Tuesday, November 2, 2010

MODIFIKASI JUPITER MX





Yamaha Jupiter MX is one type of duck sport present in Indonesia. Tampangnya the sporty 135 cc engine and the use of water cooling (radiator) and also made a clutch type motor duck the behavior at this time.

Tampangnya a sporty can still be modified or amended in order to appear more sporty I take some pictures from some website about modifications Jupiter MX
with the addition of the wing and the engine down jupiter mx more sporty and is paired jupiter z light to the front and without lights on.

Jupiter MX Modification

Monday, November 1, 2010

Modifikasi Motor Kawasaki KSR

Power for the Modifikasi Motor Kawasaki KSR is loaded with a convenient 111cc air-cooled, SOHC two-valve, four-stroke distinct butt agent which produces an achievement of 8.4 horsepowers. Considering economics the Modifikasi Motor Kawasaki KSR drives about 55 kilometer on 1 liter fuel.
Modifikasi Motor Kawasaki KSR SPECIFICATION|REVIEW:
GENERAL
Model
Kawasaki KSR 110 2005
Category
Enduro-Offroad
ENGINE
Type
111 cc, air cooled, distinct cylinder, 4-stroke
Bore x achievement (mm)
53 mm x 50.6 mm
Compression ratio
9.5:1
Valves
SOHC, 2 valves per cylinder
Fuel system
KEIHIN PB18
Ignition
CDI
Power
8.4 hp (6.3 kW) @ 8500 rpm
Torque
8.1 Nm (6 ft. lbs) @ 6500 rpm
TRANSMISSION
Clutch
Automatic centrifugal blazon wet assorted plates
Gearbox
4 speed
Ratios
1e 3.000, 2nd 1.937, 3th 1.350, 4th 1.087
Primary drive
3.409 (75/22)
Final drive
Chain, 2.067 (31/15)
Starting system
Kick
CHASSIS
Frame
Pipe backbone
Front suspension
Telescopic (inverted close tube bore 30mm)
Rear suspension
Swing arm
WHEELS
Front tyre
100/90-12
Back tyre
100/90-12
Front brakes
single 200 mm disc with 1-piston calipers
Rear brakes
single 184 mm amphibian disc with 1-piston calipers
DIMENSIONS
Overall length
1670 mm (65.7 inches)
Overall width
705 mm (27.8 inches)
Overall height
995 mm (39.2 inches)
Seat height
750 mm (29.5 inches)
Wheelbase
1165 mm (45.9 inches)
Ground clearance
225 mm (8.9 inches)
Fuel accommodation - reserve
7.3 l (1.9 gallon US)
Dry weight
84 kg (185.2 pounds)

2010 KAWASAKI VN900 Vulcan Classic Edition Revealed

2010 KAWASAKI VN900 / Vulcan Classic
2010 KAWASAKI VN900 / Vulcan Classic
New Kawasaki VN900 Classic Edition, the amalgamation is additionally accessible at a bulk that is lower than the absolute bulk of the added features. The Kawasaki VN900 Classic Light Tour Edition adds covering panniers additional bassinet brackets to the VN900 Classic, as able-bodied as a windscreen and angle leg wind deflectors, all official Kawasaki accessories that appear with a two-year guarantee. All these accessories added up would amount £1,000, but the motorcycle architect alone adds £800 to the amount of the bike to booty it to £7,400.

“We’ve witnessed aberrant absorption in our 18-carat accessories, not aloof for their architecture fit and finish, but additionally because they backpack a admired two year Kawasaki warranty. Now we are accessible to cycle out these bristles new accessorized Limited Edition machines at a bulk abounding will acquisition attractive. We anticipate the aggregate of such a aerial blueprint at such aggressive retail bulk credibility will accomplish these Special Edition models absolutely popular,” Sales and Marketing Manager for Kawasaki Motors UK Michael Johnstone said in a release.

NEW YAMAHA MIO 125CC XEON


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KTM 990 Supermoto


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Minerva Sachs 250 picture


Minerva Sachs 250 pictureMay already apperceive that a lot of PT Minerva Motor Indonesia, launched its newest product, Minerva Sachs 250. Variant New ablution in the 28 April this been Sachs (Germany) and Megelli (UK). Sachs alive on the machine, while on business achievement was on Megelli who are acclimated to handle the motor sport.Market...

