Archive for 2010
Lin Jarvis: “With Valentino, Ducati Will Be a Formidable Opponent”
The boss of Yamaha Motor Racing gave an interview to Michael Turco, a specialist MSc in Motorcycle Grand Prix Review, during which the Briton was already planning on next season. Extracts.
Lin Jarvis: “With Valentino, Ducati will be a formidable opponent”
Lin Jarvis between Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi.
(…) “After seven seasons as successful, do not you fear to arrive today at the end of a cycle?
I’m not saying the result will be easy, but we have no reason to be really worried. Rossi is true that before we were a bit lost. In fact, Yamaha has gone astray after the accident at the end of 1993 Wayne Rainey. Confidence and passion then disappeared, and it took over ten years to found the right path. That said, since 2003, MotoGP has become a very important part of business Yamaha, and I am confident that we will not repeat the mistakes of the past. I’m not so far as it will be easy because the competition is fierce. Valentino, Ducati will be a formidable opponent. Read the rest of this entry »
Even The Toyota Fuori Salone
There will also be the Toyota i-Real at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, proving that not only the interior of the house they design, but also “internal” road.
Presented in Tokyo in November , i-Real is a concept in circulation for some years. Wonder his form, but also its comfort and its ergonomics make it a particular medium and fascinating, perhaps even “weird. “
Motorcycle or armchair? Perhaps both, since the only seat is represented by a very comfortable seat that looks a lot like one of those intended to relax in the lounge.
Toyota i-Real
But i-Real is especially means of transport, even for its innovative features on the road: in fact in a novel three-wheel, 2 front and one behind (the opposite of the 3-wheel motorcycles in circulation so far), make it a jewel in terms of stability, not only, the latter date is also and above all by the sudden change of gravity that the means to support each gear change.
I-Real is also equipped with sensors that warn the driver with audible and light signals in case of imminent collision with persons or objects. Read the rest of this entry »