Monday, April 4, 2011
2011 Bmw M3 detail
2011 Bmw M3 detail
Joe Wiesenfelder tested a 2010 M3 with a manual transmission, and you can read his impressions here. Other manual cars I’ve driven are more enjoyable. The 2011 M3′s double-clutch transmission pulled away from stops and dealt with slow speeds better than the manual. I’m not a fan of BMW’s gear selectors for its automatic transmissions. Slowing as you approach stoplights, there’s sometimes an odd lurching sensation when the transmission downshifts or chooses Neutral. It’s pretty subtle, but I did notice it; it’s the type of thing that would drive a manual-transmission-purist up the wall.
Ride & Handling
The steering is pinpoint accurate and gives you a great sense of confidence when approaching hairpin turns or broad sweepers. Our test car had optional 19-inch wheels, and, as you’d expect, they did affect the ride.
The car was fine in the Comfort setting — I felt bumps in the road and large potholes, but overall the ride was very good given the rough conditions of Chicago’s roads.
Exterior
BMW says the M3 shares only the doors and trunklid with the regular 3 Series. To me, it looks like BMW has taken a clean, conservative BMW 3 Series and added some clean, conservative styling effects. It’s not blown-out and garish-looking, as some performance cars can be, and the M3 is a better car for it.
My favorite bit is the unpainted carbon fiber roof, which is exclusive to the M3. The carbon fiber material lowers the center of gravity, but the genius bit is leaving it unpainted. It looks really cool, even in contrast with the deep blue of our test car.
Interior
If there’s one thing BMW doesn’t get enough praise for, it’s the fact that its cars provide comfortable, safe driving positions. Also, when driving some performance cars it’s either hard to see out the car or it’s hard to judge exactly where the front or sides are. You want that if you intend to drive fast.
If you’re the sort who likes to be isolated from a car, the M3 isn’t for you.
Technology
There’s M-Drive, Drivelogic, EDC and so on.
The basics are that you can customize the car for a firmer ride, a more aggressive transmission shift program, a less intrusive electronic stability system and many other settings. After you’ve done that, the settings are saved and any time you want, you can press the M-Drive button on the steering wheel and they’ll pop into place.
When it comes time to go home, you simply dial everything back down to the civilized settings at the push of a single button and putter home like a good little boy.
Safety, Reliability & Mileage
The 2011 M3 has not been tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, but the 2010 BMW 3 Series has been, and its results should carry over when 2011 ratings are released. BMW 3 Series with active head restraints also received a Good rating in the Institute’s rear crash protection and head-restraint tests.
Ride & Handling
The steering is pinpoint accurate and gives you a great sense of confidence when approaching hairpin turns or broad sweepers. Our test car had optional 19-inch wheels, and, as you’d expect, they did affect the ride.
The car was fine in the Comfort setting — I felt bumps in the road and large potholes, but overall the ride was very good given the rough conditions of Chicago’s roads.
Exterior
BMW says the M3 shares only the doors and trunklid with the regular 3 Series. To me, it looks like BMW has taken a clean, conservative BMW 3 Series and added some clean, conservative styling effects. It’s not blown-out and garish-looking, as some performance cars can be, and the M3 is a better car for it.
My favorite bit is the unpainted carbon fiber roof, which is exclusive to the M3. The carbon fiber material lowers the center of gravity, but the genius bit is leaving it unpainted. It looks really cool, even in contrast with the deep blue of our test car.
Interior
If there’s one thing BMW doesn’t get enough praise for, it’s the fact that its cars provide comfortable, safe driving positions. Also, when driving some performance cars it’s either hard to see out the car or it’s hard to judge exactly where the front or sides are. You want that if you intend to drive fast.
If you’re the sort who likes to be isolated from a car, the M3 isn’t for you.
Technology
There’s M-Drive, Drivelogic, EDC and so on.
