OPPORTUNIST THIEVES have stolen the hi-tech gyro-cam from Valentino Rossi's Yamaha M1 after the rider ran out of petrol on the wind-down lap of last weekend's MotoGP race at Misano.The Italian, who finished third in Sunday's race, was mobbed

on the location of the bike and also the exact coordinates of the three gyro sensors, thus giving a better indication of the bike behaviour on track. This data stream is processed in real-time to control a miniaturised motor placed in the Gyroscopic On

– eliminating the weather protection and some of the safety in the process.The Lit C1 gets around the problem a different way, using gyros to keep it upright (see video here). It's clever, although we're guessing that the spinning weights in those gyros have got

Mattel's Batpod gyro-cycle - the modern-day KnievelTHEY BROUGHT you the Evel Knievel stunt cycle, which went onto become the best-selling toy in history, and now Mattel are about to release a similar style Batpod to commemorate Batman's latest movie

and very special attachment on the rider's shoulders and back which takes the place of the traditional hump.It works totally independently from the motorcycle by a sophisticated system of accelerometers and rate gyros located inside the hump whose signals

up Gyro-Cycle. Knievel was rumoured to have made 300 million dollars from sales alone. The toy outsold Barbie and GI Joe Action man.

's as flat as a kipper in second. Nice and wide exit. Plenty of room and less gyro issues because the speed's quite low.It cheeks you in a bit early the next left, you can't quite see the exit so it's one of those corners that you want another two foot

-to-air missileFlight Systems:Ring laser gyro Inertial Nav system with GPS Weapon Aiming Computer, Ground Mapping Radar, Terrain Following Radar, Forward looking Infra-Red Head-up display, Self defence suite including chaff, flares and radar jamming, Night Vision