“The Office” featuring Cody Webb. Filmed and Edited by Travis Fant. Produced by FMF Racing and Dirtbike Magazine. This is a one of a kind film shoot shot at the FMF factory during regular working hours. Watch Cody Webb tear up the factory and even help with some shipping along the way. FMF and Dirtbike magazine came up the idea of making a factory and endurocross course and this is what happend. - See more at: http://blog.derestricted.com/racing/the-office-featuring-cody-webb/#sthash.NdMmBGNr.dpuf
vendredi 14 juin 2013
Triumph "Flat City" by Dino Romano
Foto: Ugo Martens
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Fiesta et 208 R5 à Ypres
The new Ford Fiesta R5 and Peugeot 208 T16 R5 are poised to make their first public appearances as course cars at the Geko Ypres Rally on June 28-29. The will be driven by Belgium’s Thierry Neuville and Briton Kris Meeke respectively.
Les nouvelles Ford Fiesta R5 et Peugeot 208 T16 R5 sont attendues en ouverture du Geko Ypres Rally (28-29 juin) pour leurs débuts publiques. Le Belge Thierry Neuville et le Britannique Kris Meeke seront au volant.
After months of testing on asphalt and gravel, the latest challengers from Ford and Peugeot are due to break cover at the sixth round of the 2013 FIA European Rally Championship.
Qatar M-Sport’s Thierry Neuville will drive the Ford Fiesta R5 which has been developed by M-Sport, while the 2009 IRC champ Kris Meeke will be in the la Peugeot 208 T16 R5. These two cars have been designed to comply with the FIA’s R5 regulations but have yet to be homologated. The Belgian organisers have nonetheless agreed to let them cover the 2013 event’s 20 stages as ‘zero’ cars.
Also new in Ypres will be the new range of tyres introduced by Michelin to comply with the FIA’s Regional Rally regulations which were introduced on May 1.
Meanwhile, a Qualifying Stage will be run on the Thursday evening. Until now, this procedure has been restricted to snow and gravel rounds, so this is an innovation from the organisers of the Belgian asphalt event. The test will permit the fastest drivers to choose their running order for the first leg.
The main entries include Freddy Loix (record holder with seven Ypres victories to his name) in a factory Skoda Fabia S2000. Craig Breen, Jean-Mathieu Léandri and Bryan Bouffier (co-driven by Lara Vanneste) will start in Peugeot 207 S2000s. The 2011 PWRC champion Hayden Paddon will make his comeback to the international scene in a Ford Fiesta S2000, while Renault Sport Technologies will have Méganes for Bonnefis and Consani. The list continues with François Delecour (Peugeot 207 S2000) and Pieter Tsjoen (Skoda S2000).
Après plusieurs mois d’essais sur terre et asphalte, Ford et Peugeot vont présenter ensemble leurs derniers modèles à l’occasion de la 6e manche du Championnat d’Europe des Rallyes FIA.
Le pilote Qatar M-Sport Thierry Neuville sera au volant de la nouvelle Ford Fiesta R5 développée par M-Sport, alors que le champion IRC 2009 Kris Meeke ouvrira l’épreuve sur la Peugeot 208 T16 R5. Ces deux nouvelles voitures, répondant à la réglementation FIA R5, ne sont pas encore homologuées, mais l’organisateur belge a accepté de les faire rouler sur les 20 spéciales de l’édition 2013 en voitures « 0 ».
Il y aura beaucoup de nouveauté à Ypres puisque Michelin proposera à ses partenaires une toute nouvelle gamme de pneumatiques répondant à la réglementation FIA « Rally Regional » entrée en vigueur au 1er mai 2013.
D’autre part, une Qualifying Stage est programmée jeudi soir. Jusque-là réservée aux épreuves terre et neige, le Rallye d’Ypres innove avec la première Qualifying Stage asphalte. Celle-ci permettra aux concurrents prioritaires de choisir leur position de départ pour la première étape.
Parmi ces top-pilotes, Freddy Loix – recordman de victoires à Ypres (7) – est attendu sur une Skoda Fabia S2000 officielle. Craig Breen, Jean-Mathieu Léandri et Bryan Bouffier (copiloté par Lara Vanneste) seront au départ sur leur Peugeot 207 S2000. Le Champion PWRC 2011 Hayden Paddon effectuera son retour international au volant d’une Ford Fiesta S2000. Les deux Mégane de Renault Sport Technologies (Bonnefis et Consani) seront également de la fête. François Delecour (Peugeot 207 S2000) et Pieter Tsjoen (Skoda S2000) sont annoncés.