Modif Honda Megapro Bergaya Ducati


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Yamaha Majesty Modify


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y Modify Gl Pro 1997

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Chopper Effect at Honda CB 100

cb100This motorcycle is Honda GL 100, the old motorcycle and the old version of honda GL. But as you know, at the recent time this motorcycle became a new trend. Many modificator take this motorcycle and than make it to be different. there is many kind of modification which has apply to this old motorcycle. Start from Street fighter, Sport, until classic retro. Beside the price of this motor cycle is cheap, it also easy in decorate it.

Thunder Street Fighter

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Motora GP Yamaha

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Who suspects that Mio’s Yamaha can be juggled the display has soed elegant and sporty. That done by Chandra’s Antonius that do modification skubek in garputala symbol. Sketch is cut by Ton’s that Chrome’s boss. it dimension still follow the original.

Suzuki Skywave

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Honda Beat Off-Road Modification

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Modifikasi Ninja 250 R 2010

The Modifikasi Ninja 250 R 2010 sportbike entered the American bazaar in 1986 and bound became Kawasaki’s best affairs bike. Modifikasi Ninja 250 R 2010 was adapted in 1988 and, as a affidavit to its acceptance remained almost banausic until 2008. In 2008, the Modifikasi Ninja 250 R 2010 sportbike took the accessible by storm with an adapted abreast anatomy makeover. The transformation didn’t stop there. This Modifikasi Ninja 250 R 2010 sportbike additionally accustomed above agent modifications, a added able cooling system, 17” wheels, added rims, abeyance changes, anatomy improvements, and bigger council geometry. With its failing and affectionate nature, it’s not adamantine to accept why the Modifikasi Ninja 250 R 2010 continues to be a favorite.


Modifikasi Motor Kymco 2010




Motorcyle matic like a Modifikasi Motor Kymco 2010 breed accept appeared in phipilina. forms a different appropriate of the motor kymco, mootor matic in that country are like, because the bounded blueprint of abutment for the motor blazon matics as Modifikasi Motor Kymco 2010. motorcyle acceptable and fun. Modifikasi Motor Kymco 2010 accept a argent blush with a abundant anatomy fat, apparently because this mempanyai cc motor that big, so to actualize a counterbalanced Modifikasi Motor Kymco 2010 is in a beyond

NEW APRILIA RS 125 (2010) MOTORCYCLE

NEW APRILIA RS 125 (2010) MOTORCYCLE
The change of the Shiver activity has no limits. The APRILIA RS 125 (2010) MOTORCYCLE naked that has afraid the apple with its abstruse agreeable which is still not aural ability of its competitors, has able itself alike added with interventions that aim at accretion its personality, benumbed fun and ergonomic features. In agreement of appropriate features, Aprilia Shiver 2010 is after agnosticism the criterion bike in the average cc naked sector. A awful acquired agent adapted with latest bearing basic Ride by Wire, a multimap, a first-rate anatomy which is able to amuse all levels of riders, and abstruse accouterments that no added bike alike comes abutting to.

Today, these appearance are accent by an alike added antagonism look, with the accession of a new top allowance and advancing Wave discs. At the aforementioned time, Aprilia Shiver has appear alike afterpiece to acceptable the needs of riders, with absolutely revamped ergonomics, a 5 cm slimmer saddle to accommodate bigger ascendancy optimising bike administration not alone on the road, but additionally back the agent is switched off. The addition and commuter footpegs are additionally new and accord to lending the bike an added antic look. The moved-back addition footpegs and the new handlebar affection acquiesce for a added antic use. Thanks to these updates the Aprilia Shiver M.Y. 2010 is now a far added alluring bike. There are a few key issues which mark the success of Shiver. It is a high-performance able bike which can abduct alike the best ambitious rider, but it is additionally able to accompany on those who are new to the two-wheeled scene, as it is so accessible to ride. The 2010 adaptation maintains this as a prerogative. In fact, the new lower and slimmer saddle provides for added and added able control.


