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    mercredi 7 novembre 2012

    KTM RC 250 R PRODUCTION RACER




    In less than a year, KTM’s Moto3 program has developed into a world championship success story. KTM and Sandro Cortese on the Moto3 Grand Prix bike both secured the World Championship titles in Sepang, Malaysia with two rounds still in hand. Now for ambitious customer teams, KTM is sending the KTM RC 250 R, the company’s production racer on the starting line.
    There was only seven months between the presentation of Moto3 winning aggregate in Hangar 7 in Salzburg, Austria at the beginning of October 2011 and Sandro Cortese’s premiere win on the KTM RC 250 GP in Estoril, Portugal. But this success is no mere product of coincidence but of the systematic implementation of the project. As well as the rider world title through Cortese and the manufacturer’s world title for KTM in the first year of the Moto3 competition, the results of the other four KTM riders and of the four KALEX-KTM riders was an impressive display of this knowhow.
    It is on the basis of the consistent speed of the nine KTM riders that the KTM racer is being further developed for 2013. Both the production racer and the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup bike will be on the start next season so that customer teams and up-and-coming riders are able to profit from this development in the future. Both machines are direct offshoots of the KTM Grand Prix motorcycle and both are developed under the technical direction of Wolfgang Felber.


     Wolfgang Felber (Head of KTM Customer Racing Sport): “The basis of the Production Racer is not much different to our Grand Prix motorcycle. The GP bike is only adapted to suit the current Moto3 regulations, for example it runs with the regulation Dell’Orto electronics unit, has a maximum of 14,000 revolutions and has an Akrapovic exhaust system that allows 115 dB. OZ magnesium wheels, a factory braking system with dual brake disks from Brembo in the front and WP Suspension elements all save weight – but basically these are also components that can all be fitted to the RC 250 R Production Racer!”





    TECHNICAL DATA OF THE KTM RC 250 R (Production Racer 2013)
    DRIVE
    Motor: Single cylinder, 4-stroke motor, DOHC
    Displacement: 249.5 ccm
    Bore/Hub: 81/48.5 mm
    Performance: min. 37 kW at 13.000 revs/min
    Max. Torque: 28 Nm at 11.000 revs/min
    Compression ratio: 14,5:1
    Starter/Battery: External starter / 12 V 0.8 Ah
    Transmission: Cassette transmission, 6 gears, 3 options
    Mixture preparation: Oval throttle body, 2 injection jets, Ø 50 equivalent
    Cooling: Water cooler + oil-water heat exchanger
    Generator: 12 V / 70 W
    Lubrication: Semi-dry sump, 1 pressure and 2 suction pumps
    Primary drive: Straight toothed: 2 transmission options
    Valve drive: chain driven, intermediate wheel, radial arranged valves and DLC coated rocker arms
    Clutch: Multiple disk clutch in oil bath
    Motor management/ignition: GET by Athena ECU, GET by Athena Software MAYA EVO, adjustable motor brake/traction control/launch control/fuel mapping/ignition mapping/pit lane limiter, automatic switch, Interface for data recording
    CHASSIS
    Frame: Steel tubular frame, steering head and adjustable swing arm pivot
    Subframe: one piece Wethje carbon subframe
    Swing arm: Upside down formed, welded aluminum
    Handlebar: Full aluminum clamps, exchangeable handlebar
    Front suspension: WP RCMA 3548 fork Ø35 mm, adjustable spring preload suspension, compression and rebound damping adjustable over 20 levels
    Rear suspension: WP BAVP 4618 shock absorber, adjustable length, hydraulic preload adjuster, High-/Low-Speed- compression damping and rebound damping over 20 levels
    Triple clamp: cast aluminum, adjustable, 28/30 mm offset
    Front brakes: Brembo single disk braking system 290 mm, radial brake caliper and radial hand brake cylinder
    Rear brakes: Braking-brake disks 190 mm, Formula radial brake caliper and formula brake cylinder
    Front/rear wheels: OZ forged aluminum 2.5 x 17’’ / 3.5 x 17’’
    Tires front and rear: Dunlop 95/75-R17 / 115/75-R17 Moto3 M Slick
    Chain: 415 chain, rear sprocket 16 – 18T, rear sprocket 34 – 42T
    Silencer: Akrapovic Full Titanium System with silencer 107 dB (open), additional dB killer 100/103 dB
    Steering head angle: ± 1° with optional steering head insets
    Steering head position: ± 6 mm with optional steering head insets
    Wheel base: 1210 mm ± 35 mm
    Ride height: adjustable ± 6 mm
    Seat height: 760 mm, adjustable ± 6 mm
    Tank capacity: approx. 10.5 l
    Weight without fuel: approx. 82 kg
    GENE
    - GP125 (Geometry, ergonomic, aerodynamic components)
    - MOTOGP-MOTOR (Layout cylinder head and throttle body)
    - RC8 R SBK (Electronic, frame knowhow, materials processing)
    - MX (lubrication system, transmission, clutch, Kinematic valve gear)
    TECHNOLOGY
    - WP Suspensions, WP Radiator, WP Performance
    - KTM Technologies
    - KISKA Industrial Design
    - PANKL Racing Systems
    - WETHJE Plastics technology

