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samedi 7 décembre 2013
YAMAHA SR400 RIDING THE SUNSET
THE WOMEN’S MOTORCYCLE EXHIBITION BY LANAKILA MACNAUGHTON
The Women’s Motorcycle Exhibition by Lanakila MacNaughton is a photographic exhibition centred around female motorcyclists, I’ve included some of her images here to give you a glimpse of what you’ll see at the brick and mortar exhibition on the 22nd of December at the Riverside Art Museum in Riverside, California.
There are due to be additional shows in other locations and if you’d like to contact Lanakila about hosting an exhibition, you can visit her website here.
Bio: Lanakila MacNaughton
My name is Lanakila MacNaughton. I was born and raised in Portland Oregon. My mother was a florist and my father a builder. I was immersed in the arts early on by my mother who studied art history in college and was very passionate about all mediums and forms of visual expression. I picked up my first camera by the age of 17, a Nikon D50. From there I started experimenting with film and lighting. I shot for 2 years only on a Holga which is a toy camera, still to this day one of my favorite cameras. I gradually moved up to a Hasselblad CM, a medium format 60 year old manual camera. The entire show is shot on my Hasselblad CM because of the richness in tonal value, grain, and clarity from this amazingly engineered machine.
My obsession for motorcycles took off when See See Motorcycles opened up in Portland Oregon. See See Motorcycles which is a coffee/motorcycle/parts shop created by Thor Drake and George Kassapakis, opened my eyes to the world of motorcycles and motivated me to buy a bike. My first motorcycle was a red 1982 Honda 250. It was a perfect first bike.
Once I started riding I was eager to meet other women in my community who rode, but couldn’t really find any. Most of the girls I heard that road around town mainly road with their boyfriends which I thought was super lame! I was eager to find, meet and connect women in the community. The women that I did meet blew me away, they were and are independent, strong, courageous women. I was inspired to create The Women’s Motorcycle Exhibition to represent these fearless women who have been unacknowledged in our culture and media. The show is a vehicle to promote women motorcyclists as liberated, passionate and fearless riders rather than just an ornament standing perched naked on a bike.
The women riders in the show blow me away. There are hundreds of sexy, strong fashion conscious women with attitude and drive, hidden in every city, my goal is to find them. The show is a traveling exhibition because I want to draw out and connect women from different cities and countries to create a stronger sense of community amongst women riders. The women riders I have met through the show all have the same passion for life, enthusiasm for motorcycles and a desire to create memories with like minded women.
All images copyright © Lanakila MacNaughton. Not to be reprinted or published without full attribution.
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The end of Citroën’s reign? / Fin de règne pour Citroën ?
We continue our look back at the 2013 World Rally Championship with a review of Citroën-Total Abu Dhabi Racing’s season. After five straight titles, the French squad came second with a score of three wins.
Après Volkswagen, poursuivons notre bilan de la saison WRC 2013 avec l’équipe Citroën-Total Abu Dhabi Racing qui a remporté trois victoires cette année et terminé vice-championne du monde après cinq titres d’affilée.
Citroën’s record in world class rallying is bettered only by that of Lancia. The French make has claimed eight Manufacturers’ titles since 2003 (Lancia: 10) and has notched up 93 event victories, including eight in a row in 2011 and 11 in a single season in 2005.
After a domination that lasted a quarter of the WRC’s history (one decade in four), its reign was always going to come to an end one day, despite the continuing competitiveness of the Citroën DS3 WRC.
In 2013, the programme of its superstar driver Sébastien Loeb featured just four rounds. The nine-time champion won two of those (Monte Carlo and Argentina) before his career ended in spectacular fashion in his native Alsace where, despite five months away from the championship, he was battling for victory until his last-day crash. The Frenchman concluded his WRC career at Citroën with his 900th fastest stage time…
Hormis Lancia, aucun autre constructeur que Citroën ne peut se targuer d’un tel palmarès en Championnat du monde des Rallyes FIA. La marque française a remporté huit titres mondiaux Constructeurs depuis 2003 (dix pour Lancia), 93 rallyes WRC dont huit consécutifs en 2011 et onze sur le seul exercice 2005.
Alors, après avoir dominé un quart l’histoire du WRC (une décennie sur quatre), il fallait bien que ce règne touche à sa fin, malgré les belles performances affichées par la Citroën DS3 WRC face à la concurrence.
