MTT Y2K Turbine Superbike - The bike with helicopter engine.

MTT Y2K turbine superbike is the world's most fastest, expensive and street legal production motorcycle. The exceptional feature of this bike is that it uses a helicopter engine to power itself.  MTT stands for Marine Turbine Technologies and is the only company to manufacture this superbike. The entire bike was hand crafted and it takes about 3k man hours to build one complete motorcycle. Each year the company produces about 4-5 motorcycles. Each motorcycle costs about a whooping 185,000 $ (USD) that comes nearly 92 lakh rupees according to INR.

Traction control - The technology which provides stability to your ride.

Almost all super bikes and cars nowadays are using a traction control system to maintain an excellent stability and also to provide better safety. I came across the word "Traction control" recently in a magazine. In that it was stated that all the race bikes which are being used in MotoGP races are equipped with a traction control system to assist better stability while cornering and sudden acceleration. Apart from that many top end cars also uses some kind of electronically controlled stability modules attached to it to maintain maximum stability and safety while if the driving situation goes out of control. In this part we'll see what a traction control means and how it works on your ride to provide stability.

KTM Duke 200 Vs Bajaj Pulsar 200 NS - A specs comparison.

 

Volkswagen's Bluemotion Technology - Explained

We might have come across the ads in tv and other media stating as Volkswagen Bluemotion Technologies. This technology for which Volkswagen has exclusively developed for its automobiles was quite impressive. In German 'Volks' means people and 'Wagen' means car. So together, it's called people's car. Similarly the Bluemotion technology also has its meaning. 'Blue' personifies our blue planet Earth and 'Motion' refers to the movement of automobiles.

The advantages of using a Nitrox suspension - Gas charged suspensions.

The rear shock absorbers on current Bajaj Pulsar series bikes are also popularly known as NITROX shock absorbers. These types of shock absorbers are actually called as ‘Gas Filled Shock Absorbers’. The visual differentiation between a conventional shock absorber and a gas filled shock absorber is a small canister (box) which is attached on one side of it. This canister holds a small amount of Nitrogen gas in it. Hence these hydraulic shock absorbers or dampers are called as gas filled shock absorbers. So what is the reason to use a gas filled hydraulic dampers instead of using a conventional one? we'll find out the answer here.