    mardi 6 novembre 2012

    15 novembre. Riders Night GommaTì

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    Riders Night GommaTì est la seconde édition de la  Riders Night, qui se fera cette année en collaboration avec Pirelli et se déroulera durant la semaine milanaise de la moto ,en même temps qu' Eicma 2012.

    Fernandes ne sera plus Team Principal de Caterham



    Tony Fernandes lâchera son poste à une personne impliquée dans le monde de la F1.
    © DPPI / Jean-Michel Le Meur


    Tony Fernandes a annoncé sur Autosport et Autocar qu'il quitterait le poste de Team Principal de Caterham F1 Team pour se concentrer sur les affaires de la marque qui vient de signer un partenariat avec Renault pour la renaissance d'Alpine.
    Tony Fernandes a confirmé à nos confrères britanniques qu'il quitterait le poste de Team Principal de Caterham F1 Team avant la fin de la saison. « Nous sommes arrivés à la conclusion qu'il était préférable que quelqu'un d'autre prenne le poste de Team Principal. Nous sommes clairement meilleurs dans les affaires que pour trouver des dixièmes sur la piste », a reconnu l'homme d'affaires malaisien qui n'a pas voulu révéler le nom de son successeur, se contenant simplement d'assurer que cette personne travaillait déjà dans le milieu de la F1.

    Cette nouvelle survient au lendemain de l'annonce du partenariat avec Renault et Caterham pour la renaissance d'Alpine, dont la société malaisienne. Tony Fernandes semblait particulièrement enthousiasmé par cette nouvelle perspective d'avenir où le Groupe Caterham entrera à hauteur de 50% dans le capital de la société Alpine Renault. « Je n’ai pas été autant enthousiasmé par un nouveau projet depuis que j’ai créé AirAsia en 2001 », avait avoué hier l'actuel Team Principal de Caterham F1 Team.
    BY Jacques-Armand Dupuis

    Presidential Style: The JFK Factor


    When the US elects a new President, the world awaits the result with bated breath. Nowadays, we are used to political spin, image management and blanket coverage on social networks, but in 1960 a fresh-faced JFK made full use of his good looks, photogenic family and East Coast classic style to win a dramatic race with Richard Nixon.

    Much has been made of the first televised US presidential debates in American history. Compared with Nixon (perspiring, unfit and sporting a rough five o’clock shadow), Kennedy looked the personification of modern vitality. Well-dressed and professionally made up for an appearance on TV, JFK was clearly ‘the man of the future’. Interestingly, radio listeners decided the event was a one-all draw, clearly demonstrating the power of the visual medium.
    With his military background and deportment, plus the ability to wear timeless clothing (whether in presidential meetings, playing with the family or sailing off Cape Cod), JFK often looks like an advert for Ralph Lauren or Tod’s. He frequently wore suits from the New York branch of Savile Row tailor H. Harris – classic Ivy League styling.


    There is no better guide to the style and sophisticated ‘look’ of John F. Kennedy than Mark Shaw’s latest book of photographs.


    Text: J. Philip Rathgen
    Photos: © 2012 Mark shaw / mptvimages.com