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Thalassa Van Beek fell in love with motorcycling as a teenager working as a hostess and model in her native Netherlands. She was handing out brochures at a trade show when a blue Yamaha YZF-R6 caught her eye. “Right then and there,” she recounts to “Driven to Ride” host Mark Long, “I decided to get my license because I needed to ride that bike.”Van Beek earned her license at age 19, and she has been riding pretty much ever since. She bought a Honda VTR250, which was followed by a CBR600F and then her dream R6. Today, living in motorcycle-crazy Spain, she owns a handful of machines—all Yamahas. “Every time I'm on the bike, it just makes me happy and excited, like I can conquer the world.”Van Beek eventually formed her own agency, “Motorcycle Marketing.” She surrounded herself with experts specializing in copywriting, graphic design, SEO, and social media. She has one hard-and-fast rule: Everyone has to ride motorcycles. “It's a specific language,” she says. “You can just tell when a campaign is written by someone who isn't a biker. It shows.” Indeed, it does. Connect with Us:Website: www.driventoridepodcast.comInstagram: www.Instagram.com/driventoridepodcastFacebook: www.facebook.com/driventorideEmail:hello@driventoridepodcast.com
Los motores de moto, a diferencia de los motores de coche, tienen mucha personalidad… y, además, hay muchos distintos. Y conocer qué llevas ahí debajo te va a ayudar a ser mejor conductor y sacar más partido a tu moto. Si hablamos de potencia, ¿qué es mejor? ¿Cantidad o calidad? Te propongo un ejercicio, hacer la misma pregunta a propietarios de coches y de motos: ¿Sabes cómo es el motor de tu vehículo? Y te hago una apuesta: Los de los coches acertaran como mucho, un 10 por ciento y los de motos, fallaran, como mucho, un 10 por ciento. Porque si el de coche te dice: “¡Claro! Un cuatro cilindros” tú le puedes replicar: Pero lleva turbo o no, 2 o 4 válvulas por cilindro, árbol de levas sencillo o doble… y verás que cara ponen. Y es que en las motos el motor no solo se ve, se siente y es en gran parte responsable de la personalidad de la moto. Y es que tan responsable es el motor en una moto que muchas veces la moto se “construye” alrededor de un motor. Te podría contar mil casos, pero es que en realidad siempre es así. Hay marcas-motos en las que salta a la vista, como puede ser el caso de las Harley y su peculiar motor en V a 45 grados o el de las BMW Bóxer… pero, insisto, en todos los casos, sobre todo en motos de verdad, mucho menos en Scooter, el chasis y la carrocería se diseñan alrededor del motor. Hay motos que incluso en su denominación, oficial aparece la configuración del motor, caso de las Ducati Twin o toda la gama de Triumph “Triple”, sin olvidar motos que llevan en su apellido V2 o V4… que son muchas. ¿Cómo diferencias, simplificando mucho, el carácter de los motores? ¿Por cilindrada o por potencia? Si dices por cilindrada, te equivocas. Y si dices por potencia, te equivocas, menos, pero te equivocas. Y es que hay que considerar la combinación de las dos cosas para conocer la personalidad de un motor. Os podría traer muchos, muchos ejemplos, pero para no extendernos os he traído solo tres motos de potencia muy similar y de dos, tres y cuatro cilindros… Os voy a dar, como se dice ahora, las “coordenadas” de estas motos: Número de cilindros, cilindrada, potencia y régimen y par máximo y régimen. Aquí lo tenemos: BMW GS1250: 2 cilindros bóxer, 1.254 cm3, 136 CV a 7.750 rpm, 143 Nm a 6.250 rpm. MV Agusta Superveloce 800: 3 cilindros línea, 798 cm3, 148 CV a 10.600 rpm, 88 Nm a 10.600 rpm. Yamaha YZF-R6: 4 cilindros línea, 599 cm3, 118 CV a 14.500 rpm, 66 Nm a 10.500 rpm Entre la menos y la más potente hay 30 CV de diferencia, alrededor de un 15 por ciento. Pero si hablamos de par máximo, la diferencia se eleva a… ¡un 216 por ciento! Y encima a un régimen mucho más bajo. Importa la potencia, pero también la cilindrada… ¿Cómo influye esto en la conducción? Hemos titulado el vídeo “Conducción, ¿conoces el motor de tu moto?” porque quiero centrarme en este tema, en la conducción… pero antes, os pido disculpas a muchos de vosotros, a esos que todo esto ya lo sabéis. Bueno, pero creo que los que no lo saben, tienen que saberlo… no solo para conducir bien, sino para elegir la moto que más les conviene y mejor se adapta a su estilo de conducción… Esto lo vamos a ver claro con las curvas de potencia, pero para eso tendrá que ver nuestra “MESA HERMÉTICA” Un buen conductor adapta su conducción a la moto que lleva. No es mi caso, porque a mí me gusta siempre ir en marchas altas, acelerando pronto y muy progresivo en marchas altas… Necesito una moto con mucho par. Y un buen comprador, compra la moto que mejor le va a su estilo de conducción. Yo no soy un buen conductor, pero sí un buen comprador, por eso tengo: -Para el día a día una BMW GS 1250 Adventure, de 136 CV a 7.750 rpm. -Para circuito una Suzuki GSX1000RR de 