dimanche 22 février 2015
Ford Mustang Celebrates 50 Years of Fun
Vaughn Gittin Jr. takes you on a trip through 50 years of pony performance with the Ford Mustang.
Café Racer - Ride SÖK
Thibaut Nogues riding an old Honda 125cm3 customised with leather (hand made by Atypic creation)..
He pushes the moto to the limits and ride more with SÖK !
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He pushes the moto to the limits and ride more with SÖK !
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1965 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS sells for $1,650,000
Images: RM Auctions by Simon Clay
This late-run Porsche 904 Carrera GTS is a stunning example of Porsche’s return to sportscar racing. It sold at RM Auctions’ Arizona Sale for $1, 650, 000
The car, 904-107, was built in 1965 as one of the last four-cylinder second-series 904s ever built.
Built with road equipment it is one of just four second-series cars to enjoy a reinforced chassis, centre-filling tank, short doors with pull-up plastic windows, upgraded brakes and reshaped tail with ‘Kamm’ ducktail. It is accepted that more time was spent building and perfecting the cars built late in the series, so each example was treated to an immaculate finish.
Originally shipped to Iceland, the car was sold in 1967 to Autohaus Walter von Hoff, and then again to Dr. Carl Armstrong, who was an amateur racing driver at the time.
Armstrong fetched the car in New York City and drove it home – which, barring today’s New York City traffic, sounds magic. He did most of his own race preparation, and painted the car light metallic blue before racing it extensively in SCCA Central Division events in ’68 and ’69.
The pair won the A Production race at Waterford Hills in Michigan twice in 1968 and came second in class in another event there. They won at Steel Cities and secured fourth at Mid-Ohio in that same year.
During this stage of the car’s racing career the Type 587/3 four-cam motor developed a habit of head gasket failure, so Armstrong’s brother fabricated a new set. The transaxle case also suffered damage during a race and was replaced with a 911 unit.
1969 saw the pair return to the track several times, but Armstrong ended up purchasing a 906 and selling this car to Robert Fergus.
Fergus prepared it for road use, repainting it white and installing (gasp) carpets and comfortable seats. It was not in his care long, however, and George ‘Jerry’ Reilly soon purchased it, fitting a correct 904 transmission and 911 S competition motor, and returning the car to its original silver.
Reilly entered the car in track events at Lime Rock Park, but didn’t race it extensively.
In 2001 he returned the car’s original four-cam 904 engine, 99 088, and sold it to Cal Turner, who reignited its race career. It was during this period in a race at Summit Point that the four-cam motor seized and was replaced with another 911 engine.
The car was sold again in 2005 and treated to a thorough restoration with the goal of retaining as much of the car’s original parts as possible.
It’s now in great condition and road worthy. Power is generated by a 911 motor from between ’66 and ’67 with triple-throat downdraft Weber 40IDA carbs. Its original Nadella axle shafts, Eberspacher gasoline heater, fuel surge tank, coconut-fiber matting and ’64-dated steel and alloy competition wheels are still with the car.
It has gained additional reinforcing steel tubing around the rear suspension at some point in its racing adventures, but is an original car in lovely condition. It’s even sold with a correct 1964 Type 587/3 904 engine, currently mounted on a stand.
Desirable, beautiful and fast, with a longstanding competition history and streetable sensibilities, this is the kind of historic racer we all dream of.
SUPER SCRAMBLER: ANALOG’S OLD-SCHOOL DUCATI
Tony Prust of Analog Motorcycles is an old-fashioned craftsman. He can turn his hand to fine woodworking as well as metallurgy, and his Chicago-based workshop turns out bikes that are functional as well as beautifully finished.
Tony eschews fashion, but there’s often a stroke of serendipity in his timing. Six months ago, his 1949 Indian Scout racer became a stunning counterpoint to the modern Scout. And now we have ‘Super Scrambler’—Tony’s take on the Ducati Scrambler.
