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July 29, 2006
Concept car Climax is retro & hip at the same time
Three students from Coventry University in the UK worked 18 months to come up with a concept car that represents a modern day update to the classic cars of British racing. Refusing to compromise, the team wanted to show the world that you can still have an environmentally friendly car that also looks & feels fun to drive. Featuring the latest features such as a USB port so your laptop can access the engine to adjust the fuel mix, it also comes with modern updates such as, yes, we had to say it, Dymag Carbon/Mag wheels (specs listed on worldcarfans.com.
Even though the Climax runs on ethanol, the two-seater drives like a, "Lotus Elise" according to Fangio on his Autogate blog posting about the car.
The car is all about the driving experience - the deliberate lack of doors means that climbing into the car will evoke memories of classic, Le Mans type race cars, complete with flip up aero-screen. They see it as a British designed mid-engined sports car for the twenty-first century.
Production starts next Summer and they expect to sell them for around $65K. More info on the Concept Climax website.
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July 28, 2006
Artwork by Renworkx
Our US distributor Rennworx was so amazed at the weight savings of our carbon fiber wheels that he whipped up this really cool poster. There's a press release floating around where he lists the advantages of saving upwards of 70 lbs of weight.
The effect of carbon/magnesium wheels when fitted to the car is to reduce the gyroscope effect of the wheel and ultimately producing the following effects:1. Improved acceleration
2. Improved braking, reduced stopping distance
3. Lighter, sharper steering
4. Allows for softer damper settings giving more tire contact & therefore
better grip.
5. Tire temperatures are more stable
6. Improved wheel & tire balancing
They also look really sweet too! We found this image posted on a Japanese Porsche GT3 fetish site.
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July 26, 2006
More praise from Reg
We've written about Reg Pridmore before - he's written us again with more details. Be sure to also check out his promotional video showing the cowling-eye view of a quick lap around the course - you'll find yourself leaning to the side just to compensate for the anticipated G's!
It’s been said that “experience is the best teacher” and I know there’s a lot of truth in that short statement. I like to think that my initial contact with my new good friends at Oncycles.com and Cycle Cat was purely due to my past riding and road racing success and experience back in the 70’s.Racing experience has always led up to performance products that in some cases make even the less experienced amongst us look great and feel great about even our everyday riding. That’s exactly how it is with the Dymag Wheels and Alth brake rotors from Cycle Cat and Oncycles.com that I recently put on my two Honda RRs.
But my experience began to shine through when I first jumped on my shiny red little CBR600RR with its brand new brilliant red Dymag magnesium wheels fitted with Dunlop Qualifier® tires. Wow! How nimble can it get!? Plenty nimble. The turn in was effortless and the bike accelerate and handled beyond my wildest expectations!
Next was the special ordered orange magnesium centered with carbon fiber outer rims with a new set of Dunlop slicks fitted to my Repsol replica CBR1000RR. I thought this bike accelerated well in stock trim but I had no idea what adding these new Dymag wheels would do to the acceleration. And the handling? Well, I had a new bike! Jumping on the Repsol for some hot laps around Mid Ohio’s 15 turn smokin’ new ribbon of asphalt was more fun than I have had in a long time.
Overnight we opted to change to the Italian Alth front rotors that Oncycles had just air-freighted to us. My 1000 immediately went from two-finger to one-finger braking effort anytime I felt like it. What a difference and what a great combination with my DP-Brakes HH pads. The 600RR fell into the same category. I had never had either bike go, stop and handle so well.
It was a great experience riding both bikes. All of a sudden I realize that experience is teaching the teacher, as it has done so many times in the past. Thanks Alfred.
Reg
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July 25, 2006
We love polished rims
I've got a lot of news piled up to share with you so I'll ease into things with this pointer to a picture of Kyle Brussich's Ducati Monster 900 which not only sports a hand-hammered aluminum tank but also polished & painted Dymag wheels. Kyle's bike was recently featured on the Motorcyclist web site.
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