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    L'ETOFFE DES HEROS - Episode 1

    Premier épisode de la série "L'étoffe des héros". Produit par A PIECE OF CHIC

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    AD HOC SR250 AG-HOC


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    Ad Hoc; ad/adj – “created for a particular purpose as necessary.”
    The definition behind the brand of David Gonzalez’s Barcelona based Ad Hoc Cafe Racers is a mission statement for his bike building. Created for purpose. The purpose of this little bike was to create a sweet set of wheels for funky young man Arnau G, whose initials swap in for the Ad of Ad Hoc to name his prized ride. As we have come to expect and enjoy from Ad Hoc, the bike is a beauty, evolving and expanding their unique aesthetic.
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    This is Ad Hoc’s first foray into the world of Scramblers, until now David has built a series of beautiful cafe racers based on machines such as a Morini 35o, a CB75o, and that glorious Cagiva Allazurra (a personal all time BikeShed favourite). But for this build the clip ons were out and the knobblies were in, reflecting the extreme sport spirit of its owner. Arnau G’s skate and surf predilection also inspires the most striking feature of this build, the brand infused tank artwork. A lacquered vinyl homage to his favourite things.
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    The bike has a stance and configuration reminiscent of those light 70′s European scramblers from the likes of Husqvarna and Bultaco. The loaf of bread seat and long Betor shocks look like they could happily bounce you up any unforgiving path and the Dunlop Geomax tires could churn through far denser greenery than the AstroTurf of the photo shoot. It is a bike that even at a stand still begs to be charged at the unsuspecting countryside.
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    Much work has a gone into giving the bike its clutter free look, electrics have been tucked up beneath the seat and a lithium battery stored beneath the swing arm. The switchgear has been intricately crafted and wired through the Renthal Low bars creating a bespoke, minimalist cockpit behind the tractor sourced headlight.
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    The tank once graced the unusual looking Derbi Coppa moped of the seventies, but now marries beautifully with the streamlined frame of the SR250. Minimalist mudguards are tied in using classic style mounts and everything below the tank is finished in a lustrous black. If the flashy apparel tank art is not to your taste it is easy to imagine any number of colour choices sitting atop this purposeful black workhorse.
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    A white wrapped pipe leading to a black megaphone muffler and quirky grenade valve caps complete the detailing. The engine took its place in the frame with no modifications required, save for some slight carburretion alterations.
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    Ad Hoc have created a funky modern machine atop the 89′ SR250 platform, one that echoes the pocket street scramblers of yesteryear. A machine created for a modern Gent with an eye for the best bits of the past.
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    See all of Ad Hoc’s striking work on their Bikeshed Page.

    KEVILS SPEEDSHOP QUICKSILVER


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    The latest custom BMW Boxer from Kevils Speedshop in Paignton, Devon, is this gorgeous hybrid build with a cafe racer seat and period handlebars, finished up in shades of silver and grey and given the moniker ‘Quicksilver’. (…our idea of “50 Shades” was rejected. But it is a sexy beast…)
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    Unusually, this bike wasn’t built on commission. Having recently built a personal bike for himself that pushed the boat out in fabrication and style, proprietor Kev Hill wanted to build another bike that would be a signature Kevil’s build that“catered for all tastes”, while representing all that is good about the Kevils workshop and the parts they produce for their R-series customs.
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    The donor is a 1983 R100RS and started with the usual Kevil’s ground-up rebuild, so you get a bike that is as good as new. The front end features fully adjustable period bars with slimline speedo, Raask rear-set foot controls, Brembo brakes all round and Hagon Shocks.
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    The upswept cocktail shaker style exhaust ensures the 1000cc sound track matches the bike’s agressive stance. The seat unit is also a peach, with its frenched-in rear lamp and slategrey upholstery It ooozes pure class.
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    When the pics and details were sent to us just yesterday Kev had planned to pop the bike into the Bike Shed Custom Classifieds, but just 24 hours later a deposit has been put down, so the bike has already found its new home, which is testament to the quality of the build.
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    So, yet again, Kevils smashes another one out of the park, and we’re very pleased to debut the bike here on the Bike Shed. Thanks to Ashley Kent for the apocalyptic photos, taken down at the local dockyards on the Devon coast.
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    See more from Kevils Speedshop here on The Bike Shed’s Kevils pages, their Facebook page and Website.

