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[owenmarsden]

Triumph’s 2020 Triumph Street Triple R


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We’re expecting the British version of the bike, which will be unveiled officially by the factory later today, to cost a shade under £9000. The R follows the release of the RS model which was let out of the corporate bag last October. Still, with the 765cc engine, the bike gets (in the States, where this information is from) a $750 price cut from last year’s version. 116hp @ 12,000rpm and torque peaking at 57lb-ft @ 9,400rpm are the same power figures as before, so no gain there but what Triumph does say is that there’s a snappier throttle response (this has been done by dropping seven percent of the rotational inertia from the inside of the motorless inertia to get spinning = quicker runs up the revs). According to Triumph the airbox, exhaust – with a smaller can and a ‘crisper sound’ have also come in for a rework, too. The bike also gets an Up & Down quickshifter, in terms of looks the twin LED headlights to get a new shape and the mirrors not only look different but also get a wider range of adjustment too. Obviously there’s new paint and graphics for the 2020 model run, also.

[owenmarsden]

Brexit Linked To Slump In U.K. Auto-Industry Jobs, Pay

Brexit is taking some of the blame for a slump in U.K. automotive industry jobs and pay against an overall rise in employment across industries. A fall of 11.9% in automotive employment comes as Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders figures show car production plunged 14.2% year-over-year in 2019, to 1,303,135 units. According to a study exploring job-market data for January by U.K. job board CV-Library, auto-sector businesses have yet to regain their confidence in the region’s economy. This is despite vacancies growing 2.8% in the U.K. overall.

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Automobiles basically consist of six units from a mechanical point of view [1]:
The Basic Structure.
The Prime Mover and Power System.
The Transmission System.
The Steering System.
The Braking Systems.
The auxiliaries.

[joselync]

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[tracym]

Automobiles basically consist of six units from a mechanical point.

The Basic Structure
The Steering System

Automobile, byname auto, also called motorcar or car, a usually four-wheeled vehicle designed primarily for passenger transportation.

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automobile, byname auto, also called motorcar or car, a usually four-wheeled vehicle designed primarily for passenger transportation and commonly propelled by an internal-combustion engine using a volatile fuel.

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A car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation. Most definitions of cars say that they run primarily on roads, seat one-to-eight people, have four wheels and mainly transport people rather than goods. Cars came into global use during the 20th century, and developed economies depend on them.