8 Cool Modified Audi R8 Cars

Chrome Audi R8 SpyderThis cool car needs just the kind of flash personality to go with it - someone like Elton John, for example. Audi has created this chrome version of its R8 Spyder for the Elton John Aids Foundation, and it was a fitting example of glamour for the White Tie and Tiara ball event from the foundation. Apart from the fact that the model is pretty much the same as a standard R8 Spyder with a V10 engine, we get no other details. But then again, that mirror finish just about speaks for itself.

Reiger Audi R8This new styling aero kit features a front spoiler, side skirts, rear skirt, diffuser, rear wing, fog lights, and exhaust tips. It can be ordered from the Rieger online shop and will give the V8 Audi R8 a similar R8 V10 look. The car also received suspension tuning with an adjustable kit to drop it on the 20 or 21-inch rims.

Project Kahn Audi R8Kahn lowers the suspension and slaps on 20' F1-X rims made of lightweight carbon fiber.

Heffner Performance Audi R8 Twin Turbo Heffner's not bothered with much in the way of spoilers and trinketry, but it has gone ABSOLUTELY MENTAL on the engine. The 5.2-litre V10's fitted with a twin-Garrett-turbo setup running 6psi of boost, which wrings 725bhp out of the original engine.

PPI GTR-10 Limited Edition Audi R8The gold striping and look-at-me wing dangle it precariously on the edge of acceptability, but we'll let off the PPI GTR-10 on account of its 601bhp. The V10 gets a roof-mounted air intake, vented liftgate glass, a free-flow exhaust system and remap job. Cool!

Stassis Challenge Extreme Edition A hot new intake manifold, barky exhaust system and clever ECU software boosts power by 28% to 540bhp. It also gets lowered suspension, wide 20-inch alloys, uprated brakes and a stealthy satin finish.

Wheelsandmore Audi R8 V10
It's got a special height-adjustable racing coilover suspension setup, stainless exhaust and remap job, which boosts power to 592bhp. It also looks v cool...and evil!

Motoren Technik Mayer Audi R8 V10The V10's been fiddled to produce 580bhp, there's a funky new exhaust, downforce-fond body accoutrements, lightweight wheels and, of course, bright green paint. Yes it's shouty and gauche, but that's what an R8's all about, right?

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Cool Sharpie Doodle Car - Lamborghini Gallardo

This is the famously cool Sharpie Lamborghini Gallardo of Lamborghini Miami. No car graphics, decals or stickers were used, just a simple black Sharpie marker pen!

Owner Brett David commissioned the art work by Jona Cerwinske who created it using Sharpie markers on the white paint and then finished with a clear coat for protection.

This cool car art took approximately 2 weeks to complete. Brett David introduced the car in California during the Concorso Italiano at Pebble Beach week in 2007.

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Cool motorbike helmet desings using a Sharpie pen

We love cool motorbike helmets and here we feature some cool doodle designs using a sharpie pen.

 

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10 Famous Male Motorbike Riders

Bikes are a cool mode of transport and fitting in with a rock and roll lifestyle, motorbikes are the perfect paparazzi dodging vehicle, which means they’re a favourite for a celebrity get away. Well paid as these following male celebrities are, we wonder just how much they folk out on their bike insurance! Keanu Reeves must surely win the award for the most expensive motorbike insurance due to his past history on motorbikes. In terms of cheapest bike insurance, Ewan McGregor must win this hands down with the amount of miles under his belt! So without further adieu, here’s our guide to the top ten motorbike wielding superstars.

David BeckhamBeckham has been sporting the grease monkey look for a few years now, it was just a matter of time until he eventually invested in a bike to suit his attire – he’s recently been spotted cruising LA on a £50,000 F131 Hellcat Combat.

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Honda sponsoring Channel 4 documentaries

An alpaca breeder from Oxfordshire and her herd of 100 friendly alpacas are the stars of a series of short films to be broadcast as part of Honda’s sponsorship of Channel 4 documentaries. Honda has created this series of films to explore and celebrate real-life people who use their Honda cars, ATVs, lawn mowers, generators, marine engines and motorbikes in unusual and extraordinary ways. The first Honda film, starring farmer Philippa Wills and her alpacas, premieres tonight, supporting a Cutting Edge documentary on plastic surgery on Channel 4 at 10pm.