The basics are that you can customize the car for a firmer ride, a more aggressive transmission shift program, a less intrusive electronic stability system and many other settings. After you’ve done that, the settings are saved and any time you want, you can press the M-Drive button on the steering wheel and they’ll pop into place.
When it comes time to go home, you simply dial everything back down to the civilized settings at the push of a single button and putter home like a good little boy.
Safety, Reliability & Mileage
The 2011 M3 has not been tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, but the 2010 BMW 3 Series has been, and its results should carry over when 2011 ratings are released. BMW 3 Series with active head restraints also received a Good rating in the Institute’s rear crash protection and head-restraint tests.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
komunitas motor
Written on August 13, 2008 at 4:55 pm by Stephen Langitan

















GIVI: Fashion Motor Bike
Filed under Artikel GIVI-NOLAN, Info Gear & Apparel, Info ModifikasiJadi ingat dulu, gue pertama kali punya box GIVI E33 bangga buanget, waktu itu akhir tahun 2004.
Gue pasang di motor Honda Tiger. Sejak itu gue sering touring dengan teman-teman Komunitas Honda Tiger Indonesia. Walah mak.. dulu rasanya sudah mantap motor pake box ber merek GIVI ini.
Kini, fenomena apakah yang terjadi dengan perkembangan GIVI di Indonesia?
Adalah suatu kebanggan jika kita memiliki asesories motor yang bagus, keren apalagi masih langka dan belum banyak dipake ama orang-orang. Inilah cerita gimana awalnya asesories motor, yaitu Box Motor merek GIVI, mulai meramaikan Indonesia sekitar tahun 2003-2004.
Sejalan dengan waktu, sejalan dengan pesatnya penjualan motor di Indonesia, maka GIVI ikut juga kebagian berkah, kini makin banyak konsumen maupun bikers milih merek GIVI sebagai salah satu sarana meningkatkan “pride” dalam industri sepeda motor di Indonesia.
Motomart Automall SCBD Jakarta
Jumat, 8 Agustus 2008 kebetulan gue lagi ada di Automall SCBD mampir ke outlet GIVI Motomart sebagai penyalur/penjual produk-produk GIVI di Indonesia.
Berikut ini adalah petikan obrolan singkat gue dengan Bapak Herman Canophy atau lebih akrab dipaggil Bro Novi. Ia adalah staff PT INDOMOTOR BOX yang sempat gue ajak ngobrol perihal perkembangan GIVI di Indonesia:
Sebuah tape kecil mulai gue set-on untuk merekam, dan obrolan pun dimulai dari pertanyaan ini: “Bro Novi.. sekarang GIVI Indonesia menjual produk apa saja?”
Sambil duduk santai jawaban pun mengalir “Seperti biasa.. produk utama kami adalah asesories motor merek GIVI, tapi kini, kami sudah punya produk NOLAN Helmet. Sebenarnya kami juga sudah merambah dengan berbagai jenis produk asesories motor lainnya masih dengan merek GIVI, seperti glove (=sarung tangan), grip handle, jaket motor, jas hujan, braket, cover bike, dan windshield motor laki dan skutik”.
Lalu tanya gue lagi, “box jenis apa saja yang dijual di Motomart ini?”
“Untuk box GIVI tersedia di semua outlet Motomart, mulai dari ukuran yang paling kecil, Slim 23 liter, dan sampai yang ukuran paling besar Maxia 52 liter. Untuk side box, mulai dari ukuran 21 liter, 41 liter dan V35 adalah model yang terbaru”.
Sementara pembicaraan masih berlangsung, tiba-tiba ada 2 orang menghampiri sekaligus berkenalan. Gue mempersilahkan bro Novi melayani konsumen dulu, katanya mereka berasal dari Makasar, Sulawesi Selatan.
Bro Novi kembali duduk di kursi meja bundar sambil mempersilahkan gue minum air mineral yang tersedia di meja. Ketika itu dia sudah tidak begitu sibuk lagi, karena ada 2 staff turut membantu bro Novi melayani penjualan outlet ini. JIka ada hal-hal yang bersifat teknis dan sulit dijawab oleh para staffnya, tampaknya bro Novi turun tangan menghampiri konsumen.
