The Emperor Vartex Z 150 CC

"To compete in the motor duck it's quite heavy, as many competitors are already here. During mendisplay products, which many consumers are seen Vartex Z 150 cc, "said the Queen Milawati, Koordiantor Ratu Motor, dealer and distributor of motorcycle Emperor in Serang, Wednesday (14/11).
Dijagokannya Vartex Z because this looks like a strong motor racing. Moreover, it is supported from the very cheap price of only Rp 15 million. "Since a month ago already sold about 5 units," sebutnya.
150 cc Vartex Z has 3 color choices of yellow, red, and black. Engine used a CDI 4 steps, all equipped with disc brake system and Suspensi monoshock.
The light front using crystal diamond and lights the back of the sporty look with 4 roundness. On the speedometer consists of a 2-way system menggunakana clockwise.
Dealer located in Jalan Abdul Fatah Hasan, Bunderan Ciceri, Serang, this is a continuation of PT Anugerah Perkasa Khair located in Bekasi. To support the sale of a motorcycle dealer who produced PT. Emperor Motorindo this industry with complete after-sales services, such as spare parts and service.
"But for the spare parts at this time must pesen. But the management has prepared a service and spare parts service, "said the Queen

Suzuki Hayabusa Police Interceptor

If you’re passing through Oklahoma and you think you can just speed through the state without any chance of getting run down from behind, think again. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has a little surprise for you, a Suzuki Hayabusa Police Interceptor, all nice and shiny and black and radar equipped. The OHP is set to get special training at the California Superbike School. Better slow ‘er down boys.

JJ2S X4 500 – 4 Cylinder 2 Stroke Concept Motorcycle

Motorcycle design often revolves around the engine. The size, shape, number of cylinders and configuration play a large part in much of what follows. What if you had an X4? 4 cylinders in an X configuration open up new design possibilities and that is exactly what we have here, not only that, it appears to be a 500cc 2 stroke! This is the JJ2S X4 500 by JJS Design. They have developed and patented a new engine and designed a motorcycle around it.

JJS Design is a Polish company and unfortunately my translating abilities here are not so good, so I can’t fill you in on many details but the design looks extremely impressive, both the motorcycle design itself and, of course, the X4 2 stroke engine.

I will try to get a translation of some of the information, any of our Polish readers care to lend a hand?

Thanks for the tip, Brian!

Lots of images below:

Link: JJS Design

Roehr 1250sc – 180 HP Supercharged V-Twin

The Roehr 1250sc pre production prototype has been completed and plans are to begin production late this year. The bike is powered by a 180 hp supercharged Harley Davidson Revolution engine. This should be one extremely interesting motorcycle. I like the looks and I really like the blown Revolution engine. Final price has not been set.

Let’s see, a 180 hp supercharged American made V-Twin sportbike. Yep, I like it!

Press release:

06 May 2008, Gurnee, IL. USA. Roehr Motorcycles LLC is pleased to announce the completion of the pre-production Roehr 1250sc. The company is now working towards production commencing this Fall.

The 1250sc is powered by a specially developed 180hp, supercharged version of the Harley-Davidson* Revolution* engine, making the Roehr 1250sc the fastest and most powerful sport bike built in America.

European flair and American muscle are combined with the highest quality cycle components from world class companies such as Ohlins, Marchesini, Brembo, Akropovic and Pirelli. These components combined with the unique Roehr Bi-Metal composite beam frame contribute to the machines outstanding handling manners, offering quick precise steering response with confidence inspiring stability and rider feedback.

The Roehr 1250sc is proudly hand crafted in the USA and will be available in limited numbers. Final pricing to be announced when determined. Roehr Motorcycles is now accepting orders to reserve this exclusive machine as well as offering dealership opportunities.

More photos below:

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The following closeup is shown only to dispel the idea these photos are renderings. An engineer working on the Roehr 1250sc pointed out in a comment below this loose fastener you can only see in extreme closeups, something caught after the photo was taken.

