs will allow fuel efficiency to be high enough to permit more sliding obviously remains to be seen.


“We chose to have our factory riders—today Vale, tomorrow Nicky—try the bike beginning with its first test, because we think their feedback is essential for starting us on the right path for the early development,” Ducati Corse technical director Filippo Preziosi said. “To be able to work with Vale for a full day is more than any technician could ask. We gathered considerable feedback that we’ll translate into further design and development for next year’s bike. The positive thing is that the technical choices made for the GP12 in the initial planning phase, in 2010—and I’m referring primarily to the engine, which is still a big-bang, and to the rear end—were endorsed by Valentino. This gives us great satisfaction, and we’re optimistic about the work that still remains to be done. We know that our competitors are also working hard and developing their 2012 bikes, but that just makes the challenge better.”

motogp

last weekend's motogp de portugal was a nail biter to the end, especially rossi's fight for 2/3: it was great! valencia starts tomorrow and runs through the weekend...get the schedule for your time zone here on the official motogp site...you can live stream it here: see you there!

rossi rides for ducati

can you believe it? awesome nine-time motogp champ valentino rossi announced today he will dump yamaha and drive a ducati...i cant blame him: love a ducati.

laguna seca motogp

that rossi is so bad ass on his yamaha: he placed third at the motogp leguna seca race this past weekend fifty days after breaking his leg.

motoGP british grand prix

the motogp racers are in great britain for their grand prix -all except rossi who broke his leg during a practice run at gran premio d'italia. 

Yamaha YZR M1 TECH 3 specifications

Engine: Liquid cooled inline four-cylinder, four stroke
Capacity: 800cc
Power: Around 200 horsepower
Top speed: In excess of 320 km/h
Transmission: Six-speed cassette-type gearbox, with alternative gear ratios available
Ignition: Programmable CDI with adjustable mapping
Chassis: Aluminium twin tube delta box, multi-adjustable steeringgeometry/wheelbase/ride height. Aluminium swingarm

Suspension: Ohlins upside down front forks and Ohlins rear shock, all adjustable for pre-load, high and low-speed compression and rebound damping. Alternative rear suspension links available
Wheels: MFR, 16,5 front, 16,5 rear, available in a variety of rim widths
Tyres: Bridgestone, available as slick, hand cut and wet tyres
Brakes: Brembo, two 320mm carbon front discs, two four-piston
callipers. Single 220mm stainless steel rear disc, twin-piston calliper
Weight: 148kg. In accordance with FIM regulations
Wheelbase Arround: 1450 mm
Overal lenght: Arround 2050 mm
Overall width: Arround 715 mm
Overall height: Arround 1180 mm

Ducati GP10 specifications

Engine: liquid-cooled, 90 degree V4 four-stroke, desmodromic DOHC, four valves per cylinder.
Capacity: 799 cc
Maximum power: more than 200 HP
Maximum speed: In excess of 310 kph / 192 mph
Transmission: Six-speed cassette-type gearbox, with alternative gear ratios available. Dry multiplate slipper clutch. Chain final drive. Six-speed cassette-type gearbox, with alternative gear ratios available. Dry multiplate slipper clutch. Chain final drive.

Carburation: Indirect Magneti Marelli electronic injection, four throttle bodies with injectors above butterfly valves. Throttles operated by EVO TCF (Throttle Control & Feedback) system.
Ignition: Magneti Marelli
Fuel: Shell Racing V-Power
Lubricant: Shell Advance Ultra 4
Exhaust: Termignoni
Final Drive: Regina Chain
Frame: Carbon fiber chassis.
Suspension: Öhlins upside-down 48mm front forks and Öhlins rear shock absorber, adjustable for preload, compression and rebound damping.
Tyres: Bridgestone 16.5'' front and rear.
Brakes: Brembo, two 320mm carbon front discs with four-piston callipers. Single stainless steel rear disc with two-piston callipers.
Dry weight: 150 kg

Suzuki GSV-R 2010 specifications

Engine Type: 4 stroke water cooled V4
Displacement: 800cc
Max Power: 225+ ps / 18,000rpm
Valve Control and Type: Pneumatic (air control), DOHC four-valve
Carburation Type: Fuel injection
Lubrication System: Wet sump (Motul Lubricants)
Clutch: Dry multi plates (back torque reduction type)

Transmission: Six speed low friction constant mesh
Final Drive: Chain
Frame Type: Twin spar aluminium alloy frame
Suspension:
Front: Inverted type telescopic (Ohlins)
Rear: Link type (Ohlins)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Wheels: Front and rear: 429mm (16.5 inches)
Brake System:
Front: Double carbon disc (Brembo)
Rear: Single steel disc (Brembo)
Overall Length: 2080mm
Overall Width: 660mm
Overall Height: 1150mm
Weight: 150+kg
Fuel Tank: 21L
Estimated top speed: 330+km/h

Honda LCR RC212V 2010 specifications

Engine features:
Four stroke liquid cooled pneumatic valve engine, V4 ,DOHC 4
Displacement: 800 cc
Maximum Power: over 210 HP
Maximum Speed: over 325 km/H

