DUCATI 999S BY VENIER CUSTOMS

This is one of the fastest motorcycles we’ve ever featured—and I’d say it’s one of the best-looking too. It’s a Ducati 999S ‘Testastretta’ converted from race to road use byStefano Venier, a New York-based builder with an immaculate eye for understated aesthetics.

Venier is best known for his classic Moto Guzzi customs, but he was salivating at the prospect of wheeling a 999S into his workshop. “Working on a race bike was a dream project,” he says. “It was a new experience to work on a modern motorcycle too.”

The commission for ’999VX’ came from photographer Riccardo Vimercati, who wanted to convert his track machine to road use. The bike already had a sprinkling of race parts; it’s closely related to the machines ridden by Troy Bayliss and Reuben Xaus in competition. The top-shelf goodies included an STM clutch and Discacciati levers, plus a RapidBike ECU and quickshifter. Power output is well north of 150 hp.

Once the fairing was off, Venier rebuilt the rear end with a leather seat, a new support frame, and a removable hard seat cover. He then switched out the stock alloy wheels for a set of spoked rims from a Ducati GT1000—describing it as “a really hard job to do right on a bike with so much power.” Exhaust gases now exit via Termignoni Corse headers into a Zard muffler. (“You should hear her voice now!”)

Much of the work was in the detail, removing a multitude of brackets, tabs, wiring and electrical parts, with the odd relocation of components to keep the bike looking tidy in its naked state. The color is a dark gray rather than absolute black, and the front fender is custom-fabricated.

Some things, however, were best left alone. “We tried to redesign the tank, but it was impossible to improve on the Pierre Terblanche design,” Venier reports. “To my eyes, it’s one of the best tanks ever created.” So Venier confined the rest of his mods to small touches like the mesh side panels, designed to give a little visual lift.

The next bikes to leave the Venier stable will be brand new Moto Guzzis: a V7 Stone and a California 1400. We can’t wait to see what he does with those.

Photos by Donatello Trevisiol. Check the Venier Customs website for more of Stefano’s work, and follow his news via the Venier Facebook page.

from BIKEEXIF

for SALE : Norton Molnar Manx Replica (2013)

La moto présentée est une Molnar Manx Replica construite en 2013. Elle a très peu roulée et n’a jamais courue (deux sorties en démo en 2013 et 250 km), elle est donc neuve.

Spécifications techniques :

Alésage moteur 90 mm
Roulements moteur renforcés
Carburateur Gardner 40 mm
Boite Quaife 6 rapports à barillet
Amortisseurs Ar Maxton
Allumage magnéto électronique
Amortisseur de direction Öhlins
Roues 18 avec pneus Avon racing
Carénage intégral avec bac récupérateur intégré
Garde boue avant, arrière carbone
Frein avant Fontana 4 cames 230 mm
Compte tours électronique
Deux lignes d’échappement fournies : Une complète inox » Molnar » 109 décibels, et une complète avec silencieux carbone 100 décibels.

La documentation pour entretient ainsi que des pièces de maintenance (valeur des pièces neuves : 1000 €) sont fournies avec la moto.
Cette Manx Molnar est immédiatement disponible en France.

Un ingénieur passionné qui fait vivre la légende

En 1994 la société anglaise Molnar Precision Limited, fondé par l’ingénieur passionné Andy Molnar, acquiert les droits de fabriquer des Norton Manx. En 2005 la Molnar Manx n° 100 a été livrée au « National Motorcycle Museum ».
Molnar est également fournisseur de pièces pour des machines originales. Les pièces standard sont fabriquées d’après les plans originaux Norton.
Les ingénieurs ont développé le moteur Manx, basé sur les expériences et essais du passé effectué par Norton ainsi que Tickle, qui avait acheté Manx en 1969. Les résultats de ces recherches sont les moteurs 499 cc Molnar Manx 90 et 95 à course courte, qui ont obtenu des résultats exceptionnelles dans les années passées, parmi d’importants victoires internationales ces machines ont aussi gagné le
Classic Senior Manx Grand Prix.

