Super Bikes

SuperBike Kawasaki GTR 1400

Kawasaki have their own idea of touring. The result is the 1400 GTR (model year 2008) representing an entirely new genre of high-performance motorcycles: the Transcontinental Supersport. Starting with breathtaking engine performance, impeccable handling and slim riding position, the new GTR adds touring features that make it the most impressive long-distance, high-speed machine on the market today.
As another flagship-level model, it was essential for the 1400 GTR to remain true to the Kawasaki brand. Thanks to first VVT (Variable Valve Timing) system in its class the GTR’s engine performance is just as remarkable.

Ultra-low-rpm and mid-range torque output is simply breathtaking, as is the effortless acceleration from any speed.
Thanks to the drive-line lash reducing Tetra-Lever shaft drive system power delivery to the rear wheel is so smooth and so direct that it gives the same natural ride quality as a chain.
Like its engine, the GTR’s chassis is based on that of the ZZR1400.

While modifications were made for touring comfort and equipment, and the riding position has been adjusted, sport riding quality from Kawasaki’s unique aluminium monocoque frame remains uncompromised. The GTR offers a bank angle on par with the ZZR1400, with excellent steering feedback from the rigid chassis, inverted fork and other high-spec running gear.

Combined with a high-spec ABS brake package delivering supersport-level braking performance, the world’s only “monocoque tourer” delivers handling unrivalled in this class.
In addition to the sporting performance, the new GTR has the functionality of a Grand Tourismo machine. Features include an electrically adjustable windscreen, standard panniers, tyre pressure sensors, KI-PASS, the first smart key ignition system in its class, and an AC power outlet located under the cockpit.
For those riders who cross countries and continents the way others cross the city, the Kawasaki 1400 GTR offers more excitement than anything else in its category.

 

For enthusiasts, that comparison will make your heart pound. The new Hayabusa’s engine is thoroughly updated for more power and an improved power-to-weight ratio, which you’ll experience as an even greater rush of acceleration.

Its refined chassis and suspension help provide crisper handling. And its striking new fairing offers sleeker aerodynamics. The original Hayabusa was the best. With the 2008 Hayabusa, you’re looking at better than the best.

2008 Suzuki Hayabusa gets redesign, bigger engine, more power

The unending contest between Suzuki and Kawasaki to see who can build the world’s fastest streetbike continues, with Suzuki introducing an all-new Hayabusa for 2008. The bike’s engine grows from 1299cc to 1340cc for ’08, and a commensurate power jump is expected to let the new ‘Busa equal or surpass the numbers put up by Kawasaki’s hyper-performance machine, the Ninja ZX-14. The price for the the ’08 Hayabusa’s time-and-space-bending performance: $11,999. Suzuki’s official site has the skinny on all the new ’08s here.

Yamaha has given the new 2008 Yamaha YZF-R6, the motorcycle looking pretty similar to the current Yamaha R6, it gets a new frame and swingarm, reworked 599cc engine, new slipper clutch, improved front brakes and more aerodynamic bodywork.

Yamaha is claiming that:

Q 2008 Yamaha R6 the most advanced production 600 class motorcycle

Q The engine has titanium valves

Q Increased compression ratio from 12.8:1 to 13.1:1 for improved response.

Q It also gets new domed pistons with valve cutouts to produce a more compact combustion chamber.

Other engine enhancements have centred around reducing the amount of internal friction with a claimed 50 changes inside the motor like:

Q Wider crank bearings.

Q The twin-injection system has been remapped to suit the higher compression ratio

Q Reduced engine braking

Q A redesigned airbox

Q A new-shape rear exhaust silencer.

Yamaha has become the first manufacturer to introduce a magnesium alloy subframe with the aim of taking weight off the back of the motorcycle to improve the mass centralisation of the motorcycle. The firm says it saves 450g over the previous aluminium alloy subframe.

For 2008 the thickness of the twin 310mm diameter front discs has been increased from 4.5mm to 5.0mm, a change which improves the heat dissipation qualities during extended use.

It is quite impressive (by the speed and power) that Yamaha has wrangled from its middleweight racer, which makes up more than half its total sports bike sales.

Price Range:

MSRP* $9,799 (Cadmium Yellow w/Flames) Available from December 2007 $9,599 (Team Yamaha Blue/White) Available from November 2007 $9,599 (Raven) Available from November 2007 $9,599 (Liquid Silver) Available from November 2007

 

Yamaha has given the new 2008 Yamaha YZF-R6, the motorcycle looking pretty similar to the current Yamaha R6, it gets a new frame and swingarm, reworked 599cc engine, new slipper clutch, improved front brakes and more aerodynamic bodywork.

Yamaha is claiming that:

Q 2008 Yamaha R6 the most advanced production 600 class motorcycle

Q The engine has titanium valves

Q Increased compression ratio from 12.8:1 to 13.1:1 for improved response.

Q It also gets new domed pistons with valve cutouts to produce a more compact combustion chamber.

Other engine enhancements have centred around reducing the amount of internal friction with a claimed 50 changes inside the motor like:

Q Wider crank bearings.

Q The twin-injection system has been remapped to suit the higher compression ratio

Q Reduced engine braking

Q A redesigned airbox

Q A new-shape rear exhaust silencer.

Yamaha has become the first manufacturer to introduce a magnesium alloy subframe with the aim of taking weight off the back of the motorcycle to improve the mass centralisation of the motorcycle. The firm says it saves 450g over the previous aluminium alloy subframe.

For 2008 the thickness of the twin 310mm diameter front discs has been increased from 4.5mm to 5.0mm, a change which improves the heat dissipation qualities during extended use.

It is quite impressive (by the speed and power) that Yamaha has wrangled from its middleweight racer, which makes up more than half its total sports bike sales.

Price Range:

MSRP* $9,799 (Cadmium Yellow w/Flames) Available from December 2007 $9,599 (Team Yamaha Blue/White) Available from November 2007 $9,599 (Raven) Available from November 2007 $9,599 (Liquid Silver) Available from November 2007

 

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