Link: Roehr Motorcycles

Buell Conversion Kit From Fusion Motorcycles

Remember “The Machine” from Fusion Motorcycles? Well, Will Thibeault has been hard at work on something a lot of you may find interesting, he’s designed a conversion kit that will transform your donor Buell into a custom with killer looks.

Will’s kit uses a billet T6 aluminum bolt together frame with a built in oil tank, a 60 inch wheelbase and 33 degrees of rake. The Buell Thunderstorm motor, Buell forks, Buell six piston caliper and Buell rear caliper, all come from the donor bike.

The bike shown in these photos is for a customer with a lot of custom touches, a hard carbon fiber seat (customer request, Will prefers padded), Piaa head lights..same as he used on The Machine, Will’s own stainless pipes and Fusion Motorcycles billet 18″ wheels, 240 on the rear and 130 up front. Rear turn signals are LED.

According to Will:

The future bikes will have front and rear carbon fenders, and will be totally road legal. The Frame kits will include: frame, seat, rear shock, swing arm, oil tank, and gas tank for $4,500. For less than $10,000 a person can build their own w/ the purchase of a donor Buell. We will build the complete bike “road legal” for $19,500 and there are always the options of whatever you could think of i.e. carbon wheel, S&S motors, front ends and Ti frames

There are quite a few guys building choppers and all sorts of bikes from Buell parts and pieces but, in my opinion, this kit has just the right look. There seems to be a Confederate Hellcat influence, which is a good thing since I like the Hellcat, but overall, for the money, I don’t see how you could go wrong here. Anyone with a Buell who is thinking about getting another bike, might want to consider this kit first, you get a completely different look and you already own half of the necessary parts. I like this, a lot. I have to think a lot of guys are going to start looking for a good used Buell and making a bit of work room in their garage. Nice work, Will!

UPDATE: Will Thibeault has added a few comments below about his kit

UPDATE 2: Will just let me know that the kit will not be ready until sometime in 2009. He is redesigning some parts and he is going to thoroughly test everything before offering the kits for sale.

More photos and link below:

TSS RS500 2 Cylinder 2 Stroke

While most everyone else has moved on to the land of 4 strokes, there’s a group of intrepid engineers and builders in Australia devoted to the idea of building a 500cc 2 cylinder 2 stroke motorcycle, starting with the Aprilia RS250 chassis and installing their own highly engineered 2 stroke powerplant.

Grand Prix Engineer Wayne “Wobbly” Wright who has a 30 year career building GP engines and pipes went to work on the engine and the finished piece puts out 112 horsepower and 60 foot pounds of torque. Mounted in a bike weighing 286 pounds total and having the power delivery you would expect from a 2 stroke gives you a bike that one might call entertaining.

The idea here is to bring 2 stroke technology up to the best that can be built right now and place it in a modern frame and suspension package, a combination you can’t buy in your neighborhood showroom.

The company the group formed is called the Two Stroke Shop, and besides many other parts for the 2 stroke fanatic, they offer not only complete RS 500 motorcycles but also the engines alone or kits to adapt your own RS250 to accept their engine.

There are no prices on the site, expensive I’m sure, but what they offer seems somewhat unique. It’s an extremely interesting setup and just the thing to surprise the heck out of your average GSX-R pilot. I like it.

Link: The Two Stroke Shop

D1200R – BMW Based Concept Motorcycle

Every now and then, one of the many emails we receive from designers and builders stands out from the crowd, and this project, the BMW D1200R by Pablo Gonzalez de Chaves and Carlos Beltran, is one of the best to come along in quite some time.

Pablo started with the idea of improving and transforming the BMW R1200R into a new motorcycle, with a new front suspension, a new chassis, essentially a whole new design. His design work is first rate and if he stopped at that point, it would be considered well done, but he didn’t stop there, the project continued with the creation of hard parts and assembly into the actual motorcycle he envisioned on the computer screen. There’s nothing like testing your skills by making the actual pieces fit together and perform in the real world.

