Education with entertainment: January 2014

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Bike of the Year 2013 Awards

THE WINNERS:--

Motorcycle upto 115cc Honda Dream Yuga.
Motorcycle upto 125cc TVS Phoenix 125.
Motorcycle from 125 to 200cc Bajaj Pulsar 200NS.
Motorcycle above 250cc Royal Enfield Thunderbird 500.
Variant of the Year(Bike):- Suzuki Swish.
Import Bike of theYear:- Harley-Davidson Fat Bob
Scooter of the Year:- Yamaha Ray
Reader’s Choice (Bike) of the Year:- Hyosung GT250R
Manufacturer of the Year (Bike):- Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI)
Bike of the Year:- Bajaj Pulsar 200NS Automobile Component
Manufacturer of the Year:- Bosch India Ltd Motor-sports
Award of the Year:- MRF Racing Mr. K. Srinivas, President, Motorcycle Business, BAL, Mr. Sanjay Saraswat, VP, Marketing, BAL&Mr. Abhijit Avasthi, National Creative Director, Ogilvy India receiving the Bike of the Year 2013 Award for the Bajaj Pulsar 200NS from Mr. Aspi Bhathena, Editor,Bike India

Friday, 24 January 2014

Review of "Jai ho"

Jai ho

Story and logic take a backseat in Khan's films and that is the case with Jai Ho too. The film is designed around Khan's charisma and larger-than-life image. It enables him to Jai caught the dirty caller who was nagging her. But his incessant fights land him in trouble with a powerful politician whose fate is sealed once you know his name - Dashrath (Danny Denzongpa). That he is up against Salman Khan, the one-man army, is also enough to know where this is headed. Jai Ho aims to highlight the complacent mind set of the common man. In Jai, it fields an optimistic man who believes that his actions will make the world a better place. But this exercise, though noble, comes across as preachy. Writer Dilip Shukla plays on the sentiments by creating multiple situations where people are in trouble or in pain. Instead the film is at its best in lighter instances such as when Jai's nephew (Naman Jain) complains about the steeply priced who scores high in the terpsichorean department.

Thursday, 23 January 2014

10 Little Known Facts About Titanic

10 . There were no cats on the Titanic. Cats were often brought on ships as a form of good luck. They also controlled rodents.
09 . The Titanic was about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
08. Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
07. The Titanic carried 900 tons of baggage and freight.
06. There were 13 couples on board celebrating their Honeymoons.
05. The Titanic used 14,000 gallons of drinking water every 24 hours and 825 tons of coal per day.
04. The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
03. A very famous writer of 18th century Morgan Robertson a writer has written a novel named ‘Futility’ in 1898 almost 14 year prior to titanic tragedy, In that novel he wrote about a ship named ‘Titan’ the largest ship ever built hitting the iceberg in Atlantic ocean on a cold April night, Both of the ships, The fictional one and the real one ‘Titanic’ were same in design and were labeled ‘unsinkable’.

GTA V Breaks 7 Guinness World Records in Less Than 1 Month

GTA V Breaks 7 Guinness World Records in Less Than 1 Month:-

1. Best-selling action-adventure video game in 24 hours

2. Best-selling video game in 24 hours

3. Fastest entertainment property to gross $1 billion

4. Fastest video game to gross $1 billion

5. Highest grossing video game in 24 hours

6. Highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hours

7. Most viewed trailer for an action-adventure video game

The Easiest Way to Avoid Spoilers on Twitter

Scared to look at Twitter because you missedBreaking Badlast night? No problem. If you use TweetDeck, you can mute the show to live a blissful, spoiler-free day. It's very simple if you don't already know how it works. On the far left-hand side of your TweetDeck client, click the Settings icon. Click that, then select the Settings tab, then select Mute. Under the Text content option, type inBreaking Bad.Then you should be able to avoid tweets with spoilers or recaps you might be tempted to read. If you're extra paranoid, you can type in words like "Walt Jr." and "Skyler" and "DEA" and "bitch," or however specific you want to get with it. Once you're all caught up, it's as simple as going back to the Mute section of settings and hitting remove on the words you've blocked. Obviously, this tactic works for any spoiler, whether it's sports scores, Oscar winners, or another show you follow.for more click here

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Get reviews of your bike from the famous bike riders

The link given below is an motor cycle news site, where you find more features and revies of bike riders of your bikes. review of bikes

Yamaha Aerox R

Yamaha Aerox R (1998-current)£2,399 49cc, 2.6bhp, 30mph, Insurance group 2 Yamaha’s funky race replica two-stroke scooter is nippy, agile and lots of fun, although the single seat limits pillion options. It’s one of the best looking scooters around and can be seen tearing up city streets as well as being paddock transport for Yamaha-sponsored MotoGP/WSB and BSB stars. Upside forks and disc brakes means the little Aerox R can be ...

