Thursday, March 5, 2009

New motors Yamaha will be more economic on 20 %



Yamaha Motor develops a new ruler of motors for motor-technics which will consume on 20 % of less fuel, than modern power units of the company.

New motors Yamaha on 20 % will be more economic In new engines absolutely new accessories, and also absolutely new system of injection that will seriously increase efficiency will be used, mark in Yamaha.


The first motor in a new effective ruler of power units becomes 125-kubovyj the engine which will put on motorcycles and scooters by which Yamaha does for the South Asian market.

As mark in the company, in the near future it is planned to update and a ruler of motors which are put on the technics exported to the USA and to Europe. As to the European models new engines will receive, first of all, motorcycles and scooters of the big cubic capacity.
Now in Yamaha the command works on creation of a new ruler more effective motorcycle and скутерных engines within the limits of the large-scale program of development of a motorcycle direction from more than hundred engineers of a different profile.
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Harley-Davidson from ice



In the USA in connection with returning of cold weather it has been decided to use this time with advantage, including in the motorcycle world. So there was ice "Harley". Harley-Davidson from ice the Known author Tom Kjuoff (Tom Queoff), the captain of a national team on creation of ice and snow sculptures, and also the bronze medallist of Winter Olympic games in Nakano of 1998, has created a monument to device Harley-Davidson XR1200 from ice.


The sculptural composition representing a motorcycle flying up on a slope with the big piece of ice with keen edges in a back part (symbolising either a sheaf of sparks, or mad power of "Harley"), has been built all for three days at minus temperature only by hands, a hammer and other make-shifts. An ice monument to a motorcycle have put directly before recently opened museum Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee. And in a museum the exposition telling about process of creation of a masterpiece, and also about the model which have served by a prototype for this monument has taken places. Ice "Harley" will stand at a museum up to returning of warm weather, roughly speaking, will not thaw yet.

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