BMW in search of innovative ideas

The Bavarian manufacturer of motorcycles BMW Motorrad continues efforts on search and gathering of new innovative ideas in area motobuilding.

Company declared start of competition of ideas under name BMW Innovation Contest 2009. Its participants are offered to share the ideas concerning the future of motorcycles – in absolutely concrete plan – to offer the technological ideas and workings out in the field of a design and design.


"What ideal motorcycle of the future will be – it should possess what lines, will cost how many who will buy it? What new impressing trend in development of motorcycles which will inspire and amaze imagination of youth of tomorrow will be? We search for unique ideas, products and services which can be named by break in the area, we mean sphere of motorcycles, scooters, mopeds and vehicles similar to them. Your decisions should contain innovative technologies, underline passion and a modern style of life. What trends will prevail in respect of use of motor-technics of the future – for entertainment, for pleasure, for travel, for business, underlining of own style, ecological compatibility, profitability, something else? Abstract from habitual concepts and allow to work to the imagination. Take part in working out of the future of motorcycle branch and take a hand in creation of absolutely new technological decisions, materials, services, design, etc. Describe the private judgement, the two-wheeled motorised dream!" – With such appeal organizers of competition BMW to its potential participants address.

Within the limits of competition in Germany are organised offline "seminars of ideas" – two of them have already passed (on March, 28th in Hamburg and on April, 4th in Berlin), two still are coming (on April, 21st in Munich and on May, 23rd in Berlin).

For participants various incentive prizes and awards, including the main prize for the best working out or idea at a rate of 2 000 euros are provided. Demands for competition are accepted till July, 17th 2009.

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Motomorphic – a prototype on wide rubber

Two motor-fans from California – Jim Davis and Victor Komunytsky – in search of an ideal motorcycle were not satisfied that offers a batch production, customs, and have decided to create something absolutely.

So has turned out the device under name Motomorphic JaFM#1. It is remarkable that founders of this motorcycle were not afraid to use at its designing any means, and bike it has turned out so in all senses of a word expensive that to finish work on it, Americans had to sell the business – repair shop and the small company on sale bikes.


Nevertheless they about what are not sorry and receive a high of that can go by a motorcycle as which consider ideal.

A pendulum – own design, and for a forward plug production Ohlins has been used. The shock-absorber – Penske, and brakes – it is final Brembo. That allocates bike from a train similar, besides original design are superwide wheels, and not only behind, but also in front. It is not enough that already reminds that a donor motorcycle at creation of this monster became Aprilia Falco.





It is remarkable that the device exists in the single copy, however its authors to beat off at least a part of expenses, with might and main sell alive and through the Internet of a T-shirt with a logo of the child – in different colours on 25 dollars for a piece.

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The Motion 2 will begin in 2010: Kawasaki single supplier of the motors?

On Saturday on April 11, on the eve of the stormy GP of the Qatar, the international motorcycle federation (FIM), it has established officially that: from 2010 the new class Moto2 will replace the present one 250cc; the supplier of the motors will be the alone one and he will be chosen within next month.

Claude Danis (FIM) has explained the reasons of the choice of the single supplier at the level of motor:“ We had already decided that the loom would have been opened to all the houses producers, but we wanted to have the control of the motors with the objective of reducing the costs. The decision on the one who will be the single supplier will be taken next month, but we have already two possible names.”


The total technical rule of the class Moto2 must still be confirmed, but the introduction of the category to be already left from next year (till now the beginning was fixed for 2011), it might speed the decision-making process up. Concerning proposals are not to the moment the introduction from the monorubber.

According to news of the advance arrival of 600cc in the motorworld one, the pages of situated Visordown reaches most indiscreet news: even though the Dorna still has not taken a definitive decision, according to any very not much official passage voices, the Kawasaki would have already been chosen like single supplier of the motors used in the future class Moto2. For now it is about only a voice, of rumours it anchors to verify; someone is that it would be a great blow for the Akashi house, since till now in many people they were thinking that the choice would have fallen only on Honda or in case on Yamaha.

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Scarico GPR Grand Prix Evolution (GPE) for Suzuki Gladius 650

GPR presents the new unloading for flaming Suzuki Gladius 650. A slip - on conical disposable in different materials, inoxidizable, carbon look and titanium in the version Grand Prix Evolution (GPE), with bottom in carbon for the versions carbon look and titanium.

The unloading in titanium weighs only 1,90 kg and the saving compared to the original is almost 4 kg with a profit be of couple of which of velocity of sensitive point and in the order of about 4/5 h.p. The stockpot is already disposable in version approved with double db killer removibile for the transformation in racing for use footprint.


For the most "hardened" clients 2 has been also realised the collector in 1 racing to eliminate the original catalyst and to return the motion the lightest be from the aesthetic point of view kg saving is for the clamoro. The whole kit is already disposable with prices from 360 Euro excluded Iva.

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