BMW Concept Active Tourer

BMW is pulling the curtain back on the Concept Active Tourer, a little three-cylinder, front-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid that will debut in less than two weeks at the big French car conclave (2012 Paris Auto Show).

BMW Concept Active Tourer. (Picture from: http://gas2.org/)

This car boasts the eDrive concept that BMW is putting a lot of marketing energy into with its BMW i brand (Mini-E, BMW i8 electric supercar, i3 city car), extending eDrive for the first time to a model in what the company calls its "core BMW brand."

The Concept Active Tourer lands in the premium compact category, which BMW believes will be growing solidly (5 percent or more on an annual basis) in the next several years. The emphasis is on interior space for family use – BMW says "a high roof line and a compact transverse engine with front-wheel drive make it possible to create a generously sized interior."

BMW Concept Active Tourer. (Picture from: http://gas2.org/)

But it’s the front-wheel drive – "a drive concept which is new to the BMW brand," the company says — that will probably have most people talking about this vehicle in Paris. By presenting a futuristic interior design, luxurious and roomy. Panoramic roof made ​​the passengers feel at home in its cabin.

Concept car that brought hybrid system uses engine 1.5 liter turbocharged 3-cylinder to drive the two front wheels. Then also installed an electric motor which serves to drive the two rear wheels. That way, the car is very fuel efficient (40 km/liter) and low CO2 emissions (60 g/km).

BMW's plug-in hybrid cars. (Picture from: http://gas2.org/)

The car's hybrid system produces output power over 140 kW/190 hp. Car acceleration from 0-100 km/h in less than 8 seconds (better than most hybrids) with maximum speed of 120 km/h. Plug-in hybrid cars can run using electricity as far as 30 kms with a Lithium-ion battery that can be charged at home with a voltage of 220V. *** [DIH | GAS2 | EARTH TECHLING | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 21092012]

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Dangerous Loopholes of Samsung Galaxy

A dangerous bug was found in the Samsung Galaxy line of mobile phones. Cracks can deleted all data on the phone with just one click.

Cracks were discovered by researchers from the Technical University Berlin, Ravi Borgaonkar. He showed the results of his research at an Internet security conference in Argentina.

Ravi Borgaonkar demonstrating Galaxy handset flaws. (Picture from: http://betabeat.com/)

Borgaonkar explained that the TouchWiz interface used on the Samsung Galaxy variant has holes that can be exploited by hackers HTML code.

Samsung Galaxy Android. (Picture from: http://www.engadget.com/)

The way it works is very simple. Hackers only need to insert the HTML code into a web page, and while Samsung Galaxy users accessing the site, as it is also a code for the full wipe or reset is active.

When examined the code does contain a code to reset the Samsung Galaxy, and the hackers simply enter the code in a web page to activate the code reset automatically.

Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy S II and Galaxy S. (Picture from: http://www.engadget.com/)

As quoted from Slashgear, Wednesday (09/23/2012), the code can erase all data on the Galaxy S II, Galaxy S Advance, Galaxy Beam, Galaxy Ace. However, when the authors tried, the code can also be used on the Galaxy S III.

Mr. Borgaonkar, who reportedly wondered aloud what Samsung’s engineers were smoking when they created the vulnerable system, demonstrates how it works in the video below.

Viewers may need headphones to hear Mr. Borgaonkar clearly, but the shocked audience reaction at 2:10, when he uses a link from a tweet to demonstrate how quickly a malicious web page can reset the phone, is unmistakable.

Well, for those users who are curious about the Galaxy series, do not try typing that shortcut. Because it will reset your phone without any confirmation (option 'yes' or 'no') before! Beware...!!!! *** [SLASHGEAR | BETABEAT | DIGITAL SPY]

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QR Memories, Barcodes for Headstones

Barcode technology is usually used in supermarkets to determine the type and price of the goods to be purchased. However, the current barcode technology is not only used in the supermarket, at the funeral QR technology also can be applied.

The modern cemetery Chester Pearce, in Poole, Dorset, England applying barcode technology on a headstone. Barcode is located at the corner of the bottom of the headstone.

As quoted from Daily Mail, the application of technology to the headstone was intended to ascertain data on the deceased. Family left behind do not bother to write the date of birth or date of death on the headstone. All the detailed information on the profile of the deceased can be seen simply by scanning using a smartphone.

