SteelBird Introduces Designer Series of Helmets – SB 27.
SteelBird recently introduced the Designer Series Helmet SB 27. This particular helmet is aimed at the women riders who eventually end up compromising or perhaps settling down with a design and fit made for men. Steelbird designed this series especially for the woman riders and suit their liking and personality.
These elegant looking helmets are made of high impact helmet grade plastic, which makes it highly durable and practically unbreakable. The high density thermocol will absorb the impact force of the fall or the impact produced during the time of an accident. Quite a saving grace with such features.
The helmet has a three dimensional shell (3D) making its shape an apt fit for the head. The fit is snug and covers the ear properly. The visor is an A-grade vision sheet which is effective in dull and dark conditions. It is a lightweight helmet over with decent protection. The design is ideal for extreme weather conditions. The inside layer is washable and not tight which makes it hair friendly. Maybe it’s good bye to hairloss due to helmet usage.
The SB-27 is available in various designs and colors. The feminine and catchy colors include Silver, Pink, Cherry Red, Spot red, Victor Blue, Black, White and few more shades to complement a lady’s choice.
Time for women to show their feminine side even on a bike. Don’t we agree that a lady in riding attire looks catchy. Let’s Ride.
It’s another Ducati and we’re pleasantly surprised, as always.
For a bike that tall and with weight distribution of 47:53 front as to rear, it was but natural for it to pop wheelies as if it were a backyard game. On the Hypermotard, it absolutely takes no superhuman effort to impress others on the road with antics like riding with the front end floating in the air, shifting up a cog and then popping it once again. To make things even more exciting, I got a pillion on board and realised that keeping the front wheel planted became all the more tough. The stunter in me was highly satisfied after a really long time. The way this bike popped and then the way its forks upfront handled, the landing was phenomenal, so easy yet so exciting! However, it was after all this that the bike started revealing a character that was rather unexpected. I reached the hills and the zigzags invited me to play with them. I was sceptical about leaning this machine, thinking about its tall stance, upright seating position and rear-biased weight distribution. But the Hypermotard handles like a track-focused machine. It was beyond my imagination and my ability to fathom the fact that I could actually go round most of the fast corners with my knee dragging on the tarmac and the bike willing to lean more than I asked it to. This Supermoto defies every assumption about its handling that you may have formed on account of its looks. Point it towards the corner, put a little pressure on the inside bar, throw the bike down and the suspension gives you such precise feedback that you wish you had the courage to lean further. Rock-solid, the HYM negotiates every corner with utter ease. In fact, it inspired so much confidence that I wished I were on a race-track, challenging my own supersport leans. Adding to all this is the set of Pirellis with super soft rubber, which don’t leave the tarmac at all. Every centimetre of their contact patch gripped the road so well that I had a hard time even sliding the bike on purpose.
All about the new R15
It’s sharper and more aggressive in overall styling. This is the result of excellent implementation of the feedback received from the customers. The R15 now takes a number of cues from the R125 and a few from the R6. This basically applies to the new tail-piece that incorporates an LED tail-light and a split seat. There is a wider rear tyre, a radial one from MRF that measures 130/70-R17 and in front an upsized 90/80-R17. There is a new mid-cowl that is wider and suits the wide nose of the R15 better now. There is a new rear tyre hugger and a tinted visor too. As a whole, the bike looks more muscular and aggressive than before.
Yes. An excellent aluminium swing-arm has replaced the basic steel one. The new swing-arm is 55 millimetres longer than the old one, increasing the wheelbase. The seat height has been raised from 790 mm to 800 mm, making the revised R15 a little taller than the original. The bike looks superb with its new tail-piece and split seat, which will attract more attention. But it also entails a lot of pain for the pillion rider, as he/she will sit much higher and on a narrower seat. Yamaha have incorporated a few changes into the R15’s ECU mapping too, and claim better response to the throttle input, making the power and torque delivery linear than before. However, do not expect this to reflect in the output figures, which remain the same at the same revs as the earlier R15. 
