More than 70 years have passed since the closure of the project BMW R7. The device has not got to the conveyor belt, though he was one of the most innovative developments in the world moto industry those years. But relatively recently about BMW R7 remembered and recreated in the original form which was invented in 1934 by its designer - Alfred Böning.
Top Model of the popular Italian Piaggio refreshed in the line 2010.
Instead of Piaggio MP3 400 came MP3 500. Gilera Fuoco 500 - will now also be positioned under the main brand and get a trade mark Piaggio MP3 500 Sport.
In both sets the same 492-cc engine, single cylinder, liquid-cooled, with the variator CVT, issued on the mountain 40 hp.
Italian Aprilia presented Sportcity Cube scooter 2010 model year.
300-cc engine of the updated system, and even more strongly accentuated sporty style is designed, according to the manufacturer, to offer a truly sporty image, even to those who intend to use this powerful, but nevertheless the city scooter in the most urban environments.
Seat height - 815mm. Convenient dashboard, which provides information both in digital and traditional analog form. Tachometer and multi-function display.
Fashion brakes - in top-end 300-cc version three discs, 125-cubes - two. The front brake discs 260mm diameter with 2-piston floating caliper, rear - a simple diameter of 220mm.
Maximum engine power (300ss) - 22,5 hp at 8 000 rpm., maximum torque - 22 Nm at 6 500 rpm.
Additionally Aprilia traditionally offers a wide range of accessories - reinforced windscreen, sports kit, additional trunk volume of 35 liters, electronic alarm.
Hesketh Motorcycles, together with renewed by New Vectrix began the manufacture of electric two-wheeled vehicles.
First developed by the project - scooter Hesketh HZE-Vectrix. The machine is designed for city driving. Maximum speed - 96 km / h. No charge can travel up to 80 km.
Zero to 80 km / h in the apparatus is for 6.8 seconds. The time required to fully recharge the battery 125v - 2,5 hours.
At SEMA motor show (Speciality Equipment Market Association), held from 2 to 5 November in Las Vegas, the company Mavizen, founder of the championship among the environmentally-friendly motorcycle TTXGP, announced the decision to do mass production of electricbikes.
The first in the queue will be a model Mavizen TTx02, built on the basis Agni X01 electric superbike.
The world’s largest serial scooter Gilera GP800 let no worthy competitors, but can also be morally outdated. Therefore, in the Italian company has decided to hold a slight upgrade design.
Buy a scooter can now also in the new colors of black-and-white, which went very well model. Been modified windshield, which changed its form in the direction of sportiness, was shading and electric height adjustment. Also been increased steering angle. Otherwise GP800 has not changed.
Unfortunately, with the concept GP850 Corsa, shown at the EICMA 2008, in Gilera sucked - it would be a good update of the model. By next year, the Italians just have to be something to invent, because one day the rumors about the appearance of Yamaha T-Max 800 and other potential competitors may become a reality!
2010 Gilera GP800 is already possible to order from dealers Piaggio / Gilera costs 8900 euros.