The Ducati 899 Panigale is not a new bike to the market, it was first launched last year, but at that time it was imported and cost RM108,888 (US$34,000). (more…)
The Ducati 899 Panigale is not a new bike to the market, it was first launched last year, but at that time it was imported and cost RM108,888 (US$34,000). (more…)
MotoGP fans are in for some good news as Sepang International Circuit (SIC) is currently running a promotion for the Premier Roving Tickets for the 2014 Malaysian MotoGP happening this October.
The third and last episode in the Ducati Scrambler “Franco & Elvira Story” is out; it finally shows the basic shape (though putty like) as Franco takes Elvira to the World Ducati Week.
If you had missed them, the videos – the plasticine protagonists of which were hand-made by three talented nineteen-years-olds from Bologna – tell an imaginative story of how the Scrambler Ducati ended up in the present day.
As the storyline goes, Franco, a man from 2078, is catapulted by a time machine (which somehow looks very similar to the Delorean from the Back To The Future movie) back to the Woodstock festival of August 1969 where he meets and falls in love with both Scrambler Ducati and Elvira.
They joyously elope on the bike, yet before the two can even kiss the time machine hurls them forwards to the present day, to 2014. Franco and Elvira find themselves directly in front of the fabulous “yellow container” – first visited by Ducati employees and then the enthusiasts who flocked to WDW 2014 – from which they exit astride the new Scrambler Ducati.
Unfortunately, it will be almost another two months before we get to see the actual bike when it is officially presented on 30th September during Intermot 2014 in Cologne, Germany. View the video below.
Franco and Elvira Story (Episode 3) from Scrambler Ducati on Vimeo.
Last weekend was the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, for all of you who don’t know, its one of the biggest bike gathering in the world.
It started back in 1938 with mostly Harley owners but over the years especially now, there have been a good mixes of bikes at the event.
Its only fitting that Indian Motorcycles decided to reveal their latest bike, the 2015 Indian Scout at Sturgis. Apparently this is the first `to carry that name in 70 years.
The bike company had managed to retain much of the original looks but also modernise the machine for better performance and reliability.
The main challenge was to the rear shockers as they were set at a shallow angle in order to follow the sleek frame profile. A lot hours were put into it to make it work.
Power comes from a liquid-cooled 69-cubic-inch (1130.7cc) V-twin which they claim produces 100hp and 72lb-ft of torque at 5000rpm. Modern touches comes with a closed-loop fuel injection system and a ride-by-wire-throttle.
The seat is set at 25.3inch off the ground and the cast aluminium keeps things “light” at 253kg when wet.
First unit is going to roll out at the end of this year with four colours Thunder Black, Indian Motorcycle Red, Silver Smoke and Thunder Black Smoke. The target price is USD10,999 which is about USD8,000 than the bigger Chief.
Source:motorcyclecruiser.com
In a surprising twist to the on-going saga between British rider Cal Crutchlow and the Ducati MotoGP team, the Italian team has officially announced that Crutchlow will be leaving the team at the end of this season.
Ducati Corse officially announced in a short communique that Crutchlow’s contract will be terminated ahead of time while his replacement will be Andrea Iannone.
With Andrea Dovizioso and Iannone confirmed for 2015, the Ducati Corse racing team will be an all-Italian team again after Rossi switched back to Yamaha.
Iannone previously raced for the Pramac Racing team.
The guys in FSR Technology are real teasers, last week they released a picture and some information on their FB page about a standalone programmable ecu called Tuneboss for the Yamaha FZ150i and Lagenda.
Yesterday they were at it again but this time even worst, posting a picture of the Tuneboss and an android phone next to it which had what looks like an app to connect to the Tuneboss wirelessly and thats it.
Now the boys are a bit tight lip about releasing more information than what they already have right now, before the actual launch which is in a few weeks. But luckily we have our ways to get more info, unconfirmed of course as its not directly form FSR Technology themselves but close enough. Never underestimate the power of “teh tarik”. You just have to love Malaysians, we’re so easy that way.
So far from what we can gather is that users can connect to the Tuneboss wirelessly to their android phone for wireless tuning capability, even the full tuning app on the pc will be using the same wireless connection. But not mentioned is what type of wireless which could eitherbe Bluetooth or wifi.
The phone app will have fuel, ignition, rpm limiter adjustment, including advanced diagnostics which means, theres no need to look at the silly blinking engine light like on the original factory diagnostic tool, it will tell you exactly what the problem is.
Thats it for now, or until FSR Technology do another teaser before the launch.
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