Author: Mohan K Ramanujam
On the conclusion of the 2023 Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia, 182,912 people crowded the stands across three days of bike racing. This compares against last 12 months’s visitor variety of 163,567 people across the identical period. “This number is a sign motorsports stays ever popular with Malaysians,” said SIC chief executive officer Shafriman Hanif. “Despite the long holiday weekend of Deepavali, motorcycle racing fans still made the trouble to come back to Sepang to look at their favourite racers,” he added. Friday saw 21,364 die-hard fans braving the Friday afternoon traffic to look at the practice sessions while Qualifying…
Now in Malaysia is the 2023 Aprilia RS660 Extrema, priced at RM79,900, excluding road tax, insurance and registration. The Extrema name is in reference to the Aprilia 125 Extrema produced from 1992 to 1994. Because the sportiest version of the RS660, the RS660 Extrema is lighter than the usual model by 3 kg, tipping the scales at 166 kg dry. The liquid-cooled parallel-twin engine stays unchanged, with 100 hp at 10,000 rpm and 67 Nm of torque at 8,500 rpm from 660 cc. A brand new and lighter street-legal exhaust system by SC Project with carbon silencer accounts for the…
Sign reads: Enforcement by camera (technology), strict enforcement In a move that has Taiwanese motorcycle and scooter riders in an uproar, the Changhua County Police Department is issuing fines to those exceeding a lean angle of greater than 30 degrees from the vertical while riding. Reported in various Taiwan dailies and web sites, Changhua police announced within the installation of two camera enforcement points on County Road 139. The lean angle cameras are programmed to take photos of rider’s exceeding a lean angle of greater than 30 degrees starting November 15. County Road 139 winds along the ridge of the…
Ahead of the upcoming R1300 GS, BMW Motorrad introduces the 2024 model 12 months F900 GS, F900 GS Adventure and F800 GS range of middleweight adventure-tourers. Latest for the F900 series adventure bikes is Showa suspension and a discount in weight, together with increased power and torque. The engine is common amongst the F900 GS, F900 GS Adventure and F800, a liquid-cooled parallel-twin first introduced by BMW Motorrad in 2018. Power for the F900 GS and F900 GS Adventure is rated at 105 hp at at 8,500 rpm and 93 Nm at 6,750 rpm. Meanwhile, the F800 GS gets 87…
