Motorcycle Trike Review: 2013 Can-Am Hybrid Roadster

It’s been about a year since Bombardier Recreational Products announced it was developing a hybrid version of the Can-Am Spyder Roadster. Developed in partnership with the Advanced Technology Center at Sherbrooke University in Quebec and with funding from the Government of Canada, the hybrid Spyder is an ambitious project for BRP.
 
CanAm Spyder Roadster with hybrid concept, which produced Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) chose exhibited for the first 21 to 23 January, 2011di International Motorcycle Show (IMS), Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York.

CanAm Spyder Roadster with hybrid concept, which produced Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) chose exhibited for the first 21 to 23 January, 2011di International Motorcycle Show (IMS), Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York.

CanAm Spyder Roadster is a three-wheeled vehicles, with two wheels in front and one behind,

Motor tricycle developed this BRP will show off their newest products with the system plug-in hybrid engine for Can-Am Spyder roadster.

Advanced Technology Center BRP develop plug-in hybrid engines work together Sherbrooke University with the assistance of the Government of Canada funding for the problem of automotive technology program.

CanAm Spyder Roadster with plug-in hybrid engine using cylinder 600 cc that is connected with an electric motor 20 kW. CanAm Spyder Roadster is using lithium-ion battery and Rotax Advanced so that the combustion in the engine will remains efficient.

The sophistication of the plug-in hybrid technology is expected to travel a distance of 600 km, which is where 32 km of them taken without turning the gasoline engine. More than 50% of fuel Plug-in hybrid is very efficient, so the CanAm Spyder Roadster can reduces CO2 emissions when driving up to 375 miles.

BMW Review: 2013 BMW Motorrad HP4

With the BMW HP4, BMW Motorrad presents the lightest 4-cylinder supersports bike in the 1000cc class to date. Based on the BMW S 1000 RR, the new HP4 has an output of 193 hp (142kW) and has a dry weight of 373 lbs (169 kg) including Race ABS . Race ready with a 90% full fuel tank just 439 lbs (199 kg).

The new BMW HP4 sees its world premiere in 2012 and is a continuation of BMW Motorrad's HP model series founded in 2005. After the boxer models HP2 Enduro, HP2 Megamoto and HP2 Sport, the BMW HP4 is the first 4-cylinder motorcycle in the HP family.

The HP label stands for high performance, and the HP4 once again embodies outstanding handling, power and riding dynamics. But it also reflects the use of extremely high-quality materials and intelligent technology, carefully conceived down to the last detail.

BMW High Performance motorcycles are truly outstanding: exclusive and authentic, they will always remain relatively rare. This applies equally to the new BMW HP4. Each motorcycle is issued with its own HP4 serial number which is engraved indelibly in the upper fork bridge.

Thankfully, BMW has also added the S 1000 RR’s Race antilock brake system (ABS) to the HP4 for optimum stopping power. And the RR’s Dynamic Traction Control (DTC) also arrives on the HP4 to further help slow you down to normal human speeds. 

The ABS system has four different modes: “Rain” for wet surfaces, “Sport” for normal road riding, “Race” for tearing up the track with supersports tires, and “Slick” for riding the track with slicks. “Slick” mode also features a 14-point micro-adjustments, which can be changed with a paddle on the left handlebar while on the move.

Masei 610 Lemonade Yellow Cafe Racer DOT Helmet

 

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2013 Classic-Looking INDIAN CHIEF VINTAGE

While it may look like a bike from another era, it certainly doesn’t ride like an antique.

The 2013 Indian Chief Vintage combines the look and style of simpler times with the innovation and technology of here and now. An enhanced, air-cooled, pushrod

PowerPlus 105ci engine. Distressed tan leather with fringe covering the seat and saddlebags. Stunning two-tone paint scheme and classic whitewall tires.

Based on the 1940 Chief, the 2013 Indian Chief Vintage picks up right where its predecessor left off. All the way from its PowerPlus 105ci engine to its distressed tan leather with fringe seat and saddlebags, chrome Indian tank badge, classic whitewall tires and, of course, its distinctive Indian fender light.

2013 Harley-Davidson FLHR Road King

When the original Harley-Davidson Road King motorcycle was introduced in 1994, it didn't take long for it to obtain iconic status with heritage going back to the original 1965 Electra Glide model.

It may look like a timeless boulevard cruiser, but it is also a fully equipped, long-distance tourer. The innovative Harley-Davidson Touring chassis is based on a single-spar, rigid backbone frame and a stout swingarm developed to withstand the demands of long-haul touring riders and today's powerful engines.

A Short Review: 2013 Harley-Davidson XL883L Sportster 883

The 2013 Harley-Davidson® Sportster SuperLow XL883L has all the motorcycle features you want for easy handling. This easy to ride motorcycle offered at an affordable price makes this all new motorcycle one to try.