The year long project began with a BMW R1200R fitted with sensors and taken to the track where a great deal of performance data was gathered. Then the motorcycle was disassembled, extensive measurements were taken, entered into the computer and the redesign began.

The design started with pencil sketches, progressed to Photoshop and finally took shape in CAD and 3D modeling software. The design data was then used for the machining necessary to create the parts. Assembly surprises were limited due to the careful design work and after the motorcycle was complete, it was taken back to the track where the initial data was gathered and performance was compared with favorable results. Some areas for improvement were noted and some revisions will be incorporated as work continues.

The chassis for the D1200R is made from milled aluminum and sharp eyed readers may notice the front brake is from a Buell XB12. Lights are LEDs. The front suspension, similar to designs by Foale and Parker, was purposely left exposed for aesthetic reasons and I have to agree, it looks good that way, showing off the extensive redesign. Pablo’s website visually documents the whole process to give you an idea of the work involved.

Pablo has considerable training in the field of motorcycle design, holds a MSc in Motorsport Engineering and has work experience with Lamborghini, among others. He has 2 earlier designs on his site, one a 600cc inline 4 cylinder streetfighter and the other an electric scooter. It looks like the he’s putting his skills to good use. Excellent work!

UPDATE: Pablo wanted to add that Carlos Beltran also played a very large part in the mechanical design portion of this project and I have added his name above. Nice work, Carlos! (I should have noted his name earlier but I was relying on translations of the pages and it was a little confusing.)

Link: DeChaves Garage

Ducati V-One – Twin to Supercharged Single Conversion

Ducati V-One - Supercharged single conversion

Some guys come up with really interesting engine modifications and Bart Crauwels is one of those guys. Bart is currently working on a project that converts a Ducati 1000 DS, a 2 valve air cooled twin, into a supercharged single, using the rear cylinder as the blower. The 498cc single has 15 HP more than the original twin putting out 102 HP at the rear wheel, torque is increased and it runs fine to 10,000 rpm, 2500 rpm over stock. It’s about 30 HP more than the well known Ducati Supermono. The Ducati V-One, as he calls it, is for racetrack use only and when things get sorted out he plans to build 40 of them for customers.

In recent years there have been some custom builders, Roger Goldammer comes to mind, who have replaced the rear cylinder on a V-Twin with a supercharger. Since the cylinder is already an air pump, Bart just used what was already there. Of course, the first question before doing this is whether the blown single will have more power than the twin it’s derived from and the answer, in this case, is yes.

Another cool feature is the air tank under the seat, limited to 40 bars, which is good for a 10 second burst of compressed air when acceleration begins after which the blower’s output kicks in. On deceleration, the tank is recharged. It’s hard to see everything that Bart has done by looking at the photos, I notice an intercooler in the plumbing, too, but overall, I like this a lot.

Big thanks to Hugo for the tip!

Link: MotoRevue (in French)
Link: V11LeMans.com forum with some discussion in English

More photos below:

Ducati V-One closeup

Ducati V-One schematic diagram

Yamaha paper motorcycle models

Want your own 50th anniversary edition of the Yamaha MotoGP bike? Yamaha will give you one, sort of, at the Yamaha papercraft site. You can download a paper foldup model and build it yourself. Want a V-Max or an R1? You can have one. These look very cool. You might figure those folks from the land of origami might come up with something like this. You need the free Adobe Acrobat reader to open the files. They come in either white or color versions and there are many pages of parts to download and fold. Complete assembly instructions are available as well, obviously, because this isn’t your average wrench and screwdriver project. I am definitely going to get one of these.

It seems these have been around for a while but they’re new to me.

via BoingBoing where they pointed to paper animals but I had to follow the link when it said Yamaha Motors

XJ500T Jaybuilt Kawasaki 500 Bellytank Triple

Jaybuilt XJ500T Kawasaki Bellytank Triple

Builders of incredible homebuilt machines keep popping up and here’s another example of a very impressive motorcycle designed for the purpose of handling the twisty roads of California’s canyons. This bike consists of a Kawasaki 500cc 2 stroke triple engine, front and rear suspension from a ZX9 and everything else “Jaybuilt.” Total weight is 310 pounds!

