Windshield Flyers For 2011 International Female Ride Day

JUST RIDE! Women all over the world will unite by simply getting on their motorcycles for a ride on Friday, May 6th.

In 2011 women riders throughout Canada, United States, Australia, England, The Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Poland, Israel, Hungary, Slovakia, India, Russia, Germany and more will participate in the 5th Annual International Female Ride Day. 

To download one of three windshield flyers visit: Motoress.com "connecting women with motorcycling." 

Two Russian Women Rider's Groups Join the 2011 International Female Ride - "Moto Lady" of Biker News in Russia, along with the National Russian Motorcycle Federation will be part of the 5th Annual International Ride Day on Friday, May 6th 2011.

FIM - Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (The International Motorcycling Federation) supports International Female Ride Day - along with brands: BMW, Harley-Davidson, Kawasaki, Kymco and MV Agusta.

The ride is on a weekday to emphasize that women are not "hobby" riders. They ride to work and motorcycling is part of their lifestyle. Read more.

Motorcycle Pictures of the Week - Bill

Here are my Pictures of the Week as displayed on the Motorcycle Views Website. This feature has been expanded to include Bikes Only and Trikes Only. These pictures are taken from the Moto Pic Gallery. See Bill's 2008 Kawasaki 900 w/Voyager trike kit under Bikes Only. There are no Trikes Only, or Women or Men on Motorcycles this week. We need more pictures of men and women with their motorcycles. Get your picture in. For details, see Motorcycle Pictures of the Week.

New bikes from Kawasaki

Kawasaki have recently announced  exciting new/revised  bikes for 2011, they are:-
The Kawasaki Z1000SX

The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R

The Kawasaki VN1700 Voyager Custom

 The Kawasaki W800

The Kawasaki Z750R

These will be available to see at the forthcoming Carol Nash Live event at Birmingham’s NEC later this year. More info about these models can be found on the www.inter-bike.co.uk site.

 Ride safe.

Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://bestmotorstyle2011.blogspot.com//
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/ 

Kawasaki Recalls 2009-2010 Vulcan for ECU Problem

Kawasaki is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 Vulcan motorcycles.

The engine may stall if the rider is coasting with the clutch pulled in due to an improper setting of the engine control unit (ECU).

The number of units has not been specified.

Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.

EICMA Milan Motorcycle Show To Feature Custom City

The 68th (EICMA) Milan Motorcycle Show, Nov. 2 to 7 will feature the unveiling of the new Ducati 1200 super street model, “Diavel” and eight new models by Honda. It will also feature a new Custom City,  dedicated entirely to custom bikes.

Hosted in the trade fair district of Fiera Milano Rhò in Milan, Italy, the EICMA draws 400,000 to 500,000 visitors. It is the largest bike show in the world.

More than 2,300 journalists from 31 countries attended the 2009 EICMA.

CUSTOM CITY is being introduced at the 2010 Milan Motorcycle Show as a “show within the show”, in the same way that “Green Planet” was introduced last year for hybrid and electric vehicles.

The idea matured thanks to the insistence of motorbike companies, manufacturers and enthusiasts, but finds its rational justification in numbers: against current downhill market trends, the share of vehicles dedicated to custom and touring bikes has slowly grown to represent 17.5% of the sales market.

CUSTOM CITY will be set up in Hall 2 of Fiera Milano, in collaboration with Terre di Moto srl, which will notably be putting on a show, and is fully sponsored by Biker's Life Motorcycle Magazine.

Biker's Life also supports the Italian Padova Bike Expo, and flies the top three winners and their bikes to compete each year at the Rat's Hole Custom Bike Show during Daytona Bikeweek. Bike builders from all over eastern and western Europe compete in the Padova Show in January for a large purse and prizes that include flights to compete in March during the Daytona Bikeweek rally that draws half a million bike enthusiasts worldwide.

So it will be interesting to see what may develop from this sponsorship.

The opening trade-show days (for press and industry) are Nov. 2 & 3, 2010.

EICMA will be open to the public Nov. 4 to 7 with opening hours from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., every day except Friday, when the show stays open until 10.00 p.m.  Ticket and tavel info:  eicma.it/moto

In recent years, MotoLive has been introduced and has become a "must see" event at the massive expo. In the brand new American Pavilion, seven new electric models by Brammo will be presented. The Scootergirls from Los Angeles made their fashion debut last year in the city known for fashion and they will be back to preview a colletion for men. The company speciaizes in protetive motorcycle garments with high fashion appeal. 