    Motorbike enduro in Sicily's

    For reaching tirrenic coast from jonic coast we had two ways: following the confortable coast motorway or cutting Peloritani mountains through a road made of stones and mud.

    We started from Roccalumera and we went inland, reaching Fiumedinisi. From there we left tarmac and we started climbing towards Monte Scuderi, admiring is top during our way.

    After a little break at the "casa degli alpini" abandoned refuge, we entered into the Peloritani ridge-road, on a very difficult stony ground, made harder by the autumn rains. It wasn't easy and despite the low temperatures we literally sweat our's guts on!

    As we passed some critical points we run toward Niceto river, which have been brougth us to the tirrenic coast. During the descent we pass through astonishing landscapes, seeing both coasts at the same time.

    Once reached Niceto river, we followed its bed for the last stage of our trip before the tarmac. The worst was over but the river bed has many traps; a quick trait can suddenly become a puddle of stones and sand, we have to stay really focused on the track. 

    As we reached the tarmac we arrived in Torregrotta, right in time for the lunch!

    This is roughly our trip: http://goo.gl/maps/8g4Rm



    VW, Citroën, Hyundai et… Toyota en essais


    Volkswagen Motorsport, Citroën Racing et Hyundai Motorsport sont en tests cette semaine au Portugal pour préparer la 4e manche du WRC 2014. De son côté, Toyota Motorsport est en essais en Italie pour préparer ?
    C’est près de Tavira, dans les collines de l’Algarve, que Citroën Racing a planté campement cette semaine pour trois jours d’essais : un jour-et-demi pour Mads Ostberg, idem pour Kris Meeke jusqu’à ce soir. Trois bases différentes ont été utilisées pour affiner les réglages de la Citroën DS3 WRC en vue du Rallye du Portugal et tester de nouvelles évolutions proposées par Michelin. D’autres essais en Sardaigne sont programmés avant le Rallye d’Argentine.
      Les tests se sont bien passés et la Citroën DS3 WRC semble toujours performante sur les spéciales techniques portugaises, même si elle n’y a plus officiellement gagné depuis 2011 (Mikko Hirvonen a fini 1er de l’édition 2012 avant d’être déclassé).
      Mercredi, l’équipe Citroën a reçu une petite visite surprise : Sébastien Loeb est passé dire bonjour. Il était au guidon d’une moto d’enduro en compagnie de Cyril Despres et de Ruben Faria. Citroën Racing va débuter des tests avec la C-Elysée WTCC sur le circuit de Portimao. Seb portera le N°9 cette saison.
      Volkswagen Motorsport est aussi au Portugal, près d’Almodovar, depuis lundi. L’équipe a changé de base chaque jour pour définir les meilleurs set-up possibles amortisseurs/ressorts/différentiels/pneumatiques. Jari-Matti Latvala a roulé lundi et mardi, Sébastien Ogier lui a succédé mercredi et aujourd’hui. Andreas Mikkelsen roulera demain. « FX » Demaison sera l’ingénieur-voiture d’Ogier au Portugal car Gerard Jan de Jongh attend un heureux évènement.
      Hyundai Motorsport est également en Lusitanie, mais plus au Nord, à Fafe, où se déroulera samedi prochain la 3e édition du Rally Sprint. L’objectif de cette séance est de travailler surtout pour les Rallyes d’Argentine et de Sardaigne avec Juho Hanninen et Thierry Neuville aux manettes. D’autres tests sont programmés avant le Portugal où l’équipe engagera pour la 1ère fois trois i20 WRC/Michelin. Dani Sordo disputera le Fafe Rally Sprint.