MOTO GUZZI V75 BY VENIER CUSTOMS
There are a tiny handful of builders who consistently hit the mark with every bike they create. In Italy, one of those builders is Venier Customs, which took home a trophy last month from the Biker Fest for this beautiful Moto Guzzi V75.
The bike is called ‘Corsaiola,’ which loosely translates to mean ‘speedy’. It’s based on a small block 1989 V75, which was the forerunner of the Guzzi’s current V7 range. Ironically, the V75 has more power than the current bike—58 as opposed to 48 hp. That’s emissions regulations for you.
Stefano Venier is a thoroughly modern craftsman, working out the initial design in Photoshop and then using CAD to machine the parts he needs. For this bike, the frame was reworked at the back and a new tank and seat unit installed. (The original V75 was somewhat blighted by the 1980s fetish for plastic, with an especially ungainly tank.) Other custom parts include the rear fender and side panels, and custom brackets were fabricated to attach everything neatly to the frame.
The lines of the bike are simply immaculate now. They’re helped by the elegant Mistral exhaust system, hooked up to the huge cylinders jutting out to the sides. The engine has been overhauled and painted light grey; the wheels are original, albeit restored. They now run Avon Roadrider tires. (“The bike is quite fast and you need some real grip,” Stefano comments.)
The finishing touch is a simple but effective black-and-white paint job. It’s a great example of the old becoming new again—Venier’s V75 wouldn’t look out of place in a showroom next to Moto Guzzi’s current range of V7s.
Head over to the very stylish Venier Customs website to see more of Stefano’s work, and follow Venier’s news via the company Facebook page.
Images by Donatello Trevisiol.
from BIKEEXIF
Rallye de Sardaigne :A third win for Marc Coma / La passe de trois pour Marc Coma
Already winner of the first two round of the FIM Rally Raid World Championship, Marc Coma (KTM Michelin) added a third success to this series in Sardinia. He remains unbeaten this season, and leads of course the series at mid season.
Déjà vainqueur des deux premières épreuves du championnat du monde FIM de rallye raid, Marc Coma (KTM Michelin) vient d’ajouter un troisième succès en s’imposant au Sardinia Rallye. L’officiel KTM réalise un sans faute depuis le début de saison.
As this five days race is not organised in a desert, some of the best riders were not using their usual rally raid bike but came in Sardinia with an Enduro bike. Marc Coma chooses a 450 EXC KTM, and the Spaniard didn’t had an easy race as he faced some new rivals such as Cyril Despres (Yamaha Michelin) on his new bike, or Paolo Gonçalves now on a Honda.
After two days the standings were pretty tight as the three leaders (Italian Alessandro Botturi, Coma and Despres) were in the same minute! But in the third stage Coma had a perfect day and took the lead five minutes ahead of Despres. The fourth stage was even better for the KTM rider who increases his leadership to nine minutes, and then secured his third success in Sardinia. Coma wins the race followed by Gonçalves and fellow countryman Joan Pedredo, while Despres missed the podium by eleven seconds.
Marc Coma: “It’s great to win here for the third time, but the most important is to increase my leadership in the standings. The main difference with the previous editions was the weather, with rain during the first day; the navigation was very tough this year, it was sometimes stressful when you had to lead all your rivals and you had to be very well focused.”
Cyril Despres: “To come here was a last minute decision that we took with Yamaha, our goal was to discover ourselves during a race. I just did a few tests before the race with my new Yamaha and we learned a lot during these five days. I did a few mistakes and missed the podium, but I came here to prepare the future and we’re happy with this experience.”
Disputée sur cinq journées et sur un terrain atypique où plusieurs des favoris utilisaient des motos d’enduro plutôt que leurs habituelles machines de rallye, cette troisième manche du championnat n’allait pas être une simple formalité pour Coma qui trouvait de nouveaux rivaux sur son chemin avec l’arrivée de Cyril Despres (Yamaha Michelin) sur sa nouvelle monture et la passage de Paolo Gonçalves sur Honda.
Si les positions restaient très serrées après deux jours de course puisque les trois premiers (l’Italien Alessandro Botturi, Coma et Despres) se tenaient en moins d’une minute, l’épreuve allait se décanter lors de la troisième étape ou Coma se forgeait une avance de cinq minutes sur Despres. La quatrième étape était encore meilleure pour l’Espagnol, qui abordait la cinquième et dernière journée avec neuf minutes d’avance sur Gonçalves et filait vers un nouveau succès, le troisième pour lui en Sardaigne. Coma s’impose à Gonçalves et a son compatriote Joan Pedredo, Cyril Despres échouant pour onze petites secondes au pied du podium.