Clever planning? We’ll err on the side of happenstance, because the seed of this Ducati custom was planted a year ago. That’s when client Del Thomas—owner of an Analog-built Ducati Indiana—approached Tony with a novel idea.
“Del’s a lover of Ducatis,” says Tony, “and a few years ago he restored a late 60s Scrambler 350.” Del, however, was irked by his Scrambler’s right-side shifter. “He wondered if it was possible to build something to compete with the modern Triumph Scrambler—but using an old Ducati.”
Tony relishes a challenge, so he agreed to tackle the project. In California, Del found a 1975 860 GT—from the first year of the Ducati bevel twin square-case engines. The donor had no mufflers, seat or lighting, and the tires had rotted to pieces. But Tony got it running, and the Scrambler build was officially under way.
Tony started first with the suspension, installing a pair of Fox Podium RC1 shocks—slightly taller than stock length, to increase the suspension travel. “Then Del and I researched front ends: what would have the needed length, and spring weight options?” They settled on a Triumph Tiger setup—including triples, forks, bar mounts, an axle and calipers.
Tony called Frame Crafters for some pointers on geometry. After the math worked out, he just needed to trim a couple of inches off the top of the forks. He laced up a 19-inch rim to the stock front hub, and upgraded the brakes with drilled and thinned CB550 rotors from Godffery’s Garage. The Ducati now handles well on- and off- road.
Now it was time for the aesthetics. “I made a foam buck for the tank and Craig atRodsmiths made it out of aluminum. On went a set of scrambler-style bars, and then I trimmed about four inches off the sub frame.” Sitting on top is a hand-made seat pan, for solo use only.
Tony also fabricated the exhaust system, using parts from Cone Engineering. The headers are ceramic-coated black, the mufflers are stainless, and there’s a custom stainless heat shield. “After all, a proper scrambler should have high-mount pipes and decent ground clearance, right?”
The custom luggage rack is a neat touch. It was CNC-cut by Free Form Designs, along with the pegs and front rotor carriers. If you like it, you may soon be able to add to a version to your own bike: “We’re starting Analog Motor Goods and will be starting out with some parts. The luggage rack on the Ducati is a prototype for a part we’re still working on.”
A few extra ounces were lost with the help of an EarthX Lithium battery, which sits in a custom-made tray. It’s plugged into a new electrical system, which powers new lighting and a Legendary GPS speedometer.
All that was left was to figure out the color. “Del originally wanted to go with a flat-green-and-brown-seat scheme,” Tony recalls. “But I wanted to pay homage to the original Ducati Scrambler. Yellow is not really my style, so I asked if we could do a sort of orange. Not a bright orange—more like a burnt orange, but leaving the sides of the tank brushed aluminum, with the original logo.”
Del sent Tony a BMW 1M color called Frozen Valencia Orange—and they agreed it was perfect. Kiel from Crown Auto Body handled the paint, while Brando pinstriped the tank.
The finishing touch comes from Cotter Pin, the motorcycle travel gear specialists. They’ve created new versions of their Adventure Roll and Tool Book, using a smart gray waxed cotton.
We reckon it’s the kind of bike that Ducati would have built in the late 70s. And unlike many custom scramblers, it’s more than a ‘just for looks’ build. Analog’s Super Scrambler has been thoroughly tested off-road, and easily handles jumps.
There’s only one question mark hovering over this bike, and it’s not Tony’s fault. What would you rather have in your garage—the ‘official’ 2015 Ducati Scrambler, or Analog’s old school custom?
Look for a three-part feature on the Ducati Scrambler lineage, including more images of Analog’s Super Scrambler, in the upcoming Issue Nineteen of Iron & Air Magazine.
Photos by Whiplash Racing Media.
