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T-Rex Campagna : Three Wheeled Motorcycle

Posted by theimtiaz on February 12, 2008

T-Rex

An Ambitious Dream Becomes A Reality… Classified as a motorcycle, the T-Rex sets a new trend on the road. A distant relative of the Morgan automobiles, the T-Rex boasts a noble lineage.

New Definition of Driving…

Welcome to the most exhilarating place to be, where the scenery becomes a blur, and your every action translates into motion. The instant response to input astounds you and every move complements the other. adrenaline and bite.

If you were to close your eyes you’d swear the corner apexes were red and white. Back and forth you row through the gears. crisp and responsive. The performance braking system sees that you stop on a dime.

The powerful high-revving powerplant behind you is waiting for green. The rear tire attempts to contain all the nervous energy. point and shoot. The styling has everyone looking.

Faster than a Ferrari, pulls 1.9 Gs, incredible handling, exhilarating fun…T-Rex.

T-Rex Dealers:
DGY Motorsports
216 Ogden Avenue
Downers Grove, IL 60515
USA
Phone : 630-971-2602
Fax : 630-971-8991
Contact : Tim Fritz
tfritz@dgy.com
http://www.dgy.com

T-Rex USA:
http://www.t-rexusa.com/

T-Rex Specifications:

Chassis:

Multi-tubular steel chassis frame

Engine:

Kawasaki ZX-14 1352cc Four Stroke, liquid cooled DOHC in-line four cylinders, Fuel injected.

Transmission:

Sequential 6-Speed close ratio gear box, purpose designed reverse gear, rear wheel torque damper.

Front Suspension:

Unequal opposed triangular arms, adjustable coil over shocks, sway bar.

Rear Suspension:

Swinging arm, dual adjustable coil over shocks.

Steering:

Rack and pinion (3.75 lock-to-lock,) leather steering wheel.

Brakes:

Front discs:

11″ (280mm) diameter (optional cross-drilled,)

4-piston-forged Wilwood calipers, cast rotors

Rear discs:

10″ (254mm) diameter (optional cross-drilled,)

2-piston-forged Wilwood calipers, cast rotors.

Wheels and Tires:

Enkei Aluminum 16” x 7” front wheel, 10” x 17” rear wheel, Goodyear Eagle F1 205/45/ZR16 front tires, 285/40/ZR17 rear tire.

Body:

Reinforced fiberglass plastic laminate construction, carbon fiber windscreens and headrests.

Cockpit:

Side-by-side 2-person seating, adjustable backrests, seat cushions and foot-pedal box. 3-point retractable safety belts, UV & mildew resistant leather-look PVC vinyl seats.

Dimensions:

Wheelbase: 90in. (2286mm)

Width: 78in. (1981mm)

Length: 138in. (3500mm)

Height: 42in. (1067mm)

Dry Weight:

1000lbs (454kg)

Fuel Capacity

7.5 US gal. (28L)

Performance:

0-60 mph: 3.92 sec.

Top Speed

140+ mph.

Lateral Acceleration

1.9g

(*Specifications are subject to change without notice)

Options:

Carrying Suitcases:

41 Liters (Includes: two suitcases, racks, supports and bolts)

52 Liters (Includes: two suitcases, racks, supports and bolts)

These Maxia carrying suitcases from GIVI, Italie, are safe, resistant and fully removable. They can hold two (2) full-face helmets each, to allow you to go from your home to your office.

Carbon Kit:

The Real carbon fiber kit is designed especially to give the T-Rex a sophisticated racing look while preventing unwanted scratches on side panels.

Tall Kit:

Just in case you are over 6’ 2” and you don’t feel comfortable with the actual setting, we can make room for you! This kit will allow more leg and head room for your convenience. It comes with a one-piece cushion and a modified headrest replacing the original.

Chrome Kit:

Dress up your T-Rex with one of our two flashy chrome kits. The chrome we use is called SHOW CHROME and is the highest quality available on earth; it is also covered by your T-Rex’s original warranty. For those who want a personal touch, our basic KIT 1 may just do it for you. Many parts from suspension, muffler, esthetics and wheels were chosen to give your T-REX a little personality.

6 Factory Colors:

T-Rex Colors

No extra charge for the factory colors -

Special paint: When ordering your T-Rex, you can choose the color you want by providing your dealership with the paint code and brand name.

Seat Cover:

The factory seats are coming with a black contour and headrest with a dark gray center. If you wish to personalize the seats, we have a variety of colors to choose from.


Dark blue 1012

Light blue 1007

Red 1013

Black 1117

Dark gray 1004

Light gray 1010

Yellow 1017

White 1113

Cross Drilled Rotors:

The cross drilled rotors dissipates more heat and are lighter than the factory set up. The kit includes two front rotors and one rear rotor.