Throughout 2011, Honda will be releasing a series of mini-documentaries, an online hub, and sponsorship idents for Channel 4. A new round of short films, created by W+K London, starts on 2nd June during Cutting Edge documentary, 'Bums, Boobs and Botox' on Channel 4. Philippa relies on her Honda ATV to zip around her 36 acres of land to tend to her alpacas, feeding, herding them together and clipping their toe nails. Viewers will be introduced to Philippa and her lovable woolly animals in the bumpers which will sit between the documentary and the advert breaks, while a full 90 second version of the film will be available to view on a new website: http://www.honda.co.uk/stories

In addition to the full length film, visitors to the website will be able to find out more about the stars, including Clarissa (who was born in a thunderstorm and is ‘crazy about chopped carrots’) and Kendall, who is (‘mad about the girls and thinks he’s the big boss’). There will also be the opportunity to ask Philippa questions about her herd, plus the chance to name the next baby alpaca. “I decided to take part in the Honda documentary because it sounded like fun,” commented Philippa Wills. “I use my Honda ATV every single day – it’s a true workhorse and an essential part of my business. Above all, it’s utterly reliable – which is crucial when you’ve got 100 hungry alpacas demanding food. It’s extremely agile which is especially handy when you’re trying to herd them all together. It is also a comfortable ride which ensures that I spend many happy hours working with the assistance of my Honda ATV.”

Viewers who keep their eyes peeled throughout the year will meet more Honda customers telling their own extraordinary stories through more Honda films. This new campaign continues Honda’s successful sponsorship of Channel 4 documentaries which started in February 2010 celebrating the company’s UK manufacturing site in Swindon, Wiltshire. Check out the video here:

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Cool Alpaca Facts:

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  Alpacas are like small llamas or long necked camels with no humps
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  They originate from South America 
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  Alpacas have a life expectancy of approximately 20 years 
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  The gestation period is 11 months 
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  They are gentle, friendly creatures and make excellent pets 
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  Alpaca fleece produces fibre which is silk soft, supple, smooth to the touch and hypoallergenic. It’s also extremely durable 
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  Clothes, rugs, scarves and hats can all be produced with luxurious alpaca fleece

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20% off tickets to the Moto GP at Silverstone

The bike insurance division of moneysupermarket.com has teamed up with Silverstone to offer a 20% discount on the price of tickets to this year’s British round of the Moto GP championship. Britain’s leading price comparison service is making this exclusive offer to anyone who utilises its bike insurance comparison service prior to the event.

Get your discounted ticketsIn order to be eligible for the 20% discount off the price of tickets to this year’s British Moto GP race, all you have to do is visit the moneysupermarket.com bike insurance page and click on the Moto GP logo on the top right hand side of the screen and follow the instructions.

You will be asked to supply some information about yourself and a relevant bike registration plate number, both of which will be needed in order for you to be provided with a quote. Within minutes you will be shown bike insurance offers which are available through some of the UK’s leading insurers.

Then just phone the Silverstone box office as normal to order your tickets on 0844 372 8260, but this time you should quote the letters “MSM-MGP”. The phone operator will then ask for the bike insurance registration plate number you used to get your quote on moneysupermarket.com and for the name of the insurer who offered you the cheapest deal. Correctly answering these questions will mean that you are automatically entitled to the 20% discount on the price of tickets to this year’s event which will take place on the weekend of the 12th June.

On the right trackThis year’s race will mark the first time that Silverstone’s new £27 million pit and paddock complex has been used for a major international event. Construction of the new facilities started in April 2010 and it has been built on the opposite side of the track to the old facilities.

This means that the start/finish straight will now be along hangar straight where Nigel Mansell famously passed his team-mate Nelson Piquet in the F1 race there in 1987. The new facilities have been completed ahead of schedule and were hailed as “fantastic” by Red Bull boss Christian Horner during the launch ceremony.

A great eventThe 2010 championship was dominated by Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo after his closest challenger, his team-mate Valentino Rossi, broke his leg early in the season. However, in 2011 the Honda team has made huge strides which have actually given their lead riders Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa a pace advantage in the early races of the season. This has set the scene for a fascinating three way championship battle.

Slightly further down the field, fans will be treated to the fantastic spectacle of the now recovered nine times world champion Valentino Rossi who has joined the ailing Ducati team. Expect fireworks at Silverstone as the legendary Rossi battles against the odds in his attempts to beat the stronger teams.

On top of this, British fans will have eight home grown riders taking part in this years event in the variously categories. The most high profile of these is former British Superbike race winner Cal Crutchlow, who is contesting the 2011 season for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3. He has acquainted himself well so far and will be hoping for more points on home soil. It’s set to be a fantastic battle, so make sure you don’t miss out.

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Alfa Romeo 4C Unveiled - Cool Pictures and Video

Small cars can be cool cars as these Alfa Romeo 4C pictures and video show from the 2011 Geneva motor show. The Alfa Romeo 4C is genuinely a stunning looking car...it's small...very small in fact, but how cool does it look seriously! The wheelbase (distance between the front and rear wheels) measures just 2.4 meters and the car is very light too weighing in at just 850kg.

Here's a video of the grand unveiling of the Alfa Romeo 4C at the 2011 Geneva motor show...

