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Saturday
Suzuki VanVan 125
Simple, practical and reliable, the Suzuki VanVan 125 is a rugged motorcycle designed with versatility in mind. It features a retro style that gives it a pretty unique look that reminds us about the old school motorcycles.
At its heart lies a 125cc, four stroke, air-cooled, OHC, fuel injected engine that is paired with a six speed constant mesh transmission. The engine is fed by a 6.5litres (1.4 UK gallons) fuel tank.
As far as ergonomics are concerned the Suzuki VanVan 125 is equipped with a comfy low seat, a classic handlebar and an integrated luggage rack.
The Suzuki VanVan 125 rides on a pair of retro spoked wheels wrapped in 130/80-18 M/C 66P front and 180/80-14 M/C 78P rear tube type tyres. The stopping power is assured by a front disc paired with a rear drum.
The Suzuki VanVan 125 can be your for �3,149.
Hit the jump for more information on the Suzuki VanVan 125.
Suzuki VanVan 125 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Saturday, 15 June 2013 11:38 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/motorcycles/motorcycle-reviews/suzuki/2013-suzuki-vanvan-125-ar156277.html
Williams is passed to the Mercedes for 2014
The Williams F1 Team will use Mercedes engines from the 2014 season. Thus, Renault will supply engines to the British team after a brief period of two years of collaboration between two of the most established names in the F1 World (Toro Rosso confirmed a few days left to use Ferrari engines to start to [...]
Source: http://www.autocarblog.co.uk/491-williams-is-passed-to-the-mercedes-for-2014.html
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Power Rankings: It?s Jimmie Johnson?s throne, and no one else is close
It's time for Power Rankings! After every race, we'll opine about who we think is at the top of the Sprint Cup heap and how and why they got there. Remember, this isn't scientific, as our formula is the perfect blend of analytics and bias against your favorite driver. So let's get on with it, shall we?
1. Jimmie Johnson (LW: 1): Stunning, just stunning that Jimmie is here, you know? Johnson's run over the first 14 races has made discussion about potentially skipping a regular season race real. Why? Well, Chandra Johnson is due with the couple's second child in the fall. If she goes into labor early around the Richmond race and Johnson has maintained his current 51 point lead or locked himself in the Chase, he can be present for the birth. And if that scenario plays out? Good for Jimmie. He will have certainly earned it.
2. Kevin Harvick (LW: 2): After moving into the passenger seat last week with a top 10 finish, it'd be hypocritical to remove Harvick from it after a ninth place finish, right? And besides, someone has to be here. Though if Harvick has a bad finish at Michigan, I think we'd have to start thinking about simply skipping No. 2 in the rankings and going straight to the third spot.
3. Kyle Busch (LW: 4): There aren't too many races where Kyle Busch spends most of his day near the front but not actually, you know, at the front. Last year, Busch had 20 top 10 finishes and in 15 of those, he led laps. Sunday at Pocono was Busch's 8th top 10 of 2013 and the first time all year he'd gotten one without leading laps. Random related stat: Just to illustrate the roller coaster that Busch's season has been so far, his highest non-top 10 finish is 23rd.
4. Matt Kenseth (LW: 3): Hey, Matt Kenseth is getting familiar with roller coasters. After having a good car once again, Kenseth was involved in a spin with Juan Pablo Montoya that ruined his day. Yes, Kenseth had an engine issue after the spin, but it's not necessary to start the freak out just yet -- that engine was under a ton of stress during the 360 that Kenseth pulled after contact with Montoya. That probably had something to do with it.
5. Tony Stewart (LW: 9): He's shooting straight for the top of the rankings! Two weeks, two top five finishes for Smoke, and his car showed some legitimate speed for the second week in a row. Stewart gained 14 positions from start-to-finish on Sunday, second-most of anyone in the top 15. He was only bested by teammate Ryan Newman, who gained 18 spots thanks to a smart off-sequence pit strategy.
