Bike of the Year

October 29, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Bikes, BMW, Events, Greece, Kawasaki, KTM, MV Agusta, Suzuki, Yamaha 

This may sound a repetition of the previous post.

SWA -Supertest World Association- is an organization that runs the world biggest track test with motorcycle journalists from all around the world to compare the latest bikes in the market.

This year test took place in Greece, with the absence of Ducati, KTM and Bimota, the final ranking -based on lap times, dyno power and torque measurements, comfort, price/performance ratio- was as follows:

1-BMW S1000RR (with distinction)
2-APRILIA RSV4
3-MV AGUSTA F4 1000
4-KAWASAKI ZX-10R
5-SUZUKI GSX-R 1000
6-YAMAHA YZF R1
7-HONDA CBR1000RR

Good morning Bodrum

August 22, 2010 by · 6 Comments
Filed under: BMW, Suzuki, Travel, Turkey 

We left Rhodes, Greece yesterday… spent the night in Marmaris Turkey, woke up early the next day had breakfast and headed to Bodrum.
Arrived at Bodrum at around 10am, while we were looking for a hotel…a guy with in his car with his girlfriend horned and asked us to follow him…he looked cool so we did, then he stops and introduce himself.
His name is Tamer and he is the president of Boadrum motorcycle club, and another club in Istanbul -i forgot the name-.

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Check Out…Check In

August 20, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Greece, Suzuki, Travel 
We’ve been having problems with the B-King, one of the cylinders keeps burning the spark plug, so we had to find a mechanic to fix it.
We found a shop that specializes in Suzuki, so we had to extend our stay until the bike is fixed….the hotel that we were staying at couldn’t take us for 2 more nights as they are fully booked..so we left the bike at the shop and and went back to check out and find another hotel. Read more

Destination Greece

August 6, 2010 by · 7 Comments
Filed under: BMW, Greece, Nature, Suzuki, Syria, Travel 

We were planing this trip of a while and were supposed to leave Kuwait back in July, but we had to postponed it hoping a couple of our friends will be able to join us, but unfortunately they couldn’t and we ended up only 2 -out of 4- me on my K1300R and my friend on his B-King

We left Kuwait Monday 9pm, reached Syria the next day around 5pm, we intended to stay only 2 days in Syria, rest the first day and ride around the next day.

We spent the first day at the pool, then went riding for around 5 hours between the villages in the mountains… we reached 950m elevation, we were literary over the clouds. Read more

Haslam triumph in Kyalami

In Race one Fabrizio on the Ducati took an early lead and was having fun and kept us amused with his slides in and out of corners, it was like watching a stunt rider performing high speed stunts.

Although Fabrizio won race one of the Kyalami round, but the real worrier was Haslam on the Suzuki…he was the star of race one and two, battling against the rookies -Rea- and the geezers -Biaggi- he manged to snatch race two from Rea at the last lap, it was a prertty intense fight.

Manufacturers standings : SUZUKI 222,  APRILIA 213, DUCATI 185.

Master Max

May 10, 2010 by · 4 Comments
Filed under: Aprilia, Biaggi, BMW, Kawasaki, Ruben Xaus, Suzuki, Troy Corser, WSBK 

Yesterdays’ race at Monza was the best race of the season, Max Biggi shined from start to finish in both rounds.

Biggi was unstoppable, sliding into a corner and coming out of the same corner with a wheelie….got me glued to the TV for 36 laps.
Toseland on the R1 was the motivator for Max, he pushed Biggi to the limit but then he couldn’t keep up, in race two Crutchlow’s also gave Biggi a good run but his R1 broke down later on.
The race marked the first ever World Superbike podium for BMW,  Xaus posted his best ever result for the team, with a sixth place in race one, and Troy Corser came third place from 12th on the grid in race two.

It was also a great race for Tom Sykes the Kawasaki man who gave Haga a hard time, and Haga couldn’t overtake him.

Portimao race highlights

March 29, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Aprilia, Suzuki, WSBK, YouTube 

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How they used to built them

March 22, 2010 by · 3 Comments
Filed under: Bikes, Mechanical, Suzuki, Technical, Video, YouTube 

The 1993 Suzuki GSX-R 750, i wonder how they do it now.

2010 Suzuki GSV-R

March 14, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Bikes, MotoGP, Suzuki 

This is the bike that Capirossi and Bautista will be racing at the 2010 MotoGP, Suzuki is planing a strong comeback this season and has designed a totally new bike for this…retro looks and a new V4 engine with improved acceleration, increased durability for the new engine restrictions that will be implemented into this year.

According to Suzuki this is the most technically advanced racing motorcycle that the Suzuki factory has ever produced.

Bike specs:

Engine Type: 4 stroke water cooled V4
Displacement: 800cc
Max Power: 225+ ps / 18,000rpm
Valve Control and Type: Pneumatic (air control), DOHC four-valve
Carburation Type: Fuel injection
Lubrication System: Wet sump (Motul Lubricants)
Clutch: Dry multi plates (back torque reduction type)
Transmission: Six speed low friction constant mesh
Final Drive: Chain
Frame Type: Twin spar aluminum alloy frame
Suspension: Front: Inverted type telescopic (Öhlins) / Rear: Link type (Öhlins)
Tyres: Bridgestone
Wheels: Front and rear: 429mm (16.5 inches)
Brake System: Front: Double carbon disc (Brembo) / Rear: Single steel disc (Brembo)
Overall Length: 2080mm
Overall Width: 660mm
Overall Height: 1150mm
Weight: 150+kg
Fuel Tank: 21 litres
Estimated top speed: 330+km/h

Link.

WSBK highlights from Phillip Island

March 3, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Ducati, Racing, Suzuki, Video, WSBK, YouTube 

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