The Day I Met "Foggy"

This happened about ten years ago and was a complete surprise at the time. I lived very close to the Rowrah Kart Track in West Cumbria and I'd heard there was a CCM SuperMoto track day on this particular day, May 22nd 2001 to be precise . With nothing better to do, I cycled over hoping to take some racing photographs and got the surprise of my life - sitting on the pit wall right next to me was recently retired, 4 times World Superbike Champion Carl Fogarty. Now, whenever I'd been near him before he was always a bit arrogant and totally focussed on his racing, today was completely different though, he was relaxed, chatty and very funny. It wasn't long before he started to mock some of the guys out on track and you could tell he was itching to get out there and show them how it's done... and that's just what he did. He jumped into the back of his van and just like superman, re-appeared wearing his famous Dainese Ducati racesuit. He grabbed one of the spare CCM supermoto bikes from the pits and took to the track, drifting the back wheel effortlessly and within three or four laps he'd lapped everybody.... When he came back in I said to him - "Did you enjoy that?"... "Aye lad - I hate being beat, even on one of these bloody things".

Foggy watching from the pit wall.

The tempatation gets too much -

Drifting the CCM into the bends...

...and accelerating out again. The style of a real World Champ!

I just had to get his autograph - on a bit of grubby card from my camera bag.

Photographs Copyright - MotoFreakoFoto.

Husqvarna TC450

New for 2010: TC 450
New IPD (in–mould plastic decoration) graphics on tank side panels and race number plate
New stronger, more flexible plastics
New 48 mm Kayaba forks
New triple clamps for Kayaba forks
Frame reinforced in the high stress areas
Rear swing arm shortened by 15 mm to improve traction and handling

New rear disc
New radiator connectors and coolant hoses
New high performance water pump for improved cooling system efficiency

( 2010 ) NEW HUSQVARNA SM 450R REVIEWS

( 2010 ) NEW HUSQVARNA SM 450R PICTURE

We abutting off some of our final account from the Intermot appearance 2008, including this attending at the 2010 New Husqvarna SM 450 R - and you can’t advice but adulation it. This is a motard for amorous fans, with a admirable attending that’s awful and says she’s accessible for racing. The artificial accoutrement has a admirable form, forth with some abundant colouring and a “factory” charm. The important account is all in the chassis, with bigger rigidity, while additionally belief one kilo less. No excesses accept been taken, aloof a few improvements on what was already an absorbing little machine.

( 2010 ) NEW HUSQVARNA SM 450R WALLPAPERS

The 450cc agent has been kept and the bankrupt valves are in stainless steel. Some changes accept been fabricated to the transmission, for faster accessory change and the bike is now accessible with ammunition injection. The affair that I adulation best are the wheels, which are from Excel and are now accessible in black, and the agenda affectation additionally gives a blow of style NEW HUSQVARNA SM 450R.

(2010) NEW BMW F800R Chris Pfeiffer Edition

NEW BMW F800R Chris Pfeiffer Edition 2010

BMW Motorrad BMW F800R edition chris pfeiffer broadcast its F 800 archetypal alternation for 2009, presenting a adventurous auto advised for a aerial akin of benumbed dynamics and best benumbed amusement in the articulation of the average class naked bikes. In accession to the two roadsters R 1200 R and K 1300 R, it was the third BMW auto to see its all-embracing premiere in the BMW Motorrad Urban apple of experience.

But it wasn’t aloof on accessible anchorage that the activating BMW naked bike apace fabricated a name for itself. The acute affluence of administration which the F 800 R allows its addition was approved by four-times Apple and European Stunt-Riding Champion Chris Pfeiffer as continued ago as 2007 and 2008 on an F 800 S distinctively acclimatized to his needs and carefully akin the after F 800 R. Since the official presentation of this archetypal in November 2008 in Milan, motorcycle acrobat Chris Pfeiffer has now been benumbed the new F800R at all-embracing competitions and shows – on a adaptation which is alone acclaimed from the consecutive assembly apparatus in some details.