Pertanyaan gue lanjutkan lagi, “apa sih bedanya GIVI Italy dengan GIVI Malaysia? “
“Pada prinsipnya merek GIVI-nya sama, demikian juga sama dari segi kualitas, kekuatan, tipis dan tebalnya sama aja. Jadi, prinsipnya itu sama saja antara barang yang diproduksi di Italy dan Malaysia, dalam hal ini GIVI hanya berusaha menekan cost (red=biaya produksi) agar dapat menjangkau pasar Asia”.
Kemudian pertanyaan gue berkisar braket box, “bro Novi, apa bedanya sih braket produksi Malaysia dengan Italy?” tanya gue agak penasaran.
Dengan santainya bro Novi memberikan jawaban:”begini bro.. motor-motor di Indonesia kan beda dengan motor-motor di Malaysia atau Singapura, sehingga braket-braket tipe Monorack II harus didesain dulu di sini (red=jakarta), kemudian model braket yang diinginkan tadi dibawa ke Malaysia untuk diproduksi, malahan saya yang berangkat ke Malaysia bawa contoh agar bisa dibuat sesuai dudukan motor Indonesia”.
Ditambahkan lagi, “braket buatan Italy adalah Wingrack II yang lengkap dengan lampu sein, plate atau dudukan top box, plate side box, dan ini terbuat dari bahan tebal dan kokoh”. Bro Novi, sedikit menoleh kearah barang yang dimaksud yang ketika itu lagi tersimpan di dalam rak kaca bawah.
Pertanyaan gue selanjutnya adalah, “bagaimana sih perkembangan GIVI di Indonesia hingga saat ini?”.
Sambil tersenyum lebar, bro Novi menjelaskan dengan semangat, “dulu tahun 2003 mau jual produk GIVI sangat susah sekali.. tapi berjalan dengan waktu.. kita bisa liat sendiri penjualan motor makin meningkat karena alasan jalan makin macet, problem busway, malah sekarang sudah makin banyak para eksekutif beralih transportasi dari mobil ke motor” demikian kata bro Novi.
“Apa sih yang mereka butuhkan? Gimana cara bawa barang-barang penting seperti note-book, tas kerja, dokumen, maka solusinya tidak lain motor harus dipasang box. Lagian.. para pengendara motor kan harus bawa jaket hujan, baju ganti, sepatu kerja, maka itulah alasan utama kenapa orang sekarang membutuhkan box di motornya” ujar bro Novi lagi.
Sambil melirik kearah gue, bro Novi menambahkan kalimatnya, “sebetulnya mulai dari sinilah perkembangan kebutuhan box motor, yang semakin pesat di Indonesia hingga saat ini”.
Gue pun meng-iyakan penjelasan bro Novi ini 100% benar, karena ini berkaitan dengan pengalaman pribadi gue yang dulu pake mobil pergi/pulang ke kantor, kini gue pun sudah beralih dengan alat transportasi motor karena alasan yang sama, yaitu jalanan makin macet!
Motor gue pun harus pake box, karena gue nggak mau ribet dengan tas ransel, gue mau semua barang sampai helm bisa dicemplungin ke dalam box, semuanya bisa masuk. Selain itu, dalam kegiatan touring sudah tidak ada lagi beban di pundak. Semua barang masuk dalam box, apakah mau ditaruh di box atas, maupun di box samping, sehingga badan bisa lebih bebas dan ringan.
Box Motor Yang Jadi nge-trend!
Inilah fenomena yang terjadi belakangan ini.
Pada awalnya hanya sebuah kebutuhan. Nggak usah munafik kalau ada produk yang keren, bagus, dan bermerek dijadikan alat fashion. Trend dan fenomena ini diakui pula oleh Bro Novi karena outlet Motomart di Automall sering dijadikan tempat oleh para bikers untuk kongkow sekaligus modifikasi motor agar tampilan motor makin lebih bagus lagi.