    2013 Triumph Thruxton – Mean Machines


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    Ironically, Wenley Andrews from Sydney based Mean Machines is one the nicest blokes you could come across. But give him a wrench and a Triumph and he turns meaner than a junkyard dog on a particularly bad day. This Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde split personality is probably why he keeps building these bikes; they just seem to have the right dosage of toughness, style and simplicity. The latest bike to roll out of the Mean Machines ward is this beastly 2013 Triumph Thruxton – not bad for someone with an identity disorder.
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    So when Wenley’s friend Luke asked him what bike he should get, Wenley immediately recommended his favourite donor – a Thruxton. Then he asked Luke what he wanted the bike to look like. “I want it to look mean” replied Luke. Instantly, Wenley knew he had asked the right person and had chosen the right company. “We looked at a few Thruxtons, but most were miss treated” says Wenley. “So Luke decided to purchase a brand spanking new one”. First, Wenley stripped the bike, leaving the engine and swing arm intact. “Then, starting from the front, we added fork gaiters, a custom one-off moulded fibreglass fender, and custom headlight brackets with 5″ headlight stuck as far in as possible to give it that tight look.”
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    They then had a custom CNC top tree made up, along with the clip-ons. They wanted to use the existing speedo for can-bus cabling reasons, but decided to custom make a smaller speedo to surround it. “Now it sits seamlessly with the top tree and to top it off we added some idiot lights.” Moving to the rear of the bike, it has a one-off fibreglass café style tail unit, with a beautiful hand made suede seat with diamond stitching.
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    Wenley had the vision to slightly make it shorter to accentuate the fat 180 rear wheels. “Hence we also had to modify the rear frame and make everything short. With such limited spacing we went for a super tiny Ballistic battery. We tried on a few exhaust and muffler ideas but Luke wanted something more mean. He sent me a few ideas of exactly what he was after; at first I was a little worried, but I managed to get it to the right proportion in the end – it’s also damn loud!”
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    They both wanted the bike to look as minimal as possible; even the rear sets received the Mean Machines treatment. “Wrapping it all up, it needed to be mean looking with something a little different” says Wenley. “On the way to work one day this matte grey Velostar cruised up next to me. That was it! Off to Smith Concepts to see Kyle the paint magician.”
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    To finish the bike off, the rims were painted matte black  and a new more modern Triumph logo was added to the freshly-painted tank. But no custom bike is truly complete until she has been christened with a new name. And the one given to this mean looking Thruxton is ‘Buster’. Why, you ask? Well, we’re guessing it’s because you’ll hear her bark from the other side of town.
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    Photography by Cam Elkins from Stories of Bike.

    France versus Finland! / Un match France / Finlande !


