Dunia Motor Matic

Looking at the Honda Icon - Scooter

It is now several months after AP-Honda launched its Honda Icon scooter, with as main target market the Thai teenage population.

A compact 4-stroke, 2-valve SOHC 108cc air-cooled engine, powers the Honda Icon. The cylinder displacement is build up by a 50mm bore and 55mm stroke, which generate a 9.5:1 compression ratio The air-cooling is based on forced air-cooling in which air is forced by a cooling fan to cool different parts of the engine, which makes the Honda Icon free from engine overheating.

Transmission for the Honda Icon is V-Matic belt-drive, with a gear ratio of 2.68 – 0.85, the belt transmission system delivers the power to the rear wheel efficient and produces less sound for comfortable and relaxed driving.

The Honda Icon comes in 3 flavors, which have mainly only cosmetic differences to another. The flavors are ‘Icon Be Cute’, ‘Icon Be Sport’ and the ‘Icon Be Cyber’.

Honda is using comprehensive and patent safety features for the Honda Icon, including Combi-Brake technology, which distributes balanced braking power, to the front and rear wheels. The Honda Icon brakes have also Parking-Brake, which work similar as a car’s hand brake and prevents the Honda Icon from moving, even if the motorcycle is parked on a slope. Another helpful safety future is that the Honda Icon will automatic switch off the engine when the side-stand is lowered, this can prevent hazards moments by forgetting to pull up the side-stand before driving away.

For driving the Honda Icon is not the fastest 110cc motorcycle, but with the very balanced suspension the driving quality is extremely good. The telescopic front forks and mono-shock rear swing arm, and a 1240mm wheel base are providing the Honda Icon with road and cornering behavior that many larger and stronger motorcycles can only dream of. 

The new protyepe from Yamaha

One of the most eye catching bike in Tokyo Motor Show 2007 might be this one, Yamaha Tesseract. It doesn't like common motorcycle which only have two wheel, it have four wheels. Unfortunately, you look for it in Yamaha dealer for recent time. It’s just a styling concept and have not mass produced. Y

 


It’s not technically a motorcycle, and “Tesseract” sounds like something Scooby-Doo would say, but who cares? It looks incredible and has enough techno-jewelry to make the most jaded gearhead drool. Mounted in that spidery chassis is a V-Twin motor that’s the basis for a hybrid propulsion unit. Front suspension is something Yamaha calls “dual scythe,” and like the Piaggio MP3, the wheels lean with the chassis into the turns to impart that authentic motorcycle-riding feel. Like the Piaggio, the frontal profile is almost as narrow as a motorcycle, which would make this a fun and interesting street ride. The extra wheel will add stability, for sure, but also make this as likely to become DOT-legal as a Tiger tank.

Suzuki Skywave itu, bukan sekedar reinkarnasi Suzuki Spin!

Konsistensi Suzuki yang tidak mau sekadar ganti baju terus berlanjut. Termasuk pada jenis skubek. Lepas generasi Spin 125, Suzuki hadirkan Suzuki Skywave 125 yang jauh beda dengan skubek pendahulunya. Ini sekalas Yamaha Nouvo atau Honda Airblade.
   
Skywave berbodi lebih bongsor dibanding Spin 125. Cita rasa kemewahan lebih terbangun. Aroma industrial dipadu rancak dengan roh futuristik. Tampak pada bentuk lekuk kaku dan tegas pada setiap siku detilnya. Seperti pada batok lampu, bagian sekitar kunci dan bentuk batok lampu. Sementara secara total desain, lekuk yang terbangun aerodinamis menunjukan cita rasa futuristik kental.
   
Secara umum, Suzuki tampak ingin menjembatani pecinta skubek fungsi dan penggemar style. Skubek yang justru menggunakan ukuran ban ring 16 itu, mendekati bentuk bebek yang sudah laris manis di Tanah Air. 

Secara fungsi, skubek yang punya panjang 1,935 m, dan lebar 67 cm serta tinggi 1,07 m itu, akan lebih leluasa buat pengguna menerobos berbagai medan. Kan bukan cuma rodanya saja yang lebih besar. Tapi, secara umum juga lebih gambot dibanding Spin 125.

Pengembangan teknologi tidak hanya pada bentuk luar. Lihat saja karburatornya. Meski punya ukuran sama dengan Spin 125, karbu Skywave dilengkapi dengan filter penyaring udara sebelum menuju neddle valve. Itu dimaksudkan agar udara yang masuk ke karbu benar-benar bersih dari air.

Lain lagi dengan desain filter udara luar dari ventury karburator. Dibuat gambot dan posisinya persis di atas CVT. Efek secara fisik, bentuk mesin keseluruhan jadi terlihat gambot, seirama dengan bentuk total skubek. Padahal, sih, itu bukan bagian dari mesin. 

LAMPU BODI BEGO

Lampu depan juga ikuti virus lampu bodi. Posisinya seperti mata elang yang ada di cover bodi depan. Memang, kelemahannya, arah pancar lampu kayak mobil. Yaitu mengikuti arah bodi bukan arah setang.
Tapi untuk kebutuhan style, tampilan jadi lebih keren. Estetikanya modernnya lebih masuk.

 

BAGASI LUAS

Unsur fungsional lainnya ditunjukan pada desain bagasi yang longgar. Bahkan, Em-Plus coba masukin helm fullface pun cukup!

Ini salah stau keunggulan yang ditawarkan skubek macam Skywave. Pengguna tidak bingung bawa barang bawaan. Tinggal cemplungin ke begasi, beres!

 

KUNCI SATU PAKET

Virus kunci paket yang sudah diterap pada banyak produk motor juga diikuti Skywave. Kunci kontak yang dilengkapi dengan pengaman itu, sekaligus juga langsung membuka bagasi. Jadi, enggak repot buka kunci jok yang biasanya ada di samping.