moto2 Articles
Yikes! First photos of the road-legal Vyrus 986 M2
These are the first photos of the road-legal version of the Vyrus 986 M2. Originally designed to compete in Moto2, the hub-center-steered bike fits a Honda CBR600RR motor in a prototype, omega-frame chassis. If that's not weird enough, the rear shock is mounted transverse. Yours for 40 large. What’s hub-center steering? Conventional telescopic forks dominate motorcycle design because they’r...
20 April 2012
Vyrus 986 M2 prepares to race
The futuristic Vyrus 986 M2 will see its first race outing this weekend at Jerez as part of the Spanish CEV championship. That series has seen a Moto2 class in-operation since 2010 and is a popular test bed for smaller teams not yet ready to make the leap to the World Championship. The thing is, this bike is significantly different from the original concept we unveiled in February. Look at thi...
14 April 2011
Vyrus 986 M2: thinking outside Honda’s box
How do you mechanically distinguish a bike in a racing class limited by spec engines and a minimum weight limit? So far, every Moto2 bike has been a variation on a theme — conventional perimeter frames and telescopic forks that seem to mimic the CBR600RR which donates its engine — with an air-intake through the headstock forming a notable technological innovation. Tiny Italian maker Vyrus’s ...
10 February 2011
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Vyrus 986 M2 priced at $34,000
According to an interview Motoblog.it conducted with Ascanio Rodorigo, the Vyrus 986 M2 will retail for €25,000 when it goes on sale in September. Additionally, there’ll be a trackday version sold sans engine — €16,950 — while the Moto2 race version will go for €55,000. That’s actually, as Vyrus promised, seriously affordable. The Suter Moto2 bike costs €70,000 while Mapfre Aspar
25 January 2011
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Vyrus 986 M2: hub-center steering, affordable price, Moto2 eligible
This is the Vyrus 986 M2, it’s not only Ascanio Rodorigo’s take on an “aggressively priced,” Moto2 racer, but also a new hub-center steered road bike. This isn’t just a concept either, the first deliveries are scheduled for March. Motoblog.it is at the Italian Motor Expo and has more live pictures, plus there’s more details from Vyrus below. Like all other Moto2 bikes, the 986 M2 is ...
21 January 2011
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Vyrus’s Moto2 racer
Vyrus is teasing its new hub-center steered Moto2 bike in the run up to its unveiling later this month. “Our plans is to build a motorcycle that is destined for Moto2, offered at a very competitive price compared to what is currently proposed by the category, but with advanced technology,” said Ascanio Rodorigo of the CBR600RR-powered machine. "In addition, there will be a replica road approve...
13 January 2011
This is how you build a low-budget Moto2 racer
The Bott M210 that we’ve been tracking all year has finally been completed, just in time for the Spanish CEV series’ last round of the year at Valencia. As the M210 takes to the track today, it’ll mark the first time that the Bott team has entered a race weekend, they plan to enter a development of this bike in Moto2 next year. As with all racers in that series, the M210 is based on the CBR6...
12 November 2010
Bott M210: everything but the bodywork
An all-new Moto2 entry from a tiny group of Spaniards, the Bott M210 is already looking extremely sexy and it doesn’t even have it’s bodywork yet. We showed you the frame with its stemless headstock back in June, now here it is with everything but the fiberglass. ...
30 August 2010
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A tiny Moriwaki for tiny Indy racers
These two races might be something of a swan song for the MD250H and its race series. The CRF250X-powered Moriwaki will be unable to compete in the new four-stroke Moto3 class that's officially replacing two-stroke 125GP racing in 2012. Despite using a four-stroke motor of the correct capacity, Moto3 dictates a prototype engine and an 81mm bore, where the production-based motor in the MD250H has ...
26 August 2010
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Bott M210: the sexiest CBR600RR ever
These photos show the nearly completed Moto2 racer from tiny Spanish builder Bottpower. Previously the make of the CBR954RR-based Bottpower Morlaco, David Sanchez has been developing this prototype since the series was announced last year. The interesting things to look at here are the stemless headstock that allows a straight path for air to flow into the airbox, the simple and very slender fuel ...
09 June 2010