    The recent victory of Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia in Mexico has promoted France to second place behind Finland in the number of WRC victories obtained by drivers and co-drivers from different countries.
    In the drivers’ table, Finland and France dominate with 169 and 163 WRC victories respectively. Ogier’s Rally Mexico success was his home country’s 163rd win, 78 of which were the work of Sébastien Loeb between 2002 and 2013.
    To date, 18 different French drivers have won a round of the world championship (Ambrosino, Andruet, Auriol, Béguin, Bugalski, Darniche, Delecour, Fréquelin, Loeb, Mouton, Nicolas, Ogier, Oreille, Panizzi, Ragnotti, Saby, Tauziac and Thérier), while 10 Finns have enjoyed the same pleasure (Airikkala, Alén, Grönholm, Hamalainen, Hirvonen, Kankkunen, Latvala, Timo Mäkinen, Tommi Mäkinen, Mikkola, Rovanperä, Salonen, Toivonen and Vatanen).
    France stands a chance of moving to the top of the order this season, but that will obviously depend on the results of Ogier, Latvala and Hirvonen over the next eight months.
    Meanwhile, these two nations are unlikely to be caught for some time, since their closest threat – Sweden – has accumulated only 43 victories, ahead of the United Kingdom (36) and Italy (30), etc.
    The situation is much closer as far as co-driver wins are concerned, essentially because Daniel Elena is from Monaco! Ingrassia’s win in Mexico took France to second spot, equal with the United Kingdom (81 victories each).
    The list of champagne-popping French co-drivers features 19 names (Andrié, Chiaroni, Fauchille, Gamet, Giraudet, Grataloup, Ingrassia, Jaubert, Laverne, Lefebvre, Lenne, Mahé, Occelli, Panizzi, Papin, Petit, Thimonier, Todt and Vial). The most successful to date is Ingrassia (18), ahead of Bernard Occelli (16).
    The UK can thank 10 co-drivers for its 81 WRC wins: Davenport, Gallagher, Grist, Harryman, Liddon, Meadows, Mills, Park, Reid, Richards, Ringer, White and Wilson.
    Finnish navigators top the table, however, with a score of 127 victories notched up by 13 co-drivers (Aho, Anttila, Harjanne, Kivimäki, Lehtinen, Lindstrom, Mannisenmäki, Markkula, Pietilainen, Piironen, Rautiainen, Repo and Tiukkanen), the most successful being Timo Rautiainen (30) and Seppo Harjanne (20).
    Thanks to Daniel Elena, Monaco is fourth (78), ahead of Sweden (56) and Italy (34), etc.
    La victoire de Sébastien Ogier et Julien Ingrassia au Rallye du Mexique a permis à la France de s’installer à la deuxième place derrière la Finlande au palmarès des victoires mondiales Pilotes et Copilotes par nation.
    Côté Pilotes, la Finlande et la France dominent le palmarès WRC avec respectivement 169 et 163 victoires mondiales. Au Mexique, Sébastien Ogier a donc offert un 163e succès à son pays, après les 78 glanés par Sébastien Loeb entre 2002 et 2013. Dix-huit pilotes français ont gagné en WRC : Ambrosino, Andruet, Auriol, Beguin, Bugalski, Darniche, Delecour, Fréquelin, Loeb, Mouton, Nicolas, Ogier, Oreille, Panizzi, Ragnotti, Saby, Tauziac et Thérier.
    Seulement dix pilotes finlandais se sont imposés en rallye WRC (Airikkala, Alén, Grönholm, Hamalainen, Hirvonen, Kankkunen, Latvala, Mäkinen x2, Mikkola, Rovanperä, Salonen, Toivonen, Vatanen) mais ils totalisent 169 victoires. La France pourrait donc dépasser la Finlande au palmarès dès cette année, on suivra attentivement les performances d’Ogier, Latvala et Hirvonen… Ces deux nations ne sont pas prêtes d’être rattrapées car derrière, la Suède ne compte que 43 victoires, le Royaume-Uni 36, l’Italie 30 etc.
    Côté Copilotes, en revanche, c’est beaucoup plus serré (Daniel Elena étant Monégasque !). Grâce à sa victoire au Rallye du Mexique, Julien Ingrassia a permis à la France de revenir 2e… ex-aequo avec le Royaume-Uni, 81 victoires partout ! Dix-neuf copilotes français ont connu le bonheur de monter sur la plus haute marche d’un podium mondial : Andrié, Chiaroni, Fauchille, Gamet, Giraudet, Grataloup, Ingrassia, Jaubert, Laverne, Lefebvre, Lenne, Mahé, Occelli, Panizzi, Papin, Petit, Thimonier, Todt et Vial. Le plus capé étant Julien Ingrassia (18) devant Bernard Occelli (16). Dix copilotes britanniques ont remporté 81 rallyes WRC : Davenport, Gallagher, Grist, Harryman, Liddon, Meadows, Mills, Park, Reid, Richards, Ringer, White et Wilson.
    Laquelle des deux nations va prendre seule la 2e place derrière la Finlande qui compte 127 victoires avec 13 copilotes : Aho, Anttila, Harjanne, Kivimäki, Lehtinen, Lindstrom, Mannisenmäki, Markkula, Pietilainen, Piironen, Rautiainen, Repo et Tiukkanen. Le plus capé étant Timo Rautiainen avec 30 victoires devant Seppo Harjanne (20). Grâce à Daniel Elena, Monaco figure à la 4e place (78) devant la Suède (56) et l’Italie (34).

    Movistar Yamaha MotoGP take the covers off to Kick Start the 2014 season

    MotoGP 2014, Präsentationen, Valentino Rossi, Yamaha Factory Racing, Bild: Yamaha

    MotoGP 2014, Präsentationen, Jorge Lorenzo, Yamaha Factory Racing, Bild: Yamaha

    MotoGP 2014, Präsentationen, Yamaha Factory Racing, Bild: Yamaha

    MotoGP 2014, Präsentationen, Jorge Lorenzo, Yamaha Factory Racing, Bild: Yamaha


    Aston Martin, the first 100 years: Photographs by René Staud


    Last year saw Aston Martin celebrate its centenary. TeNeues Publishing now presents an opulent set of images taken by accomplished automotive photographer René Staud...
    The 160 images cover the century-spanning model portfolio, including the Le Mans-winning DB2 and the latest Vanquish S. The German photographer's tastefully composed pictures are accompanied by the words of Paolo Tumminelli.
    Further information can be found at teneues.com. Aston Martins of all ages can be found for sale in the Classic Driver Market.