Yamaha FZR400 EXUP

Yamaha FZR400 EXUP (1988-1994)N/A 399cc, 64bhp, 130mph, Insurance group 11 The Yamaha FZR400 was always over-shadowed by the class-leading Hondas, both the CBR and V4 NC30 and
NC35s, and, on track, was a little behind Kawasaki’s ZXR400 for sheer speed. However, the rev-happy

Yamaha FZR400RR attracted the hooligans by the bucket load, drawn to the high-revving engine, sharp handling and high corner speed. And, as it was also always considerably ...

Yamaha XJ6 Diversion F

Yamaha XJ6 Diversion F (2010- current)£6,999 599cc, 78bhp, 125mph, Insurance group 10 One of the laziest new bike developments for 2010, the

Yamaha XJ6 Diversion F is simply a standard Diversion with a full fairing and ABS. It’s a similarly easy to ride all-rounder that’s practical as a day-to-day bike, but it’s a bit more stylish than the half-faired bike.

Yamaha FZ8

Yamaha FZ8 (2010-current)£7,999 779cc, 106bhp, mph, Insurance group 16 Yamaha’s original FZS600 Fazer and later models always represented value for money workhorses – the sort of bike you could commute and have fun on anytime, anywhere. But now the XJ6 and Diversion fills the cheap and cheerful slot left by the death of the FZ6 S2 and FZ6 Fazer. The replacement machine is the new FZ8 (and half-faired FZ8

Yamaha XT1200Z Super Tenere

Yamaha XT1200Z Super Tenere (2010- current)£12,999 1199cc, 109bhp, mph, Insurance group 15 There was a time when Yamaha’s Tenere range of bikes ruled the earth, literally. As desert and dirt blasters for Paris-Dakar like competitions, the name Tenere became synonymous with adventure and off-road riding. Then it all went quiet and BMW took on the mantle of Adventure bike champions with its modern-day GS range.Yamaha’s revival started with the 2008 XT660Z Tenere, ...

Yamaha BW's 125

Yamaha BW’s 125 (2010-current)£2,599 125cc, 8.9bhp, 65mph, Insurance group The BW’s 125 is an off-road inspired scoot that goes nicely and looks even nicer - rugged styling marks it out as a small scoot aimed at blokes. At £2,499 it’s not the cheapest 125 scooter on the market, but nice detailing and decent performance help to justify the price.

Yamaha Vity 125

Yamaha Vity 125 (2008-current)£1,899 125cc, 8.5bhp, 60mph, Insurance group The Vity 125 is not a cutting edge scooter. It’s not fast. It doesn’t look good unless you’ve got a thing for the 80s. But it does the job and has one big saving grace – a £1,799 price tag which, for a trustworthy 125cc Yamaha, is very cheap.

Yamaha Fazer8

Yamaha Fazer8 (2010-current)£7,999 779cc, 106bhp, mph, Insurance group 16 Yamaha’s Fazer range of bikes used to be all about hard-working, do it all, value for money bikes. One look at the today’s price for the new Fazer8 says otherwise when comparing it to the competition – and the fact there is the slightly bigger capacity but vastly superior FZ1 in Yamaha’s line up. But what you have to remember ...

Yamaha YZF-R1

Yamaha YZF-R1 (2012-current)£13,899 998cc, 157.75bhp, 185mph, Insurance group 17 Not much has changed with the 2012 R1, but the big news is it now has a six-stage traction control system, incorporating anti-wheelie in its two most intrusive levels. It also has a restyled nose, a slotted YZR-M1-style top yoke and a longer, softer rear shock. The changes aren’t enough to compete with the new-generation of hardcore superbikes, like the ...

Yamaha T-MAX

Yamaha T-Max (2012 - current)£8,870 530cc, 46.5bhp, 110mph, Insurance group 9 The sports maxi-scooter that started it all. As close as you'll get to motorcycle handling in scooter form. The T-Max can tour, scratch and commute as good or better than many middleweight conventional bikes. But ABS isn't standard, it lacks the innovative features found on other maxi-scoots and the price is getting dangerously close to £9K.

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