Kyosho Mini-Z MotoRacer bike
Kyosho have released details of their soon to be released Mini-Z MC-01 MotoRacer bike. The 1/18 scale bike features gyro stabilisation, digital steering servo, 7000kv coreless brushless motor, full ball raced drivetrain, high-grip racing slick tyres and a Yamaha YZR-M1 body work. Included in the set are a KT-19 2.4GHz radio system, 3.7V 120mAh battery, charger, USB charing harness for charging via an existing computer and other parts such as a bike stand and tools. Gyro and the fork’s camber are adjustable to set the bike’s characteristics up to your liking. All that is needed to get the RTR MotoGP bike running are four AAA-size cells for the transmitter and an optional charger if needed. View more images here.
Source: Area52 [area52.cc]
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Italian 1/5 scale bike championship Rd2
The second round of the Italian 1/5 scale bike championships was used as preparation race for the World Championships in Lostallo/Switzerland come August. 40 drivers fought out the race in the three classes Nitro, Stock Bike and Superbike. In the nitro category it was Andrea Ottina who was able to claim the highest spot on the podium followed by Massimiliano Ciccacci in second place and Tradii Rolando in third place.
Continue reading the report here
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Venom VMX 450 options
Venom got in touch to tell us about a whole load of option parts for their VMX 450 dirt bike in the form of the Stealth Super Moto Tyres, a front brake disc brake and aluminium parts in different colours. The tyres are specially designed for street and road courses, feature scale wear indicator strips for added realism and to help with traction in wet conditions. Available as set inducing front and rear tyre with hard contour inserts, or as parts only with the tyres and inserts sold separately. To help with looks and performance Venom also released a number of option parts in the form of a nylon guide wire set, a front disc brake kit, and an alloy triple clamp and body post set both of which are available with red or titanium grey anodising. Also available are a heavy duty alloy gear support, alloy rear shock absorber with dirt deflector, a 32T option rear sprocket and a wheelie bar wire.
Click here to view the other option parts
Friday, June 17, 2011
Winter & Brunet win Electric bike Worlds warm-up
The electric bike World Championship warm-up race took place at the first week of June at the famous Lostallo track in Switzerland. The contestants had been faced with mixed weather conditions making setup of the bikes difficult. In the Stock Bike class, that doesn’t allow for front brakes and calls for a minimum weight of 1900g and 17.5T brushless motors, it was Andrea Selva who claimed TQ followed by 13-years old Antoine Brunet and Thomas Feilner from Germany. In the Super Bike Class Oliver Wäckerle from Germany was able to grab himself the top spot followed by Andy Spiess from Switzerland and Soren Jorgensen from Denmark. Come the final day rain started poring down heavily making the finals very challenging some with with the better end for young Antoine Brunet taking the first place in the Stock Bike class ahead of TQ Andrea Selva and Thomas Feilner. The Super Bikes where dominated by Edi Winter from Austria who won in front of Marc Lutz from Germany and San Marino based Gianni Zonzini.
Click here to view the Stock Bike podium
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Venom VMX450 1/4th scale dirt bike
Having shown you photos off the prototype at the Nuremberg toy fair last week, here we have the official release for the 1/4th scale VMX450 dirt bike from Venom. With true to scale details, the realistic Motocross performance will leave you thinking that you’re a Supercross hero as you clear the triple and blast the whoop section on your own backyard track. The VMX chassis was an exercise in compact functional space management while keeping a true to life look of a full-scale 450 moto-cross bike. Covering up all that work would be a shame if it wasn’t for a very detailed and realistic looking body set styled after contemporary 450 race bikes.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Venom GPV-1 Pro kit 1/8th motorbike
Building on the success and innovation of the original GPV-1 RTR 1/8th scale motorcycle, Venom have announced the GPV-1 Pro kit. The Pro kit maintains all the advanced features of the RTR but replaces key components with Factory Hop-Up parts as well as adding some innovations of its own. The Pro kit includes the carbon fibre race chassis kit, alloy forks with preload adjustment, front disk brake kit, steering bearing set, 6 spoke wheel set, 60T and 62T spur gear set, front and rear V1 soft tires, GPV-1 clear body and rider figure. New to the GPV-1 platform is the company’s innovative MTCS (Mechanical Traction Control System) that allows you to shift the hinge pin placement without changing the wheelbase. Shifting the hinge pin placement allows you to control the jacking and squatting of the chassis to control how the power is put to the track.
View more images of the Pro kit here
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Xceed RC TF-1 Tyre Traction Fluid
Xceed RC have announced details of another new product to join their rapidly growing range of competition r/c accessories with the addition of tyre traction fluid. The TF-1 formula has been developed by leading 1:12 racer Markus Mobers and is said to provide additional traction for both foam and rubber tires. Available next month, the fluid will be sold in a tin and is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.
Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]
Friday, February 13, 2009
Venom GPV-1 RTR 1/8th motorcycle
Merging the design philosophies of real world GP race bikes and RC models, the GPV-1 represents Venom Group’s most ambitious project in its seven year company history. After passing Venom’s intensive design and development program, the bike hits the market featuring a combination of scale realism with composite materials and high performance handling not usually found in a ready to run model of this size or price category. Venom designed the GPV-1 around a hybrid carbon glass chassis structure that offers fine tuning of suspension while lending a compact low centre of gravity for easy handling. With the Venom VR3T 3-Channel radio transmitter in hand, experts and beginners alike are able to immediately take control of the motorcycle and drive it with confidence.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