Headstones in the UK using barcode. (Picture from: http://eotika.blogspot.com/)

The barcode technology is called a QR memories. Not only the profiles, the family can also see a collection of photos and video of the deceased, in his lifetime. But of course the family are updating this information.

The Chester Pearce funeral director, Stephen Nimmo says the idea of ​​using these technologies is to provide services that can be used to help those left behind. Families do not need to wonder about who is buried there. By using a QR code they can easily find out all he wanted to know.

Scanning the QR code brings up the biography of the deceased. (Picture from: http://www.kiwilstudio.com/)

Even so, of course, required additional charges are not cheap to get these advanced features. Users are charged 300 pounds (U.S. $ 484 or Rp. 4.6 million) for the installation of QR code and additional cost 95 pounds (U.S. $ 147 or Rp. 1.4 million) to hire a website hosting. *** [GI | DAILY MAIL | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 13092012]

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Maternal Genes Found in Mice

Maternal feelings shown holding her son apparently formed by a gene. Researchers from Rockefeller University in New York, USA, have discovered the existence of genes that are responsible for feelings of maternal rats.

Mouse in a laboratory. (Picture from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/)

They found that mice engineered to suppress the expression "maternal gene" spend a little time to lick, feeding, and cleaning up their child. These conditions contrast with the rats from the control group who care for her child.

"There is a single gene responsible for motivating the parent to protect, feed, and raise their children," said study leader, Ana Ribiero, in findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Wednesday September 19, 2012.

Previous research shows that there are regions in the rat brain called the medial preoptic, in charge of controlling aggression, sexual acceptance and care by the parent. However, what about the chemical mechanisms that affect the behavior, it is yet unclear.

Ribiero says, citing previous research, the nerve cells respond to estrogen, a female sex hormone-containing receptor alpha and estrogen in high levels. These chemicals are linked to the behavior of rat maternal care and sexual behavior.

"We lowered the level of the receptor in the medial preoptic female rats to examine the response of those without it," he said, as quoted by the Telegraph. The research team conducted experiments based on this fact.

As a result, mice with low levels of receptors in the brain to spend less time caring for their children. However, it did not affect the aggressiveness.

According Ribiero, manipulation of specific genes in specific nerve cell groups can drastically alter the expression of important biological behavior. *** [TELEGRAPH | MAHARDIKA SATRIA HADI | KORAN TEMPO 4002]

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Tablet or Laptop?

ASUS VIVO TAB

Tablet computers have drawbacks when used for typing, the lack of a physical keyboard. Typically, the owners of the tablet will purchase an additional accessory so that activities become more comfortable typing.

AsusTeK Computer Inc. Taiwanese manufacturer is reading this weakness. They then offer a hybrid tablet widescreen laptops named Asus Vivo Tab, with a 11.6-inch screen.

With a wide screen that, when separated from the keyboard, Vivo Tab will feel quite large as a tablet, especially for users with small hands.

Asus Vivo Tab. (Picture from: http://www.techshout.com/)

For comparison, Apple tablet, New iPad, has a diagonal length of 9.7 inches. While Samsung's latest tablet, the Galaxy Tab 10.1, has a 10.1 inch screen.

Unlike its cousin -Asus Vivo Tab RT- tablet made by Taiwanese manufacturer has an Intel Atom Clover Trail, making it more robust to process applications or games in full. This is very different from the Vivo Tab RT, which still uses a low-powered ARM-based processor.

Asus Vivo Tab. (Picture from: http://www.meetgadget.com/)

Asus Vivo Tab reinforced 2 gigabytes of RAM memory and storage capacity is quite a relief, amounting to 64 gigabytes. Vast capacity that makes the tablet is quite interesting for users who play a lot of applications at once intense and likes to download a lot of applications.

The tablet weighs 675 grams has a thickness of about 8.7 millimeters, with a super-quality IPS display and a resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels. When turned on, the screen display is sharp and bright images, both inside and outside the room. Moreover, the user interface adopts Windows 8 operating system, which is patterned box, so that was refreshing.

One other attraction of this tablet is the digital pen shaped like an S-pen from the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. Features like it's going to create interesting competition between this two tablet from Korea and Taiwan.

It uses Wacom digital pen technology made to input data accurately and naturally hand writing. To maintain the quality of the audio, installed SonicMaster technology, which is used to output featured Asus notebook.