NEW APRILIA RS 125 (2010) MOTORCYCLE

APRILIA RS 125 (2010) MOTORCYCLE SPECIFICATION

Engine: Aprilia V90 Four stroke longitudinal 90° V twin. Liquid cooling. Double overhead camshaft with mixed gear/chain drive; four valves per cylinder. Euro 3.
Fuel: Unleaded petrol.
Bore x Stroke: 92 x 56,4 mm
Total displacement: 749,9 cc
Compression ratio: 11 : 1
Maximum power at the crank: 95 HP at 9000 rpm.
Maximum torque at the crank: 8.25 kgm at 7000 rpm.
Fuel system: Integrated engine management system. Injection with Ride by Wire technology control of the throttle bodies
Ignition: Digital electronic, integrated with the injection
Starting: Electric
Exhaust: Two in one system in 100% stainless steel with three-way catalytic converter and Lambda probe
Generator: 450 W at 6000 rpm.
Lubrification: Wet sump
Gear box: six speed, transmission ratio: 1° 36/14 (2.57) 2° 32/17 (1.88) 3° 30/20 (1.5) 4° 28/22 (1.27) 5° 24/25 (0.96) 6° 23/26 (0.88)
Clutch: Multi-plate in oil bath, hydraulically operated.
Primary drive: Spur gears, transmission ratio: 60/31 (1.75)
Final drive: Chain Transmission ratio: 16/44
Frame: Modular steel trellis connected with high strength bolts to aluminium side plates. Detachable rear frame.
Front suspension: 43 mm upside-down fork. 120 mm wheel travel.
Rear suspension: Aluminium alloy swingarm with reinforcement truss. Hydraulic shock absorber adjustable in spring preload and rebound damping. Wheel travel: 130 mm.
Brakes: Front: Double stainless steel floating disc (Ø 320 mm ). Four piston radial calipers. Metal braided brake line. Rear: Stainless steel disc (Æ 240 mm) with single piston caliper. Metal braided brake line.
Wheels: In aluminium alloy Front: 3.50 X 17" Rear: 6.00 X 17"
Tyres: Radial tubeless; front: 120/70 ZR 17 rear: 180/55 ZR 17
Dimensions: Overall length: 2265 mm Overall width: 800 mm (at handlebars) Overall height: 1135 mm (at instruments) Seat height: 810 mm Wheelbase: 1440 mm Trail: 109 mm Rake angle: 25.7°
Dry weight: 189 Kg
Fuel tank capacity: 16

NEW BUELL 1125CR ( 2010 ) MOTORCYCLE REVEALED

NEW BUELL 1125CR ( 2010 )
BUELL 1125CR ( 2010 )

As Erik Buell's eyes of a avant-garde day bistro racer, the Buell® 1125CR blends class-leading achievement with adverse administration and a abandoned attitude to advance the boundaries of the streetfighter category. Buell Lightning models and the new 1125CR™ are at the amount of what Buell is all about - authentic achievement with a broad, seamless ability commitment in a bare down, raw and advancing package.
Each Buell archetypal is advised utilizing the Buell Trilogy of Technology™ - anatomy rigidity, centralized mass, and low unsprung weight - to aftermath a motorcycle which responds instantly to addition input.
NEW BUELL 1125CR ( 2010 )

As Erik Buell's vision of a modern day café racer, the Buell® 1125CR blends class-leading performance with sinister styling and a wicked attitude to push the boundaries of the streetfighter category. Buell Lightning models and the NEW 1125CRTM are at the core of what Buell is all about - pure performance with a broad, seamless power delivery in a stripped down, raw and aggressive package. Each Buell model is designed utilizing the Buell Trilogy of TechnologyTM - chassis rigidity, centralized mass, and low unsprung weight - to produce a motorcycle which responds instantly to rider input.

NEW BUELL 1125CR ( 2010 )

NEW BUELL 1125CR ( 2010 )

NEW BUELL 1125CR ( 2010 )
Feature and Specification BUELL 1125CR ( 2010 )

• Buell Helicon® 1125cc liquid-cooled fourstroke, 72-degree V-Twin engine with DDFI 3 Electronic Fuel Injection ECM
• Compact oblique stacked six-speed transmission configuration
• Ram-air pressurized air box
2010 Buell 1125CR• Goodyear® Hibrex® final drive belt with Flexten Plus technology with a constant-tension pulley for smoother on/off throttle transitions
• Underslung muffler with Helmholtz chamber
• Twin side-mount radiators with outer covers designed to absorb impact
• HVA (Hydraulic Vacuum Assist) clutch with slipper action
• 6-spoke, cast aluminum wheels
• Pirelli Diablo Corsa III tires
• Steel braided brake lines
• Fully adjustable 47 mm Showa inverted fork
• Fully adjustable Showa rear shock absorber
• Fuel-in Frame Intuitive Response Chassis
• Rigid cast-aluminum swingarm
• Adjustable hand and foot controls

Modification Ducati Hypermotard

Modification Ducati Hypermotard 1100
The Hypermotard 1100EVO SP takes the accomplished Hypermotard abstraction to a new akin of extreme. College arena clearance, college blueprint suspension, college confined and alike beneath weight makes the 1100EVO SP track-ready for action.
The Hypermotard ancestors expands for 2010 with the accession of the agitative new Hypermotard 796, the new and added Hypermotard 1100EVO and the acute Modification Ducati Hypermotard 1100.