Build list:
1975 Ducati GT860
Top end refreshed by Darmah Dave
Carbs rebuilt
Completely rewired
Tank designed by Analog and built by Craig at Rodsmith
Fenders bobbed and tailored to fit build
Front end Triumph Tiger
Fox Podium RC1 shocks
CB550 rotors on custom CNC’d spacers
Wheels rebuilt and powder coated
Custom made exhaust system using Cone Engineering parts
Tires Continental TKC80 Twinduro
Custom made seat pan
Leather by Rod’s Design
Paint Frozen Valencia Orange by Kiel at Crown Auto body
Powder coat by Analog and J&J Powder Coating
Legendary GPS Speedometer and tach
LED taillight and signals
Earth X Lithium Battery
Cotter Pin Adventure roll and Tool Book
Luggage rack, rotor spacers, and foot pegs CNC’d by Free Form Design
Custom made Luggage rack brackets
Custom made Adventure Roll bracket
Custom made Headlight bracket
Custom made Axle spacers mating Stock Ducati hub to new front-end axle
Headlight rock guard welded in place
Custom made brake lines by Hel
Oury Grips
1975 Ducati GT860
Top end refreshed by Darmah Dave
Carbs rebuilt
Completely rewired
Tank designed by Analog and built by Craig at Rodsmith
Fenders bobbed and tailored to fit build
Front end Triumph Tiger
Fox Podium RC1 shocks
CB550 rotors on custom CNC’d spacers
Wheels rebuilt and powder coated
Custom made exhaust system using Cone Engineering parts
Tires Continental TKC80 Twinduro
Custom made seat pan
Leather by Rod’s Design
Paint Frozen Valencia Orange by Kiel at Crown Auto body
Powder coat by Analog and J&J Powder Coating
Legendary GPS Speedometer and tach
LED taillight and signals
Earth X Lithium Battery
Cotter Pin Adventure roll and Tool Book
Luggage rack, rotor spacers, and foot pegs CNC’d by Free Form Design
Custom made Luggage rack brackets
Custom made Adventure Roll bracket
Custom made Headlight bracket
Custom made Axle spacers mating Stock Ducati hub to new front-end axle
Headlight rock guard welded in place
Custom made brake lines by Hel
Oury Grips
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Snapshot, 1968: Who designed the legendary Ferrari P5?
At the 1968 Geneva Motor Show, Pininfarina impressed with the Ferrari 250 P5 Berlinetta Speciale. The design study of a super-sportscar with a V12 mid-mounted engine, based on the P4, boasted aerodynamic developments. In this image taken in the Pininfarina studio in Turin, however, Sergio Pininfarina is contentedly sucking a pipe while another man works at the drawing board. The man in the plaid suit is Pininfarina's brother-in-law, Renzo Carli, who took over as general manager of Carrozzeria Pininfarina in 1958 – and, as a trained engineer, he was also very interested in the technical development of new models. But pencil and paper were not to be their only tools: four years later, Pininfarina and Carli established one of the world's first wind tunnels. Meanwhile, the P5’s most obvious influence was the glass engine cover, used in Ferrari production models right up to today.
Photo: Giorgio Lotti/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images
WSBK : Rea commence l’année avec une victoire historique à Phillip Island mais Haslam tient sa revanche sur Rea et renoue avec la victoire / Race1, Rea scorches to victory in WorldSBK season opener /Race 2 win goes to Leon Haslam after another last lap fight
Qualifié en pole position pour la première manche du Championnat du Monde eni FIM Superbike 2015, Jonathan Rea a réussi à transformer l’essai dimanche à Phillip Island en s’imposant dès sa première course avec le Kawasaki Racing Team.
Le Nord-Irlandais a mené durant la quasi-totalité de la course et n’a concédé la première position à Leon Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team - Red Devils) que pour quelques instants dans le treizième tour, avant que le pilote anglais ne lance une autre offensive dans le dernier tour. Suivis de près par leur compatriote Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati SBK Team), qui était lui aussi parti de la première ligne, les deux Britanniques ont assuré le spectacle en se doublant à plusieurs reprises sur le dernier tour, à la fin duquel Rea s’est imposé sur le fil, pour seulement 0.039s.