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    Rossi challenges for top Factory spot in sixth / Des problèmes mais pas de panique chez Rossi et Lorenzo


    Having recently launched their new livery, the newly named Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team riders were out feeling their way on the Losail track for the first time this year on Thursday.
    With little rubber down on the circuit and some sand blowing across from the desert, grip issues became the number one problem to solve for both Valentino Rossi and teammate Jorge Lorenzo.
    Rossi gradually moved up the timesheets as FP1 progressed, running as high as fifth before dropping two places to seventh behind highest placed factory rider Dani Pedrosa in sixth at the end.
    An optimistic Rossi commented, “The track is in quite a bad condition but I think it’s quite normal for a first practice. There is a lot of sand and not a lot of rubber down.”
    He continued, “Also a lot of riders except the factory riders have been here for three days and have done a lot more kilometers and a lot more laps so it’s normal they are stronger than us. Now the work for the weekend will be hard to reduce the gap. I have a lack of grip front and rear, on corner entry and also on acceleration the bike moves very much. I think the condition of the track is getting better and it will get easier.”
    Similarly for Lorenzo, he also had no recent data to go on and struggled to find a way round the lack of grip he encountered on the track. He ended the first practice of the weekend in ninth, just under 1.5s from the front.
    Lorenzo lamented continued tyre troubles; “The feeling of the rear tyre is more or less the same as in Sepang, with little grip and traction. We didn’t have three days to test here like the top five so our problems are bigger. We must hope that the tyre gets better and we can improve the grip on the rear.”
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    Valentino Rossi, Movsitar Yamaha MotoGP, QAT FP1
    Les pilotes du team Movistar Yamaha MotoGP n’étaient que septième et neuvième à l’issue de la première séance d’essais du GP Commercial Bank du Qatar mais espèrent rattraper leur retard d’ici la course qui aura lieu dimanche soir.
    Si Valentino Rossi et Jorge Lorenzo en particulier ont souffert d’un manque d’adhérence certain sur la piste de Losail, l’Italien et l’Espagnol ont cependant estimé normal de se retrouver derrière des pilotes qui avaient eu trois journées d’essais au Qatar au début du mois. 
    Rossi a conclu la première séance d’essais du seul week-end de quatre jours du calendrier MotoGP™ 2014 en septième position, à 1.3s du leader, Aleix Espargaró (NMG Forward Racing), et deux dixièmes de seconde derrière Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda), premier des pilotes qui n’avaient pas participé au Test Officiel qui avait eu lieu deux semaines plus tôt.
    « Les conditions de piste ne sont pas terribles mais je crois que c’est normal pour une première séance ici, » a déclaré Rossi. « Il y a beaucoup de sable et pas beaucoup de gomme. En dehors des pilotes qui n’étaient pas venus ici pour le test, les autres ont déjà accumulé beaucoup de kilomètres ici et c’est donc normal qu’ils soient plus forts que nous. Maintenant notre travail pour ce week-end sera de réduire l’écart. Je manque de grip à l’avant et à l’arrière, en entrée de virage et la moto bouge beaucoup à l’accélération. Je pense que les conditions de piste vont s’améliorer et que ça rendra les choses plus faciles. »
    Lorenzo n’a pour sa part pas hésité à affirmer son mécontentement au sujet des nouveaux pneumatiques de la saison 2014, avec lesquels il avait déjà rencontré de sérieux problèmes à Sepang lors de la pré-saison. Le Majorquin a terminé sa soirée en neuvième position, 0.126s derrière son coéquipier.
    « Je suis un peu déçu parce que d’après les commentaires des pilotes qui étaient venus ici il y a deux semaines, les pneus avaient l’air de bien fonctionner, » a commenté Lorenzo. « Il semble cependant que la piste soit maintenant dans un moins bon état et le feeling avec le pneu arrière est plus ou moins le même qu’à Sepang, il n’y a pas assez d’adhérence et de motricité. Nous n’avons pas participé aux trois journées d’essais ici et c’est donc normal que nous ayons plus de problèmes que les pilotes du Top 5. Nous devons espérer que le pneu puisse mieux fonctionner et que nous pourrons trouver plus de grip à l’arrière. »