Lamborghini.... very fast!!!!>>>>>

This Lamborghini facts is about the history behind the making and the man behind the fast, luxury and great looking cars in the world today.....

Ferruccio Lamborghini was born in Italy in 1916. Any car , truck or vehicles had to be repaired on spot with reused parts. He became popular as "wizard at mechanical improvisation " and became very much demand in fixing engines.

After the second world war he returned to his home near Modena in Northern Italy and setup a small car and motorcycle workshop. He soon came to know that there is immense need of tractors in agricultural field in the area which he lived. so he started building his own tractor engines. this became very successful rate over a 400 per month in 1960..

In 1962, Lamborghini commissioned the engineering firm Società Autostar to design a V12 engine to compete with Ferrari's 3-litre power plant. Autostar was led by Giotto Bizzarrini, one of the famous "Gang of Five", a group of Ferrari engineers who walked away from the company in 1961; among their projects was the famous 250 GTO.

The engine was to have similar displacement to the Ferrari unit, but was to be designed from the ground up for street use, in contrast to the modified racing engines used by Ferrari in its road cars. Bizzarrini created an engine with a displacement of 3.5 litres, a 9.5:1 compression ratio, and a maximum output of 360 bhp at 9800 rpm. The engine came to life for the first time on May 15, 1963, in a corner of the Lamborghini tractor factory.

Lamborghini was displeased with the engine's high revolutions and dry-sump lubrication system (characteristic of racing powerplants); when Bizzarrini refused to change the engine's design to make it more "well-mannered", Lamborghini refused to pay the agreed-upon fee of 4.5 million Italian lire (plus a bonus for every unit of brake horsepower the engine could produce over Ferrari's motor).^[12][11] Lamborghini did not fully compensate the designer until ordered to do so by the courts.

In 1963, Lamborghini purchased a property at 12 via Modena, in the commune of Sant'Agata Bolognese, less than 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Cento. A sign at the entranced declared "Qui Stabilimento Lamborghini Automobile" (English: Lamborghini car factory here), boasting 46,000 square metres (500,000 sq ft) of space.

Throughout its history, Lamborghini has envisioned and presented a variety of concept cars, beginning in 1963 with the very first Lamborghini prototype, the 350GTV. Other famous models include Bertone's 1967 Marzal, 1974 Bravo, and 1980 Athon, Chrysler's 1987 Portofino, the Italdesign-styled Cala from 1995, and the Zagato-built Raptor from 1996.

A retro-styled Lamborghini Miura concept car, the first creation of chief designer Walter de'Silva, was presented in 2006. President and CEO Stephan Winkelmann denied that the concept would be put into production, saying that the Miura concept was "a celebration of our history, but Lamborghini is about the future. Retro design is not what we are here for. So we won’t do the [new] Miura.”

At the 2008 Paris Motor Show, Lamborghini revealed the Estoque, a four-door sedan concept. Although there had been much speculation regarding the Estoque's eventual production,Lamborghini management has not made a decision regarding production of what might be the first four-door car to roll out of the Sant'Agata factory.

As of 2009, the current range consists entirely of mid-engined two-seater sports cars: the V12-powered Murciélago LP640, LP640 Roadster and LP670-4 SV, and the smaller, V10-poweredGallardo LP560-4 and Spyder. Limited-edition versions of these four cars are also produced from time to time.

BULLET 350cc bike ...... moves like bullet!!!

Royal Enfield launches its Electra 350 cc model with the new Twin spark, Unit Contruction Engine..

The 350 cc Thunderbird Twinspark was the first model from Royal Enfield to get the Twinspark UCE engine. The Classic 500 and 350 were the next two models to get the Twinspark UCE treatment and launched in India in November 2009.

I am sure that the original Bullet models (with cast iron engine) will now become prized collectors items..!!

Also at the start of 2010, Royal Enfield had made public that the Twin Spark UCE engine would replace the original cast iron engines from the "Bullet Electra 350" and "Bullet Standard 350" models.

True to its word, Royal Enfield has launched the Bullet Electra 350 cc with the Twinspark UCE engine

The 2010 Electra retains its original styling and comes with options of a front disc brake and electric start. The exhaust though is a a bit too long. With the long exhaust and the original cast iron engine replaced, the original "Bullet Thump" would certainly be now muffled in these 2010 models.