Le programme 2013 de son pilote fétiche, Sébastien Loeb, ne comptait que quatre épreuves. Le nonuple champion du monde en a remporté deux – Monte-Carlo et Argentine – avant de se retirer de façon spectaculaire de la discipline au Rallye de France-Alsace. Après cinq mois d’inactivité « rallystique », Loeb se battait encore pour la victoire avant de sortir de la route. Sébastien a conclu sa carrière en WRC avec Citroën par une 900e victoire de spéciale…
Loeb’s win in Argentina sapped the morale of team-mates Mikko Hirvonen and Dani Sordo. The Finn’s difficult season harvested only five podium finishes and 10 stage wins. He led for just two stages and never finished less than 58 seconds behind the winner. He made a few mistakes (Sweden, Sardinia, Rally GB) and was unlucky at times (Greece, Finland, Australia) but, in his defence, he didn’t test between every rally. The four-time WRC runner-up failed to appear in the 2013 championship’s top three and his year ended with an unceremonious crash in Wales.
Dani Sordo celebrated his return to the Citroën camp with four podiums from 12 and saved his year with an outright win in Germany, his 107th WRC outing. The Spaniard clearly hasn’t lost any of his speed on asphalt, but tactics and the format of this year’s RallyRACC-Catalunya handicapped his chances of winning on home soil. He began the season with a top-three finish in Monte Carlo, but failed to settle into a rhythm on either snow or the calendar’s more slippery or faster gravel rallies. Although a mistake by his team put him out of contention in Wales, he seemed stronger on the more technically demanding rounds like Portugal and Greece.
In Australia, Dani was replaced by Kris Meeke who was ripe for promotion to WRC level. He got his first opportunity in the Citroën DS3 WRC in Finland where his remarkable performance looked as though it would be rewarded with fifth place until he crashed with one stage remaining! A month later, he squandered his second chance by going off twice in Australia. Will he get a third? We will find out when Citroën announces its 2014 line-up on December 16…
Le retour victorieux du « boss » en Argentine a aussi sapé le moral de ses équipiers, Mikko Hirvonen et Dani Sordo. Le Finlandais a connu une année difficile avec seulement cinq podiums, dix spéciales remportées. Il n’a été leader que pendant deux spéciales et n’a jamais terminé à moins de 58 secondes du vainqueur. Mikko a commis quelques erreurs (Suède, Sardaigne, Rally GB) et aussi joué de malchance (Grèce, Finlande, Australie). A sa décharge, il n’a pas toujours roulé en tests entre les rallyes. Quadruple vice-champion du monde, Mikko n’est pas parvenu à se hisser sur le podium du championnat 2013 et a conclu la saison par une belle sortie de route au Pays de Galles.
Pour son retour chez Citroën, l’Espagnol Dani Sordo a signé quatre podiums en douze rallyes et sauvé sa saison par une première victoire mondiale au Rallye d’Allemagne pour son 107e rallye WRC. Les tactiques de course et le format du RallyRACC-Catalunya 2013 l’ont sans doute empêché de gagner à domicile, mais Dani est toujours le plus véloce sur asphalte. Après un podium au « Monte-Carlo », l’Espagnol n’a pas su trouver le rythme sur neige et sur terre glissante ou rapide. Une erreur du team a ruiné son Wales Rally GB. En revanche, il était dans le coup sur des terrains plus techniques comme au Portugal ou en Grèce.
Dani fut remplacé dans l’équipe officielle par Kris Meeke au Rallye d’Australie. Le Britannique, qui mérite amplement un volant en WRC, avait eu une première chance sur une Citroën DS3 WRC au Rallye de Finlande. Après une prestation magnifique, Kris n’avait plus qu’à rentrer à Jyväskylä pour cueillir une 5e place quand il sortit violemment de la route à une spéciale du but ! Un mois plus tard, Kris a gâché sa seconde chance en sortant deux fois de la piste lors du Rallye d’Australie…En aura-t-il une troisième ? Réponse le 16 décembre…
ERIC PATTERSON’S BROUGH SUPERIOR
The 67 year old man you see pictured above is Eric Patterson and he’s been a lover of motorcycles since before you or I were born. 2013 is his fifth consecutive year at the Bonneville Salt Flats attending the BUB Speed Trials, he’s retired the vintage Norton/JAP he took to the first 4 events and now has a custom built Brough Superior that was specially prepared by ex-Formula One engineer Alastair Gibson.