Automobile Safety

The driving position, the angle of the steering wheel and the suspension make this three-wheeler respond like a car. Its huge and sophisticated rear suspension allows the vehicle to hug the road,

Tremendous structural solidity, a wide front track and a balanced geometry give T-Rex drivers extraordinary control.

Motorcycle Performance

The feeling of a racecar adapted for the road

The combination of motorcycle and formula technology and precision steering provide the T-Rex with optimal handling. Its engine exploits the Japanese superbikes technology and gives this unique vehicle an astounding acceleration.

0-60 mph (97 km/h) : 4.1 sec

Lateral accel (200-ft skidpad) : 1.9 g

Manufacturer:

T-Rex Vehicles Inc.

1877, St-Edouard

Plessisville,Quebec

G6L 2L1 Canada

Phone : 1-888-872-TREX

Fax : (819) 362-3490

infos@go-t-rex.com

http://www.go-t-rex.com/

T-Rex Company History:

Founded in 1990 in the Province of Quebec (Canada), Campagna Corporation has promptly acquired a reputation within the automotive industry. In 1994, connoiseurs acknowledged the concept to be unique in its kind and applauded the technical prowess of the time. Research and Development has brought a few generations of T-Rex since the first time it was presented to the public.

Campagna’s founder devoted more than eight years to creating this superb machine, which is a veritable reinvention of the motorcycle. He personally handcrafted the first vehicles. Since then, Campagna has gathered a creative team of technicians carrying the mission, the vision and the T-Rex heritage.

T-Rex Creators:

Daniel Campagna is no newcomer to the automotive industry. In addition to participating in Formula Ford competition championships held in Quebec (1976, 1977 and 1979), he built the off-road racer Voodoo in 1982 and created the twin-track snowmobile in 1984. Meanwhile, Campagna was one of the mechanics to the Formula 1 legend: Gilles Villeneuve.

Paul Deutschman, an internationally known designer developed the bodywork for the T-Rex. After graduating from Hatfield (England) with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Deutschman was employed by Rover and Jaguar before he returned to his native Quebec to work in design and prototype construction. His Porsche Spexter has been featured on the cover of MotorTrend and Sports Car Illustrated. As a designer from Callaway, he was responsible for all Callaway cars, from Corvette aerobody to C-7 and C-12.

For More Details, To Request Quote, and Financing Options…Visit

www.DGY.com

or

www.T-RexUSA.com

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2008 Aprilia RSV 1000 R Factory

Posted by theimtiaz on February 6, 2008

2008 Aprilia RSV 1000 R Factory
The Aprilia RSV 1000 R Factory was the fastest bike around ten out of twelve curves and the fastest in top speed at the end of six out of twelve straights. The Aprilia RSV 1000 R Factory did not just win, it dominated the final of the 2006 Master Bike, thanks to amazingly safe braking, rapid yet smooth and precise control when leaning into curves, excellent rear wheel feel under acceleration and, last but not least, a final drive gear ratio specially calculated for effective racing.This year’s Master Bike has scientifically and conclusively demonstrated that the Aprilia RSV 1000 R Factory is the most efficient winning machine on the racetrack. It is also the first non-Japanese bike to dominate the final points table, and the most impressive V twin in the competition.

The RSV 1000 R Factory is the best twin cylinder supersport that money can buy. Its updated V60 Magnesium engine and new chassis combine with special, ultra-light materials and the best components in the world to ensure absolute excellence on the track. The Aprilia RSV 1000 R Factory is the utmost expression of Aprilia’s technological and sporting heritage.

Here is a bike designed for those who demand maximum performance on the track. Yet, like all previous RSV 1000 R models, the new Factory still sells at a surprisingly low price. Just like its predecessors, the new Factory brings you the best motorcycle technology in the world at a rock bottom price. Nowhere else will you find this level of equipment for such a low outlay. The Factory is an RSV 1000 R that has been pushed beyond the excellence barrier, cleverly modified and equipped with only superlative components.

The important details that distinguish the Factory from the standard RSV 1000 R are:
· Fully adjustable Öhlins Racing rear monoshock
· Adjustable Öhlins steering damper fitted as standard
· Gold painted, forged aluminium wheels
· Carbon fibre parts kit fitted as standard
· Rider’s seat with non-slip racing upholstery
· Frame finished in gold
· Pirelli SuperCorsa Pro 120/70 – 190/55 ZR 17 tyres

The Aprilia RSV 1000 R Factory is equipped with world-beating solutions and components taken directly from the world of racing.

The result is truly impressive in terms of design and manufacturing quality. The RSV 1000 R Factory stands apart from other twin-cylinder machines for the perfect balance it achieves between quality, technology, high-tech components and finish.

ENGINE
Even the V60 Magnesium engine that powers the Factory has benefited from many improvements introduced to boost performance and achieve Euro 3 homologation at the same time. The new engine puts out 105.24 kW (143 HP) at 10,000 rpm and develops a maximum torque of 103 Nm at 8,000 rpm. The exhaust system now has external catalytic converters that are installed nearer the collector pipes to cut activation time. The Factory is homologated to Euro 3 standards as a result, meaning lower emissions than ever before.

