Pirelli To Supply Diablo Superbike Tyres In 17″ Sizes Starting From The 2013 WSBK

Pirelli announces that starting from 2013, it will begin supplying all the tyres for the World Superbike Championship, which currently are produced in 16.5″, in the 17″ size. This radical option will allow Pirelli to remain even closer to its philosophy, its unique approach towards competition with its continuous transferring of solutions developed in racing into road going products. This is achieved through development from the highest level production series- the World Superbike Championship for which Pirelli is the sole supplier.

Pirelli’s 16.5″ Diablo Superbike tyres are currently used not only in the Superbike World Championship, but also in World Endurance, BSB and CIV which have been the reference events to date. Until 2004 in fact, the unique supplier agreement did not exist in the Superbike World Championship so Pirelli adapted itself to the sizes offered by other suppliers.

In line with the primary goal of WSBK to showcase in the highest level of racing the products also sold on the market, Pirelli will replace the current 16.5″ tyres with 17″ sized tyres which have already been successful in the local Superbike championships in New Zealand, Holland, Belgium, Greece, Sweden, Canada, Malaysia and many other local championships.

The 17” slick tyre is the optimal response for those seeking top performance without having to modify the chassis: ultra-high performance without mounting a new set of wheels or changing the bike’s settings.

Over the past three years, Pirelli has greatly accelerated its tyre development to meet riders needs and the power delivered by new bikes: in 2009, Pirelli introduced the new 190/60R17 size, in 2010 introduced a new high modulus carcass (Pirelli Patent), continuously improving compounds and finally in 2011 introduced the new 200/60R17 size.

Compared to the 16,5” slick tyre, the 17″ one offers a thicker tread for better handling and consistency, its footprint in mid to full lean is approx 10% wider thanks to a higher profile and a carcass able to endure more side force, all those features will definitely bring great benefits to motorcyclists all over the world.

The Superbike World Championship will be an excellent environment that will allow Pirelli, as sole supplier, to develop the best tyres for 17″, a size that is now more and more demanded by the market, thus remaining faithful to its motto “We sell what we race” and thus continuing to offer riders the highest quality products developed with the help of the great Superbike champions.

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Successful Test For BMW Motorrad Motorsport At Portimão

Only two days after the 2011 season finale Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport already is in full swing preparing for next year’s FIM Superbike World Championship. Today, the team tested the further-developed and, in many areas, optimised 2012 BMW S 1000 RR at Portimão (POR). With sunshine and warm temperatures the conditions were ideal and the factory squad was able to collect important data and information with next year’s RR.

Modifications have been made, for instance, to the frame geometry and the fairing. For example, the fairing at the rear has been shortened and modified according to the new 2012 production RR design in aerodynamics. The front fairing is slightly steeper compared to the 2011 bike in order to optimise the aerodynamics and riders’ ergonomics. A new radiator, adapted to the modified geometry and body parts, has been installed for better thermodynamics. The 2012 RR also features a new engine spec which improves rideability and low end torque. Additional efforts have been made for optimising the weight balance and to improve ergonomics.

“It was a positive test day”, said BMW Motorrad factory rider Leon Haslam. “The new engine spec is a progress; you can feel a difference there. We now need to push more in that same direction. The main thing we were working on today was the chassis set up. The new bike needs to be set up a little bit differently than the 2011 one. I am confident in that area, too. Overall, I am glad to be back testing, looking for next year. We do not have to go out and race but can only focus on improving the bike. That is always good.”

“We were waiting for this day eagerly, as for the first time we went out on the track with both a new rider, Marco Melandri, and a new spec of our RR”, commented BMW Motorrad Motorsport Director Bernhard Gobmeier. “We put a lot of work into the developing of this bike aiming to improve it in several areas. The feedback of both riders was exactly how we expected it to be. Overall, this was a very positive test and a confirmation of all the hard work of everybody in the team.”

Marco Melandri also was happy with his first test day and reported about many positive impressions. He used the test to get acquainted with the new team and his new working environment.