Bisa jadi ini adalah sebuah seni, hobi dengan merek, fancy, role model atau apapun sebutannya, yang penting sebuah kesenangan, dan hak seseorang sepanjang itu tidak mengganggu orang lain. Justru sebaliknya, dari hobi ini kita bisa mengajak teman-teman membangun networking yang lebih luas lagi.
“Fenomena fashion? Ya itu betul sekali.. kalau dulu pakai box hanya sekedar kebutuhan, maka sekarang ini pasang box sudah menjadi bagian dari fashion” penjelasan bro Novi yang meyakinkan gue.
“Sebetulnya ada banyak para eksekutif muda dari kelas medium keatas telah menjadikan box GIVI ini sebagai icon fashion motor bike, jadi box GIVI kini sudah bukan lagi sebagai kebutuhan bawa barang lagi”, demikian ujar bro Novi sambil menyebut paguyuban BRO BIKERS, sebagai salah satu paguyuban motor yang sering hadir di outlet Motomart Automall ini.
Lag-lagi gue pun meng-iyakan kata-kata bro Novi yang terakhir ini. Pikir gue ketika itu, kalau gue punya duit dan senang fashion, kenapa gue gak beli box yang bagusan lagi untuk menggantikan tipe E45 yang sudah pasaran.. hehehe…:-)
“Trend, Fashion, Life Styles, and Full Branded Motor Bikes“ itulah yang saya katakan kepada bro Novi sekedar merangkum obrolan tentang perkembangan box GIVI masa kini.
Sebelum menutup obrolan, dibawah ini ada beberapa keterangan yang dapat ditambahkan antara lain:
Outlet Motomart di Indonesia ada 5 cabang di Pulau Jawa a.l. GIVI Automall SCBD, GIVI Radio Dalam Raya, GIVI Serpong Raya, GIVI Kalimalang Raya dan GIVI Surabaya.
Semua outlet Motomart dibawah payung PT INDOMOTOR BOX. Masih dalam pemikiran untuk membuka cabang-cabang di kota lain, dan/atau dengan sistim perdagangan franchise.
Pemasaran GIVI hanya dari mulut ke mulut, walaupun dulu pernah pasang iklan melalui media cetak. Namun sampai saat ini pesanan GIVI sudah merambah sampai ke daerah-daerah antara lain dari Manado, Banda Aceh, Kalimantan dan boleh dibilang hampir dari berbagai pelosok nusantara ini.
Produk KAPPA bukanlah pesaing GIVI, tetapi KAPPA adalah sister-company GIVI yang sama-sama memproduksi box motor.
Outlet Motomart Automall SCBD saat ini masih dijadikan ajang berkumpul oleh paguyuban BRO BIKERS yang pada awalnya terbentuk karena relasi teman, kemudian perkenalan tadi berkembang dengan saling mengajak teman lainnya, sekaligus janjian ketemu di automall.
Untuk penjualan GIVI, reparasi produk GIVI dan keluhan, silahkan hubungi salah satu outlet Motomart GIVI yang terdekat. Kerusakan atau parts mungkin saja masih bisa diperbaiki, dan belum tentu harus ganti sepanjang reparasi masih memungkinkan.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Honda Vario Street Fighter Modification
Honda Vario Street Fighter Modification
In addition to being a student, a man whose name is also Fhilips Kristianto modif motor pursue even casually modif motor, but thanks to keisengannya modif Fhilips motor bike did not think the number was called as The Best Black bike. With the motor diusungnya Vario Mototodify for the event, 19-year-old man is taking the concept of Street Fighter motorcycle.