Marc Coma : « Gagner pour la troisième fois ici est satisfaisant, tout comme consolider ma place en tête du Championnat du Monde. La plus grande différence de cette édition par rapport aux précédentes fut la météo ; sur le plan navigation, elle était très difficile cette année, ce fut stressant en sollicitant une très grosse concentration en particulier quand on ouvrait la piste, ce qui m’est arrivé de nombreuses fois. »
Cyril Despres : « S’engager ici fut une décision de dernière minute, prise en commun avec Yamaha pour que nous fassions une course de rodage. J’ai découvert ma nouvelle moto au fil de l’épreuve, quelques erreurs me coutent une place sur le podium mais nous avons beaucoup appris et c’était le but principal de notre participation. »
Sardinia Rallye : 1.Coma (ESP, KTM) ; 2.Goncalves (POR, Honda) ; 3.Pedrero (ESP, Beta) ; 4.Despres (FRA, Yamaha) ;
5.Botturi (ITA, Yamaha) ; etc. Championnat du Monde : 1.Coma, 60 ; 2.Gonçalves, 51 ; 3.Przygonski (POL, KTM), 33 ; etc.
YART and GMT 94 prepare for Suzuka / Le YART et le GMT 94 préparent les 8 Heures de Suzuka
Yamaha Austria Racing Team (YART) and GMT 94 have completed test sessions at Jerez and Albacete in Spain as they prepare for round two of the 2013 Endurance World Championship, the 8 Hours of Suzuka, at the end of July.
Le Yamaha Austria Racing Team (YART) et le GMT 94 ont enchaîné deux séries de tests en Espagne sur les circuits de Jerez et d’Albacete en vue de la deuxième épreuve du Championnat du monde d’Endurance, les 8 Heures de Suzuka à la fin du mois de juillet.
« “They were important tests for us,” reported the Austrian team’s boss Mandy Kainz. “We hadn’t done any running since the Bol d’Or and Suzuka calls for a highly specific set up.”
Igor Jerman, Broc Parkes and Josh Waters took turns on the N°7 Yamaha-Michelin, and their work focused on the bike’s suspension settings. “We used the bike that raced at Magny-Cours. The engine has covered more than 6,000km without a problem.”
Josh Waters, who was deprived of a Bol d’Or appearance following a fall the week preceding the EWC opener, only attended the Jerez test. Despite a harmless fall on the last day, the Australian made good progress and is expected to be fit for Suzuka. Meanwhile, Broc Parkes, who had no prior knowledge of either Jerez or Albacete, impressed with some strong times.
In 2012, YART qualified on pole position and established a new endurance racing lap record at Suzuka. It is consequently targeting a podium result this time round. “A top-three finish is possible, but we will need to be smart enough not to make the same mistakes we have made there in recent years.”
GMT 94 was third in 2012 and hopes to harvest podium success again next month. David Checa, Matthieu Lagrive, Kenny Foray and Maxime Berger essentially used their tests to evaluate a variety of tyre solutions. They also worked on their bike’s electronics and fuel consumption. “We have made good gains in fuel efficiency which was our weakness at the Bol d’Or,” said GMT 94’s team manager Christophe Guyot.
All the teams entered for this year’s 8 Hours of Suzuka – including Michelin’s partners YART, GMT 94 and BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent – are due to attend an official practice session on July 2-3.
Igor Jerman, Broc Parkes et Josh Waters se sont succédé au guidon de la Yamaha-Michelin n°7. La majorité du travail s’est concentrée sur les réglages des suspensions. « Nous avons utilisé la moto qui a participé au Bol d’Or. Le moteur a avalé plus de 6000 km sans le moindre problème. »
Forfait pour le Bol d’Or suite à une chute survenue le week-end précédent l’ouverture du Championnat du monde d’Endurance, Josh Waters effectuait son retour avec le YART. Présent uniquement à Jerez et malgré une petite chute le dernier jour, l’Australien a réalisé d’énormes progrès et sera prêt pour affronter Suzuka. Ne connaissant ni le tracé de Jerez ni celui d’Albacete, Broc Parkes a impressionné en claquant les meilleurs chronos.
Qualifié en pole position en 2012 en établissant un nouveau record du tour en endurance, le YART vise le podium cette année. « Le podium est à notre portée mais nous devons être intelligent pour ne pas commettre les mêmes erreurs que les éditions précédentes. »
Troisième en 2012, le GMT 94 compte bien rééditer sa performance en 2013. David Checa, Matthieu Lagrive, Kenny Foray et Maxime Berger se sont attachés à tester différentes solutions pneumatiques. Le travail a également porté sur l’électronique et la consommation d’essence. « Nous avons beaucoup gagné sur la consommation d’essence, sachant que c’était notre point faible au Bol d’Or » assure Christophe Guyot, team manager du GMT 94.