NEW BMW F800R Chris Pfeiffer Edition

In the advance of 2008, Chris Pfeiffer took allotment in achievement shows and contests on 85 canicule - and this year his arrangement agenda is appropriately full. Chris Pfeiffer says: “No amount whether it’s about me as an individual, as a bathe addition or as a antagonism rider: it’s consistently a catechism of actuality artistic and assuming the admirers new, agitative things. It is artlessly amazing back the army starts to acclamation alike afore you’ve started. I absolutely acknowledge the abundant abutment provided by BMW, and for me the F 800 R is artlessly the absolute achievement motorcycle – as approved by my contempo success.”

2010 Aprilia Dorsoduro 750

Let’s look at the features of the Aprilia Dorsoduro 750 in greater detail:

• 90° V twin engine with four-valve heads, double overhead cam and liquid cooling;
• tri-Map second generation ride-by-wire technology;
• electronic fuel injection with the latest generation injectors;
• mixed gear and chain timing drive;
• modular steel trellis and aluminium alloy frame for extremely light weight and high torsional rigidity;
• aluminium alloy swingarm with laterally offset monoshock;
• fully adjustable 43 mm upside down fork;
• radial front brake calipers combined with 320 mm wave discs
• also available in a restricted 25 kW version
• latest generation Continental two channel ABS

BIKE Profile - DUCATI Hypermotard 1100S

Hypermotard 1100S

Specification:

• Type: Supermotard
• Engine: desmodromic L Twin - Dual Spark
• Capacity: 1078cc
• Power: 95 hp / 8750 rpm torque 106 nm / 8500 rpm
• Tire Size: Front 120/17 rear 180/55
  

Ducati Hypermotard: Heavy Weight Stunt Monkey

Maybe we are not familiar with the figure Hypermotard. But at least this motor has become a major star in the blockbuster comedy film starring Jim Carey (Yess Men). These motor-based 1100Ds Multistrada / SDS but in a lighter configuration and loose forward performance. Small tank and weight of the motor is located in the middle.

Riding Character

This motor is very lightweight and has great torque. countless driving position is very upright, so not tiring the rider. Stang high motor driving the motor implies ENDURO. But small tanky make this motor does not go far and should be close to pombensin. Not a problem because none other than the Hypermotard motorcycle Supermotard heavyweight match dioprasikan like street fighter. Conditions for the rider and the Hypermotard is not a lot of just one, that is above 170cm in height, that's all!

Accessories

Hypermotard motorcycles should not have as many variants of accessories other than those issued by Ducati. But things happened otherwise. Accessories Hypermotard it very much. Section Hypermotard platform suitable modifications made!

Gambar 2010 New Kawasaki KX450F

2010 New Kawasaki KX450F

Will it allotment technology with the works bikes? Will it be a bigger apparatus in every way? Motorcycle.com got arrive by Kawasaki to examination their latest weapon in the MX wars, and we showed up anticipating admirable things.

2010 New Kawasaki KX450F

Kawasaki hosted this accident at the anew opened Pala Raceway, on the Pala Indian catch in Southern California. At a columnist intro, usually you get bikes that accept been burst in, bankrupt up with new artificial and tires, so the testers get machines with the “bugs” formed out of them. Not this time, all the bikes were new, with aught hours on them. There were three mechanics assigned to anniversary annual crew: two Kawasaki techs and one Kayaba man. We alike had a annoy guy from Bridgestone to audit the abrasion our addition was putting on the Bridgestone 404s advanced and back, and it accepted to be an accomplished motocross annoy for the sun-baked adobe that makes up a SoCal MX track.Engineers aimed at giving the KX450F better overall balance and stability – especially for more aggressive riders. What we discovered from our first impression is that the 2010 KX likes to be ridden hard. The harder you push it, the better it seems to perform.

New Kawasaki KLX 150 Supermoto

Kawasaki KLX 150 Supermoto

Kawasaki is not only the trail terlarisnya KLX 150 in the version garuk land, but it also supermotonya version. Results modification garapan one of main dealernya, KLX 150 SuperMoto this version was Rp 1.5 million is higher than normal price. Most obvious difference clearly visible from a rubber bundarnya that is not growing out, but as a flat tire asphalt.

Kawasaki KLX 150 Supermoto

In addition, another difference with the KLX 150 S is normal, the SuperMoto handlenya already equipped on the security, in addition pengendaraan create more secure, but also make the appearance as a plucky cruiser mount two pure nature.

Overall, such as machine specifications, remain the same with the KLX 150 that have been circulating at this time in market.