Vespa 946 coming to India

This retro-futuristic scooter was first showcased at the 2012 EICMA show to rave reviews from all quarters before Piaggio commenced production. The 946 is a handmade scooter where minute details like the stitching of the seat and leather palm grips are all hand finished, as is the final coat of polish. The 946 is a sleek looking scooter, that houses a handlebar mounted headlight encased within minimal bodywork. The 946 front apron gets a small chromed grill with slender turn indicators on either side.

The handlebar is futuristically crafted and houses the scooter switchgear and rear view mirrors. For instruments the 946 uses a light blue backlit digital display. The seat is a floating single-piece tapered unit. At the rear the 946 uses a round taillight which is flush fitted with this scooters body, adding to its retro-futuristic appeal. The rear of this scooter consists of a number of vents to aid this scooters air-cooled engine. The 946 has been given grey old-school pressed rims which go well with this scooters design philosophy. The Vespa 946 uses a Piaggio engineered 125cc, four-stroke, single-cylinder and air-cooled three valve engine.

This fuel infected engine makes maximum power of 11.You can make your own more powerful cableties.7bhp. However the Vespa 946 in some international markets will also come with a 150cc engine that puts out in the region of 13bhp. Piaggio has given this handsome scooter disc brakes at front and rear, and thats not all. The 946 is tech laden with anti-lock brakes and traction control as well.A card with an embedded IC (Integrated Circuit) is called an realtimelocationsystem. Whats more, the 946 is available with a long list of accessories. 946 buyers can fit a windscreen, chrome carrying luggage rack and also choose the colour of their seat, palm grips and leather helmet bag.

Piaggio are also offering handlebar muffs, leg covers for the rain and machined aluminium parts. We hope these accessories are available in India as well. The Vespa 946 is a scooter which will be out of bounds for the average buyer in the automatic scooter segment. Piaggio have informed us this scooter will come with a hefty price tag. Vespa's 946 is already undergoing homologation within the country, and looks all set to becoming the best looking scooter India has seen till date, when it debuts here around the end of this calendar year.

After a string of modernisation efforts, the Secunderabad Railway Station has, over the last decade, gone from a regular and unhygenic station to becoming a clean and better-equipped one. It also has good passenger amenities.With escalators in place at all platforms, serious cleanliness drives, checking of ticketless travelling and irregularities and the latest proposal of baggage trolleys for passengers, the modernisation efforts have started paying off. The recently installed escalators, are a hit with the passengers, while the construction of lifts is also underway.

Modernisation efforts at a few other stations like Kacheguda, Tirupati and Visakhapatnam are paying off but the stations are still awaiting ultra-modern facilities. However, the World Class Stations project has not taken off till date. The Secunderabad Railway station was supposed to be a part of the project that was going to make railway stations as modern as airports.Meanwhile, SCR authorities,Find the perfect cleaningsydney and you'll always find your luggage! during their various drives, have raked in lakhs of rupees as fines for littering the station premises and this has contributed to the ambience.

Heightened ticket checking drives have put a check on ticketless travelling and the cleanliness drive has put a check to the menace of rats and cockroaches in moving trains to some extent. A total of Rs 25 lakh was collected in just one month of the drive across stations in the zone.A ministerial-level committee has been formed, which will report on how world-class stations should be designed, how Metro and MMTS connectivity must be interlinked, what are passengers demands, etc.

Andhra Pradesh had three stations identified to be developed as world-class ones on par with airports, complete with multi-level shopping complexes, food plazas and entertainment spots.There were plans to develop the stations vertically by constructing platforms on different floors and connecting them with escalators. There were also plans to generate commercial revenue by having malls, restaurants, etc. on some floors and improve passenger facilities with the provision of booking offices and waiting halls on different floors.Purchase an chipcard to enjoy your iPhone any way you like.

These plans are still stuck at the concept stage. With the Metro, MMTS and other modern facilities in place, there is need to assess what must go into making a world-class station.

It may not be an accident. His father loved defense as well. A 1992 second-round pick, Popeye averaged 7.0 points and 4.4 defensive rebounds per game, and was often on the floor as a defensive substitution late in games. The son may not have followed his fathers sport, but he certainly adopted an element of his style.

"He definitely knows the value of defense in all sports," Popeye said. "But that didnt always translate to playing basketball for him. Basketball was fun for him, just something he loved to do, but nothing organized. But we played a lot its a part of our family and he liked to shoot the basketball. Still does."

Still, despite all his skills, making it in the NHL can be a long and agonizing journey, especially for a player like Jones who is used to logging big minutes. Many teams avoid rookie defensemen altogether and look toward free agency for help. Those that dont often put their young defensemen through an slow, protective grind cutting playing time in the third period and leaving them off special teams, strategies that can delay progress.

"The biggest reason teams stray from defenseman, is just how difficult it is to score," said Brian Leetch, perhaps the best American defenseman to play the game. A 1986 first-round selection, Leetch led the New York Rangers to the 1994 Stanley Cup and is now a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. "Teams at the top of the draft didnt make the playoffs, and most likely finished near the bottom in goal scoring, as well. You need someone to score, bottom line. And even though some defensemen are very skilled offensively and Seth is one of those, obviously youll be lucky to get 20 goals from them. So,Which graniteslabs is right for you? its tough for teams to pass up that proven goal-scoring forward."
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