2007 preparadilla, que dio en banco 197 CV… ¡uy! ¡por 3 no pasa la cifra mágica de 200 CV!, a 12.000 rpm. -Y para Enduro una Husaberg FE450 de 48 CV, que en campo son un montón, a sólo 6.400 rpm. Hay dos conclusiones. La primera: ¡Soy un afortunado con las tres motos que tengo! Verdaderas joyas. Las hay más modernas y mejores, de momento de la BMW no, pero sí de las otras dos. Pero, ¡Cuánto disfruto con ellas! La segunda es responder a la pregunta que os hacía al comienzo: ¿Qué es mejor? ¿Cantidad o calidad? No os respondo, os pongo un ejemplo: Con la Suzuki GSX, aparte de la recta, poco tiempo voy a fondo… con la Husaberg, ni en una crono voy a fondo mucho rato, a veces ni en las rectas… y con la BMW rara vez paso del medio régimen. Pongamos que uso 120 CV en la Suzuki, 30 en la Husaberg y 90/100 en la BMW. Me bastarían entonces motos con esa potencia, pero no, porque los 120 CV de mi Suzuki 1000 son mucho mejores que los 120 CV de una 600… y, además, si quiero, tengo más… Y con las demás igual. Y a ti, ¿qué tipo de moto y motor te “encaja”? Esperamos tus comentarios.
After a season of Supersport racing in the British Superbike Series, Brandon Paasch is back where he belongs in 2022 with a return to the Auto Parts 4 Less MotoAmerica Championship. And he's also finally on a bike that fits him - the Altus Motorsports Suzuki GSX-R1000 he will race in Stock 1000 and Superbike Cup this season. But first things first - Daytona and the Daytona 200. Paasch will defend his reign as the 2021 Daytona 200 Champion this year on a TOBC Triumph 675 after winning last year's race on a Yamaha YZF-R6. We caught up with Paasch after a weekend of testing his Altus Suzuki to chat about the season ahead and the fast-approaching Daytona 200.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandon_paasch/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaaschBrandonFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/brandon.paasch.3Support the show (http://motoamerica.com)
In this episode of the Brap Talk motorcycle podcast, Shahin and Jensen talk about riding the new Honda Trail 125, and the demise of the Yamaha YZF-R6. From there, they talk about the debut of the BMW S1000R, Ducati Panigale V4 SP, and Ducati SuperSport 950.
Nick McFadden returned for his second year in the MotoAmerica Supersport Series, but on a new team. For 2019 he is racing for Rickdiculous Racing racing. He is currently in eighth place in the Supersport Series riding a Yamaha YZF-R6.
New or Used We try to sell each other on the benefits of buying new or used bikes Look at some prices for new bikes and compare to what you can find used Places to shop Cycletrader (https://www.cycletrader.com/), Ebay (https://www.ebay.com/), Craigslist (https://www.craigslist.org/), and Facebook Marketplace (https://www.facebook.com/marketplace) Shopping examples 2019 H-D Breakout (https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/motorcycles/2019/softail/breakout.html) starts at 19,049 (Black, not including destination, tax, etc) Used option 1: $11,000 2014 Breakout with 1100 miles (https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2014-Harley-Davidson-BREAKOUT-5004435688) Used option 2: $12,000 2015 Breakout with 9055 miles (https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2015-Harley-Davidson-BREAKOUT-5006398592) Used option 3: $16,950 2014 Breakout CVO with 2000 miles (https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2014-Harley-Davidson-BREAKOUT-CVO-5006292101) Last year Deuce as a model alternative 2007 38,000 miles $8,000 (http://www.rdubstudios.com/deuce-for-sale) :) 2019 H-D Street Glide (https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/motorcycles/2019/touring/street-glide.html) starts at $21,289 (Black, not including destination, tax, etc) Used option 1: $18,800 2017 with 3500 miles (https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2017-Harley-Davidson-FLHX-STREET-GLIDE-5006403075) - not brand new, but still Mil8 Used option 2: $13,500 2014 with 3700 miles (https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2014-Harley-Davidson-STREET-GLIDE-5006334024) - HO Twin cam 103 Used option 3: $10,000 2007 with 30,000 miles (https://charlotte.craigslist.org/mcy/d/randleman-2007-harley-davidson-street/6789439826.html)- 21” front wheel and other options 2019 Yamaha Tracer 900 GT (https://www.yamahamotorsports.com/sport-touring/models/tracer-900-gt) - Starts at $12,999 Used option 1: $11,295 appears to be new in Macon, GA (https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2019-Yamaha-TRACER-900-GT-5005789040) Used option 2: $8,699 2017 FJ-09, (https://www.ebay.com/itm/2017-Yamaha-FJ09/273671426270?hash=item3fb81690de:g:LQQAAOSwYYpcSjZE:rk:1:pf:0&LH_ItemCondition=3000%7C1000%7C2500) can find these in several states 2019 CBR 1000 (https://powersports.honda.com/2019/cbr1000rr.aspx) starts at $16,500 Used option 1: $6,000 2008 cbr1000cc (https://fayetteville.craigslist.org/mcy/d/lillington-2008-honda-cbr1000rr-cbr-cbr/6796731135.html) Used