Concept selection is to suggest a more sophisticated motor and has a sporty impression, when seen from the standard form of this motor Vario has been amended nearly 100 percent,
"The concept of my motorcycle Street Fighter made its name, the reason being I feel the concept's motor Vario usually matic she seems shallow, if I input the street fighter-class seems a little bit forward to the sport. So basically I like motor sport, so I have a plan to make Vario a motor sport, "ujarnya.Sedangkan the percentage changes were made to this Vario Fhilips says," 100 percent change ".
To change the motor is more focused on the motor body and legs, about the engine and framework embedded into it still relies on the original manufacturer of the Vario, "Only the innate Vario wrote the same machine next order only". Taking an idea from one of the automotive media, make changes to Fhilips Vario by removing some of the body and the legs of the original factory built, "If the change of the motor, rear body already using CS 1, the body behind him dicustom, let me put sweet little cover below same order triggers Street Fighternya, the leg-foot radius of my car put acrylic halved, measured and dibubut, so all the legs using acrylic. If most of all custom wheels ".
In order to look sexy, then change the order back Fhilips while to show the impression of street fighter extended handlebar. The man and his motorcycle the first time come to Djarum Black MOTODIFY contestants did not think the bike serial number was called as The Best Black bike, "Nah aja ya thought suddenly summoned cuman yes I pray it is successful," he said. Fhilips added, "I am feeling very happy, yes, indeed I hope to catch The Best Black". For the final plan later Fhilips will complete the front legs let more robust.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Modifikasi Suzuki Satria FU 150’ Street Fighter
Ginanjar, the resident liver Padamara Purbalingga a choice to focus on changes in relation to upgrade besutan fiberwork daily shuttle to school. Problem is not the overall design of the builder Mugi dipasrahkan Eling, hanging out with a label addressed Ui Evolution Custom home modifications.
Bodykit custom designs generally make Satria FU 150 lansiran performance in 2006 became heavier. But more importantly, present the forms belonging to the cover-body nyeleneh. What is it?. "From the front bodywork which stuck close to the bottom plate to cover the telescopic self-discs, including the side, airscoop and the stern area that looks more gambot," said student SMUN I Padamara this. The more interesting, the connection between the media Bodykit assembled with nut-bolts. So do not converge. The more refreshed, finish painted in white paint combination that gives iamge elegant blue.
"Kan emphasize that the changes made," proudly Ginanjar, also joined in otomania Purbalingga Out Sider (SID) and add the most funky kudabesinya at the school.
Bodykit custom designs generally make Satria FU 150 lansiran performance in 2006 became heavier. But more importantly, present the forms belonging to the cover-body nyeleneh. What is it?. "From the front bodywork which stuck close to the bottom plate to cover the telescopic self-discs, including the side, airscoop and the stern area that looks more gambot," said student SMUN I Padamara this. The more interesting, the connection between the media Bodykit assembled with nut-bolts. So do not converge. The more refreshed, finish painted in white paint combination that gives iamge elegant blue.
"Kan emphasize that the changes made," proudly Ginanjar, also joined in otomania Purbalingga Out Sider (SID) and add the most funky kudabesinya at the school.
Suzuki Smash Racing Look Modification


The most striking change was the application of the light house Yamaha X1-R from Thailand. So much like the Transformers robot, the front of the house following with given a touch of custom lamps. Especially in the shell of the lamp, right and left wing to cover protects the bottom half of the engine looks. In addition, there is in the form of seats, covers plus side to the stern of deliberately contrived sepatbor different.
According to the Court, put the cover body X1-R in Smash quite complicated. You see, there are several components that must be cut, plus, and moved. In addition, he had to reset the handle cover mounting bolts, from front to rear.
So, shockbreker double standard models modified to Monoshock. This makes replacement of the standard swing arm turned into handmade products from the aftermarket. Great was not haphazardly done that part, as well as other sections, because the goods are used and given a little expensive custom touch.
Special exhaust, this Court guarantee a good part because her voice a little more good and able to increase power. Apart from good to hear, according to Agung, exhaust was fitted to these changes. He predicts, the concept of combined racing look would be noticeable color trends.
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