 

SPECIFICATIONS

Marque : Norton
Origine : Angleterre
Type : Molnar Manx Replica 90
Cylindrée : 499 cm³
Année : 2013
État : Neuve
Référence : FF23

DISPONIBILITÉ

Immédiate en France

PRIX

37 500 €
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CORB MOTORCYCLES #2 ‘BIELSA’

Post up a few Trackers and the floodgates open, so we’re very pleased to help showcase this SR250 street tracker as an alternative to the Dominators and XRs etc, and in contrast to the SRs that are usually more scrambler/cafe in style. The bike has been put together by Santi Garcia of Corb Motorcycles from Terrassa in Barcelona, Spain.

Santi’s first Corb MC build was a 125cc Vespa, so he considers this SR as his fist proper Motorcycle. He worked in collaboration with Bike Shed favourites, La Corona, as they built him a KZ400 that you can see on The Bike Shed and in the BikeEXIF coffee-table book, The Ride. This bike, “Bielsa”, is a demonstration of what Santi could achieve with a low-cost build, although it do doesn’t look like a machine with too many compromises.

The brief was to build a Dirt Tracker with ‘elegance’  that was as far away from the original donor as possible in it’s look and feel, and to be completely rideable, as this was to be the owner’s first bike. The bike has been graced with new wheels, wearing chunky Dunlop K460s. The rear shocks are upgraded items from Hagon. The subframe hasn’t been looped at the rear but it easily accommodates the new handmade custom seat with diamond-stitched upholstery. There are new lights front and back, with mini speedo, mini indicators and a mini oil temp gauge.

The exhaust is by Dime City Cycles and the engine breathes-in through new filters. The electrics have also been simplified and the wires kept out of sight, running inside the new tracker handlebars. The battery is left exposed. Other mods include custom fenders, front and back, a handmade license plate holder and a host of other brackets, plates and parts. The front number board is a nice touch, wrapped around the Bates style headlight and showing-off the same silk black and white race-striped colours as the tank.

Santi tells us that the bike is a blast to ride, while not exactly powerful she’s a great city bike with plenty of bark from the pipes and just as happy in the city or the country – and most importantly, the new owner loves it.

It’s a nice variation on both the tracker style and on the humble Yamaha SR250, so thanks to Santi for sharing with us at The Bike Shed. He’s now working on a Yamaha XT600, and we look forward to seeing it on our pages soon. See more from Corb Motorcycles on their Facebook page.

Tracker 48 for MotoUSA

Nothing beats a Street Tracker for attitude and fun. A dirt road in front of you?...cool, twisty pavement?...that's all good too. We built this 2010 Sportster 48 for MotoUSA President Don Becklin and used it as an experimental platform for our new Machine Ops Finish, Vintage Sportster gas tank, flat track tail, Mid Control and a new exhaust concept. She started life as a Sportster 48. The first mod was a new billet top triple that accepts any riser combo, eliminating the cast in riser. We then used our Pro Step Bar with a nice flat track style pull back and Vintage 4 bolt risers.

We threw a vintage twist at this machine with a prototype Sportster version of our classic Vintage Gas Tank which looks at home on a Flat Tracker. 14.5” progressive 970 series reservoir shocks, 19” Slam wheels and sticky flat track rubber achieve the classic Dirt Track stance we were going for. Since this bike will spend the majority of its life on the pavement, Jamie from Micah Racing hooked us up with a set of the new DOT approved, street legal, Mitas flat track tires. The Sporty Tracker was a test bed for our newest finish Machine Ops and this is one of the iterations of the original idea with a bit of tint to it.

The bike features a host of prototypes including the wild 2-into-1-into-2 Slant Carbon Works finish exhaust, mid controls, custom silicone oil lines by Samco, aluminum tail section, gas tank kit, billet triple clamp for standard risers and front frame guard. At the heart of it all still lies the basis of the Stock 48, but the owner wouldn’t be able to tell. In the end, he got what he asked for because we built what we wanted, which is what he wanted.. or something like that. Everybody wins. Check out the full write up from Byron Wilson at MotoUSA here!

One of the joys and major responsibilities of being a bike builder comes when someone trusts you to tear their pride and joy down to the frame and recreate the machine as something completely different. This task is made ever more interesting when the customer says, do what you want. This is magic to our ears. Inevitably there’s the question of a budget which reins the creative process in, but with somewhat free reign it allows us to experiment with styles. One of our favorite styles is the Streetracker. Both comfortable and fun to ride, the Streetracker comes in many forms. Keep track of this build as we plan to throw a classic vintage twist at this machine.

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