Rea réalisait donc l’exploit de s’imposer dès sa première course sur la ZX-10R et est le premier pilote à s’imposer à Phillip Island avec Kawasaki depuis le doublé de l’Australien Anthony Gobert en 1996.
Derrière le trio de tête, Jordi Torres (Aprilia Racing Team - Red Devils) a réussi à prendre la quatrième place pour sa première course en WorldSBK, à deux secondes du podium et devant un autre rookie, le Champion du Monde Supersport Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Superbike Team).
Ce dernier n’a pas hésité à se frotter à Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) en début de course pour se rapprocher des avant-postes et a donc terminé en cinquième position, avec une confortable avance sur le Champion WorldSBK 2013, qui était sorti de piste au moment où il avait été devancé par le Néerlandais et a dû remonter de la dixième à la sixième place.
Sylvain Guintoli (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) était juste derrière Sykes à l’arrivée tandis que Nico Terol (Althea Racing), Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) et Leon Camier (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) complétaient le Top 10.
Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia Superbike Team) a pris le point de la quinzième place en finissant derrière Troy Bayliss (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati SBK Team), qui remplaçait Davide Giugliano, et le wildcard Jed Metcher (Race Center – Demolation Plus).
Randy de Puniet (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) s’est longuement battu pour le Top 10 avec Bayliss mais a perdu du terrain en fin d’épreuve et a terminé dix-septième. Christophe Ponsson (Grillini SBK Team) n’a quant à lui pas pu rallier l’arrivée.
Niccolò Canepa (Team Hero EBR) a chuté alors qu'il était en lice pour le Top 15 et ne participera pas à la seconde course de la journée puisque l'Italien souffre d'une entorse de la cheville gauche. Blessé suite à sa chute en qualifications, David Salom (Team Pedercini) avait de son côté déclaré forfait, à l’instar de son coéquipier Mathew Walters et du Hongrois Gabor Rizmayer (Team Toth BMW).
Installés en première ligne et présents sur le podium de la première des deux courses du jour à Phillip Island, Leon Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team - Red Devils), Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) et Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati SBK Team) ont de nouveau été les principaux protagonistes pour la seconde course de l’année.
En pole, Rea était parvenu à conserver l’avantage sur les premiers tours mais a été doublé par Haslam ainsi que par un surprenant Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) dans le huitième tour, avant de repasser en tête en fin d'épreuve. Au final, les trois Britanniques sont tour à tour passés en première position et la victoire s’est, comme dans la première course, jouée sur la dernière ligne droite.
Vainqueur avec dix millièmes de seconde d’avance sur Rea, qui l'avait battu dans le dernier tour de la première course, et deux dixièmes sur Davies, Haslam montait sur la plus haute marche du podium pour la quatrième fois de sa carrière mais surtout pour la première fois depuis 2010 et repartira d’Australie en étant au sommet du classement général, à égalité de points avec Rea.
Van der Mark a malheureusement fini sur une chute alors qu’il avait réussi à mener durant quelques tours avant la mi-course et occupait la quatrième place. Jordi Torres (Aprilia Racing Team - Red Devils), qui était lui aussi dans le groupe de tête, a également chuté en fin de course en tentant de se maintenir devant Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team).
Ce dernier a pris la quatrième place et fini à cinq secondes du vainqueur tandis que Sylvain Guintoli (Pata Honda World Superbike Team), Nico Terol (Althea Racing), Randy de Puniet (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki), qui courait en WorldSBK pour la première fois malgré les blessures datant de sa chute du début de semaine, Leon Camier (MV Agusta Reparto Corse), Matteo Baiocco (Althea Racing) et Román Ramos (Team Go Eleven) figuraient aussi dans le Top 10.
