April 18, 2006 at 8:43 pm
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Reebok announced their new Pump Romulus running shoe .
Using the latest Pump2.0 technology, the shoes greatest feature is that it can adjust the pressure control is a wide, and has allowed the establishment of smart devices have seven stalls. Smart devices will increase the support given to feet more, when the needs of our time, as long as smart valves to start. Smart devices can regulate through, may at any time to meet the special needs of persons dressed, really measuring customized for you feel comfortable.
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April 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
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Everyone knows what a motorcycle should look like. With traditional laid-back cruisers on one end and crotch-rocket sportbikes on the other, bike design continues to follow a well-beaten path.
Victory Motorcyclesintends to blow staid conventional design if the Vision 800 it showed at the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show this past weekend in Long Beach, California. In front of a phalanx of journalists, Victory pulled the wraps off a unique look at a proposed idea for the future, fulfilling the company’s tagline of “The New American Motorcycle.”
The Vision is eye-catching above all else. It’s a melange of sportbike, cruiser and scooter. Long and low with expansive bodywork, it’s the bulbous nose that dominates this wild concept’s appearance. Like a scooter, two full-face helmets can be locked away inside. A cast aluminum frame supports the structure that comprises a 61-inch wheelbase and a 28.5-inch seat height. The Vision forgoes a sportbike’s rear-set footpegs for scooter-ish feet-forward floorboards mounted just below the laid-down parallel-Twin powerplant.
The fuel-injected engine is sourced from Polaris’ 760cc Big Gun ATV. The addition of a counter-balancer and a presumed increase in displacement should make for a smooth and compact motor. (Victory reps hinted that a production version of this bike might even use KTM’s tidy V-Twin seen in the Adventure 950.)
Instead of a manual transmission, the Vision is fitted with a CVT that offers twist-and-go operation like a scooter, with power delivered via a shaft drive through the single-sided swingarm to a fat 250mm rear tire. The front end is pure sportbike, with a 43mm inverted fork and 300mm dual discs. Exhaust exits through dual underseat grills at the stubby rear end.
The Vision is the brainchild of designer Tiger Bracy, who was set free in terms of stylistic restrictions from upper management. Bracy is a young, fairly recent addition to the Victory team and says he’s been riding “forever.” His personal bike stable includes a pair of Suzuki neo-classics: a 1992 GSX-R1100 and a 1982 Katana 1000 (”It was the bike that, as a kid, made me become passionate about motorcycles”).
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April 9, 2006 at 8:45 pm
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The comfortable Automatic Bike goes into its second model year imbued with a more sporty design and a technical upgrade. The most important innovation is that this bike now weighs four kilograms less than last year’s model. With its Shimano eight-speed “Cyber-Nexus” automatic shift unit and a sensor-controlled lighting system, this bike is able to automatically adapt to prevailing road conditions. The on-board computer located centrally on the handlebar crosspiece keeps the driver abreast of all the latest data, such as prevailing roadspeed or selected gear ratio. The computer assimilates ride parameters such as pedalling frequency and road speed, then automatically selects the most appropriate gear ratio. The rider can also intervene in this automatic mode manually using shift toggles on the handlebars.
Another feature ensuring safety and convenience is the intelligent lighting system. Front and rear lights are switched on and off automatically by a sensor-based system and also remain on when the bike is stationary. The rear light also flashes at low speeds. The Mercedes-Benz Automatic Bike is available with frame heights of 46 and 54 centimetres and comes in two versions: the basic version without lighting and luggage rack systems, costing € 1690($2046), and the fully-loaded version, costing € 1890($2288).
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