Gearbox: Six speed cassette type gearbox with alternative optional ratio
Clutch: Fully adjustable multi plate slipper clutch
Exhaust: Titanium
Overall lenght: 2050mm to 2070mm up to circuit lay out and specification
Overall height: 1125mm
Overall width: 645mm
Weight: 148kg
Fuel: 21 litres capacity ELF
Oil: ELF
Chassis Features: Aluminium twin spare frame
Fully adjustable steering and geometry
Fully adjustable LCR magnesium triple clamp
Suspensions: Front Fully adjustable Öhlins TTX20 upside down
Rear Fully adjustable Öhlins TTX36 LCR type link
Tyres: Bridgestone
Wheel: Marchesini
Brakes: Brembo front four piston caliper
314mm carbon disc
Brembo twin piston caliper
Brembo steel disc

Pic : motogp.com

2010 Yamaha YZR-M1 Technical Specifications

Yamaha YZR-M1 is the flagship of yamaha motorcycles used by Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo in the MotoGP race this year. Fiat Yamaha team as a team in the race.

2010 Yamaha YZR-M1 Technical Specifications:

Engine
Engine type: Liquid cooled Crossplane crankshaft inline four-cylinder, four stroke
Maximum power: Over 200 horsepower (147KW)
Maximum speed: In excess of 320 km/h

Transmission
Type: Six-speed cassette-type gearbox, with alternative gear ratios available

Chassis and running gear
Frame type: Aluminium twin tube delta box, multi-adjustable steering geometry/wheelbase/ride height. Aluminium swingarm
Suspension: Ohlins upside down front forks and Ohlins rear shock, all adjustable for pre-load, high and low-speed compression and rebound damping. Alternative rear suspension links available
Front/rear wheels: Marchesini 16.5 front, 16.5 rear
Front/rear tyres: Bridgestone, 16.5 front, 16.5 rear, available as slick, intermediate, wet and hand-cut tyres
Brakes: Brembo, two 320 mm carbon front discs, two four-piston callipers. Single 220 mm stainless steel rear disc, twin-piston calliper
Weight: 150kg, in accordance with FIM regulations

Ben Spies Profile

Ben Spies (pronounced /ˈbɛn ˈspiːz/) (born July 11, 1984 in Germantown, Tennessee), also known as "Elbowz" due to his riding style where his elbows protrude outward, is a professional motorcycle road racer who turned pro in 2000. He won the AMA Superbike Championship for Yoshimura Suzuki in 2006 (only the second time since 1999 that his team-mate Mat Mladin had not won it), and successfully defended it in 2007 and 2008.

For 2009 he raced in the Superbike World Championship series for the Yamaha Italia team; winning the championship in his rookie year by six points over rival Noriyuki Haga. He started racing on Yamaha YSR50cc bikes with the Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association in Texas as a pre-teen. Spies currently lives in Longview, Texas.

World Superbike (WSBK)

On October 1, 2008, it was confirmed that Spies would join the Superbike World Championship for the 2009 season, riding for the factory Yamaha Italia team. He took pole position for his very first race meeting. He ran off the track on the first lap in race one (recovering to finish sixteenth despite a second incident) but was victorious in race 2 to become the first American to win a WSBK race since Colin Edwards in 2002.

Spies further impressed the World motorcycle racing community by winning both races of the second round in Losail, Qatar. En route, he again secured pole, the subsequent race wins, the fastest lap and the outright circuit lap record.

Ben Spies made history on May 30, 2009 at Miller Motorsports Park. Winning his 7th consecutive pole position during Saturday’s Superpole qualifying, Spies broke the long-standing record of 6 consecutive poles set in 1991 by fellow Texan Doug Polen. The pole set a number of records, including most consecutive pole positions in a season, most pole at the start of a season, and most in a row by a rookie. On October 24, 2009 at Portimão Circuit in Portugal he set a new record in pole securing his 11th pole of his rookie season. (It's worth noting, for non-World SBK fanatics/regulars, that, although there were a total of 28 races, unlike Moto GP, e.g., there are two races per event/location in WSBK. Accordingly, out of 14 events/locations, the vast majority at which Spies had previously had no experience, Spies took 11 poles, or 78%.)

On October 25, 2009 at the final round of the Championship at Portimão, Spies was crowned the 2009 Superbike World Champion after winning Race One, in conjunction with a fall from title rival Noriyuki Haga, and a solid 5th place in Race 2.

MotoGP

On October 1, 2009, Yamaha officially confirmed that Spies will join Yamaha Tech 3 to ride in the 2010 MotoGP Championship.

On October 3, 2009 it was confirmed that Spies would ride as a wildcard in the final MotoGP race of the season at Valencia in November.

"Before becoming incorporated into his the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team on Monday November 9, 2009 in the post-race Valencia test American rider Ben Spies did a good job for Yamaha in Sunday’s final MotoGP contest of the year in Valencia, crossing the line in seventh place – just ahead of Repsol Honda’s Andrea Dovizioso to help future team-mate Colin Edwards up the standings." He managed to finish in front of James Toseland, the rider whose position he will be taking at Tech 3.