UPDATE: Here's footage of the 2011 Ducati Diavel super street bike unveiled at the EICMA Show. In some ways, the stripped-down machine recalls the original Ducati Monster 900, a lightweight bike, elegant in its simplicity, that essentially saved the company nearly two decades ago.

The Diavel features a superbike-derived Testastretta 11° engine and 456lb of authentic Ducati performance, including ABS, Ducati Traction Control and Ducati Riding Modes.

The new motorcycle is sure to excite longtime Ducati fans, especially those who long for the form-follows-function approach the company took to bike design in the 1970s and 1980s. Unlike many bikes nowadays, the Diavel looks more like a horse and less like a two-wheeled car, but it is also loaded with modern performance and safety features.

Its name comes from the “Devil” in Bolognese dialect, and is pronounced dee-AH-vel. The company says when an early prototype was assembled and shown to group of Ducati engineers and technicians, one person said: “Ignurànt comm’ al diavel!” that’s Bolognese for, “Evil, like the devil!”

While it has some of the dirt-tracker looks of a Harley-Davidson XR1200, it also resembles the recent wave of high-tech musclebikes from the Yamaha V-Rod and the BMW K 1200 R. The new Ducati, which is scheduled to go on sale in late winter or early spring of 2011, uses the same Testastretta engine used in the company’s top-of-the-line superbikes. The Diavel will also offer anti-lock brakes, traction control, and electronically adjustable riding modes aimed at increasing safety and comfort.

Harley Davidson will present the new SuperLow, together with four new CVO models.

Yamaha will present an electric scooter, a city mobility prototype.
 
Italian visitors will also have the opportunity to view the new ZX-10R, the Z750R by Kawasaki due to be launched on the market at the same time. KTM will present the Duke 125 in its naked version. Aprilia presents two 4-cylinder models: Tuono 1000 and RSV4 with traction and wheelie control, as well as the Dorsoduro 1200. And BMW presents two Touring motorcycles: a 6-cylinder K 1600 GT and K 1600 GLT.

At Triumph all eyes will be on the official presentation of the new Tiger 800 enduro with 3-cylinder engine. Piaggio presents a comeback of the Vespa Classica (the PX 125 with handlebar gear lever) and the Piaggio Typhoon.

The novelty at Moto Guzzi will be the V7 Racer. And the helmet manufacturer, Kali, will be presenting its ROAD Line series for the first time ever.

Kawasaki unveil Z750R

Kawasaki's middlewight naked Z750 has always had a big following and now Kawasaki have introduced the "R" model with a host of enhancements. These include high-grade suspension and brake components from the 2009 and 2010 Z1000 and a new front cowl and two-tone colouring.

Ride safe

Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://bestmotorstyle2011.blogspot.com//
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

Kawasaki Recalls 2009-2010 EX650 Motorcycles for Brake Problem

Kawasaki is recalling certain model year 2009 EX650C9F/Fl and model year 2010 EX650CAF/Fl Ninja 650 motorcycles.

The right rear portion of the lower cowling can interfere with the operator's foot while in the process of applying the rear brake.

676 units are affected.

Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.

Kawasaki Recalls 2010 ZR1000DAF for Front Brake Problem

Kawasaki is recalling certain model year 2010 ZR1000DAF/L models.

Under severe riding conditions the left front brake hose may contact the front brake rotor during extremely heavy application of the front brake.

1161 units are affected.

Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.

( 2011 ) NEW KAWASAKI ZX-10R NINJA

NEW KAWASAKI ZX-10R NINJA

The New 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R Ninja archetypal year. The calendar for the new superbike House Akashi are absolutely “ripe” because the activity aeon of the accepted archetypal ends, the canons actuality spent four years of break on the market.

Last summer, accepting “found” abstruse assets of a new agent “flat” (with accumbent butt bank) anchored by Kawasaki at the all-embracing apparent office, we affected the abstruse analysis of new horizons by Japanese engineers, the research, conceivably a college akin of drivability, as occurred in off-road by Husaberg Yamaha aboriginal and again with their latest distinct cylinder.

The little advice that can be accepted from the actual appear today assume to instead ascertain a absolutely new architecture but not too far from the archetypal blueprint of a 4-cylinder superbike. The anatomy of the cine breadth the bike after keels is set on the dyno you can see the anatomy is aluminum ambit bifold girder, the swing-arm differentiated breadth of generous, light-alloy auto with three spokes and a codon in appearance Kawasaki Z1000 ” (thin and not too accursed up).

The shock should be abundant absorbed with accelerating bond and positioned aloft the axial allotment of the beat arm, apparently to accomplish allowance for the bankrupt system, with pre-chamber amid beneath the axis aspect aquiver and low muffler on the appropriate side. As for the fork, it is about taken for accepted the intriduzione Showa BPF, as has already been done on the “sister” Kawasaki ZX-6R.