The 2013 Harley Davidson offers a smooth travel riding suspension, cozy cruising position and easy handling for endless miles.

Well-balanced and responsive handling help riders and machine glide through corners with smooth confidence. The combination of wheel size, radial tires and front-end geometry contribute to outstanding maneuverability.

The final drive ratio is matched to the rear wheel size to provide smooth acceleration. Generous rear-suspension travel, a deeply cushioned seat and easy-reach handlebar offer outstanding comfort. A low seat height, the broad V-Twin powerband and clean styling complete a package that will make the SuperLow appealing to many riders.

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A French stuntman, Maxime, with a Masei 830 Black Full Face DOT & ECE Helmet

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A Short Review: 2013 Kawasaki Z800

Building on Kawasaki’s formidable reputation and dominant sales position in the naked street-fighter segment, the company is proud to announce the new Z800.

Combining an innovative, forward looking styling approach with many engine, chassis and rider friendly upgrades, the new Z800 is set to maintain Kawasaki’s record braking sales position in this ever popular market sector.

Delivering superior power and torque via the new 806cc engine allied to a carefully crafted riding package, the successor to the hugely popular Z750 is being seen as a machine destined to appeal to riders keen to express their individuality with the addition of a variety of factory genuine accessories.

Equally able on long sweeping highways and demanding weekend riding trips as in the intimate urban environment, the Z800 will become an extension of the personality of its owners thanks to avant-garde looks coupled with a variety of clever engineering solutions.

At a time when many manufacturers either compromise or hesitate to launch innovative models, the Z800 stands out as a fresh, new, exciting prospect – a true middleweight contender with a knockout punch.

2013 KAWASAKI KLX110L

If Kawasaki’s popular KLX 110 puts smiles on the faces of both children and adults, the KLX 110L widens the grin substantially. Building on the appeal of the smaller KLX110 and its push-button starter, the KLX110L takes a good thing and enhances it even further.

Making this particular brand of Kawasaki fun accessible to an even wider range of riders, the L-model incorporates several key features to make it perfect for those slightly larger, slightly more experienced riders.

The L-model is taller than the standard KLX110, due to its 2.4-inch longer fork that has 5.5 inches of travel and a longer shock out back, which offers 5.2 inches of wheel travel. This results in a seat height of 28.7 inches – nearly 2 inches higher than that of the standard KLX110.

Naturally, the suspension comes with optimal spring and damping settings, giving those slightly larger riders the ability to push the KLX110L as hard as they choose.

Harley Davidson HD Motorcycle Bikini Naked Girl/Babe

Harley Davidson HD Motorcycle Bikini Naked Girl/Babe

Masei 610 Ocean Blue Chrome DOT Helmet for Harley Davidson & Cafe Racer

Masei 610 Ocean Blue Chrome DOT Helmet for Harley Davidson & Cafe Racer


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Masei 610 Bronze Chrome Color Helmet for Harley Davidson & Cafe Racer Bikers

Masei 610 Bronze Chrome Color Helmet for Harley Davidson & Cafe Racer Bikers

History of Café Racer & Its Culture

A Cafe Racer (/ˈkæff reɪsər/kaff racer) is a term used for a type of motorcycle, as well as the motorcyclists who ride them. Both meanings have their roots in the 1960s British Rocker or Ton-up boy subculture, although the type of motorcycles were also common in Italy, France and other European countries. The term, which originally arose as an insult from motorcycle enthusiasts towards riders who they thought were playing at being a road racer but merely parked outside cafes, refers to a style of motorcycles that were and are used for fast rides from one transport cafe or coffee bar to another.

Typical configuration

The cafe racer is a motorcycle that has been modified for speed and handling rather than comfort. Cafe racers' bodywork and control layout typically mimicked the style of contemporary Grand Prix roadracers featuring an elongated fuel tank, often with dents to allow the riders knees to grip the tank, low slung racing handlebars, and a single, rearwardly mounted, humped seat.

One signature trait were low, narrow handlebars that allowed the rider to "tuck in" to reduce wind resistance and offered better control when in that posture. These are referred to as either "clip-ons" (two-piece bars that bolt directly to each fork tube) or "clubmans" or "ace bars" (one piece bars that attach to the stock mounting location but drop down and forward). The ergonomics resulting from low bars and the rearward seat often required "rearsets", or rear-set footrests and foot controls, again typical of racing motorcycles of the era. Distinctive half or full race-style fairings were sometimes mounted to the forks or frame.