The collected data will now be analysed at the team’s facilities at Munich and Stephanskirchen for further development steps. The team will also conduct additional tests in the next few weeks. The 2012 season starts officially with the first race on February 26 at Phillip Island (AUS).

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Get My Videos Back 1.3.0.1

Get My Videos Back is a small and simple application specificly designed to help you save video or audio files from scratched CDs or DVDs quickly and easy. This tool has several different options and features to save your media files. Ever had that problem where Windows can´t read a scratched or damnage disk? Yes… well this could be the very tool that saves that disc.

Get My Videos Back (aka GMVB) automatically identifies the source media type, setting itself up for the best result possible. One of the features it includes is “byte mode” where you can read the source file from byte to byte. This might be helpfull if the source media has lots of small scratches. The “byte mode” may use a large amount of your systems resources and the restoring procedure will taking much longer. However it is more likely to recover those discs with the most damage.

With GMVB you can save jobs and continue them later, using the previously restorefeature in this aplication. We cant guarentee it will save your files but it uses the latest technolgy and is your best chance of saving the media. GMVB also has a sector map that can help you to see the full progress of the restore procedure. You can see the count of errors and the skipped data size. The software also has a log file that that lets you know just what type of error could be on the disc.

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MouseFIGHTER 5.6

Take control of the screen pointer with the keyboard. You will not need a mouse again.

What´s New in version 5.6:

* This version features mousewheel support! Press alt+up/down to scroll just like the mousewheel does.

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WinParrot 2.0.1

WinParrot is a free software program that can record and control any application on Windows. This software, certified on Windows XP, Vista and 7 has five usages:

Features:
* Automate your recurring tasks
* Load your data into your applications (Internet Explorer, Oracle Applications, SAP …) using data from an Excel spreadsheet
* Test the robustness of an application by simulating multiple users
* Conduct demonstration or training of an application (by slowing the speed of play)
* Schedule tasks (schedule the execution of macros).

What´s new in version 2.0.1:
* Debug your macros.
* Trace your macros.
* New operators, functions and type real.
* New GUI with zoom.

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SynWrite Text-Editor 2.5.838

SynWrite is a handy, easy to use text editor designed to edit programs source codes with such features as syntax highlighting, code folding, tree structure, auto-completion and code templates. It also offers support for many encodings.

SynWrite is fully unicode based and supports many file encodings. User interface is available in different languages. Syntax highlighting is managed by a rich library of so called “lexers”. Almost all types of programming languages are included. Lexers are fully customizable in built-in lexer editor. Programmers will like features as Autocompletion and Code Templates. Different languages are supported here.

Other main features of editor are codefolding, organize code in syntax tree, color-based view of changes in document and a feature called “SyncEdit”. SyncEdit allows to do an inplace synchronized edit of all instances of a string. Different selection modes gives possibility to do a very detailed text selection; normal mode, line mode and column-oriented mode. Textmarkers and bookmarks helps to keep track in large documents. It´s possible to use Syn as portable app, so it runs directly from USB sticks. Syn also works as plugin for famous file manager “Total Commander”.

SynWrite is small in size and consumes very low memory, so it runs fast even on older machines. No long installation procedure is required. SynWrite makes text editing much easier. It is not only an editor for programmers. Everyone who works with text files will profit from its features.

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Ocster Backup Free 1.71

Ocster Backup Free is a great backup software that was designed from the start to work fully automatic. You simply specify what you want backed up and when and then the software takes care of the rest.

The backups can be stored either on an external local hard disk (FREE) or (for a small fee) via the internet on the specially secured and highly reliable Ocster Secure Storage. With Ocster Secure Storage multiple highly encrypted copies of the data are stored in professional data centers. This protects the data from the dangers that can render locally stored backups unusable at any time (hard disk crashes, fire, theft, water damage, …).

Ocster Backup Free is really easy to use and requires no technical knowledge at all. But it still supports all the advanced features one expects from a modern backup software like incremental backups, encryption, compression and backing up open files. Backups can also be interrupted at any time and later resumed at the same point, even after restarting the computer.

System Requirements:

* Windows XP/Vista/7
* 512 MB RAM
* Free space on hard disk: ca. 100 MB

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