The account shows close curve and multifaceted, with the big aperture air assimilation amid centrally on the windshield to aerate the burden of aqueous intake. Extreme is additionally the adventure for bigger aerodynamics, with a plexiglass abundant inclined, and conceivably an breadth to “double layer” for the abandon of the fairing.

As for the abstruse abstracts is not accepted but acutely annihilation in our assessment it is believable to accomplish a accustomed declared 200 bhp timberline (without absolute air induction), in the deathwatch of aftermost trend launched by BMW with S1000RR, able of 193 hp, the best able superbike alternation currently marketed. Among the advantages of the new Ninja superbike will absolutely additionally a akin of awful avant-garde cyberbanking ascendancy of power, with assorted mapping and absorption control.

Kawasaki z750

Kawasaki z750
Kawasaki z750
Kawasaki z750
Kawasaki z750

Motorcycle Pictures of the Week - Christine

Here are my Pictures of the Week as displayed on the Motorcycle Views Website. These are taken from the Moto Pic Gallery. See Christine with her 2000 Kawasaki Vulcan Classic. We need more pictures of men and women with their motorcycles. Get your picture in. For details, see Motorcycle Pictures of the Week.

If you'd like to see your bike as Picture of the Week, submit a picture of you and your bike along with a description of the bike.

KAWASAKI Z750 URBAN SPORT LIMITED EDITION

Kawasaki Z750 Urban naked bike Dubbed Urban Sports Edition, the amalgamation will additionally comprise official Kawasaki accessories. Coming with a two-year guarantee, the Urban Sports Edition joins the Ninja Performance Edition line, as a amalgamation of articles that sells for a absolute bulk that has been discounted over what they would amount separately.

The Z750 gets an Akrapovic silencer, blush akin abdomen pan, blush akin caster rim tapes and a 18-carat accent bench awning which would commonly amount £1,150. However, the architect adds aloof £1,000 over the banal bike’s amount tag of £6,999. The bench cover, replacing the commuter seat, is accessible in all branch accepted colors. However, Kawasaki warns it should not be acclimated in affiliation with a top case and top case bracket. The top affection gel-resin self-adhesive catchbasin protector is a 1-part appearance featuring the Z750 archetypal logo, semi-transparent acceptance the aboriginal catchbasin blush to appearance through. Finally, the bellypan is fabricated out of aerial quality, appulse aggressive polycarbonate/ABS material. The artefact is coated with UV aggressive PU acrylic and has been advised by the Kawasaki Design Department.

2010 Kawasaki ER6-n

At first, the silly sideblades and overly-ambitious styling looked horrible to me. The fact that it is functionally excellent prompted me give it another look, and I must confess it has grown on me over time. Many of the details are still too cluttered (especially the exhaust and lower engine shields, and that silly headlight) but it does have a certain panache. It certainly isn't boring or

Le Mans 24 Hours for Motorcycles

BikeTourGermany took a crew of riders to camp out at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Moto (24 Heures Moto,) April 17 & 18, 2010.

In keeping with tradition, the 33rd Le Mans 24 Hours for Motorcycles is the first round of the FIM Endurance World Championship consisting of five races in 2010.

The race has been held annually since 1978 on the Bugatti Circuit Le Mans, Sarthe, France.

The weather was warm when the riders rolled in. "Le Mans is a famous race and a famous track and it’s always exciting to be here," said tour guide-owner, Joerg Wenzel. "We are 30 meters from the track. That is how we enjoy 24 hr motorcycle races!"

TJ and the gang in France ( Le Mans. )

"The evening is getting cold here at the race track, a fire and enough alcohol will bring us through the night. Race ends in 18 hours ( tomorrow at 15:00 ). Will be a long night."

TJ and the gang in France ( Le Mans. )


HELDEN Fruehstueck :-)

Breakfast for HEROES :-)

Slept at 2 am, got up at 7 am and breakfast at 9, what else can you ask for ( and yes we are kinda sober, laugh ) 4 hours to go until the winner will run his last lap.

The winners: #11 Kawasaki, (GSR) #1 Yamaha  and #41 Suzuki

1/ GSR - KAWASAKI / DA COSTA J - FOUR O - LEBLANC G / KAWASAKI / 24:00:47.253 / 828

2 / YAMAHA AUSTRIA R.T. / JERMAN I - MARTIN ST - GIABBANI G / YAMAHA / 24:02:22.100 / 817 / 11 T

3 / RAC41 - CITY BIKE / JUNOD G - BLACK G - DEPOORTER O / SUZUKI / 24:00:52.743 / 813 / 15 T

Honda France, which made its return to endurance last year, was out to take its revenge on Yamaha that was again counting on 2009 World Championship racer Gwen Giabbani. Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers - Suzuki was runner-up in 2009 - finishing less than 20 seconds ahead of Suzuki RAC41. - But this year, top honors went to Kawasaki. 

