Honda represents four-cylinder motoconcept

Honda has presented new radical concept of a motorcycle at exhibition Intermot to Germany. And, though only a breadboard model, it is necessary to recollect it that VMax from Yamaha too once was a breadboard model. Judging by appearance, it will be a street motorcycle.



The company has seriously concentrated on the new four-cylinder engine. They, on hearings, has paid attention to oval pistons which allow to involve wider chambers of internal combustion.

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ENV: Future comes today.

For today, the motor-technics with a power on hydrogen fuel cells is not very popular yet. It is possible even to tell that we will not see commercial hydrogen models of motorcycles or scooters for at least 5 years. The matter is that in struggle for non-polluting ways of movement more and more supporters at electric motors with a food from litievyh-ionic batteries. Recharged accumulators it is cheaper and more convenient in operation, after all the electric socket is in each house. However, and with hydrogen not all so is bad. ENV hydrogen fuel cell powered motorcycle ENV hydrogen fuel cell powered motorcycle Economic and harmless bike


ENV from company Intelligent Energy for the first time has been shown in 2005 in a museum of design Design Museum in London. The motorcycle is equipped by the motor with replaced hydrogen fuel elements which gives out about 1.34 h.p. Company Intelligent Energy declares that the maximum speed for the device will make 80km/ch, but it sounds very doubtfully, considering capacity of the engine. The length of a trip for hydrogen motorcycle ENV makes 160 km. In Intelligent Energy say that work at present over reception of all necessary certificates then they will start to send first parties ENV "selected customers".

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Yamaha M1 2008 from GP Motorsports

You can see stock model Yamaha YZF-R1 2008 on upper photo which have regenerated in a remark racing bolid Yamaha M1. Over a motorcycle experts from company GP Motorsports have well worked, as a result from original R1 here there was only a chassis. And logo R1 Yamaha YZF-R1 2008 M1 Yamaha YZF-R1 2008 M1 Yamaha YZF-R1 2008 M1 to the Engine established on these bike on all parametres the place in championship Superbike.


Here some characteristics of the road version of a motorcycle of the pilot of command MotoGP Fiat Yamaha of Valentino Rossi:
* the Plug - with 2003 Carlos Cheka used on races MotoGP bolid
* the Back shock-absorber - Ohlins TTX
* the Exhaust system - from UK
* Karbonovye of wheel Dymags - 16 and a half inch (which, by the way, are forbidden in championship MotoGP)
* the Forward headlight is absent, but can be placed in an air inlet
* the Back lantern is hidden under "tail" and becomes visible at the moment of motorcycle braking
* Cost of 65 000 US dollars At cost in 50 000 euros, this M1 from GP Motorsports leaves even more cheaply Ducati Desmosedici RR. Вобщем if crisis has not mentioned you, perhaps it is necessary to pay to it attention.

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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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