Dainese menerima tiga Anugerah Rekabentuk Red Dot di bawah kategori Rekabentuk Produk 2017 untuk rekaan Mugello R D-air® sut perlumbaannya, helmet AGV Pista GP R-nya dan produk perlindungan terbaru Pro-Armor.
Mereka juga telah dianugerahkan ‘Excellence of the Year/Innovation and Leadership’ dari Aungerah Le Fonti dalam kategori Pakaian Perlindungan Teknologi Tinggi.
Dainese received three Red Dot Design Awards under the Product Design 2017 category for its Mugello R D-air® race suit, the AGV Pista GP R helmet and the latest Pro-Armor protective products.
They have also bagged the ‘Excellence of the Year / Innovation and Leadership’ awards from Le Fonti Awards in the Hi-tech Protective Wear category
The Dainese Group has received three awards at the Red Dot Design Awards in the esteemed Product Design 2017 category. The Awards panel gave its seal of approval to the new Dainese Mugello R D-air® race suit, the AGV Pista GP R helmet and the latest generation Pro-Armor protective products, the three items were selected from 5,500 products, submitted from 54 countries.
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Dainese was also honoured with another international award at the Le Fonti Awards for Innovation and Human Resources, where the company was presented with the ‘Excellence of the Year / Innovation and Leadership’ award in the Hi-tech Protective Wear category. With a contribution of a community ranging over 40,000 business contacts, Dainese came up on top and bagged the Le Fonti Awards.
The Italian safety apparel manufacturer is responsible for the world’s first wireless airbag system known as the D-air® that protects world motorcycling figures like Valentino Rossi from MotoGP, Tom Sykes from WorldSBK and Guy Martin from the road racing division like the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. Check out the history of Dainese’s D-air® technology below.
They have also endeavoured into space and beyond by providing space-aged protection apparel for astronaut Thomas Pesquet during his six-month mission at the International Space Station. No other racing apparel provider has even done or even attempted coming up with designs to be utilised outside the planet Earth.
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According to the CEO of the Dainese Group Cristiano Silei, he commented “The Dainese Group has always pursued its mission of advocating and delivery safety in dynamic sports, inspired by the potential of the human being, we study the protection needs of the human body in the most extreme conditions; riding a motorbike on track, downhill skiing, sailing and reaching zero gravity in space. These awards celebrate all the hard work and dedication of the staff put in embracing new challenges and we will continue to raise the bar of innovation.”
The brand new Vilicum Circuit will host its first ever WorldSBK race in 2018 located in the San Juan Province, Argentina
The track is halfway completed and will apply for homologation by FIM at the end of 2017
The 4.2km track has 19 corners in total; 11 lefts and eight rights
Looks like Argentina will be the 26th country to host the Superbike World Championship in 2018. If all goes well, the country will be the first venue to hold a WorldSBK racing series in South America. The new track dubbed the Vilicum Circuit is located in the San Juan province near the infamous Route 40, about 1,117km away from the capital city of Buenos Aires. (more…)
The 2017 Vyrus 986 M2 Street Version is priced at €37,940 for the complete bike and €27,930 for the street bike kit
Powered by a Honda CBR600RR engine, the bike also contains parts and technology directly taken from WorldSBK and MotoGP
Super limited to only 50 units worldwide
According to reliable source over at Asphalt & Rubber, Vyrus has contacted and informed them with news regarding their official price for the 2017 Vyrus M2 Street Version. The set price for those interested in owning one of the exclusive and exotic piece of rolling art has been set at €37,940 (around RM178,270 after direct conversion). Yikes! (more…)
Chaz Davies took his first WorldSBK victory of 2017 in Race 2 at Aragon yesterday on board his Ducati 1199 Panigale R
Both Aruba it.Racing Ducati riders (Davies and Melandri) scored double podiums in both races
Jonathan Rea finished a close second ahead of Marco Melandri in Race 2
It was a glorious day yesterday for the Aruba.it Racing team where both of their riders, Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri scored double podiums in both WorldSBK races over at Aragon this past weekend. It was an even bigger achievement for Davies who managed to break Jonathan Rea’s winning streak after his Race 1 victory on Saturday. (more…)
This week’s Weekend Ride highlights the superb mee sotong (fried squid noodles) or mee rebus (stewed noodles)
Good lunch option located at the Esplanade Park Food Court, just 20 minutes from the first Penang Bridge
Opens Mondays to Saturdays (Closed on Sundays, probably to watch MotoGP or WordSBK races too)
Welcome to another ‘The Weekend Ride’ segment right here on Bikes Republic. This week, we’re featuring one of the most iconic dishes ever to be produced from the little island of Penang; the incredible Mee Sotong (squid noodles) from Hameed ‘Pata’ food place located in Esplanade Park Food Court near Padang Kota Lama. (more…)
The Thailand government has set aside 300 million baht to bid for a place in the MotoGP calendar starting 2018
The proposal is planned to run for three years from 2018 to 2020
According to a recent article posted by the Bangkok Post, the Thailand government has allocated a cool 300 million baht with plans to host a MotoGP round as early as 2018. The proposal is not set in stone just yet but Thailand is planning to organise the world’s most exciting motorcycle race for three years from 2018 to 2020 at the Chang International Circuit. (more…)