The 24 hr European Moto Tour, planned by BikeTourGermany - April 15 to 19.

Joerge loaded up his GSX 140 Suzuki on April 9, 2010 and first headed to Cologne for 3 days of "Motorcycle Safety Instructor" training. Then it was on to France for the most exciting motorcycle race of the year. "If you ever wonder where our Tour Guides get some of their training, check out the video from "Enduro Park" in Hechlingen (Germany).

"If YOU want to go there for one or two days of training with a rented motorcycle, let us know. We can make it happen - BikeTourGermany.com"

NEW KAWASAKI KLX110 ( 2010 ) REVEALED

NEW KAWASAKI KLX110 ( 2010 ) PICTURE

Kawasaki KLX110 ( 2010 ) bike, we came abroad afflicted by its backbone and capabilities, but beneath than annoyed with its features. At the top of the agitation account we beatific to Kawasaki was the accession of an electric amateur and the accomplishing of fourth accessory (it was in the manual of the old three-speed, but bound out).

KAWASAKI KLX110 ( 2010 ) Specifications

Engine: Four-stroke, SOHC, two-valve single
Displacement: 111cc
Bore x Stroke: 53.0 x 50.6mm
Compression Ratio: 9.5:1
Cooling: Air
Carburetion: Mikuni PB18
Ignition: CDI
Transmission: Four-speed with automatic clutch
Final Drive: Chain
Frame: Backbone frame, high-tensile steel
Rake / Trail: 24.8 degrees / 2.0 in.
Front Suspension / Wheel Travel: 30mm hydraulic telescopic fork / 4.3 in.
Rear Suspension / Wheel Travel: Swingarm with single hydraulic shock / 4.3 in.
Front Tire: 2.50x14
Rear Tire: 3.00x12
Front Brake / Rear Brake: Mechanical Drum / Mechanical Drum
Overall Length: 61.4 in.
Overall Width: 25.6 in.
Overall Height: 37.6
Ground Clearance: 8.5 in.
Seat Height: 26.8 in.
Curb Weight: 168 lbs.
Wheelbase: 42.3 in.
Fuel Capacity: 1.0 gal.
Color: Lime Green
MSRP: $2,099
Warranty: 6 Months

kawasaki vulcan 2010

The engine is what makes the Kawasaki Vulcan 2000 Classic LT so popular among experienced riders and we couldn’t understand this aspect better as we’re talking about a 125-cubic-inch (2,053cc), 52-degree V-twin with dual cams and four valves per cylinder. This thing is built for quick acceleration even though it will have to move the 884.2 lbs wet weight of the fully accessorized Vulcan 2000

2010 Kawasaki Z1000

New in every aspect, the bike is now being powered by a 1,043cc. inline-four developing an impressive 136bhp and 81lb/ft of torque. The all-new engine makes this the most powerful Z1000 so far and we expect it to turn the new generation model into also the fastest Z1000. The chances for that to happen are quite big because the new aluminum frame reduces overall weight, about which Kawasaki hasn’t

KAWASAKI ZX-10R NINJA ( 2010 )

KAWASAKI NINJA ZX-10R ( 2010 )

KAWASAKI ZX-10R NINJA ( 2010 ) Wallpaper

The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R 2010 absolutely shines on the racetrack, acknowledgment to technology developed on Kawasaki chase bikes. Although advised to action best achievement on the circuit, the aforementioned ability and administration that accommodate such amazing on-track performance, additionally accomplish it added fun for benumbed on the street.

The accepted ZX-6R debuted in 2009, featuring what was absolutely possibly the best antic manual Kawasaki has anytime produced. For 2010, Kawasaki's engineers activated agnate technology to the ZX-10R's gearbox, with centralized modifications aimed at abbreviation comedy in the about-face apparatus and accouterment a more-precise feel at the lever. The aftereffect is smooth, effortless alive with apple-pie and absolute accessory engagement.

Specification Ninja Kawasaki ZX-10R ( 2010 ) :

Model Kawasaki ZX-10R Ninja

Engine Liquid cooled, four stroke, transverse four cylinder, DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder.

