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As part of the Princes plan to take part in Enduro Africa motorcycle Rally, Prince Harry buys a British £8,000 Triumph Motorbike four months after he passed the qualification test for the said  event. Both Princes William and Harry are qualified for the event and are both are currently competing the weeklong 1,500km motorcycle ride to raise money for UNICEF, the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund.
The activity started in Port Edward, South Africa on Saturday October 18, 2008. The princes who are both accomplished riders, will be among those people who joined the event, wherein there are around 80 of them will be riding across the grueling terrain. If Prince Harry has a £8,000 Triumph Motorbike, Prince Williams on the other hands owns a £20,000 Ducati.
Motorist will travel with a small group of riders in the morning and will meet up with the other riders at night.To join the event, each rider has donated a minimum of £1,500 and all the volunteers have generated more than £300,000 for the charities. Aside from the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, the group will also raise a certain amount for the charity Sentebale – a charity house that supports orphans and vulnerable children in Lesotho and it was founded by Prince Harry.
Global Enduro’s spokesperson the company who runs the Enduro Africa event said that they are honored to have the princes joining the event with them. The company is also looking forward of riding with them, as both men are in the Armed Forces. In addition, the spokesperson is also sure that the two princes will have a grit of getting through the event because it is not easy.
One of the spokesperson from Clarence House said that the Princes are looking forward of a motorcycle ride that will raise the money and the profile of Sentebale and two other major charities in Southern Africa.
For the information of everybody, Enduro Africa is a unique and challenging motorcycle adventure in aid of four causes that includes UNICEF, Sentebale – the Princes’ Fund for Lesotho, the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and the Touch Africa.
Every year, the Enduro Africa route constantly evolving and this year’s motorcycle adventurers worldwide will tackle eight days of dusty and demanding riding through some of the most rugged and isolated terrain of South Africa and the most famous of which is the Wild Coast. The adventure alone will take 12 days UK to UK.
With the warm support from the global biking company and the cream of the world’s biking press, the Enduro Africa is aiming to raise at least £150,000 for South Africa and Lesotho. By joining the event, motorists took parts in saving lives of some of the Africa’s poorest people. On the motorists part, by joining the Enduro Africa challenge, they will already become part of a life-changing adventure, and the memories will remain with them forever.
The Enduro Africa coordinators are inviting those who have what it takes to take part of the challenge to watch for their movie, which is voiced by Long Way Round and Race to Dakar’s Charley Boorman to find out how important every one’s involvement could be.

The helmet is the most important gear that a driver should have when motoring. Helmets are intentionally made for a biker’s safety and additional convenience when driving, for it has the ability to provide motor riders head face protection, eyes shield from dust, ear protection and more.

Originally, motor helmets are created because of a fatal crash of Lawrence of Arabia, and during the accident, Lawrence is not wearing a helmet and suffered serious head injuries that left him in comma and eventually died after six days. One of the doctors that attending Lawrence was Sir Hugh Caims, who had consequently began a long study about the unnecessary death of motorcycle riders through head injuries. And that study of Sir Hugh led to the use of crash helmets.

Since then, motor helmets became an important gear every rider has, it saves their lives, and helmets eventually evolve into various types.

The five different types of motor helmets include the following:

Full Face – this type of helmet covers the entire head. It has a rear that covers the base of the skull as well as a protective section over the front of the chin. This type of helmet has an open cutout in a band across the eyes and nose and a plastic face shield that can be clear and tinted that can be swivels up and down to allow access to the face. Vents are normally included in this type of helmets to allow airflow to the rider.

Off-Road / Motocross – this type of helmet has a clearly elongated chin and visor portions. It also has a chin bars and partially open face to give the motorist extra protection while wearing their favorite goggles. This type is perfect for motocross riders, for it has a visor that keeps the sun out of sight by the riders when he or she goes off jumps.

Modular or “Flip-up” – this type is intended for street use. It is a hybrid of open face and full-face type of helmets. In addition, this type of helmet is also sometimes called as convertible or flip-face. When the modular helmet is fully assembled it resembles a full face helmet by bearing a chin bar for absorbing face impacts. The chin bar can be pivoted upwards with the help of a special lever to allow access to most of the face just like an open face helmet.

Open face or ¾ - this sometimes called as a three-quarters helmet has a rear that also covers the back portion of the human skull. However, it does not have the lower chin bar and a face shield.

Half helmet – this type of helmet resembles the open face helmet when it comes to its front design. However, it has a raised rear that made it different from the open face helmet. This is also sometimes called as a Shorty helmet.

It is important to take note that when riding a motorcycle always take your helmet on to avoid severe head injuries when accident occurs.

One of the things that people might consider in buying a car is the price. This what the new KIA Rio range is offering to its clientele, and they are hoping that this super-mini car of them can capture the imagination of those budget-minded motorists.
Although KIA RIO did not make it big in the UK previously, maybe because the UK market might be underwhelmed by it, KIA still kept at it, and right now their latest RIO has more to offer. It got more refinement, better quality and got sharper styling that will perhaps give the KIA RIO a better result this time around. As you would see, the new RIO looks like having a total makeover to the extent that you may call it good looking.
The new style of the KIA Rio is very different and really goes down well. It does feature a bolder nose, more dynamic profile and neater interior. The comfort offers by the new KIA Rio is now beyond compare since it now has more headroom, more legroom, and shoulder room especially in the rear, and these features made the ne KIA Rio more comfort wise. In addition, safety perspective also has added features like the twin front, side and curtain airbags, active head restraints and ESP or the electronic stability program is now available with this car. When it comes to the performance, KIA takes pride of its all-new engines with both diesel and petrol units.
Despite of all the transformation the RIO has, there is still some things that don’t change. This model takes pride of its affordability with prices starting from £7,000 for the entry-level model. The RIO only got one body style 5-door hatch with three equipments levels that include one petrol engine, the 1.4 liters unit with manual or automatic transmission, and a 1.5 liters diesel engine with a manual gearbox, which is a first time offer from the RIO range.
The RIO range also has an optional Dynamic pack, which includes a rear spoiler, sunroof and an electronic stability program. The now 3,990 mm long Rio hatchback is taller at its +50mm, wider with +15mm, but is shorter at -250mm than the previous model. In addition, the new Rio also has a longer wheelbase that measures +90mm.
Compared to its rivals like the Volkswagen Polo, and Ford Fiesta, the KIA Rio wheelbase is longer of around 9 mm and 40 mm, and is a bit wider of around 12 mm to 49 mm, and the overall length of the Rio is between 30 mm and 168 mm longer that those potential rivals the Rio has.
Diesel power should be a popular choice for Rio customers, for the 1.5 CRDi unit offers a common rail fuel injection system and an advanced variable geometry turbocharger, and the performance of the 110PS 1.5 liter diesel Rio is very competitive.
Rio’s 16-valve engine delivers 235 Nm of torque at just 2,000 rpm, and is available with automatic transmission in the form of the 1.4-liter 16-valve petrol engine.
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