2010 Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 350, Technical Specifications:

Engine

Engine: Single Cylinder, 4 Stroke, OHV, air cooled, Twinspark
Displacement: 346 cc
Bore x Stroke: 70mm x 90mm
Compression Ratio: 8.5 : 1
Maximum Power: 19.8 bhp @ 5250 rpm
Maximum Torque: 28 nm @ 4000 rpm
Transmission: Constant Mesh 5 speed
Ignition: Digital TCI
Carburetor: BS29 / UCAL

Dimensions

Ground Clearance: 140 mm
Width: 810 mm
Wheel Base: 1370 mm
Length: 2140 mm
Height: 1120 mm
Seat Height/Saddle Height: 800 mm

Tyres

Front: 3.25 x 19"
Rear: 3.25 x 19"

Electricals

Electrical System: 12v - DC for ES / 12v - AC/DC for KS
Head lamp: 12v, 35/35w
Battery: 12v - 14AH MF for ES, 12v - 5AH for KS
Tail Lamp: 12v, 5w

Brakes

Front: Hydraulic 280mm Disc
Rear: 153 mm Drum

Suspension

Front: Telescopic, hydraulic damping, stroke 130 mm
Rear: Swing arm with gas shock absorbers, Stroke 80 mm

Vehicle

Fuel Tank Capacity: 13.5 ltr (min)
Engine Oil Grade: 15w, 50 API, SL Grade jaso ma
Weight(Kerb): KS: 180 kg, ES: 183 kg
Maximum Speed: 120 kmph

MOON... natural satellite of the Earth.

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,403 kilometres (238,857 mi), about thirty times the diameter of the Earth. The common centre of mass of the system (the barycentre) is located at about 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi)—a quarter the Earth's radius—beneath the surface of the Earth. The Moon makes a complete orbit around the Earth every 27.3 (the orbital period), and the periodic variations in the geometry of the Earth–Moon–Sun system are responsible for the phases of the Moon, which repeat every 29.5 (the synodic period).

The Moon's diameter is 3,474 kilometres (2,159 mi), a little more than a quarter of Earth's. Thus, the Moon's surface area is less than a tenth of the Earth (about a quarter of Earth's land area), and its volume is about 2 percent that of Earth. The pull of gravity at its surface is about 17 percent of that at the Earth's surface.

The Moon is the only celestial body on which human beings have made a manned landing. While the Soviet Union's Luna programme was the first to reach the Moon with unmanned spacecraft, the United States' NASA Apollo program achieved the only manned missions to date, beginning with the first manned lunar mission by Apollo 8 in 1968, and six manned lunar landings between 1969 and 1972 – the first being Apollo 11 in 1969. Human exploration of the Moon temporarily ceased with the conclusion of the Apollo program, although a few robotic landers and orbiters have been sent to the Moon since that time. The U.S. had committed to return to the Moon by 2018, however that commitment has been put into jeopardy by the proposed 2011 budget, which will cancel Constellation, NASA's project to send humans back to the moon by 2020. On November 13, 2009, NASA announced the discovery of proof that water exists on the Moon, based on data obtained from its LCROSS lunar impact mission.

Surface geology

The Moon is in synchronous rotation, which means it rotates about its axis in about the same time it takes to orbit the Earth. This results in it nearly always keeping the same face turned towards the Earth. The Moon used to rotate at a faster rate, but early in its history, its rotation slowed and became locked in this orientation as a result of frictional effects associated with tidal deformations caused by the Earth. The side of the Moon that faces Earth is called the near side, and the opposite side the far side. The far side is often inaccurately called the "dark side," but in fact, it is illuminated exactly as often as the near side: once per lunar day, during the new Moon phase we observe on Earth when the near side is dark.


The topography of the Moon has been measured with laser altimetry and stereo image analysis The most visible topographic feature is the giant far side South Pole-Aitken basin, some 2,240 km in diameter, the largest crater on the Moon and one of the largest known craters in the Solar System. At 13 km deep, its floor is the lowest elevation on the Moon. The highest elevations are found just to its north-east, and it has been suggested that this area might represent thick ejecta deposits that were emplaced during an oblique South Pole-Aitken basin impact event. Other large impact basins, such as Imbrium, Serenitatis, Crisium, Smythii, and Orientale, also possess regionally low elevations and elevated rims. The lunar far side is on average about 1.9 km higher than the