Capacity 998 Bore x Stroke 76 x 55 mm Compression Ratio 12.7:1

Induction DFI with 43mm Keihin throttle bodies with oval sub-throttles, two injectors per cylinder

Ignition / Starting TCBI with digital advance and Kawasaki Ignition Management System (KIMS) / electric

Max Power 138.3 kW 88 hp@ 12500 rpm / with RAM Air 147.1 kW 200 hp @ 12500 rpm

Max Torque 113 Nm 11.5 kgf-m @ 8700 rpm

Transmission / Drive
6 Speed / chain
Rake / Trail 25.5 degrees / 4.3 in.

Front Suspension 43mm inverted fork with DLC coating, adjustable rebound and compression damping, spring preload adjustability and top-out springs

Rear Suspension
Bottom-Link Uni-Trak® with top-out spring, stepless, dual-range (high/low-speed) compression damping, stepless rebound damping, fully adjustable spring preload

Front Brakes 2x 310mm discs 4 piston calipers

Rear Brakes Single 220 mm disc 1 piston caliper

Front Tyre 120/70 ZR17

Rear Tyre 190/55 ZR17
Seat Height 880 mm / 44.7 in.

Dry-Weight 179 kg

Fuel Capacity 17 Litres / 4.5 gal

Source www.kawasaki.com

New Kawasaki Z1000 Revealed ( 2010 )

New Kawasaki Z1000 2010

The Kawasaki Z1000 allotment for the American bazaar in 2010, and already afresh we should be beholden that Kawasaki had abundant to spare.Though the change is subtle, the headlamp/flyscreen is adapted slightly, giving the Z an alike sleeker, meaner face, and the headlight is Kawasaki’s aboriginal use of a “line-beam unit.” A new LCD apparatus panel, arresting through an orange lens, can be agee for bigger examination angles.The astern 41mm angle best compression damping acclimation for a now absolutely adjustable front-end, and a new close over the angle tubes accomplish it attending like one, big stout unit.

New Kawasaki Z1000 2010

Also, a new button allowance helps appearance bankrupt headers while added pieces awning the mid-pipe allocation aloof ahead of the bifold bankrupt cans that engineers fabricated beneath than on the 2007-08 Z1000 acknowledgment to the use of an under-engine pre-chamber. Otherwise, the bankrupt retains the “quad” look.The antecedent Z had a bore and achievement of 77.2 x 50.9mm, banausic from the aboriginal bearing Z’s 953cc displacement. The 2010 archetypal now sports 77 x 56mm bore and achievement abstracts – absolutely 1mm over the ZX-10R’s 76 x 55mm – for an agent displacing 1,043cc. Compression arrangement is 11.8:1, and fueling is handled by a coffer of 38mm Keihin burke bodies.

Specs / Specification New Kawasaki Z1000 ( 2010 ) :

* Engine: Four-stroke, liquid-cooled, DOHC, four valves per cylinder, inline-four
* Displacement: 1043cc
* Bore x Stroke: 77.0 x 56.0mm
* Compression Ratio: 11.8:1
* Fuel Injection: DFI with four 38mm Keihin throttle bodies, oval sub-throttles
* Ignition: TCBI with digital advance
* Transmission: Six-speed
* Final Drive: X-ring chain
* Rake / Trail: 24.5 degrees / 4.1 in.
* Frame Type: Aluminum Backbone
* Front Tire: 120/70 ZR17
* Rear Tire: 190/50 ZR17
* Wheelbase: 56.7 in.
* Front Suspension / Wheel Travel: 41 mm inverted cartridge fork with stepless compression and rebound damping, adjustable spring preload / 4.7 in.
* Rear Suspension / Wheel Travel: Horizontal monoshock with stepless rebound damping, adjustable spring preload / 5.4 in.
* Front Brakes: Dual 300mm petal-type rotors with radial-mount four-piston calipers
* Rear Brake: Single 250mm petal-type rotor with single-piston caliper
* Overall Length: 82.5 in.
* Overall Width: 31.7 in.
* Overall Height: 42.1 in.
* Seat Height: 32.1 in.
* Fuel Capacity: 4.1 gal

Kawasaki launch the D-TRACKER

Kawasaki Motors UK has announced the launch of the Kawasaki D-TACKER to the UK Market. This is a 125cc compact Super-Moto styled bike with soft compound tyres and a fuel injected engine and described as a "first real bike".

Its great to see Kawasaki producing models that are aimed directly at younger buyers encouraging them to get in motorcycling. This is their second 125cc model on top of their two successful 250cc motorcycles.

With a price tag of just £2849, it features racing style digital instruments, petal disc brakes and competition style front forks and a air-cooled four stroke engine (10 HP) with electric starting.

Ride safe

Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://bestmotorstyle2011.blogspot.com//
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/