The bikes had a raw, utilitarian and stripped-down appearance while the engines were tuned for maximum speed. These motorcycles were lean, light and handled road surfaces well. The most defining machine of its heyday was the homemade Norton Featherbed framed and Triumph Bonneville engined machine called "The Triton". It used the most common and fastest racing engine combined with the best handling frame of its day, the Featherbed frame by Norton Motorcycles. Those with less money could opt for a "Tribsa" - the Triumph engine in a BSA frame. Other combinations existed such as "Norvins", a Vincent V-Twin engine in a Featherbed frame and racing frames by Rickman or Seeley were also adopted for road use.
Cafe racers and choppers

The cafe racer has something in common with the chopper or bobber scene in the USA where riders rejected the large transportation-oriented motorcycles of the time. Both took factory produced motorcycles, removed parts deemed unnecessary and made them loud by removing muffler baffles for freer exhaust flow and perhaps to draw a little attention to themselves as well. Both looked to make the standard factory motorcycles faster and lighter, although the difference between the nature of the US and European motorcycles and road systems led to somewhat different results. While the Americans favored a long and low cruiser style of motorcycle for straight line comfort, the Europeans preferred a higher, more nimble and better handling motorcycle suited to the more twisting roads of their nations.
Evolution

1977 Harley-Davidson XLCR

Cafe racer styling evolved throughout the time of their popularity. By the mid-1970s, Japanese bikes had overtaken British bikes in the marketplace, and the look of real Grand Prix racing bikes had changed. The hand-made, frequently unpainted aluminum racing petrol/gas tanks of the 1960s had evolved into square, narrow, fiberglass tanks. More and more, three- and four-cylinder Hondas and Kawasakis were the basis for cafe racer conversions. By 1977, a number of manufacturers had taken notice of the cafe racer boom and were producing factory cafe racers, most notably the Harley-Davidson XLCR.

In the mid-1970s, riders continued to modify standard production motorcycles into so-called "cafe racers" by simply equipping them with clubman bars and a small fairing around the headlight. A number of European manufacturers, including Benelli, BMW, Bultaco and Derbi produced factory "cafe" variants of their standard motorcycles in this manner, without any modifications made to make them faster or more powerful. Eventually the cafe racer style became just a styling exercise that served no functional purpose and simply made the bike less comfortable to ride; so the trend quickly waned in popularity. Soon afterward, most new sport bikes began featuring integral bodywork from the factory, negating the need or ability to retrofit an aftermarket cafe fairing.



Rockers on cafe Racers at cafe, UK.

Rockers were a young and rebellious Rock and Roll counterculture who wanted a fast, personalised and distinctive bike to travel between transport cafes along the newly built arterial motorways in and around British towns and cities.[citation needed] The goal of many was to be able to reach 100 miles per hour (160 km/h)—called simply "the ton"—along such a route where the rider would leave from a cafe, race to a predetermined point and back to the cafe before a single song could play on the jukebox, called record-racing. They are remembered as being especially fond of Rockabilly music and their image is now embedded in today's rockabilly culture.

The term cafe racer is still used to describe motorcycles of a certain style and some motorcyclists still use this term in self-description. The sub-culture continues to evolve with modern cafe racers taking style elements of the American Greaser, the British Rocker and modern motorcycle rider to create a style all their own. Although slow to catch on there, the trend has grown in North America.

Present day

Suzuki S40 customised in a cafe racer style
Honda CB 400 Four cafe racer

Classic cafe racer style has made a comeback recently, thanks largely to the increased interest in vintage motorcycles in general. The baby boomers were responsible for a surge in motorcycle sales in the late 1960s and 1970s, and many of this generation now find themselves with the time and discretionary income to recreate the bikes they had—or wished to have—in their younger years.

A new generation of motorcycle designers and builders are using the style as a fresh alternative to the custom chopper scene. Furthermore, in many parts of the United States, there are large numbers of stock 1970s and 1980s era Japanese motorcycles available for relatively small amounts of money – in many areas a running motorcycle can be had for well under US$1,000 USD. There is a strong appeal to younger and less wealthy motorcyclists to build a cafe racer from one of these bikes and end up with a stylish personalised motorcycle at a fraction of the cost of a newer bike.

Evil's Fire Motorcycle Superbike

Evil's Fire Motorcycle Superbike

HD Preview: 2013 Harley-Davidson CVO Breakout

All new for 2013, Harley-Davidson has released a limited-production Softail - the CVO Breakout.

The Custom Vehicle Operations model features the Twin Cam 110B engine combined with new custom styling that displays "muscle in motion."

Kirk Rasmussen (Harley-Davidson Styling Manager) says: "We begin by stripping the bike down to the bones and building up from there," said Rasmussen. "Stylist Mark Daniels penned a tough-looking hot rod concept and we were off to the races.

