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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Honda CBR Fireblade RR
The 1992 debut of the history-making CBR900RR Fireblade completely rewrote the book of Super Sport motorcycle design. It features a remarkably compact and lightweight configuration based on a ‘Less Is More’ concept that achieved a breathtaking blast of litre-class performance from a 900cc inline-4 engine shoehorned into a highly advanced 600cc-class chassis.
Now, Honda has launched CBR1000RR in India to compete with the likes of Yamaha R1 & Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300R. Honda India has also launched the CB1000R to compete with Yamaha's MT-01. Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade is a MotoGP race replica with many of its features taken from Honda's top-end racing bikes. The result is a high-performance track and racing superbike that also makes for a perfect street bike.
It borrows many technologies found in the Honda CBR600RR, but has added advancements, such as a reworked chassis and exhaust system, reworked front and rear suspension and a lighter swingarm. The CBR1000RR's strong but light die-cast aluminium chassis has an inverted fork, Unit Pro-Link rear suspension and radial-mounted front brakes. The chassis is a reinforced version of the CBF600's frame, but a longer swingarm gives better traction when accelerating.
Honda's advanced Unit Pro-Link rear suspension completes the impressive list of features and adds to the bike’s impeccable handling. CBR1000RR's fuel-injected 998cc engine is modelled on the Honda Fireblade superbike but has been adapted for road use. The engine is powered by Honda’s advanced Dual Stage Fuel Injection (DSFI) system for superb power and response at all speeds.Sharper looks, stronger performance and astoundingly responsive control.
In order to improve stability under deceleration, a slipper clutch is now available with a unique center-cam-assist mechanism. The Honda Electronic Steering Damper (HESD) has been also revised. Another significant change in latest generation CBR1000RR is the exhaust system which is no longer a center-up underseat design.
In the interest of quicker handling, its under-seat location to be as close as possible to the motorcycle’s center of gravity and mass, thereby reducing the inertial effects of the system’s weight and mass on the machine’s ability to quickly change directions. CBR1000RR’s powerful radial-mount front disc brakes feature new four-piston brake calipers of a stronger and lighter new monoblock design for an additional 126g (4.4 ounces) of weight reduction per caliper and a much more rigid configuration.
Inside, new chrome-plated aluminum brake pistons replace heavier steel units for an impressive total of 430g (15 ounces) of reduced unsprung weight in the calipers alone. These combine with narrower, lighter brake lines made of a new material and a modified brake-lever ratio to increase braking performance with a livelier, more responsive feel at the brake lever.
From its compact new proportions to its breathtaking response to every rider input, everything about the CBR1000RR stakes out a new standard in motorcycle performance & design aesthetics. It stands as a milestone in the history of litre-class Super Sports development, much as the original CBR900RR did when it fired the first shot in the high-performance revolution sixteen years ago.
CBR1000RR is now more compact than ever before. The new CBR1000RR literally brings literbike handling to new levels. It has been launched at Rs. 12.5 lakhs (Ex-showroom New Delhi) which is almost same to Suzuki Hayabusa which is also available for Rs. 12.5 lakhs but both are costly in comparision to Yamaha R1 which is priced at Rs. 10.5 lakhs.
ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Displacement: | 999.8cc |
| Engine: | In-line four |
| Maximum Power: | 175 Bhp @ 12000 rpm |
| Maximum Torque: | 114 Nm @ 8500 rpm |
| 6 Manual | |
| Clutch: | Assist Slipper Clutch, Wet |
| Bore: | 76 |
| Stroke: | 55.1 |
| No. of Cylinders: | 4 |
| Cooling Type: | Liquid Cooling |
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| Length: | 2075.00 mm |
| Width: | 685.00 mm |
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Friday, July 2, 2010
Brazil loose in quaters! Unbeailivable
The Netherlands came from behind to break Brazilian hearts and take a huge step towards a third FIFA World Cup™ final appearance. Trailing at half-time to Robinho's early goal in Port Elizabeth, Bert van Marwijk's men drew level through Felipe Melo's own goal before Wesley Sneijder headed the winner with 22 minutes remaining. Brazil ended the game a man short after Felipe Melo's dismissal as, like in Germany four years ago, the South Americans, unbeaten since last October, saw their dream of a sixth world crown dismantled at the quarter-final stage.
For the Dutch, this was their fifth straight win at these finals and leaves them one victory short of a first Final appearance since they finished runners-up twice in the 1970s. They will travel to Tuesday's Cape Town semi-final against Uruguay or Ghana as favourites despite the suspensions of Gregory van der Wiel and Nigel de Jong. History will be on their side too, given the winners of their three previous FIFA World Cup meetings with Brazil marched on to the Final each time.
Yet it was not the Dutch, but Brazil who looked likely to prevail in the first 45 minutes. Robinho had already had one effort ruled offside when he broke the deadlock in the tenth minute. Advancing unchecked from inside his own half, Felipe Melo played a ball straight through the centre of the Dutch defence from the halfway line. Robinho, free of his marker Van der Wiel and played onside by Ooijer, was in the clear and he tucked a first-time finish beyond Maarten Stekelenburg.
The Dutch sought an immediate reply when Kuyt tested Julio Cesar with a low drive but Brazil were carrying the greater threat and, after 25 minutes, they came close to a second. From a half-cleared corner, Dani Alves, out on the right, drove in a low cross and Juan got there first only to shoot over from close range. Robinho then wriggled away from two orange shirts on the left, gave the ball to Luis Fabiano and his flick set up Kaka whose curling shot was bound for the top corner before Stekelenburg reached out his right arm to palm the ball away.
The teams' 1994 quarter-final, won by Brazil, produced five second-half goals and this game grew as a contest after the restart. Second-best in the first half, the Dutch drew level in the 53rd minute. Sneijder had already miscued an attempted volley when, following a short free-kick with Robben, the Inter midfielder swung in a cross from out on the right. Julio Cesar and Felipe Melo got in each other's way with the midfielder unwittingly flicking the ball on into the net.
Michel Bastos, booked before the break and under pressure from Robben, now made way for Gilberto Melo but Brazil's self-assurance was fading. Although Kaka guided a volley just past the post, the Dutch soon had their second goal. It came from the head of Sneijder who profited from slack marking in the six-yard box to nod home his third goal of the finals after Kuyt had flicked on Robben's corner. Brazil's prospects dimmed further with 17 minutes remaining with Felipe Melo’s red card for a stamp on Robben, now a constant nuisance to the South Americans. In a frantic finish it might have got even worse for Dunga's men but Sneijder scuffed his shot straight at Julio Cesar.
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