L’ensemble des équipes engagées aux 8 Heures de Suzuka se retrouvera les 2 et 3 juillet pour participer aux essais officiels avec la présence des trois équipes partenaires de Michelin, YART, GMT 94 et BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent.
The best getaway cars of all time
The getaway car is one of the most important tools in an outlaw’s arsenal. Certain cars have become associated with evading capture while maintaining the driver’s criminal credibility; we take a look at some currently available in the Marketplace.
Jaguar S-Type: Alternative to the archetype
Famously used in the 1960s by British gangsters (both real and fictional), the Mk 2 Jaguar is the archetypal getaway car. But perhaps the S-Type would have been more suitable, given its larger boot (all the more room for loot) and independent rear suspension, allowing for a more controlled and comfortable escape.
Buy this Jaguar S-Type in the Classic Driver Marketplace >>
Cadillac Series 62 Fastback Coupé: One for the Don
Looking particularly menacing in black, the Type 62 was popular with the American Mafia in the 50s. In fastback coupé form, it’s perhaps suitable as the personal transport of the Boss, while the Mafia's 'soldiers' are likely to have found the saloon more convenient for drive-by duties.
Buy this Cadillac Series 62 Coupé Fastback in the Classic Driver Marketplace >>
Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am: Cannonball cruiser
The 1976 film Cannonball saw protagonist Coy Buckman enter an illegal road race in a second-generation Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am, using its thunderous power before totalling it after falling asleep at the wheel. It might not be the most discreet of vehicles; but with all that muscle from the huge-capacity V8, who cares?
Buy this first-generation Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am in the Classic Driver Marketplace >>
Citroën Traction Avant: Notorious namesake
Though it saw one of the first successful applications of front-wheel drive and a monocoque chassis, the Traction Avant gained just as much fame for being the wheels of choice for Gallic criminal gangs. One notorious group of Parisian outlaws was actually so fond of the car that the criminals became known as the ‘Gang des Tractions Avant’.
Buy this Citroën Traction Avant in the Classic Driver Marketplace >>
Lamborghini Countach: Night-time courier service
With its playboy image, intimidating appearance and performance to match, the Countach was a favourite of American drug barons in the 80s. Rumour has it that an American 'mule' or drug-runner used one to carry out cross-country overnight excursions – with a baffled engine bay and masked headlights (the driver wore night-vision googles) to avoid detection.
See all Lamborghini Countaches in the Classic Driver Marketplace >>
Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W140): Best car, worst intentions
Though it’s not exactly the most agile transport, the W140 was the chosen chariot of many an underworld chief, not to mention other big cheeses – from Russian oligarchs to gangster rappers – perhaps united by an acceptance of the S-Class’s ‘best car in the world’ label.
See all W140 Mercedes-Benz S-Classes in the Classic Driver Marketplace >>
Text: Joe Breeze
Photos: Classic Driver dealers / auction houses
Valentino Rossi makes light of Jeremy Burgess' interview
from TWOWHEELSBLOG
In a long interview that was published in Spanish newspaper Marca, Valentino Rossi’s legendary crewchief Jeremy Burgess was asked if Rossi still has a chance of winning the world title and he said, “It would be a wonderful dream, and a small miracle… “Valentino has already won seven titles in the premier class, and the chances of that re-occuring is shrinking. We must accept it …”
“When you’re young you have certain characteristics like courage and the need to take risks that slowly disappears when you become older. At a certain point you need to feel more at ease, more relaxed and in sports even that 1% makes the difference.”
In today’s pre-event press conference at the Catalunya circuit Rossi was asked about ‘Jerry’s’ comment on the age factor and the Italian made light of it.
“Mine or his?” laughed Rossi, who then became more serious. “We must be realistic, to win the world championship will be very difficult, because there are three riders who are very fast, and we have to add Crutchlow. I still believe that I can improve, but it is not easy to regain confidence after two difficult years. Working on the details we still have room for improvement, but the title is still far away.”
Catalunya was where Rossi beat Jorge Lorenzo in a stunning last turn pass in 2009, and the Italian was was also asked if he could repeat it this weekend.
If Jorge waits for me, yes!” laughed Rossi “He’s too fast!” and a smiling Lorenzo responded, “I’m sorry I cannot wait! But maybe you are faster than me this weekend…”
MotoGP’s first free practice at the Catalunya circuit starts tomorrow morning at 9:55 am (CET).
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