Vivo Tab rear camera capable of capturing images with a quality 8 mega-pixels, which is equipped with LED Flash. While the front camera, for activities webcam, 2 megapixel camera produces high quality video. The device is also equipped with nearfield communication technology, which can be used in the digital payments.

This tablet-which can be assembled into a laptop when combined with the keyboard-reminds users on tablet Asus output last year, the ASUS Transformer. This is the first tablet that combines a tablet design with a laptop. *** [ENDGADGET | TECHRADAR | BUDI RIZA | KORAN TEMPO 4002]

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Specifications:

Processor: Intel Atom Z2760
Operating system: Windows 8 multi-touch
Screen: 11.6-inch Super IPS viewing angle of 178 degrees
Resolution: 1,366 x 768
Memory RAM: 2GB
Storage capacity: 64 GB
Default application: Microsoft Office trial
Thickness: 8.7 millimeters
Weight: 675 grams
Price: U.S. $ 799 or Rp. 7.6 million (plus docking keyboard U.S. $ 199 or Rp. 1.9 million)

Malaria spreads to the North Pole

Researchers at SF State have discovered
malaria in birds in Alaska, including the
Common Redpoll, above.. (Picture
from: http://www.sciencedaily.com/)

Malaria is no longer recognized as endemic tropical and subtropical regions. The disease is spread by mosquitoes is also found in birds in Alaska, the U.S. state that is located near the north pole. "Global climate change is encouraging malaria farther north," the alert to a study published in the journal PLoS ONE, issue of September 20, 2012.

The spread of malaria near the northern end of the earth potentially devastating arctic bird species that have never come across this disease. "These findings could help scientists understand the effects of climate change on the spread of human malaria caused by parasites of the same," said Ravinder Sehgal, a professor from San Francisco State University who was involved in the study.

The researchers examined blood samples collected from poultry four locations based on different latitudes in Alaska, the Anchorage (Alaska's largest city) as points south, Denali and Fairbanks as the mid-point, and a point north of Coldfoot. Sampling point distance from north to south stretches as far as 600 miles. Birds infected with malaria in Anchorage and Fairbanks.

The study them equipped with satellite images and other data to predict environmental changes due to global warming. Locations where the malaria parasite is able to survive in the future is also mapped. They found that in 2080 the disease will spread to the north Coldfoot and continue north. "Currently there is no avian malaria in areas above 64 degrees north latitude. However, in the future, with global warming, it likely would have changed," said Sehgal.

The researchers are still not sure how malaria spreads in Alaska. They are currently still collecting additional data to determine the species of mosquitoes that transmit the Plasmodium parasite that causes malaria.

Sehgal said the spread of malaria to the northern part of the earth is quite alarming. Therefore, many living species in the region that have not been exposed to malaria and is likely vulnerable to the deadly disease. *** [XINHUA | SCIENCEDAILY | MAHARDIKA SATRIA HADI | KORAN TEMPO 4002]

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7 Biggest Vehicles

Of course some kind of this vehicle that is rarely seen in everyday life. Since the vehicle is a great tangible machines and is designed and manufactured for a variety of mega-projects in remote locations and easily and efficiently realized.

Some of the vehicles or the largest machine ever built in the world, mostly used for digging or for mining purposes.

Here are five vehicles were involved:

1. Liebherr Hydraulic Shovel

One of the largest hidraulic excavator in the world. Liebherr Hydraulic Shovel- this giant produced in complex the Liebherr Group, the German manufacturing company and one of the largest in the world for a similar type. This tool is used for heavy work in the mines open. It has a weight of 656 tons.

Liebherr Hydraulic Shovel. (Picture from: http://en.wikipedia.org/)

With a Cummins diesel engine C 180 E, 16 cylinder 50.3 liter capacity and is able to produce power at 3,000 hp at 1,800 rpm engine speed, while the power to dig the soil is 1,500 kN. Fuel tank capacity is 13,000 liters while the hydraulic tank capacity is 4,600 liters. The maximum hydraulic pressure is 350 bar. Volume up to 36 m3 bucket, or the equivalent of 60 tonnes of payload at all.