2010 Spanish GP (Jerez)

The Spanish Grand Prix was, yet another year, the scenario of the huge celebration of Spanish motorcycling, in which Dani Pedrosa was one of the leading players thanks to his second place in the MotoGP race. The Repsol rider started from the first position on the starting grid and dominated the race from the beginning until the last few turns when, after fending off the relentless pursuit of Jorge Lorenzo, he lost first position. Andrea Dovizioso, with setup problems throughout the weekend, finished sixth, climbing three positions compared to Saturday's qualifying.

Official results

1. Jorge LORENZO (YAMAHA) 45:17.538

2. Dani PEDROSA (REPSOL HONDA TEAM) + 0.543

3. Valentino ROSSI (YAMAHA) + 0.890

4. Nicky HAYDEN (DUCATI) + 9.015

5. Casey STONER (DUCATI) + 10.034

6. Andrea DOVIZIOSO (REPSOL HONDA TEAM) + 23.144

World Championship

1. Jorge LORENZO (YAMAHA) 45 Points

2. Valentino ROSSI (YAMAHA) 41 Points

3. Dani PEDROSA (REPSOL HONDA TEAM) 29 Points

4. Andrea DOVIZIOSO (REPSOL HONDA TEAM) 26 Points

5. Nicky HAYDEN (DUCATI) 26 Points

rossi wins again

motogp is so cool and scary: i dont know why they dont have more races in the states. the motogp 2010 season began today in qatar (found out this week qatar is not pronounced like i thought, btw), and valentino rossi won his 104th race while jamming a yamaha m1.

2010 MotoGP schedule

This is 2010 MotoGP schedule

Jorge Lorenzo sets to pre-season test for 2010 Qatar MotoGP

Finally, Jorge Lorenzo could participate in 2010 MotoGP pre-season test before Qatar MotoGP running Saturday night at Losail. The doctors team that examine and treat Lorenzo's injury have made the approval for the Spanish rider to do pre-season test.

Watch Qatar MotoGP 2010 live stream

Even so, Jorge Lorenzo must keep doing the physiotherapy examination to exercise his hand muscle. The Fiat Yamaha Team rider suffered his injury four weeks ago when exercising physical test ahead of 2010 MotoGP race. Valentino Rossi's teammate did not participate at Sepang pre-season test for having the injury.

2010 MotoGP race season will firstly be taking place in Qatar and starting Saturday night on April 10, 2010 at Losail circuit.

Motorcycle Honda CBR 954 RR MotoGP Style

Honda CBR 954 RR is one of the first few bikes featured - it was first released 5 years ago! Well, I think the Honda CBR 954 RR Fireblade is one of the sexiest bikes ever

Honda Tiger Revo MotoGP Style Modification

Honda Tiger Revo MotoGP Style Modification

MotoGP Honda RC212V 2007 Prototype Edition

Spesification MotoGP : LCR HONDA (HONDA RC212V) MOTOGP

Engine features: Four stroke liquid cooled engine, V4, DOHC 4
Displacement: 800cc
Maximum Power: over 210 HP
Maximum Speed: over 325 km/H
Gearbox : Six speed cassette type gearbox with alternative optional ratio
Clutch : Fully adjustable multi plate slipper clutch
Exhaust : Titanium
Overall lenght : 2050mm to 2070mm up to circuit lay out and specification
Overall height : 1125mm
Overall width : 645mm
Weight : 148kg
Fuel : 21 litres capacity ELF
Oil : ELF
Chassis Features: Aluminium twin spare frameFully adjustable steering and geometryFully adjustable LCR magnesium tripple clamp
Suspensions : Front Fully adjustable Öhlins TTX20 upside downRear Fully adjustable Öhlins TTX36 Pro-link type link
Tyres : Michelin
Wheel : Marchesini
Brakes : Brembo front four piston caliper314mm carbon discRear twin piston caliperVentilated steel disc

Ducati Desmosedici MotoGP Edition

Spesification MotoGP DUCATI TEAM (DUCATI DESMOSEDICI GP8)

Mesin :liquid-cooled, 90 degree V4 four-stroke, desmodromic DOHC, four valves per cylinder.
Kapasitas :799cc
Maksimum Power :more than 200hp
Maksimum Speed :in excess of 310 kph/192 mph
Transmisi :Six-speed cassette-type gearbox, with alternative gear ratios available. Dry multiplate slipper clutch. Chain final drive.
Karburasi :Indirect Magneti Marelli electronic injection, four throttle bodies with injectors above butterfly valves.Throttles operated by EVO TCF (Throttle Control & Feedback) system.
Fuel :Shell Racing V-
PowerOli :Shell Advance Ultra 4
Rangka :Tubular steel trellis-style chassis, pressed aluminium swing-arm.
Suspensi :Ohlins upside-down 42mm front forks and Ohlins rear shock absorber, adjustable for preload, compression and rebound damping.
Ban :Bridgestone 16.5" front and rear
Rem :Brembo, two 320mm carbon front discs with four-piston callipers. Single stainless steel rear disc with two-piston callipers.
Berat :148kg