"To create a compact, muscular profile we've chopped the fenders to the legal limit so more tire rubber is revealed at both ends of the bike. The same principle is applied to the console, where we shaved it down and used braided steel lines for vent tubes. This gives us a larger canvas for paint and finishes, an essential element of the CVO formula."

The CVO Breakout story begins with its Twin Cam 110B engine, a 110-cid V-Twin that pumps out 112 ft. lbs. of peak torque to give the CVO Breakout the best power-to-weight ratio of any current CVO model. The CVO Breakout takes production motorcycle paint to a new level of true customization. Two paint schemes feature hand-polished steel sections on the fuel tank and fenders. A third paint option incorporates hand-laid lace stenciling. The amount of manual finishing required to create these painted parts makes each set of bodywork unique.

New polished chrome Turbine wheels are another styling highlight to debut on the CVO Breakout. "We gave the Turbine wheel a good deal of drama by pulling the spoke ridges all the way through to the rim, which help make the wheel diameter look larger," said Rasmussen. "The front wheel has 21 spokes. I think the ridges on the rear wheel look a little scary. The dramatic diameter of the 21-inch front wheel with a 130mm tire and the 18-inch rear wheel with a 240mm tire give the bike a strong proportional foundation."

Other custom details introduced on the CVO Breakout include a wide front end with a mini headlamp nacelle, and a chromed cast-aluminum oil tank. The Softail® chassis mimics the clean lines of a vintage hardtail frame, but utilizes rear suspension control provided by coil-over shock absorbers mounted horizontally and out of sight within the frame rails. Electronic cruise control, Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), keyless ignition, and the Harley-Davidson® Smart Security System are standard equipment on the CVO Breakout.

A Beautiful BMW Pink Chrome Cafe Racer

A Beautiful BMW Pink Chrome Cafe Racer

The Era Of Cafe Racer - British-Style Self-Expressing Riders

A cafe racer is a type of motorcycle and a type of motorcyclist. Both have their roots in the 1960s British counterculture group the Rockers, or the Ton-up boys. In most places the term refers to the specific cycles that were, and still are, used for short, sharp, high-speed trips from one pub or coffee bar to another. And the ton is 100 mph, not what you weigh in at after eating those chips at the transport station.


Rockers were a young and rebellious Rock and Roll counterculture that wanted a fast, personalised and distinctive bike to travel between transport cafés along the newly built arterial motorways in and around British towns and cities. The goal of many was to be able to reach 100 miles per hour (called simply “the ton”) along such a route where the rider would leave from a cafe, race to a predetermined point and back to the cafe before a single song could play on the jukebox, this was called record-racing.

The term Cafe racer is still used to describe motorcycles of a certain style and some motorcyclists still use this term in self-description. A cafe racer is a motorcycle that has been modified for speed and good handling rather than comfort; single racing seats, low handle bars such as ace bars or even one-sided “clip-ons” mounted directly onto the front forks for control and aerodynamics, half or full race fairings, large racing petrol tanks often left unpainted, swept back exhausts and rearset footpegs in order to give better clearance whilst cornering at speed.

These motorcycles were lean, light and handled road surfaces well. The most defining machine of the Rocker heyday was the homemade Norton Featherbed framed and Triumph Bonneville engined machine called ” The Triton “. It used the most common and fastest racing engine combined with the best handling frame of its day. Worthy of mentioning here is that an entire new sub-culture has evolved since the heyday of the Rockers. The ‘Cafe Racers’, a term that existed in the 1950s and 1960s to refer to bike riders of the race track, but is used now to describe motorcycle riders who choose classic/vintage British, Italian or Japanese motorbikes from the 50′s-to late 1970s as their bike of choice, over Harleys or new Japanese bikes.

These Cafe Racers do not follow the fashion/music subculture of the Rockers, old or new, but dress in a more modern and comfortable appearance with only a hint of likeness to the Rockers style. Common Levi jeans, generic motorcycle jackets, boots and/or shoes with modern helmets being the norm, instead of the very specific brand names, styles and look established by the Rockers. These Cafe Racers have taken elements of the American Greaser, British Rocker and modern motorcycle rider look to create a style all their own. Because the affects of drinking alcohol are detrimental and thus inarguably recklessly dangerous for operating any motor vehicle it is obvious why Cafe Racers choose to stop for drinks of coffee rather than alcohol.

The operating of motorcycles after consuming alcohol is somewhat acceptable to the image of riding choppers or cruisers further making them the antithesis of Cafe Racing. A lighthearted term has arisen for motorcyclists who dare to ride between places where they can consume alcohol, such as a tavern, called “TtT Racing” which is a play of words on TT Racing and an anagram of riding from: “Tavern-to-Tavern”.