MOTORREADS: Monday, 5 January 2009

[mika]

motocilismo.es: Africa Race ÔÇô Stage 5 update


thevintagent.blogspot.com: Death of a Vintagent



motorcyclenews.com: MV Agusta and BMW plan new middleweights


motorcycle.com: December 2008 recall notices
Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Kawasaki and Triumph issued recall notices


motorcyclenews.com: Stunt time provides welcome relief in war torn Baghdad


Bikes in the Fast Lane: France ÔÇô Ultimate motorcycle rally


BOOKS ÔÇô cyrilhuzeblog.com: Images from the 2008 Motorcycle Land Speed Trials by BUB


trendhunter.com: 3-Wheeled Hummers


nextautos.com: ELV to display electric bicycles and scooters at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show


Motocycle-USA.com reviews the Vespa GTS 250ie Scooter
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superbikeplanet.com: Magic Johnson to run superbike team?


gnccracing.com: Quick Fill 1 ÔÇô this week in GNCC
Are two-strokes about to make a comeback in GNCC bike racing? Do you want some tips on how to get in better shape?


Daytona 1949 ÔÇô via jockeyjournal.com
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The old chestnut, car v bike, is back again this time pitting a Lamborghini Gallardo and a Ducati 999 against each other in the hands of pilots from Fifth Gear. A win for the Italian vehicle, oops they are both Italian. Watch and find out.
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Video: Collecting Motorcycles ÔÇô Falcon Motorcycles ÔÇô Ian Barry ÔÇô Ultimate Triumph Bobber
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This could be a destination worth taking in this summer.
classicrallies.com: Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix to honor BMW
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix will honor BMW as its official Marque of the Year for their 2009 event. This 10-day automotive celebration, from July 10-19, will present two race weekends, five distinct car shows, a driving tour, a track day and a gala dinner all with the BMW as the star car.


A different twist on a European driving tour; SANAT I want to go to Europe.
motorauthority.com: Huet Brothers unveil 1950s inspied HB Special roadster


This homepage ÔÇÿPicture of the Week created a bit of controversy now the lads at Top Gear have their video version. We have the car v motorcycle chestnut in the Motorrad section; now in the Cage Welt section David Hammond of Top Gear, after giving a video review of the Astin Martin V8 Vantage drop top, takes on a man on jet powered rollerskates! Follow this link to the Top Gear video.


The Bugatti ÔÇÿBarn FindÔÇÖ reported last Friday has made its way to Bonhams for auction.
[url http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?Screen=HeadlineDetails&iHeadlineNo=3959]bonhams.com[/url]: Ex-Earl Howe Bugatti ÔÇÿBarn-FindÔÇÖ to headline Bonhams Retromobile Sale


Lotus builds the rolling chassis for the Tesla roadster. When Lotus announced it would be developing an EV of their own autobloggreen.com asked TeslaÔÇÖs CEO to comment.


gazzetta.it: Alonso sings agreement with Ferrari from 2011


gazzetta.it: Formula 1 strips down ÔÇô take a look
The Italian paper Gazzetta dello Sport looks at the new F1 rules for 2009 cars.


crash.net: BMW pair wary of wing woes

BMW Sauber F1 3 January 2009

Back to the roots.

Robert Kubica has a busy winter. Right after the finale of the 2008 Formula One season, the Polish driver took a new challenge and set up his own team in karting.

Instead of having well-deserved holidays after finishing in fourth place in the Drivers' Championship and contributing to third place for BMW Sauber F1 Team in Constructors' Championship, the 24-year-old not only joined the squad's December test drives in Jerez de la Frontera, but also went back to his roots and tested the new karting chassis for his team.

"I've always enjoyed driving karts. It was a great fun to compete in karting - lots of competition and not so much politics," recalls Robert. Now he re-established his partnership with Birel - the company for which he scored fourth places in European and World Championships in 2000, right before switching to single-seaters.

The project also involves Robert's active participation in the management of the team which will take part in all major international events. Thus Robert follows the footsteps of World Champions Fernando Alonso and Kimi R?ñikk?Ânen, who run their own teams in karting and Formula 3 respectively.

"I wished to do something active in the world of kart racing, the discipline which allowed me to stand out and take the path leading to F1, and which I still love," says Robert.

The Tardis will have a new Doctor at the helm in 2010. bbc.co.uk has announced Matt Smith will be taking over from David Tennant, making 11th Doctor the youngest Doctor ever.


bbc.co.uk: Diamonds clues to beatsÔÇÖ demise


spiegel.de: Energy of the stars, with no emissions
A consortium of governments will build a groundbreaking fusion power plant in France for a price in excess of Ôé¼5 billion. After decades of discouraging setbacks, plasma physics has made jaw-dropping recent progress. Could it save the world?


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Comments:

 

[Visian]

Comments:

dang....

 

[20774]

I believe the lady on the R69S is Eve Goldmann. Somewhat famous racer in Germany.

 

[LENRT1200ST]

dang....

The bike is so excited, its dribbling! Oh my! LOL

Len

 

[108625]

This could be a destination worth taking in this summer.
classicrallies.com: Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix to honor BMW
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix will honor BMW as its official Marque of the Year for their 2009 event. This 10-day automotive celebration, from July 10-19, will present two race weekends, five distinct car shows, a driving tour, a track day and a gala dinner all with the BMW as the star car.

I was born and raised in the 'Burgh and would throw in a for this event.
Schenley Park has always been the scene for sports car and bike events, including competition at various levels of organization. It's a great venue for a show, and vintage the race is through city streets.
If you really want to have a nice trip, show up a weekend early (July 3rd & 4th) for the Three Rivers Regatta, and take advantage of the bridges for a unique view of some fantastic Champboat racing action, among other things.
Oh, and a fireworks display over the water by the world famous Zambelli family.

There's plenty of great riding around Pennsylvania for the week in between events.

 

[PAULBACH]

600cc Inline four for BMW?

BMW will base their 600 on the same principle that let to the S1000RR WSB bike, a project based on picking the most competitive layout rather than the traditional BMW approach of picking a more individual format, so an inline four is the likely power plant.

Very Interesting

 

[mika]

I wish I had more information for you on the picture but I don't and the source did not either.

BMW 600 or 675
BMW has made no bones about expanding into the sport market and taking the Japanese on. This is the impetus behind the S1000RR and as soon as that project was announced rumors began about a 600 class sport bike. The rumors have taken two forms.

In this current version the bike would be a four cylinder 600 that would be designed to go head to head, cc to cc with Honda Yamaha Suzuki and Kawasaki.

The other version of the rumor has a 675cc triple along the lines of Triumph. FIM rules allow 675cc triples and 600cc fours to compete in the same class. A triple would harken back to the K750 take on Triumph on the same terms while allowing BMW to compete with the Japanese.

I suspect the four is more likely. The link to the K triple would be of dubious value to the youth market. Triumphs commitment to a triple is more a function of their modern line being based on triples rather than any superiority in a triple. Add in the fact their are some changes in license fees for bikes over 650cc in EU which puts a 675 at an out the door price disadvantage and you end up with a BMW 600 being the most likely choice.

 

[20774]

I wish I had more information for you on the picture but I don't and the source did not either.

Someone put together other pictures of Eve Goldmann here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/senex_1347/

 

[Crow18]

Someone put together other pictures of Eve Goldmann here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/senex_1347/

eight months later...

A friend sent me a link to a bio of Anke-Eve Goldmann today, and I thought I'd see if anyone here had already posted it or any other info. A quick search brought up this thread, and here I am adding to it.

http://thevintagent.blogspot.com/2009/02/anka-eve-goldmann.html