option 2: 2016 CBR1000RR $9,000 (https://raleigh.craigslist.org/mcy/d/smithfield-2016-honda-cbr1000rr/6808821931.html) 2019 Indian Roadmaster (https://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/roadmaster/)- Starts at $29,499 Used option 1: https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2016-Indian-ROADMASTER-CLASSIC-5006388242 Used option 2: https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2018-Motus-MST-5000938886 https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/1982-Honda-CUSTOM-5005949525 2019 Yamaha R6 (https://www.yamahamotorsports.com/supersport/models/2019/yzf-r6) - starts at $12,199 Used option 1: 2018 new leftover $10,999 (https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2018-Yamaha-YZF-R6-5004527879) EVENTS: March 2, 2019 - Supercross - Atlanta, GA (https://www.supercrosslive.com/events/atlanta-ga-2019-tickets) April 12th - 14th - MotoGP Austin, TX (http://www.circuitoftheamericas.com/motogp)- Still in planning Congregation Show Charlotte (https://www.thecongregationshow.com/) 2019 April 13th, 1-8pm May 9-29, 2019 - 4th Annual Motorcycle Podcasters Challenge (https://www.motorcyclepodcasterschallenge.com/) June 1st, 2019 East Coast Meetup - Salisbury NC Planning for 2019 Loud Pipes meetup June 2019 - West Virginia / Virginia line, mountains Antiques on main in Chesnee, SC (http://www.antiquebikesonmain.com/) July 27-29, 2019 August 9th - 12th 2019 - Upstate NY Trip Isle of Man TT May 2020 Join the Riders of Loud Pipes!
This episode is mostly about the press launch for the 2016 Yamaha YZF-R6, which took place at Thunderhill Raceway in California. Along the way though, we talk about a number of items, like riding on a wet track, chassis setup, and choice overload. It's another interesting show about motorcycles, and we think you will like it.
This show is to honor the best name ever to hit dirt bike racing: Dustin Pipes. As such, we talk about the Red Bull Straight Rhythm, riding the Victory Octane, and preview new bikes like the Yamaha YZF-R6, Ducati 1299 Superleggera, and more.
This week's blazing fast episode begins as Chris joins Daniel during a private track day session at the NCM Motorsports Park, located at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The boys talk a bit about a life lived trackside before delving into the newly-announced, newly-redesigned 2017 Yamaha YZF-R6! This episode is fast and furious, so check it now! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wingmansgarage/support
In this latest installment of the Loud Pipes! show, the boys are joined once again by The Fashionista who has an Iron Butt. We get a first hand report from Deb Gasque about her first attendance at the AIMExpo 2016.AIMExpoFor the past four years, held at the Orange County Convention center in Orlando, FL and Deb called it Disney World for the motorcycle community.Entry level bike from Benelli the 302R. Pricing is set at $4,400 and has a Moto Guzzi feel to the lookYamaha YZF-R6 retails for $12,200 and will be available March 2017. The new model will have 6 mode traction control, ABS, aluminum tank, and a magnesium sub-frame.BMW RnineT - Micah one of the Riders for LoudPipes wanted to get Deb's input on this bike.Yamaha SCR950 - Add another bike to add the current scrambler crazeSuzuki GSX-R1000 and GSX-R1000R - All new for 2017 and they have huge cans!Suzuki GSX-R750 - had issues getting approval in all states, but is now 50 state approvedSuzuki V-Strom 650 and 1000 updatesFavorite bike at the show - Deb liked the looks and would like to ride the R6. The BMW give away S1000XR Pikes Peak bike (below) - upgraded body work done by Twisted ThrottleKlim - now releasing helmets for off-road, dual sport, modular, and street. Deb is testing one now and will report back.BMW K1600 Bagger - Was not seen by Deb at the AIMExpo, but we will get a ride on this bike for sure.Electric bike world - did not see a large showing of electric bikes. Speaks to our thoughts that this is a long way off from becoming more main stream. Still waiting for LiveWire Harley! Changing location - 2017 its going to be in Columbus, OH and 2018 it will be in Las Vegas, NV. Deb is excited about the changes as this allows for more people to attend event. Also the state of Ohio is pro-motorcycle with several other things to do and see. The September date should also help with people that want to ride to the event. U-TURNWe talk with Deb about her experience attending Barber this year, her second time at the event She recommends that we should camp next year to broaden the experienceHelp keep the show AD free and receive rewards for your contribution by visiting loudpipes.net/donate. Patreon is our focus and is an ongoing support model. There is also a link for one time donations and support of any size is greatly appreciated.Running time: 1 hour 16 minutesQuestions or comments: feedback@rdubstudios.com or the Feedback page