Jaybuilt XJ500T Kawasaki Bellytank Triple

The whole project was really well thought out. His intention was a minimal part count and easy maintenance, engine swaps are under 30 minutes. He built an engine stand that holds the engine with 1 bolt and slides under the bike. Remove a few bolts, disconnect a few wires and hoses and slide bike away, the engine is on the stand. The entire bike can be disassembled with about 20 bolts in under an hour.

Jaybuilt XJ500T Kawasaki Bellytank Triple

The fuel is carried in the foam filled bellytank, the area over the engine encloses the expansion chambers. He says heatwrap and directed airflow keeps everything cool.

Jaybuilt XJ500T expansion chamber routing

Performance, as you might expect, gets your attention. He geared the bike for a top speed of only 120, he figures he wouldn’t be riding anywhere at 160 so why not keep the power where you can use it.

Jaybuilt XJ500T Kawasaki Bellytank Triple

There’s a lot of interest in 2 strokes among builders of back road specials. I can only imagine what this bike is like to ride, lots of grins for sure. The readers over at the Bay Area Riders Forum, where the builder talks about it, all seem to like it, a lot, and I have to agree with them, this is one superb build.

Big tip of the hat to Andy, who pointed this out. Thanks!

Link: Bay Area Riders Forum

Jaybuilt XJ500T Kawasaki Bellytank Triple

MotoCzysz E1pc electric superbike features iPhone dashboard

We have earlier seen some of the finest pimped motorcycles loaded with gadgetry to whet the gadget needs of high-end riders, including the Kawasaki ZX10R that’s loaded with a full-fledged music system, the computerized chopper fitted with a SwitchBack PC on board to maneuver safely on the road. But, the MotoCzysz E1pc electric superbike is a showstopper. The electric motorcycle boasts an iPhone dashboard, which means it can track location and speed via GPS and can even measure performance metrics like lateral G, top speed and acceleration through various apps. The E1pc can accelerate to 120mph in just seven or eight seconds, according to Michael Czysz, the company’s founder, which means it’s as fast as the 2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000. Another reason that makes this all digital bike the Tesla of electric motorcycles is its 10 battery packs and three motors.

The E1pc zero-emission, all-electric motorcycle will be ridden by Mark Miller in the zero emissions TTXGP race at the Isle of Man. This hi-tech bike is expected to win over the zero-emission Mission One as the fastest electric motorcycle. No word on whether the company plans to introduce a street version anytime in future, but this beast surely will have onlookers swooning for more than one reason – though we admire the futuristic Honda CB 750 motorcycle more, but zero-emissions tops everything else – right?

World D16RR gathering

Donington serenaded in the sunshine by the sound of the World’s largest gathering of Desmosedicis.

Over 150 guests witnessed the World’s largest ever gathering of Desmosedici owners at Donington Park as 45 Desmosedicis from all over Europe took to the track.

This exclusive Desmosedici-only track day saw owners from UK, Germany, Switzerland, Holland and France congregate at the Derbyshire track for an historic day boosted by perfect weather.

A number of special guests were present adding to the wonderful day. Alan Jenkins, Desmosedici designer, gave a seminar giving an insight into the production and development of this unique machine. Ernesto Marinelli, the Superbike technical director, gave a presentation on the Ducati Corse organisation and Donington Circuit owner, Simon Gillett, presented the development plans for the Donington circuit.

Off course the main focus of the day was the incredible bike itself and the Desmosedici owners enjoyed nearly two and a half hours of track time on the full GP circuit with optional one to one training from DRE instructors that included ex racers David James, Marco Luchinelli and Dario Marchetti.

For those guests who weren’t riding there was also a chance to have a thrill of a lifetime aboard a specially adapted two-seater Desmosedici. Riders and guests also marvelled at the skills of factory test rider, Vittoriano Guareschi, as he took to the circuit for some demonstration laps aboard a borrowed Desmosedici!