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Cars and Bikes at Phillip Island: A History Lesson

It’s taken 11 long years, but this weekend the premier two-wheel category of motorsport in Australia will join the nation’s premier four-wheel category to provide V8 Supercar fans with a bird’s eye view of 300km/h Superbike action in the 2010 Viking Group Australian Superbike Championship.
Known commonly by the ‘2-plus-4′ catch phrase, motorcycles racing at car events is nothing new. In fact at last year’s Phillip Island LH 500 the Superbikes ran as a support class, albeit in a non-championship format. So successful was the concept that the bikes are back again in 2011 – this time with the Supersport 600 class as well.
But ‘2-plus-4′ racing at Phillip Island can trace its roots back much further than the modern era of Superbike racing. The picturesque circuit conducted mixed car and bike meetings in the years before its refurbishment (1988), one of the last combined events being held in the mid-70s.
But ‘2-plus-4′ events go back much further than that. Tasmania’s 7km Longford street circuit, 23 kilometres south-west of Launceston, hosted its first race in 1953 – a ‘2-plus-4′ event. It went on to host the Australian Grand Prix (for cars) in 1959 and 1965, the 1964-1969 Tasman Series, the Australian Sports Car Championship, and helped establish the Australian Touring Car Championship.
Longford’s first race meeting was held on Labor Day weekend in 1953, with Maurice Quincey taking the motorcycle honours and lapping at an average speed of 140km/h. The fastest car was the Allard J2 of Tom Hawkes, which was some 14km/h slower.
With such a rich history of ‘2-plus-4′ racing, it seemed only a matter of time before Australia’s two premier motorsport categories for two and four wheels would join forces.
It was 1999 when the Australian Superbike Championship last ran alongside the V8 Supercars. Back then both series were sponsored by Shell, making for a horsepower marriage that made commercial sense as well as providing spectator appeal.
That year’s Superbike crown went to Ducati Dealer Team rider Steve Martin, the same Steve Martin who went on to race successfully in the Superbike World Championship and who last year won the World Endurance Championship. It was also the last year that Ducati contested the Australian Superbike Championship with a factory-supported team, so it’s somehow fitting that not only is ‘2-plus-4′ back in 2010 as a part of the Australian Superbike Championship, but so too is Ducati with an official team.
The ‘2-plus-4′ format was first introduced to the Australian Superbike Championship back in 1992, when round one of the 1992 series was held at Melbourne’s Sandown International Raceway on March 6-8.
Scott Doohan, older brother of five-time world 500GP champion Mick, put his Peter Jackson Yamaha OW01 on pole, just 0.04sec ahead of a young brash kid on a Kawasaki ZXR750R. That kid, Mat Mladin, would go on to win seven AMA Superbike Championships and in the process become one of Australia’s highest earners in motorsport – be it two or four wheels.
Two-time Australian Superbike Champion Malcolm Campbell (Winfield Honda RC30) took victory in Sandown’s opening race by 0.61 sec over Doohan, with Doohan’s Peter Jackson Yamaha teammate Troy Corser third. Corser would go on to win two Superbike World Championships, adding further credibility to a domestic series rated as one of the toughest in the world – and a renowned breeding ground of young talent.
Victory in race two at that inaugural Sandown ‘2-plus-4′ meeting went to Mladin, who had DNF’d race one when his Kawasaki expired. Doohan was second and James Knight (Team Kawasaki ZXR750R) third, putting Doohan at the head of the points table with 34pts to Campbell’s 31.
Mladin claimed fastest lap in both races and a new lap record for the Sandown circuit – removing the name of none other than Mick Doohan from the Sandown record book in the process.
Mladin would go on to win that year’s Australian Superbike Championship, chalking up an unbroken sequence of 13 consecutive race wins along the way before Troy Corser spoiled the sequence with a race victory at Perth’s Wanneroo circuit.
The large Sandown crowd loved the Superbikes, and the class was a perfect complement to the Australian Touring Car Championship – as it was known back then. Not only was the series sponsor (Shell) common to both categories, but there were common team sponsors across the classes – Peter Jackson and Winfield to name two of the high-profile ones.
The ‘2-plus-4′ concept would continue for another eight years – until 1999 – when the withdrawal of some of the major distributor-backed teams saw the Superbikes disappointingly part company with the V8 Supercars.
That final ‘2-plus-4′ year of 1999 saw some familiar names in the Superbike class. As well as eventual champ Martin, other identities that season included Andrew Pitt (Team Kawasaki Australia ZX-7RR), Kevin Curtain (Radar’s Yamaha YZF-R1), Team Ansett Air Freight Suzuki teammates Shawn Giles and Paul Free, and a 16-year-old kid on a privateer Dyno Developments Yamaha YZF-R1 Production Superbike named Chris Vermeulen.
Pitt would go on to win two Supersport World Championships, Curtain would win multiple Australian championships and finish runner-up in the Supersport World Championship, Giles would win the next three ASBK titles in succession, Free is now the owner of Team Motologic Ducati and Vermeulen would go on to win a Supersport World Championship and win races in World Superbike and MotoGP. Australian Motorcycle News referred to him at the time as “the amazing Vermeulen”.
This weekend the Superbikes are back with a points-scoring round at a V8 Supercar Championship event. It’s been a long time coming, but they say the best things are worth waiting for.