Modification Ducati Hypermotard 1100
Modification Ducati Hypermotard 1100
Modification Ducati Hypermotard 1100
Modification Ducati Hypermotard 1100

Modification Jupiter MX 135 Futuristic



Modification Jupiter MX 135 Futuristic Modification Jupiter MX 135 Futuristic


Series of road shows MOTODIFY fifth in 2009 in the city with the nickname of the oil city of Pekanbaru the center of creativity in modifying the focus on the street Cut Nyak Dhien. Gubenur office Dihimpit between Riau and Riau local library, one of the participants who followed the Cipto. Participants from Pekanbaru Mxnya Jupiter is lower with the motor show concept of the future.

135 MX Jupter Cipto very character concoction with a futuristic motor and aerodynamic, engine intake did not affect the standard is still use the original engine, just slightly rombakan the exhaust and gas tank custom made so that the value futuristiknya very thick.

The most striking of the motor change this futuristic concept is at the very detail ekteriornya assembling motorcycles in the future style. All dismantled but there are some parts that retain their original, doff a black screen with the kind of color from getting sangar Cardillac Jupiter MX made this sketch while adding charm futuristic graphics.

Artificial body parts are bent so that the driver was more nuance to the future with a custom designed every detail, to the chain tensioner is made with all beltong intake with the whole concept motorcycle with a custom designed built. The next part of the legs of a cool looking custom made future thinnest sizes so as to appear on the market and Swallow wrapped with tires for the front with 120/17 size rear case bekled Bridgestone 160/17, Cipto also added brake system use Brembo at the front and rear.

Another thing that makes this bike to compete following the three categories is with innovations such as starting the system using Keycard designed so that when the automatic sensor system distarter engine running, new breakthroughs are making it more possible Jupiter MX bike is a motor of the future. The owner of the motor, this contest Cipto carrying the flag of his shop with the name Hot Modified.

Sporty Otomotif motorcycles Ducati 848 EVO


motorcycle Ducati 848 EVO eventually present in Indonesia. This country will be coming again the latest sport bikes from Europe, given the Ducati Indonesia is considering to bring the latest Ducati 848 EVO. Ducati Indonesia President Director, August S Nugroho said, who claimed fastest motor sport from the Ducati will be present in the country around the end of 2010.
Sporty Otomotif motorcycles Ducati 848 EVO
Review and Specifications Ducati 848 EVO
Ducati 848 EVO latest generation is designed to replace the Ducati 848. With a maximum power of 140 bhp, 848 EVO claimed as the most powerful sport bike Ducati ever made. With additional carry the name of EVO, a motorcycle is much faster than the previous generation 6 bhp thanks to the Testastretta engine and peak torque to 98 Nm, combined with the EVO brakes Bre848 able to produce power output of 140 bhp at 10,500 rpm with peak torque to 98 Nm at 9750 rpm .Sporty Otomotif motorcycles Ducati 848 EVOThe tremendous power that had created was the result of the new Testastretta technology as well as the weight of the motor that has only reached 168 kg. Italian motorcycle manufacturer has also introduced a system Brembo Monoblocbrakes , twin silencers are placed under the seat, single-sided swingarm, Trellis frame, bodywork inspired by motor racing, and steering damper.
THE Price of Ducati 848 EVO
This new motor will be delivered to consumers in September. Ducati 848 EVO priced £ 10,695, or about IDR 147 million to the standard variant and 9995 pounds, or approximately USD 138 million for variant Dark Stealth.
Sporty Otomotif motorcycles Ducati 848 EVO

Style Modification Nuvo Elegance

Style Modification Nuvo Elegance Style Modification Nuvo Elegance Style Modification Nuvo Elegance Style Modification Nuvo Elegance Style Modification Nuvo Elegance Modified Yamaha Nouvo Elegance 135 CC

Green Speed Air Motorcycle

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Looking to the future of transportation, there are many interesting alternatives to the traditional internal combustion engine. Engines powered by compressed air are one of the more obscure ideas. But how fast could a compressed air motorcycle go? It’s a question one Australiancollege classroom worked on this past summer, designing the Green Speed Air motorcycle.