FRAME
The Factory has the same super-light frame as the RSV 1000 R. Only the gold finish is different, giving the bike a more aggressive look. The swingarm is the same too, but is polished instead of painted for greater wear resistance.

SUSPENSION
The 43 mm upside-down Öhlins Racing fork is titanium nitride (TiN) coated for maximum smoothness. Its advanced design with longer sleeves and shorter fork bottoms reduces load at two critical points, the slide bush and the stanchion to fork bottom joint. Wheel travel is 120 mm. Like all top racing forks, the Öhlins allows precision adjustment of compression and rebound damping as well as spring preload.

The fork has new, forged aluminium mounting blocks to enable radial calipers to be fitted.

An Öhlins Racing rear monoshock is fitted as standard. The unit incorporates a separate piggy back nitrogen cylinder and provides adjustments for spring preload, compression and rebound. A characteristic unique to Aprilia is that the length of the monoshock can be adjusted directly from the unit itself to vary the height of the bike’s rear end. Perfect suspension setup can therefore be achieved for all riding styles and all track characteristics

BRAKES
The world’s top twin cylinder supersport demands top quality brakes. The RSV 1000 R Factory is at the cutting edge of technology, and is equipped with Triple Bridge, radial caliper front brakes developed by Aprilia in conjunction with Brembo.

The rear brakes are Brembo too, and have a 220 mm stainless steel disc and a caliper with two 32 mm pistons.

The front and rear braking circuits both use aeronautical metal braid hoses to eliminate the pressure variations associated with conventional rubber brake lines, guaranteeing maximum braking precision.

COMPONENTS
What places the Aprilia RSV 1000 R Factory in a class of its own is the care taken in its design and manufacture and the attention paid to every single component on the bike. The result is increased performance, better feel and greater rideability, with reduced weight and a quality and finish that no other bike can equal.

An exclusive two chamber steering damper from Öhlins Racing’s competition range is fitted as standard. The damper is adjustable to adapt steering response to all possible riding conditions.

Extensive use of carbon fibre components makes the bike far lighter as well as more refined. The mudguards and various fairing parts are made of extremely light woven black carbon fibre.
The RSV 1000 R Factory also features a steering pin in aluminium instead of steel to help reduce weight.

The exclusively designed forged wheels deserve special mention. Made by OZ Racing, these wheels are one of the most distinctive features of the bike, not just in appearance, but in technical specifications too.

They are forged in Anticorodal 6061 aluminium using an 8,000 ton hydraulic press.
This manufacturing technique produces wheels that are totally free from the defects and porosity that can always occur in conventional casting processes, and gives exceptional mechanical characteristics.

Finite element analysis was used to identify the best possible wheel design. The result is a six spoke front wheel and a five spoke back wheel with ‘Y’ profile spokes forking at the rim to provide two anchor points each.

This spoke design is not just a question of looks. It gives excellent lateral and torsional rigidity and thus helps maintain perfect wheel to suspension alignment. On the RSV 1000 R Factory everything has been designed for performance and beauty.

The saving in weight is also exceptional. Each wheel weighs about 25% less than the lightest available wheels made using conventional aluminium casting techniques. Inertia is therefore 25% lower than with cast aluminium alloy wheels. The wheels are also anodised instead of painted. This has further reduced weight and ensures that these essential components keep their characteristic finish for the entire life of the bike. Even the manufacturing specifications have been recessed into the wheel instead of embossed on it, for a final touch of class. Added together, all these tiny savings mean that the RSV 1000 R Factory achieves an amazing dry weight of only 185 kg.

Exclusive components on the RSV 1000 R Factory:
- Öhlins Racing fork, set up and optimised for solo riding, with adjustments for spring preload, compression and rebound damping;
- Öhlins Racing rear monoshock, set up and optimised for solo riding, adjustable in length (as well as spring preload, compression and rebound)
- Öhlins Racing two chamber steering damper
- carbon fibre front mudguard
- carbon fibre rear mudguard
- carbon fibre fairing air vents
- carbon fibre cockpit fairing spoilers
- carbon fibre fairing cover
- OZ Racing forged aluminium front wheel
- OZ Racing forged aluminium rear wheel
- Pirelli SuperCorsa Pro 120/70 – 190/55 tyres

ACCESSORIES
· Akrapovic Aprilia Racing EVO6 complete exhaust system for racetrack use only;
· Akrapovic complete homologated exhaust system
· Akrapovic homologated slip-on silencers
· Ergal reverse shifter
· Adjustable aluminium footrests
· Tank bag
· Electronic anti-theft system
· Comfort passenger seat (with deeper padding and integrated grab handles)
· Paddock stand
· Z15 pinion for racetrack use only

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