MotoGP goes HD
11 days from today we will be watching the 2010 MotoGP season in HD, the championship will be broadcasted in full HD for the first time ever.
HD has become a standard now for top level sports, and MotoGP is no exception. However, covering up to six kilometres of track, seventeen race bikes, the pit garages and helicopter shots with HD cameras has required years of planning and preparation from series organiser Dorna Sports. The biggest challenge has been the on board cameras, and Dorna together with Gigawave are working to develop these extremely sophisticated cameras.
The Following channels will be broadcasting in HD, RTL Club (Belgium), Eurosport (France), Sport TV (Portugal), Digisport (Hungary) and Viasat (Scandinavia), Speed TV (US), ESPN (Latin America), Globosat (Brazil), One HD (Australia), StarHub (Singapore), Sky (New Zealand), Al Jazeera (Middle East), ESPN Star Sports (Asia) and Supersport (Africa), and the list is growing.
I can’t wait for 3D ;-).
Portimao race highlights
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Biaggi doubling it up
Max Biaggi on the RSV4 Factory and Leon Haslam on the GSX-R gave us an exciting show on race one at Portimao, they continued part 2 of the show in race 2, leaving Haslam in second place at both races.
One would expect the RSV4 to be agile on the curves, but the Aprilia was faster than any other bike on the straights as well !! i never thought i would ever see a GSX-R takes the beating on the straights…
2010 Kuwait Bike Show
I went to the 2010 Kuwait Bike Show on Friday…it was a well organized event with HOG Chapters from all around the gulf especially Bahrain and KSA, the weather was bad but it seamed that the crowd did not mind it…custom bikes builders from Bahrain participated with some really cool bikes, there was also a couple of local bikes that were also nice.
AGV Valentino Rossi Replicas’
The limited edition AGV GP-Tech Chicken and the Donkey replicas are now available, and priced at 745 euro.
ABS Monster
Harley Demo Day
I was checking Harley’s website today and i noticed they had a web banner announcing a test ride day, the banner reads:
“Test-ride the latest Harleys on Friday 26th March from 9am to 3pm, Coffee Republic Free Zone, See you with Riding Gear”
The Frameless Motorcycle
Ducati applied for the patent for a frameless motorcycle, the motorcycle front and back end will be bolted directly onto the engine !!!
This is what Ducati says about the new concept:
“A motorcycle comprising a propelling group or engine, a saddle support, a support for the rear wheel, and a front directional group comprising a handlebar integral to a steering headstock functionally associated to a supporting organ of the vehicle front wheel, wherein such front group is connected to a box-like body incorporating the function of filtering box, constrained to the engine and apt to support the latter by connecting it, therethrough, to said front directional group, said support for the rear wheel and said saddle support being constrained to the engine, the vehicle being not equipped with additional members apt to constrain said engine to such front directional group.”
I guess soon we’ll be sitting on engine heads…mmm, i wonder what are the side effects on male fertility.
Kuwait Bike Show 2010
The show is an annual bike event organized by Harley Davidson Kuwait, the event will run for three days starting Thursday, 25th March 2010 and will take place at the 360 Mall.
It’s an open event for all Harley owners, its also open for bikers from other GCC states.
Check out their web site for more info.
How they used to built them
The 1993 Suzuki GSX-R 750, i wonder how they do it now.
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