Edwin Yi Yuan, a 23-year-old student at RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology), worked on the group project in an industrial design course. Lecturer Simon Curlis came up with the project idea a year after his own motorcycle accident. Wanting to get back on two wheels, his goal was to set a land speed record at Lake Gairdner, a dry lake bed in Southern Australia. He wanted his new racebike to be environmentally friendly, but eschew the typical eco-power routes of bio-fuel or electric. Instead, the team decided to harness an air engine.
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With a stripped down Suzuki GP100 as a literal framework for the idea, the team got cracking. A total of 16 students worked on the project, during a 12-week span. Edwin, who grew up in Shanghai, China, before attending school in Australia, focused on the bodywork design. While the team was unable to get a finished working motorcycle completed within the course timeframe, the design work is complete with a rough prototype.

A rotary air engine from Melbourne engineer Angelo Di Pietro will power the Green Speed. The engine gets its power from the compressed air stored in a pair of high-pressure tanks, located under the spine of the frame. The interior of the air engine is made up of a series of chambers and as the compressed air is forced in the chamber it creates rotary power. The engine’s torque transfers to the rear wheel via a single gear, a sprocket mounted directly to the engine, and final chain drive.

The present design calls for an odd-looking 1:1 gear ratio, but with plans to race for a land speed record the team is contemplating gearing it even more aggressively for top speed. The goal, according to Edwin, is for a LSR record that crests 100 mph. Still in development, the engine is promised to rev up to 3000 rpm, and the team calculates a potential top speed of 112 mph.

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Designed as a land speed racer, there’s no headlight, brake light or indicator lights to be found. Because of the air engine, there’s no gearbox or exhaust system either. Yi Yuan estimates the minimalist design to weigh somewhere in the 220-lb range, with hopes that the heavy steel frame and air tanks, might get swapped out for lighter materials on the finished model. The team looked to source carbon fiber tanks, but found the cost prohibitive for a modestcollege design experiment.

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So, according to Yi Yuan, what are the pros and cons of a potential air-powered motorcycle?

“The advantages is obvious, the compressed air is total zero emission. The thing from the exhaust is the same that we breathe.”

Yi Yuan points out air-powered systems are less toxic than the batteries powering electric designs. They’re also potentially lighter than electric designs, which must carry heavy batteries. In an air-powered design, the air tanks act as a battery, storing energy in the form of pressure. The high-pressure air tanks, however, are also a potential problem to the design too.

“Disadvantages is that the air is compressed, which makes it potentially explosive in accident,” Edwin acknowledges. “We all know that motorcyclists have more accident more often.”

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Air power also doesn’t yield the same amount of energy per volume. All that stored energy from a single tank of gasoline, millions of years in the making, is still a bargain alternative power sources just can’t beat.
“It [air power] has lower mileage than petrol. I mean to cover the same distance, you need a lot more volume of compressed air than petrol. That means we’re either going to have to go to the gas station more often, or have a huge heavy tank on the bike which makes it very heavy. Even a dangerously high pressure air tank still cannot compare to petrol for power to volume figure.”

Yet the problems don’t hinder Yi Yuan’s belief in the potential of air-powered transportation:

“The future, I think, has lots of opportunity. We can ride our air bikes, charge up the compressed air tanks at home or office with a little air compressor. It should take less time then battery charging. Better yet, there might be possibility to have an air compressor on the bike, so we can just plug it on the wall. Or, we can go to a gas station, but instead of filling up with petrol, just use that compressed air that we use to pump up our flat tires to charge up our air tanks. Of course, in the future, that compressed air might not be free anymore. So your gas station does not sell “gas” as petrol, but “gas” as compressed air.”

As for the future of the Green Speed design, most of the students involved have since drifted away from the project. For his part Yi Yuan and Curlis are still game for a run at Lake Gairdner, but admit a serious LSR attempt would need to be built around a newer frame. Not to mention some money to push the design forward. Still, the student is enthusiastic about the Green Speed as a fun project, post graduation.

“If it works on Lake Gairdner in South Australia, we would also love to come to Bonneville to set the speed record of an air powered bike,” said Yi Yuan. “Next step? I even want to set up a factory to produce air motorcycles.”