2. Caterpillar 797F

Caterpillar 797F trucks with the highest charge. This big truck look like a home, made by Caterpillar factory from the United States. Load capacity of the truck is one of the highest and largest in the world. This model was introduced in 2008 and entered full production in 2009.

Caterpillar 797F. (Picture from: http://millers-supplies.co.uk/)

The latest variant is much bigger and stronger than previous models Caterpillar 797F series and has a capacity of 400 tons carrying capacity, while the previous series, 797B of 380 tons.

3. Komatsu D575A Superdozer

The largest bulldozer ever built at this time. Komatsu D575A Superbuldozer made by Komatsu Japan Ltd is currently the largest bulldozer ever made. Used in coal mining strip mining ribbon in North America.

Komatsu D575A. (Picture from: http://komatsu.mobileteka.org/)

Bulldozer has a height 4.88 meters long and 11.72 m and a bulldozer making the largest and strongest in the world.

4. Mobile Launcher Platform

Each MLP weighs 3,730,000 kg unloaded and roughly 5,000,000 kg with an unfueled Shuttle aboard, measures 49 m by 41 m, and is 7.6 m high. It was carried by a crawler-transporter, which measures 40 m by 35 m, and is 6.1 m high. Each crawler weighs about 3,000,000 kg unloaded, has a maximum speed of about 1.6 km per hour loaded, and has a leveling system designed to keep the launch vehicle vertical while negotiating the 5 percent grade leading to the top of the launch pad. Two 2,750-horsepower (2,050 kW) diesel engines power each crawler.

Mobile Launcher Platform. (Picture from: http://galaxywire.net/)

Originally designated the "Mobile Launcher", the MLP was designed as part of NASA's strategy for vertical assembly and transport of space vehicles. Vertical assembly allows the preparation of the spacecraft in a ready-for-launch position, and avoids the additional step of lifting or craning a horizontally-assembled vehicle onto the launchpad (as the engineers of the Soviet space program chose to do).

The Mobile Launcher Platform was set atop six legs inside the massive Vehicle Assembly building. The Solid Rocket Boosters were mounted on top of the MLP. The External Tank was then lowered between the two boosters and attached to them. After that, the orbiter was lowered into position and attached to the External Tank. The Crawler-Transporter then carried the combined platform and vehicle to the launch site, and deposited them there together. Once the launch was completed, the crawler-transporter retrieved the empty MLP from the pad to be readied for its next use.

5. Volvo NH15 BP Tanker 

One of the longest truck in the world. Volvo NH15 BP Tanker Road Train is a trucking concept used in remote areas of Argentina, Australia, Mexico, the United States and Canada to move large loads efficiently.

In Australia this vehicle is often called road trains, while in the United States and Canada are often called "triples", "turnpike double" or "rocky mountain doubles".

Volvo NH15 BP Tanker. (Picture from: http://en.wikipedia.org/)

Manufactured by the company Volvo in 1998. Manufactured by the company Volvo in 1998.

6. Terex 33-19 Titan
One of the largest truckload and largest ever made. Terex 33-19 Titan is one of the largest truckload operating until 1998. When fully loaded truck can reach speeds of 29.8 mph. Designed and built by Terex Division of General Motors in 1973.

Terex 33-19 Titan. (Picture from: http://www.carfunblog.com/)

After 13 years of operation Terex Titan is now stored and displayed in Sparwood British Columbia Canada.

7. Marion 6360 "Captain"

Largest land vehicle ever made. With a total weight of 28 million pounds, the captain is the excavator with the greatest power in the world. This giant machine built by marion power shovel in 1965. capacity of the bucket (bucket) to lift or carry materials weighing 300 tons.

Marion 6360 "Captain". (Picture from: http://classicconstructionmodels.blogspot.com/)

"Captain" is one of the two largest land vehicles ever built, and after a long operation finally retired in 1992. *** [DIH | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 21092012 | FROM VARIOUS SOURCE]

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Windows Phone 8 From HTC

High Tech Company, Taiwanese mobile phone vendor with the trademark HTC, launched two new mobile phones based on Windows Phone operating system on September 19, 2012. Both of these phones are Windows Phone 8X and Windows Phone 8S.

Chief Executive Officer of HTC, Peter Chou, said his company has experienced makes phones based on Windows Phone. "We also sell most phones of this type," he said at the launch.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and HTC CEO Peter Chou took the stage on September 19, 2012 in New York to debut the slick HTC new devices. (Picture from: http://venturebeat.com/)

The CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, who attended the launch, said, "Windows Phone 8 is the most personal experience that can be given a cell phone."

