Emily from D2 Racing Sport, Taiwan has contacted me to tell about their lines of racing suspension for use to motorcycle few days ago. I asked for permission to use these images on my blog since the suspension offered by D2 Racing Sport is very different than what we see normally. Usually, we just see one nitrogen canister at the suspension, but D2 has create 2 nitrogen canister for their suspension to provide better setting and wide tuning ability for the suspension dampening from softest to hardest. It is able to be adjusted up to 36 different hardness(softness?) dampening level. It features the ‘Golden Included Angle‘  which lead to better critical point for the suspension design. I have emailed Emily and asked whether this suspension is available for Yamaha Lagenda 115ZR, and now I’m waiting for her reply. The technical features and specification are here: (more…)

Stephen from Bermuda sent me these pictures of his modification to Yamaha Nouvo S in Bermuda. The execution is well done with the blue body colour that matches the seat and the sport rims. Front disc has been upgraded with bigger diameter at 300mm. On the inside, the cylinder bore has got new breath with 59mm cylinder block combined with forged light weight piston from Haen in Indonesia. Cylinder head also has been reseat, ported and polished with the installation of big valve. Camshaft is custom grind to +3mm lift. Electrical system also upgraded with the addition of high power ignition coil with ground lead followed with programmable CDI with custom mapping. For the transmission, it got the help of Dr. Pulley rear clutch and front variator to make it runs well. 4 more pictures after the jump. (more…)

This article is dated 20/08/2003. It has been 7 years that Yamaha have started to research and develop fuel injection system for small motorcycle. It have many challenges like sensors placement, compacting the injector module and how to make it use less electricity.

Now, we already have small motorcycle that uses the FI system that has been developed that is Yamaha X1R in Thailand and the first fuel injected bike in Malaysia that is Yamaha FZ-150i. Honda has been the first manufacturer that build the FI small bike by the introduction of Honda Wave 110i 125i with PGM-FI.

Anyone who likes to know about how FI able to be ported from automobile to small motorcycle or thinking is it possible to modify their carburetted bike to FI system, should read this article. Here it is: (more…)

Waiting for ‘Dunia Moped’ 2010 brochure from Yamaha Malaysia. Two more pictures after the jump. (more…)

While browsing to look at 2010 Yamaha Malaysia bikes line-up, I stumble upon this two familiar bikes that is Yamaha SRX and Yamaha SRV which already exists on the market for long time ago (in year 2003, I guess). Now, it has make its comeback to the website. I wonder why it is being featured in the website now. Is Yamaha Malaysia planning to sell these bike along with the newly introduced Yamaha Lagenda 115Z and 115ZR?

We know Yamaha always introduce bike that have radical styling, latest technology and extraordinary design. SRX and SRV by this definition looks outdated, old and seems out of place with all the great bikes that they have like Yamaha 125ZR, Yamaha 135LC and Yamaha Lagenda. (more…)

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