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (LW: 12): It's time for Michigan so here comes a Junior win! And he's got a superhero paint scheme again this week. It's going to be deja vu all over again! But wait right there, it's not a presidential election year. Until he proves otherwise, you can only bank on a Junior Michigan win at those times. That's a fact. Anyway, Junior kept up with his teammate in the top 10 race at Pocono. That third place finish was his 9th top 10 of the year.
7. Clint Bowyer (LW: 6): 15th for Rawhide at Pocono was his 11th top 15 of the year. Yeah, I'm reaching here. But I'll be honest, what is there to say about a 15th place finish at perhaps the most "eh" race of the season? That top 15 rate is a great way to get into the Chase, but it's not much fodder for Power Rankings. And the latter is obviously much more important than the former.
8. Carl Edwards (LW: 5): Last week, Edwards actually gained (two) points on Johnson thanks to that late-race restart penalty. This week there would be no such luck. After starting second and leading the first nine laps, Edwards was never heard from again after getting shuffled back in the field thanks to tire strategy. Track position was incredibly important Sunday and Edwards lost it. He never got it back.
9. Kasey Kahne (LW: 7): He's Keselowski-ing it! Kahne has finished outside the top 20 in four of the last six races. That included Sunday, when he was sidelined by a drivetrain issue on the first freaking lap of the race. That's some horrible luck. Of course, one of the two finishes inside the top 20 over the last six is a second place finish, so the speed is still there. Kahne's just having his miserable stretch of the season now, rather than at the beginning of the year like last season.
10. Denny Hamlin (LW: 8): Are there such things as "good points days" in Denny Hamlin's world any longer? I'd wager so. While he needs the wins for Wild Card contention, he also needs to worry about the top 20. We've all seen how Hamlin can reel off victories, he doesn't need much time to accrue them. He's 76 points out of 20th. That's what will take time, and yeah, 8th place finishes aren't ideal, but you're not going to throw them away either.
11. Kurt Busch (LW: 11): Busch was fast all weekend once again and grabbed another top 10. He's getting closer and closer to victory lane as evidenced by his progress in the points standings. In the last seven races, the only time he's finished outside the top 15 was when he flipped at Talladega. Coincidentally, he's now 15th in the standings.
12. Jeff Gordon (LW: 10): Just like his standing in Power Rankings, Gordon finished 12th at Pocono. Not great, not poor. Just... pretty good. Thanks to his points position, Gordon started 11th and didn't venture too many deviations past that point throughout the entire race. On that note, it's fair to wonder how much qualifying being rained out made the race such a track position one. The good cars started up front and for the most part, they all stayed there.
Lucky Dog: This goes to Greg Biffle, who finished second. It was The Biff's first top 10 in the last seven races.
The DNF: Even though it wasn't an actual DNF, this goes to Martin Truex Jr., who finished 23rd after a couple of issues. After finishing 38th thanks to a blown engine last week, Truex is 17th in the standings after leaving Charlotte 9th.
Dropped Out: Brad Keselowski
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Friday
Top ten pictures from the 2013 Canadian Grand Prix | F1 Pictures
Ten of the best pictures which tell the story of the 2013 Canadian Grand Prix weekend.
Source: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/06/12/top-ten-pictures-from-the-2013-canadian-grand-prix/
650-Horsepower Audi Quattro Concept to be Revealed in Frankfurt
At the 2010 Paris Auto Show, Audi unveiled a 402-horsepower Quattro Concept Car, which made quite an impression on the masses. Now, for the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, Audi is preparing a successor for the concept.
Apparently this will be the next step made by the company in its attempt to resurrect the legendary Sport Quattro of 1984 and to add a new sports car to its lineup.
The new Quattro concept will feature a radical look and will be sharper and more sculpted than the previous version. It will be built on an A5 platform and will feature a lightweight body that will combine carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP), aluminum and magnesium. This will keep the total weight down to about 2,800 pounds.
Under the hood, Audi will install a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 engine with an output of about 650 horsepower. Of course, permanent all-wheel drive is mandatory and the new concept should go from 0 to 60 mph in just 3.4 seconds.
Click past the jump to read more about the 2011 Audi Quattro Concept.
650-Horsepower Audi Quattro Concept to be Revealed in Frankfurt originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 14 June 2013 15:00 EST.