The phone has an icon boxes that can be changed in size. Body unibody phone is designed to blend and no bulge, which interfere with the grip during the call.

HTC Windows Phone 8X.

The surface of the glass comes from Gorilla Glass. Camera phones with a camera 8X contained on HTC One X, which is a flagship phone. The camera has a resolution of 2.1 megapixel front-quality 1,080 high-definition video.

For audio, use Beats Audio, which was a first for a mobile phone based on Windows Phone. Both phones will be available in stores in November and can serve the communication on the network in more than 150 telecommunications companies.

HTC Windows Phone 8S.

Both phones have a thickness of 10.3 millimeters, which makes phones based on Windows Phone thinnest at this time. The size is 120.5 x 63 millimeters, which makes it comfortable in the hand.

At first glance, this phone like the Nokia flagship phones based on Window Phone, the Lumia 920 and 820, which was launched two weeks ago. This makes Chris Weber, Head of Marketing Nokia, quips via chirp on Twitter.

"It takes more than just a color in common to be able to outperform the Lumia 920," said Weber. According to him, Nokia is a company at the forefront of innovation and sales of smart phones with features PureView, location and navigation, music, and charging wirelessly. *** [TECHRADAR | BUDI RIZA | KORAN TEMPO 4003]

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The Reason People are Unhappy at Work

Do not rush to blame the boss when you feel stressed and anxious in the office. A research conducted by Timothy Judge, a professor of management at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business at Indiana, USA, found that health problems, satisfaction, and high stress due to work pressure strongly influenced by genes.

Judge studied nearly 600 identical and fraternal twins, who both grew up in a family and grew apart. He discovered that grew up in the same neighborhood almost no effect on personality, stress, and health. In contrast, genes that apparently held four times more important than the environment.

He gave the example of two employees in the same business can report different levels of stress. But that does not mean that an employee work more stressful. "Our study shows that there are very strong hereditary factors on work stress and pressure that it generates," said Judge. "That means the influence of environmental conditions on the stress experienced by employees is far less than the individual's genetic code."

Research published in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes showed that people who try to relieve the stress in your life Do not think of changing jobs to overcome the problem. Unless, they can receive their own tendency to stress. Judge says this does not mean workers should not be trying to avoid a stressful job.

"We also should not assume that we are a blank slate, so too optimistic about the effect of work environment on the level of stress," he said. "It has more to do with what is in us than what we encountered outside the workplace." *** [LIVESCIENCE | KORAN TEMPO 4000]

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Expensive Motorcycle With a Special Performance Ever in the World

Expensive motorcycle with a special performance ever produced a world-class manufacturer is the highest achievement or obsession ever imagined by man.

Price motorcycles with big engine capacity even beyond the price of the car with some luxury category. But this is negligible compared with the following motorcycles, which searched from various sources there are five expensive motorcycles in the category of special performance ever made in the world.

Here are the bike:

1. Dodge Tomahawk V10 Superbike (550,000 U.S. dollars)

Dodge Tomahawk introduced in 2003 by DaimlerChrysler. When introduced did not mention the price. However, the media estimates 250,000 U.S. dollars. Cost of production per unit of 200,000 U.S. dollars. But according to the Dodge official website allpar.com citing Reuters news agency said that Neiman Marcus buy 10 units of this bike with a unit price of U.S. $ 550,000 (Rp. 6 billion).

If you look at the engine, until now there is no bike that could beat it. Total 8.3 liter capacity of engine which consists of 10 cylinders with 90 degree V-configuration. This engine is taken from the Dodge Viper the Chyrsler's pride supercar in the early 1990s.

Dodge Tomahawk V10 Superbike. (Picture from: http://www.allpar.com/)

This motorcycle is also claimed to be able to reach speeds of 640 km/h with a total weight of 680 kg. Its uniqueness, this bike has 4-wheel with independent suspension. Both front and rear wheels mounted tandem so that the configuration is similar to the ATV. Acceleration 0-100 km/h in just 2.5 seconds.

