Michael Schumacher to race a Honda CBR1000RR in German Superbike
Written by admin on May 16, 2008 – 10:22 pm -
Seven-time Formula 1 racing champion Michael Schumacher may be on a Honda CBR1000RR at the IDM International German Motorbike Championship. There are perception too he’ll be racing short of a false name, Marcel Niederhausen. Now the present the cat is legally out of the bag, so to speak, he may as well skip the alias. Schumacher might race alongside current champion Martin Bauer for Holzhauer Racing.
With the announcement, all of the earliest incidences that Schumacher took half in initiate to acquire a greater number of sense. Superbike racing is really hotly contested, and the bikes feature all but two-hundred horsepower in race trim. Therefore, it should have carried on an appallingly bad concept to race in that chain without a few warm-up runs. According to occurence organizers, the thirty-seven year old Schumacher has carried on testing for the last few weeks investing in real estate agents of his new collection and “he surprised different specialists among hastily times.” We can just wish too our “retirements” ought to be so enjoyable.
[Source: Motorcycle News]
Tags: german superbike, GermanSuperbike, holzhauer racing, HolzhauerRacing, marcel niederhausen, MarcelNiederhausen, martin bauer, MartinBauer, michael schumacher, MichaelSchumacher
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Scooter-geek’s dream ride: Yamaha Vino scooter, fully farkled
Written by admin on May 9, 2008 – 4:27 am -
Though it’s usually the adventure touring crowd that excels at turning their motorcycles into rolling technology test-beds, we’ve recently run across a Yamaha Vino scooter that has been fully farkled. Featuring an on-board computer based around a VIA mini ITX form factor motherboard that’s cleverly been hidden under the stock Vino’s seat, this rolling geek-mobile packs in WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, GPS, FM radio, a TV tuner and a front-mounted camera in its diminutive frame. With the full-spec computer, pretty much anything should be possible right from the road using this scooter. While this is certainly a cool project, we have a few questions regarding its durability. How long will the acrylic plate that makes the structure for the computer hold up? Perhaps most importantly, how long will the scooter’s battery be able to power all this technology? In the name of science, of course, we graciously offer our services for a road trip on the machine to find the answer to these all-important questions. Thanks for the tip, jared!
[Source: Thought Lab]
Tags: farkle, farkled, geek scooter, GeekScooter, yamaha vino, YamahaVino
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