Are This Duo Line For Future Red Bull Seats?
After a hectic race weekend in Canada, Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo will go into the extended break looking for further improvements as the build-up to the British Grand Prix begins. The Toro Rosso duo had their best performance of the season at Montreal as both drivers qualified in the top ten after a competitive [...]
Weekend Rewind? The Broken Record of Fantasticness Edition
Sunny So-Cal and indycar had another amazing weekend, punctuating a blistering start to the 2013 campaign. Takuma Sato took the checkers while the rest of the finishing order looked like something out of the twilight zone. Some will say that … Continue reading 
Thursday
2013 World Supersport Championship Standings After Round 6, Portimao
Championship standings for round 6, 2013
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Wednesday
Pole Day Live Blog!!!
Wow, what a first run through the field! Will Power has the current fast speed of 229.808, nearly an entire mile an hour faster than Andretti Autosport driver Ryan Hunter-Reay. That elusive 230 mile per hour lap looks like it … Continue reading 
Source: http://anotherindycarblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/pole-day-live-blog-2/
Iowa Rain Out Causes Pit Crew Problems
On a normal NASCAR weekend when the Truck Series and/or Nationwide Series run companion to the Cup cars, there are a lot of pit crew members who double or triple dip. Crew members make some extra cash and get more reps, and the teams get top talent pitting their cars. But this last weekend presented [...] 
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Pirelli scraps plan to race new tyre at Silverstone | F1 Fanatic round-up
In the round-up: No new tyre specification for British GP ? Hamilton explains terse radio call ? Raikkonen "doesn't care" about matching Schumacher record
Source: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/06/11/f1-fanatic-round-up-1106/
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Tuesday
The interesting point about Vettel?s new deal
Sebastian Vettel was under contract to Red Bull Racing until the end of 2014. His contract was believed to be a complicated one with points bonuses to augment a salary and lock-in clauses which meant that he had to stay for the next season if the team achieved a certain level of performance in a […]
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/06/11/the-interesting-point-about-vettels-new-deal/
How The Law Of Supply And Demand Is Growing The MotoGP Grid
Dorna took Suzuki's departure from MotoGP at the end of the 2011 season badly. After bending over backwards to accommodate the Japanese factory during their final few years in the class - giving Suzuki an exemption from the (now defunct) Rookie Rule, allowing the factory a larger engine allocation, and finally accepting the reduction from a two-rider effort to just a single entry, that of Alvaro Bautista - Suzuki finally pulled out of the series altogether, though they promised to return at a later date. Coming on top of Kawasaki's withdrawal ahead of the 2009 season, Suzuki were the second Japanese factory to depart the class after a string of broken promises.
So unsurprisingly, when Suzuki opened talks about a return to MotoGP, Dorna was hesitant. Their entry was to be subject to a number of restrictions; Suzuki would be made to pay penance for their initial abandoning of the series. Initially Suzuki were told that they would only be allowed to enter through an existing team, rather than creating their own infrastructure. The idea behind this was that none of the teams who had remained in the series should lose out just because Suzuki wanted to return. When it became clear that the teams which were candidates to aid Suzuki were really up to supporting a full factory effort, that idea was quietly dropped.
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Monday
Williams is passed to the Mercedes for 2014
The Williams F1 Team will use Mercedes engines from the 2014 season. Thus, Renault will supply engines to the British team after a brief period of two years of collaboration between two of the most established names in the F1 World (Toro Rosso confirmed a few days left to use Ferrari engines to start to [...]
Source: http://www.autocarblog.co.uk/491-williams-is-passed-to-the-mercedes-for-2014.html
Power Rankings: All-Star dream destinations
It's time for Power Rankings! After every race, we opine about who we think is at the top of the Sprint Cup heap and how and why they got there. But this week, it's different! The All-Star Race wasn't for points, so there's no point (pun!) in ranking the Sprint Cup field again. Besides we'd just put Jimmie Johnson back at the top.
Instead, let's stick with the All-Star theme. There's been some fantastic fodder for Happy Hour in the email inbox this week; people are incredibly passionate about the All-Star Race. So what if the All-Star Race was going to go to another track? Where would it go? Let's answer that question.
