Donato Cannatello's VUN Makeover

Former lead designer at CR&S, Donato Cannatello and his engineering team at GIVEN perform a VUN makeover. Changes include: new swing-arm, new rear light design and number plate mount and minimalist front mudguard. Full details can be found at designboom.com

Moto Guzzi vs Others

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Moto Bast

Moto Bast is a Milan-based blog with plenty of eclectic postings of interest to cafe racer culture vultures. Here you will also see some nice depictions of local VUN's in action.

VUN Clutch Cable Route

I recently needed to replace a frayed clutch cable on my VUN. After fitting the replacement cable along the exact same route as the old one I realized something was not right. The cable was simply too tight and pulled the clutch in as I turned the steering.

After some head scratching I realized that the new cable was 10cm shorter than the one I needed to replace. Timo, a technician at CR&S, explained that the new cable is correct and has been modified from the original item. Fitting the shorter cable requires a different cable route. The images below were kindly sent by Timo to demonstrate how to fit the new (shorter) cable.

If your clutch cable has an outer length of 81cm and inner length of 93cm then you have one of the new (shorter)  cables that should be fitted as shown above.

My VUN with original (longer) clutch cable. If your cable has an outer length of 91cm and inner length of 104cm then you still have one of the original longer cables.

As you can see above, the older cable route tends to obscure the instrument panel, whereas the new clutch cable route does not. My guess is that this is the reason for the modified cable/cable route.

Girl Power

MV Augusta F3 Enters Production

It looks like they have done it! MV Augusta's sexy 675cc, three cylinder F3 pocket sports bike is now in production. MV Augusta announced that the limited edition F3 serie oro (gold edition) would hit the showroom floor some time this March and, judging by this video, it looks like they will hit that target. Well done!

In addition to all the goodies you will find on a standard model F3, such as fly by wire, counter-rotating crank, etc, the serie oro model gives you a bike with top-rated Öhlins suspension, Brembo monobloc calipers and the usual carbon fiber body pieces. You will also have a whole year of exclusivity until the standard model goes on sale. This exclusivity comes at a price though. The serie oro will cost nearly two times more than a standard F3.

Dai Facci Godere

CR&S at EICMA 2011

CR&S is once again participating in Milan's annual International Motorcycle Exhibition (EICMA 2011). EICMA is the most important motorcycle exhibition on the calendar. I runs from November 10-13th.

If you are staying in Milan the easiest way to get there is via the Metro subway. Take the red line in the direction of Rho - fieramilano. This is also the name of the stop where you will get off the train. If you are traveling by car or motorcycle then get a navigator. For further details follow this link.

The exhibition is huge. The CR&S stand will be located in Hall 2, Booth I-33. They will be exhibiting a tasty selection of their VUN & DUU motorcycles. The CR&S stand is not the largest in the show but it is always one of the finest and most interesting stands.

Unfortunately I cannot attend this year's show. Among all the other goodies I will be missing out on will be MV Agusta's F3 and the new F3 Brutale (naked), as well as the unveiling of Ducati's much anticipated new Superquadratta Superbike.

Marco Simoncelli Riposa in Pace

Grazie http://www.motoblog.it/ per l'imagine