Recall da Shadow 750

Recall da Shadow 750

A notícia é uma pouco antiga, mas como envolve a segurança dos motoqueiros, não poderíamos deixar de destacar aqui no blog. A Honda está convocando para um recall os proprietários a moto modelo Shadow 750 (ano 2009).

A convocação será para a substituição gratuita do cabo positivo da bateria, que pode sofrer curto-circuito, ocasionando falhas no sistema elétrico e, em casos extremos, risco de incêndio.

A empresa solicita prévio agendamento com a concessionária de preferência do proprietário.

Os endereços e telefones podem ser obtidos pelo tel. (0800) 770-5125 ou no site www.honda.com.br

Confira os chassis das unidades que podem apresentar o problema:

De 9C2RC54009R000001 a 9C2RC54009R002609

Fonte: Interpress Motor.

Button: It’s still all to play for

Jenson Button insists that the fight for the 2010 F1 title is still all to play for the despite matching his word points and scoring to finish of the season in the Hungary.

The McLaren driver could only match the eighth place finish he took it earlier in the season in Malaysia, with his retirement in the Monte Carlo being the only worse result the Briton has taken this season as he seeks to successfully defend his crown.

Button could only qualify in eleventh on the grid at the Hungaroring after just missing out on a slot in the Q3 by just 0.017s and the lost places at the start when he was forced wide at the turn one.

While he battled into the points, eighth place wasn't what the defending champion was looking for at the start of the weekend.

“The weekend started really well: we showed good pace in the free practice and I was looking forward to qualifying,” he said. “Unfortunately, that didn't work out, and I started eleventh on the grid.

“I got a good start off the line, but I went four abreast into the turn one, and got stuck on the outside, losing about four or five places. From that position, finishing eighth wasn't too bad. I lost a lot of the points, and for the team to take home only the four points today is disappointing, but there isn't a very big points gap covering the top four drivers – I'm only 14 points behind the championship leader, after all – so it's still all to play for.

“It's been a tough weekend, but we'll come back from fighting. We're a very positive and strong team, and we've been in the difficult situations before, so we can definitely jump back from this – hopefully as soon as Spa-Francorchamps at the end of this month.”

Dani Pedrosa’s 2010 season so far

The Repsol Honda rider has had the highs and lows packed into his first in nine races, with the nature of his better results hinting at his capacity to be the main challenger to the Jorge Lorenzo in the battle for this year’s title.

Dani Pedrosa’s steady progress towards a consistent results this season has placed the Spaniard second in the Championship standings at the halfway point in the season, where at 138 points he currently sits 72 off the leader Jorge Lorenzo. The first nine rounds have produced some of the fantastic results for the Repsol Honda rider who has so far stood on the podium five times, winning twice, and his finer outcomes have been accompanied by some are frustrations too.

The campaign got off to an indifferent start for the Pedrosa with seventh in the Qatar, where he battled with set-up issues that had carried over from pre-season. Undeterred however he remained focused and the following round at the Jerez produced a solid reward, as he took pole position and battled with Lorenzo for the victory before finishing second.

The inconsistency which was to prove Pedrosa’s main obstacle in the early part of the season meant that he would place in fifth at Le Mans as he lost out on a podium finish on the final lap in his 150th GP start. Another strong response came though and this time it was a victory, from the pole position, at Mugello as the intense work put in by the 24 year-old and his team paid off.

A difficult next round at the Silverstone followed where Pedrosa crashed in qualifying and placed eighth in the race, but a succession of the constant results that produced the continuity he had been striving for then poured forth. Second place at Assen from seventh on the grid and then second in his home race at Catalunya paved the way to a second win of the 2010 at Sachsenring, where Pedrosa won a fight with Lorenzo for victory.

The first half of the campaign was rounded off with a first DNF of the season as Pedrosa crashed out at Laguna Seca whilst leading the race, but he remained optimistic despite the setback as he aims to then continue harnessing the aspects of his performance that have delivered him tastes of victory already.