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Legendary American small engine
manufacturer Briggs & Stratton
has filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection. Founded
in 1908 and based near
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the small
engine specialist has been
acquired by New York based
equity investor KPS Capital
Partners in a stock and asset
purchase agreement under a
court-supervised voluntary
reorganisation. The company has
also obtained $677.5m in DIP
financing, has a reported $1.8bn
in revenue and is said to employ
some 5,000 people.
New EU standards will include 'crash
testing' with helmets having to
undergo impact tests at oblique angles.
Testers will use 45-degree angle
impacts to measure how add-ons such
as helmet-mounted Bluetooth comms
and action cameras affect energy
absorption and rotational protection
during a crash. The new requirements
will co-exist with the current ECE
22.05, replacing them completely (as
ECE.06) in 2023.
Plans by Madrid based WSBK
rights holder Dorna and the FIM to
still be able to stage British, Dutch
and Qatari WSBK rounds have
been abandoned - dates had still
be held in the revised schedule on
a to be determined or confirmed
basis. It will be the first time in
WorldSBK history that there won’t
be a round in the UK; the TT Circuit
Assen has been a permanent
fixture since 1992 - the longest
continually serving venue in
WorldSBK.
Galfer - over 300 CUBIQ
brake disc applications
Spanish brake component
manufacturer Galfer launched
its new CUBIQ brake disc design
at EICMA in November 2019
and, as the originators of the
'Disc Wave' design, they are
well on the way to replicating
its popularity with over 300
CUBIQ model applications
already available - from Honda,
Kawasaki and Suzuki to
Yamaha, KTM and Triumph.
The new CUBIQ brake disc
concept features a unique
braking track shape in the form
of hexagons, similar to the
crystalline structure of steel
molecules.
This enhances cooling and
significantly reduces the weight.
The reduced unsprung mass
improves agility and motorcycle
manoeuvrability (gyroscopic
effect), reduces dynamic
imbalance under breaking and
contributes to reducing
stopping distances.
Galfer's Export Sales Manager
Ivo Bristot, a veteran of the
international motorcycle brakes
industry, said that "by
understanding the dynamic
Safety conference
moves online
The ifz (German institute for twowheeler
safety) is to move its 13th
International Motorcycle Conference
online on October 6 - with all industry
professionals welcome to log in. It was
slated to have been staged at the
Congress Centre at Koelnmesse during
INTERMOT.
Themed "Future Mobility", with
experts addressing the subject of
"scooter and motorcycle safety", this
will be the big final, main event of this
year's sequence of symposia and
paper presentations.
"The 13th conference is taking place
very differently this time than we know
it so far," said Matthias Haasper,
research director at the ifz. "This time,
the latest findings on the safety of
motorised two-wheelers are published
and discussed from laptops and desks
- innovative mobility also requires an
innovative exchange."
Almost 40 studies dealing with the
improvement of two-wheeler safety
can be presented to the public in this
way. Starting on September 1 , 2020,
the ifz will gradually publish the
submitted contributions on its website
at www.ifz.de - freely accessible to
anyone who is interested, with
'delegates' able to submit questions
about the topics.
"The crowning glory will take place on
October 6, 2020, when the ifz invites
experts and interested parties from
numerous nations to the online
event", says André Lang, who is
responsible for communication at the
ifz.
During the approximately three-hour
live event, there will be an
international round-table discussion
on the subject of "motorcycle safety".
In addition to questions for the
discussion participants, the authors
requirements
of today’s
motorcycles,
and
applying a simulation model
using contemporary elements,
we have designed a geometry
that optimises the mass-heat
dissipation ratio.
"The increased convection
perimeter provides a greater
cooling surface, thus improving
heat dissipation, and the CUBIQ
design optimises the wear
resistance of the brake pads."
www.galfermoto.com
will answer questions about their
contributions as the event progresses.
For Lang it is just as important that the
international exchange for the benefit
of motorcycle safety continues after
the event. "For this purpose, the ifz will
offer the opportunity to get in touch
with the authors and to ask further
questions and discuss further in a
forum."
As usual, the ifz is collaborating with
the American Motorcycle Safety
Foundation (MSF, USA), the European
(ACEM), the German motorcycle
industry association (IVM) and the
German Road Safety Council (DVR).