P.S. -- We're inverting the field this week. Why? Because we can. And we're dreaming big, too.
12. Rockingham: Let's start off with a fan favorite. Rockingham has produced some great racing since the Truck Series has returned to it, and given the multiple grooves through the corners and the tire wear, there would be no shortage of side-by-side racing. Of course, the size of the grandstands and the accessibility to the track would be a drawback, but this is a dream list, right? Let's not worry about stuff like that.
11. Texas World Speedway: The last NASCAR race at TWS was in 1981, but the two-mile track has been a testing site for some teams. It's got steeper banking than Michigan and older pavement, plus a road course if the oval (where Greg Biffle hit 218 in 2009) is too fast.
10. Daytona Road Course: If you're looking for a great test of both driver and car, you can't go wrong with the Daytona Road Course. Drivers would have to be able to navigate the road course turns in the Daytona infield with aplomb, hit the chicane on the backstretch perfectly, and then hope they have enough horsepower to pull away from the field through turns three and four and the tri-oval. Sounds fun, don't you think?
9. O'Reilly Raceway Park: The Nationwide Series should never have left this short track for the Brickyard, so the Cup Series should come back, if only for an exhibition race. How cool would it be to see half the field in the preferred high groove and half the field diving down as low as possible to attempt a slide job at the beginning of the final 10 lap sprint?
8. Talladega: Yes, anything can happen at Talladega, and it usually does. And yes, Talladega is on here because of its popularity amongst the NASCAR fanbase. Can you imagine the infield All-Star parties? That being said, is a restrictor plate track really the best venue?
7. Circuit of the Americas: Catch any of the V-8 Supercars race on Sunday at Austin? The Circuit of the Americas would be a fine host and the mad dash into the tight left-hand turn one after the field storms up the hill on a restart would be a hold-your-breath moment.
6. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve: The track that's produced some of the most compelling Nationwide Series races in recent memory is unfortunately not on the schedule any longer. And given how awesome those races were, can you imagine watching a Cup race there? If this were to happen, there'd have to be a way to guarantee Robby Gordon's inclusion.
5. Bristol, Martinsville and Richmond: The current Cup Series short tracks are all here because each of them would make fine venues for an All-Star Race. But like Talladega, do we really want to see three races a year at each track? Because there's no way we should take away a points race from any of the three.
4. Laguna Seca: Cup cars in the Corkscrew. Need I say more? If you haven't seen it before, take a moment and watch Alex Zanardi's pass of Bryan Herta in 1996.
3. Eldora: Yeah, we've had a version of this with Tony Stewart's annual Prelude to the Dream dirt late-model race, but let's divide the field up into heats and run Cup cars minus the front splitters. Would anyone complain about that?
2. Monaco: Of all the farfetched ideas in this week's edition of Power Rankings, this is the one that's the most out there. Hell no, it ain't happening, but it's fun to dream about, right? Instead of luxury suites, team and series VIPs could be stationed on yachts and everyone would have a great time at the Monte Carlo Casino. This is also a great time to let you know that we're having a live chat for Sunday's F1 race at Monaco. The chat triple!
1. Iowa Speedway: You've likely noticed that most of the tracks on this list don't currently host a Cup Series race. That's by design. If the race is going to change venues, the ideal place is a new track. Iowa gets rave reviews from drivers, has multiple grooves and provides a unique short track to the schedule. Plus, of all of these possibilities on the list, it could be the one that has the best chance of happening, don't you think?
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Too Much Too Soon?
The policy to fast track young drivers into Formula One from series such as GP2 and GP3 has been called into question following recent incidents in the sport. Several of the younger participants in Formula One were criticised recently for the widespread unsporting behavior, which took place during the Monaco Grand Prix last month. Following [...]
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Sunday
2013 Portim�o World Supersport Race Results: Exemplary Racing
World Supersport is known for giving us close racing, with plenty of brave and ambitious riders, all with a burning desire to win. This race was without a doubt a perfect example of the class at its best.
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