This fantastic day was topped off by the generosity of those present who raised £5,500 for Riders for Health. Ducati UK would like to thank all the owners, guests and participants for making this a hugely successful and historic day and would also like to thank them on behalf of Riders for Health.

2010 DUCATI 848 NICKY HAYDEN EDITION

Ducati North America is proud to announce the 848 Nicky Hayden Edition. This striking livery places a distinctly American stamp on the market's best middleweight sport bike. The 848 Nicky Hayden was publically unveiled at the 2009 Red Bull United States Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, where Nicky’s MotoGP race bike was presented in a matching scheme. There could be no better time or place to celebrate the American World Champion than at his home race on the 4th of July.

This US-exclusive model features an American inspired paint scheme, aptly fit for its introduction on the 4th of July, personally autographed gas tank, and model updates for the 2010 year. Check out the video of the Nicky's photo shoot with the bike below!

The new Ducati 848 Nicky Hayden Edition enjoys all the performance advancements of the entire Superbike family, while adding its own innovations to redefine the middleweight sport bike class.

The words 'agile' and 'refined' aptly describe the 848. At 168kg (369lbs), the 848 is an amazi

Firebolt XB12R

There was a time when the sportbike world was defined by a very narrow, very uniform set of rules. Buell ignored all of it with the creation of the Firebolt XB12R. It redefines what a frame should be, what a front brake should be and what a sporting engine should be. This is a motorcycle for riders that value the light weight and razor sharp agility of a sportbike, but crave the look, sound and feel of an air-cooled, 45º V-Twin. Its torque-rich powerplant, intuitive handling and proven reliability make it a potent canyon carver. So much for convention.

Buell 1125R

For most superbike manufacturers, engineering the perfect sportbike begins with a focus on the machine. That’s not the case with Buell. For us, it all begins with the rider. Take a look at the Buell 1125R. Everything on this bike is there to give you more feel, more control and more confidence. It features intuitive handling, an ideal rider environment and a broad, predictable powerband, compliments of the light and compact 1125cc liquid-cooled, DOHC V-Twin. It’s all there for a reason. And that reason is you.

Honda CBX 550F

This is a rare Honda motorcycle of which it was sold for a only a few short years 1982 to 1984, places like Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada. In Canada it was sold for only one year.
This motorcycle was not available in the US.
The motorcycle sports a dual overhead cam, 16 valve that redlines at 10,500 rpm. The chassis has a light cast aluminum swing arm. Air assisted front fork with equalizer and Honda's TRAC anti dive system. Rear suspension is Honda's Pro-Link single shock system. The bike has Comstar wheels. The bike has inboard ventilated disc brakes front and rear.

Honda CBR 600

Like the bigger CBR1000RR, the CBR600RR is proof of how good a sportbike can be. On the track or street, there's simply no better 600-class bike. Proof? The CBR600RR has five AMA FX titles in a row and six straight World Supersport championships in addition to Best Middleweight Supersport crowns from the industry experts. It's also the lightest middleweight out there by a pretty fair margin. Weight, performance, horsepower, handling—this MotoGP-bred machine is packed with the features that set Hondas apart. And now for 2009, the CBR600RR is set to gap the competition even further with the introduction of Combined Anti-Lock Braking, the first ABS system for the Supersport class. Top that with five stunning new color schemes, and watch the competition fold.

Honda Interceptor

It's easy to marvel at the Interceptor's high-tech parts manifest and its state-of-the-art componentry, including a fuel-injected, VTEC-equipped V-4, the sophisticated twin-spar all-aluminum chassis design, and exclusive Combined Braking System (with an optional Anti-lock Braking System) for starters. It's even more awe-inspiring to ride one. Just ask the industry experts, whose magazines have crowned it Best in Class 11 times. No surprise really, considering this machine's dedication to innovation and refinement, combining legendary V-4 sporting performance with comfortable, all-day ergonomics and long-range features. If you're looking for a bike that puts the "sport" in sport-touring, look no further than the Interceptor.