News : Stoner and Pedrosa optimistic Honda RCV213 continues to improve

Repsol Honda continues to develop to reduce problem of chatter in RCV213. As is known this problem of vibration on machine to the complaint since the era of 1000cc.

Honda responded so well, they continue to develop motor to reduce the problem. It is seen on results of tests at Catalunya a few days ago.

Optimistic coming from two Repsol Honda rider, Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa. They also believe that motorcycles will continue to improve in the rest of 2012 season.

"As I said after the test we did in Catalunya, we were working a lot on different settings on the bike, we had some improvements and I hope we can the make another step forward in Silverstone" - Autosport -

After five series, Repsol Honda rider is still 20 points adrift of championship leader Jorge Lorenzo while riding a Yamaha.

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News : Condition gets recovered, Edwards is ready to race in Catalunya

Towards Catalunya GP, good news for Colin Edwards fans because the rider was ready to return to ride his motorcycle.

As known, CRT driver Forward Racing Team was absent in final series at Le Mans due to a broken collarbone he suffered in Estoril series.

Although 90% condition, but Edwards has been declared able to race previously scheduled at Le Mans.

In a statement United States rider was very keen to return to race after resting a few days.

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News : GP2 Bahrain 2012 Sprint Race, Rio finish sixth, Tom Dillmann wins

Rio Haryanto back to finish in 6th place in Race 2 Bahrain GP2 2012. These results repeat his achievement in feature race.

In a race that was held at the Sakhir circuit, Saturday (04/28/2012), Rio started from third position. In seventh lap, Rio under pressure from favorite rider this year, Esteban Gutterez and Davide Valsecchi.

After devouring 23 rounds, Rio finally finished in sixth with a time of 41 minutes 36.701 seconds. This race itself was won by rider of team Rapax, Tom Dillmann who won a record time of 41 minutes 16.276 seconds.

With these results Rio gets an additional four points from this sprint race. At the standings, Rio in 10th position with 16 points.

Results GP2 Bahrain 2012 3rd Series, Sprint Race
1. Tom Dillmann Rapax 41m16.276s
2. Luiz Razia Arden + 0.198s
3. Davide Valsecchi DAMS + 3.958s
4. Esteban Gutierrez Lotus + 16.488s
5. Felipe Nasr DAMS + 18.602s
6. Rio Haryanto Carlin + 20.425s
7. Marcus Ericsson iSport + 26.294s
8. Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering + 29.605s
9. Fabio Onidi Coloni + 33.490s
10. Nathanael Berthon Racing Engineering + 34.078s
11. Nigel Melker Ocean + 43.463s
12. James Calado Lotus + 44.371s
13. Max Chilton Carlin + 46.743s
14. Julian Leal Trident + 47.439s
15. Rodolfo Gonzalez Caterham + 54.991s
16. Brendon Hartley Ocean + 59.764s
17. Stephane Richelmi Trident + 1m00.655s
18. Stefano Coletti Coloni + 1m02.090s
19. Giedo van der Garde Caterham + 1m02.632s
20. Ricardo Teixeira Rapax + 1m07.468s
21. Giancarlo Serenelli Lazarus + 1m08.293s
22. Jolyon Palmer iSport + 1m18.688s
23. Fabrizio Crestani Lazarus + 1m26.049s

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News : GP2 Bahrain 2012 3rd Series, Valsecchi won again, Rio finish sixth

Davide Valsecchi won again in third series GP2 in Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir. Starting start at second position Valsecchi successful to beat owner of pole position Guido Van Der Gar (Caterham).

With this victory, Valsecchi will scored a hat trick if win a sprint race that will be held today at same place.

Meanwhile Indonesia rider, Rio Haryanto able to achieve positive results after finish in sixth p;ace. Rio failed to maintain its position after overtaken his team mate Max Chilton who have more experience in GP2 event, especially in terms of keeping tire compound is more durable.

Rio have a chance to improve his position in the standings if he get good results in second race (sprint), which begins today.

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Wind-powered motorbike from Denpasar, Indonesia

A college student from Denpasar, Indonesia managed to make a motorcycle innovation. Honda Supra X 2000 can be run without using fuel and use only wind power.

Student's full name Putra Darmagita it eventually expanded to the task. Previously it had proved by Edy Chandra from Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

How it works Supra X homemade by Putra is very simple. To move the piston in the cylinder, no lighters needed. Thus, the air in a special tube flowed into the engine through the intake hole whose shape is modified. Then the wind hit the piston head to bottom and throw out the exhaust hole (exhaust) when the piston or piston back to top dead point.

To move the motorcycle required wind pressure 300 psi, medium grip assisted speed regulated gas regulator. According to information these wind-powered motorcycle can run up to speeds of 60 km/h.


Although wind-driven life, this Supra still need oil in the crankcase to lubricate the teeth liaison and crutch-as when the piston rotates. Only then reduction gears rotate the rear tires.

pic by motorplus

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New York held the competition to find a new taxi

In addition touted as the world's busiest city, New York, also known by the nickname Taxi. City Thousands of yellow taxis (yellow cab) become synonymous with "The Big Apple" since become one of the mainstay of transportation in this city.

Recently, Taxi and Limousine Commission (Taxi and Limousine Commission / TLC) in New York is looking for a replacement candidate from the orthodox form of taxis. Competition is done by open tender, and have rolled since the middle of this year.

Of the thousands of participants register candidates, selected three finalists who compete for contracts with TLC, at least for 10 years. Of the three finalists, there is a Turkish automotive manufacturer Karsan that compete with other finalists, namely the Ford Motor Company and Nissan Motor Company.

TLC will announce the winners of this competition early next year, while the deployment unit of the new elected done starting 2014 after the older product that still operate today "retired". Until now, New York has 13,237 units of a taxi with 16 models from nine different car manufacturers in the world.

pic by Autonews

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