CAFÉ RACER 76: 09/25/13

Thunderbike Customs “Unbreakable” Wins Multiple Awards

German customizer Thunderbike Customs built a new custom-bike “Unbreakable”, which earned three awards in the Motor Show “European Bike Week 2013” in Faak, Austria. It is the Europe’s largest event that is attended about 75,000 owners of motorcycles Harley-Davidson.

Custom-bike Thunderbike Unbreakable won several awards for the show “Harley-Davidson Ride-In”: the best custom, best bike shows, etc. To build custom bikes took more than six months, so Andreas Bergerforth (President Thunderbike) is very pleased with the results and the outcome of labor Motor Show in Austria.

Some details of the project:
Homemade handmade frame
26-inch front wheel
Customize new plug
Painting – work Ingo Kruse
Nickel coating many details

via BIKEGLAM

John Cobb dies in Water Speed Record attempt, 1952

In 1939 John Cobb became the fastest man on land, a title which he would confirm by resetting his own land speed record in 1947.

Officially noted as having reached a confirmed speed of 394.19 mph (634.39 km/h) on land and with little competition in sight, by 1952 Cobb had turned his attention to boats and refocused his intentions on adding the world water speed record to his collection. Strapped into his jet-powered Crusader, Cobb tirelessly attempted to overtake Stanley Sayres’ 178.497 mph (287.263 km/h) benchmark. On the 29th of September 1952, John Cobb was making passes across the Loch Ness in Scotland at what is said to have been speeds in excess of 200 mph when his boat hit an unexpected wake and instantly disintegrated. His wheel-driven speed on water wasn’t broken until nearly 12 years later.

Via Motor Sport Retro

Arosa Classic Car 2013: Timeless beauty in pictures

The organisers describe it as the ‘Little Monaco of the Mountains’. The International Arosa ClassicCar hill climb, which runs from Langwies to Arosa (not so far from Davos and Klosters), is a refreshing relaxation of Switzerland’s normally draconian rules on speeding...

This year, the ninth in its history, some 150 competitors, ranging from a Porsche 906 to a Morgan Three-wheeler, were entered for runs on the 7.8-kilometre course… that includes 76 corners.

An experienced driver in a fast historic racing car will accomplish the feat in just under five minutes – an impressive sight. And the less talented? Just take a look at the crowds that gather at the more challenging spots, waiting for an unsuspecting novice to make a mistake…