After Market Exhausts for the 2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250R

Lot of after market pipes are already out for the 2008 Ninja 250R. While searching the net, I came across www.areapnolimits.com and their 2X1 exhaust for the bike.

According to their website:
-Large increase in power averaging over 18%.
-At peak, there is a 28% increase in power.
-Power increase starts immediately from 2500 rpm and carries through peak at 12500 rpm, which is over 2000 rpm higher than the OEM exhaust.
-Very linear on both hp and tq.
-The stock fuel curve was slightly wavy from lean to rich, but still within acceptable specs. Changing the jetting to flatten out and optimize the fuel curve may further increase power.

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Prices for the set up:
US$495.00 Carbon Fiber
US$450.00 Stainless Steel

Yamaha YZF-R250 ?

UPDATED on 14th sep 2009 : SEE THE IMAGE HERE

Yes you read that right. Remember we told you about Suzuki working on smaller 125cc version of the GSX-R as well as a GSX-R250? (CLICK)

News is that Yamaha too are working on a 250cc version of the YZF-R125 to take on the likes of the new 2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250R. It will be called the YZF-R250. We strongly believe that Yamaha will use the 250cc engine currently being used in the YZ250 moto-cross machine. That, as we all know, is a killer of a machine. The styling of the YZF-R250 might not be very different than the YZF-R125, but we can expect changes like may be fatter tyres etc.

MCN's 5th March edition also carries some more news on the same. We shall keep you updated! Meanwhile, you might want to read related stuff

Kawasaki Ninja 250R
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Yamaha YZF-R125
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Yamaha R15 ( India )
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Honda to end US motorcycle production, shift work to Japan plant

Honda Motor Co. plans to stop making motorcycles in the United States next year and transfer the work to Japan, pulling the plug on its first U.S. plant.

The 330,000-square-foot (30,657 sq. meter) Marysville, Ohio, plant, built in 1979, turns out large Gold Wing touring and VTX cruiser motorcycles. The work will be shifted to a plant in Japan that can produce bikes more efficiently.

Read the whole article HERE

Honda DN-01 goes on sale on 7th March

The much awaited DN-01 goes on sale on the 7th of March in Japan. It will follow in other countries soon. Honda have also released the full specifications for the bike.

As expected, it will be powered by a 680cc engine pumping 61 horses and 64Nm of torque. This to be true aint enough for a bike that weighs a porky 270kgs!

For more, see kneeslider

Tata's new SUV/MUV and Sedan

It was surprising to see Tata testing its new SUV/MUV in Sweden as well as here in India.

Here are three vid files showing the new SUV/MUV on test, caught by me in India. There was also a sedan, around 20% bigger than the current Indigo on test.

You may download VLC player to see the files. There is some issue with the files, u will have to reduce the playing speed as the files are being played very fast. For VLC, go to www.download.com and search for VLC player.

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VIDEO 3

More on the 2009 Aprilia RSV-4

The future is only getting better for European sportbike enthusiasts. With the current onslaught of exotic looking big-bore sportbikes like Ducati's 1098, MV's F4R and KTM's soon-to-be-released RC8, the boys from Noale, Italy are about to enter the new age with their replacement to the long in the tooth V-Twin powered RSV1000R.

Enter the all-new RSV 4, Aprilia's new liter-class superbike. The RSV 4 was released today, February 22, 2008, to 1,200 dealers at the International Piaggio Group Convention in Milan, Italy.

The machine's heart will be a compact, 65-degree V-Four (the company's first production four-cylinder engine), designed completely in-house by Aprilia's R&D department. The Italian company claims that the new engine was designed specifically for superbike competition, a racing segment that Aprilia has yet to have captured a major world championship in.

The bike will utilize advanced electronics and engine management technologies including a ride-by-wire system that will allow the engine to put out over 200-horsepower in race trim. The liberal use of high-end materials and electronic technologies will allow them to maximize both ride-ability and overall power output.

We can expect the RSV 4 to make its road debut later this year. Aprilia projects the bike to make its way to U.S. dealers in 2009 with a goal of it entering AMA Superbike competition in 2010. Aprilia has yet to release any pricing details.

SOURCE : MOTORCYCLE-USA

Aprilia RSV-4 : First official pictures

Motorcycle News (MCN, UK) just put up the first official pictures of the Aprilia RSV-4 bike.