LEAKED: 2012 Honda CBR1000RR

These images appear to be the first shots of the 2012 Honda CBR1000RR, and judging from our initial analysis, it looks like Honda is putting out only a cosmetically different version of the Fireblade for next year (*sigh*). Showing off the HRC tri-color paint scheme (that surely won’t be coming to the United States), the majority of the new Blade looks quite familiar. Obviously the wheels, headlights, and air intake ducts have clearly been worked over, ...

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Rossi may skip Japan GP over radiation concerns

The Associated Press
The Associated Press
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Valentino Rossi

Nine-time motorcycle world champion Valentino Rossi is considering skipping the Japanese Grand Prix because of radiation concerns after the earthquake and tsunami earlier this year.

Rossi tells Italian media "I really don't think I'll go to Japan. ... I was hoping that the championship organizers would make the right decision, but that hasn't been the case and now we've got a serious problem."

The Oct. 2 race is scheduled for Motegi, which lies north of Tokyo but several hundred miles south of the worst-affected radiation zones in northeastern Japan.

Rossi suggested moving the race further south to the Suzuka circuit.

The March earthquake and tsunami left more than 20,000 people dead or missing and set off a nuclear crisis.

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/MYLJEDI20wQ/Rossi+may+skip+Japan+GP+over+radiation+concerns

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Funded: Mission Motors Closes $9 Million Series B Financing Round Lead by Warburg Pincus

News comes to us from across the Bay this morning, as Mission Motors has announced that it has closed a $9 million Series B financing round led by Warbug Pincus. A global private equity firm with $30 billion in assets under management, Warbug Pincus invested $7.5 million in Mission Motors (with room up to an additional $41 million), while Infield Capital, one of Mission’s original investors, doubled-dipped back into the company, presumably with the remaining $1.5 ...

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