2. Ecosse Titanium Series (250,000 U.S. dollars)

Ecosse Titanium motorcycle chassis is made of titanium as well as the two of its mufflers. Aside from the Grade 9 titanium pipes that have a ceramic finish. The entire body is made of carbon fiber coated with varnish. The design is considered innovative and is made in limited quantities.

Then the weight of this motor reaches 400 kg. The entire machine exterior with chrome plated that is very exclusive and shiny appearance.

This motor uses V2 engine with capacity of 2,150cc, equipped with a supercharger, intercooler and fuel injection system. And power output of 200 PS with torque of 29 kgm. Another exclusive feature are a padded, ergonomic and adjustable saddle, plus serial number engraved on handlebar clamps and plates.

Ecosse Titanium Series. (Picture from: http://www.weddingclan.com/)

The unique wheels of this motorcycle are made from carbon fiber coated with varnish. In addition luxury accessories, BRM watches designed in accordance with color and design of Ecosse Titanium.

3. Macchia Nera Concept Bike (200,000 U.S. dollars)

Macchia Nera Concept Bike uses Ducati 998RS engine, is the work of Italian designers and engineers who want to create motorcycle with very good technology, lightweight, and expensive. The goal is to make this bike as The Ultimate Track Bike.

The Testastretta engine fitted in the frame is made of lightweight metal, which is a mixture of titanium and aluminum.

Macchia Nera Concept Bike. (Picture from: http://ilducatista.wordpress.com/)

Look from side the Macchia Nera framework looks like ropes binding the machine. Designed as a minimalist naked bike, but in terms of aesthetics assessed awesome.

This bike was not mass-produced. However if anyone wants to have it be ordered with the requirement to provide money more than Rp. 2.35 billion.

4. MTT Gas Turbine Superbike (175,000 U.S. dollars)

MTT Gas Turbine Superbike is not only expensive but also faster. Used to act in the movie "Torque". The fastest record MTT Gas Turbine Superbike recorded in the Guinness World Book Record. Hence given the nickname "Most Powerful Motorcycle Ever to Enter Series Production".

Using Rolls Royce Allison 250 series turbine engine, which is capable of producing big power and 2-speed automatic transmission and a frame of aluminum. Weighing of bike just 227 kg. According to MTT the bike maker from Louisiana, if the engine is modified, the power of this motorcycle can reach 420 PS and torque of 69 kgm.

MTT Gas Turbine Superbike. (Pcture from: http://www.listsofworld.com/)

This bike was covered carbon fiber fairing. At the rear mounted camera, while the front is equipped with a laser radar eye. To start the engine, simply touch the smart button start.

5. Icon Sheene (160,000 U.S. dollars)

This bike was created by Andrew Morris in honor of legendary British Grand Prix motorcycle champion Barry Sheene, who died in 2003 at the age of 52. As such, only 52 of these 250 hp, turbocharged 1,400 cc motorcycles will be created, each emblazoned with a playing card hand-painted by the same artist who painted Sheene’s helmets, Mike Fairholme. Each of these bikes will be bespoke, tailored to fit the purchaser’s unique requirements.

Icon Sheene. (Picture from: http://www.mostintheworld.com/)

The engine is a hand-built, Garrett turbocharged Suzuki GSX1400 air-cooled lump (because it looks like an engine) with Carrillo rods, Wiseco pistons and other competition-spec internals. 250 hp with 133 lb/ft is claimed at the rear wheel, even in lowest (0.4 bar) boost mode. This is wrapped in an all-aluminum, purpose-built Spondon tubular frame complemented by an aluminum Fabrication Techniques swing-arm with Bitubo rear suspension and usd forks.

6. MV Agusta F4 CC (130,000 U.S. dollars)

MV Agusta F4 CC was designed by Claudio Castiglioni, Director of MV Agusta Varese Italy. His obsession is a spectacular motorcycle to meet the marketing strategy while making the version that is truly special and unique.

Using his name initials "CC". This motor is capable of driving at high speed up to 315 km/h. With 1,078cc of engine capacity and producing 198 PS of power.

MV Agusta F4 CC. (Pcture from: http://www.ecarsflow.com/)

Compared with the MotoGP racing bike, high prices of MV Agusta F4 CC because there are additional platinum plate placed over the center of the handlebars which shows the model number from 1 to 100. As a characteristic exclusive and owned by a few people. This motor is also rated as a masterpiece of the company. *** [DIH | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 14092012]
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