Gibson (formerly of the BAR-Honda Team) built the Brough specifically as a land-speed record contender, it’s been fitted with a hand-beaten aluminium fairing, a slipstreamed rear cowling, board-tracker handlebars, high-speed tires and an engine that’s been rebuilt to put out far more power than the original.
Eric is hoping to reach the 140mph mark this year, up from his previous record of 124.98mph with a best one way official speed of 127.07mph. His longterm aim is to top 200mph, a feat that’ll require a full fairing, further engine modifications, frame strengthening and suspension tweaks.
No article about a respectable gentleman at Bonneville would be complete without a mention of Burt Munro, a man who is now remembered as the unofficial patron saint of slat flat racers. It’s deeply reassuring to see men like Eric out on the sodium, it gives us all hope for a future without Zimmer frames, petunia gardening or retirement homes.
Click here to read more about Eric and Brough Superior’s recent exploits in Utah.
All images by Gary S. France.via SILODROME
The Ten Fastest Ovals Outside The US
SEXPAND
Nascar isn't the only series where drivers forget to turn right for a while. These ten tracks show just how crazy the rest of the world is about going around in circles.
10.) Autodromo de Sitges-Terramar, Spain
Top speed: 105 mph
Built in 1922 near Barcelona, the oval is best summed up by toyotasupraman:
Pre-war racing track, which means two things:1) Not exactly oval, more kind of a bean shape.2) Steep with a capital S.
60 degrees, to be precise. It's in pretty decent shape considering that the last time it held a race, Eisenhower was the President.
Suggested By: toyotasupraman
9.) Idiada proving ground, Spain
Top speed: N/A. Neutral steer speed: 124 mph
Idiada is where most new cars go to show what they're made of. It's a massive complex with 13 different tracks, one of which is a banked oval for high speed testing.
Suggested By: Zuzax
8.) Brooklands
Top speed: 143 mph
Only the steepest part of the famous bend remains today. The world's first purpose-built motorsport venue's opened in 1907, as well as one of Britain's first airfields, which also became Britain's largest aircraft manufacturing centre by 1918. The circuit hosted its last race in 1939, but guess what, the Concorde was made here!1
They also have one on site.
Suggested By: Nobody
7.) Contidrom, Germany
Top speed: 165 mph
Continental (the one that makes tires) runs this place, with a maximum banking angle of no less than 58 degrees.
Suggested By: cBJr
6.) Autodromo Nationale Monza, Italy
Top speed: 173 mph
Monza is still one of the fastest tracks in the world, but the oval track is rotting away slowly since it was deemed unsafe in the sixties. They only use it for rallying once a year.2
Before that, the Race of Two Worlds was held here, in which Indy drivers competed against the GP cars of Europe. Since most Europeans found that idea way too crazy, the Americans took the trophy both in 1957 and '58.
The top trap speed was 195 miles per hour, and that was in 1957.
Suggested By: Kate's Dirty Sister
5.) Lausitzring, Germany
Top speed: 206 mph
Forget VW's Ehra-Lessien test track! Nobody is allowed in there. It's just like during the cold war. Volkswagen prefers Nardo anyway.
EuroSpeedway Lausitz on the other hand is visible on the map, and it's full of fast moving objects.
Suggested By: Axel-Ripper
4.) Rockingham Motor Speedway, England
Top speed: 215 mph
Brooklands is gone, and while this isn't the same by any stretch, it's faster.
Suggested By: StewMM
3.) Twin Ring Motegi, Japan
Top speed: 219 mph
Built by Honda in 1997 in order to get Indy to Japan, it's just as fast as it looks. Also, it's time for some Best Motoring Super Fun Film Time!
Suggested By: Incognigro
2.) AVUS, Germany
Top speed: 240 mph
Just like the Nürburgring, the Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße is part of the public road system. And just like in Monza, the banked section was deemed unsafe for motorsport purposes and got dismantled in 1967 to give way to an expanded intersection under the Funkturm tower.
Suggested By: manifold engines, wanting for time
1.) Nardo Ring
Top speed: 241 mph
It's the fastest, but it's also almost forty years old and bumpy as hell. Just for advanced level users.3
Suggested By: Darkcode
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