Contraint à l’abandon dans la première course, Christophe Ponsson (Grillini SBK Team) a cette fois-ci pu rallier l’arrivée et a terminé son premier week-end en WorldSBK avec le point de la quinzième place.
Troy Bayliss, remplaçant de Davide Giugliano chez Aruba.it Racing-Ducati SBK Team, était parvenu à finir la première course dans les points, à la treizième place, mais a dû se contenter de la seizième position dans la seconde épreuve.
Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) a été contraint à l’abandon dès le début de la course en raison d’un problème technique.
The opening race of the 2015 eni FIM Superbike World Championship was held in hot and sunny conditions at the Phillip Island circuit with Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) taking the opening victory of the year after a titanic 22 lap fight with Chaz Davies (Aruba Ducati SBK), and the Aprilia Racing Team duo of Leon Haslam and superbike new boy Jordi Torres.
After a tense final lap, Haslam and Davies completed the podium with Torres just missing out in 4th. The Spaniard continuing to impress in what is his debut superbike weekend.
The race started with 22 riders after David Salom (Team Pedercini) his team mate Matt Walters and Gabor Rizmayer (Team Toth BMW) were ruled out following crashes earlier in the weekend. Leandro Mercado (Barni Racing) had made the final Superpole session but was relegated to the back of the grid after a tyre infringement.
As the lights went out it was Pole sitter Rea who led the field into turn 1, the Kawasaki Racing Team rider never headed until lap 5 as the chasing pack of three began to ease away.
The remaining laps of the race served up a real treat for everyone watching as lap after lap the leading riders swapped places at almost every turn, the final lap one of the most thrilling to ever happen at Phillip Island.
Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) put a brave move on Tom Sykes to claim 4th into turn one, the former champion taking to the grass at high speed before rejoining 10th. He would eventually salvage 6th at the flag behind the Dutchman who dropped to 5th in the closing stages.
Sylvain Guintoli (Pata Honda WSBK Team) rode a solid race to claim 7th ahead of Nico Terol (Althea Racing), Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) and Leon Camier who raced his MV Agusta Reparto Corse machine into an encouraging 10th at the flag.
Troy Bayliss (Aruba Ducati SBK) ran as high as 7th before eventually fading to 13th just ahead of local wildcard rider Jed Metcher (Race Center – Demolation Plus) who was elated at scoring 2 points on his WorldSBK debut.
Niccolo Canepa (Team Hero EBR) was the only faller, he was taken to the medical centre for further checks.
The 2nd race of this year’s eni FIM Superbike World Championship was even more exciting and unpredictable as the first, with Leon Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team) snatching the victory ahead of fellow podium finishers Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) and Chaz Davies (Aruba Ducati SBK) after another epic final lap, as in the early stages 9 riders fought it out at the head of the field.
For Haslam it was his first victory since Kyalami in 2010.
As in race 1 it was Rea who took the holeshot, the Kawasaki rider in control until an audacious move by reigning World Supersport Champion Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda WSBK Team) sensationally took the lead into turn one at the start of lap 7. Van Der Mark would crash out of 4th at the end of lap 19 without injury.
Jordi Torres also fell a lap earlier, losing the front of his Aprilia Racing machine at Turn one.
The 22nd and final lap would once again decide the outcome of the race and at the flag and behind the top three it was Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team), Sylvain Guintoli (Pata Honda WSBK Team) who completed the top 5 with Nico Terol (Althea Racing) a lonely 6th ahead of, Randy de Puniet (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki), Leon Camier (MV Agusta Reparto Corse), Matteo Baiocco (Althea Racing) and Roman Ramos (Go Eleven Kawasaki) who rounded out the top ten.
Troy Bayliss (Aruba Ducati SBK) started well, once again moving through the field making it as high as 7th until the triple champion entered the pits to change his front tyre on lap 14. He rejoined finishing outside of the points in 16th.
Niccolo Canepa (Team Hero EBR) was ruled unfit following his race 1 tumble while local wildcard started from the back of the grid after his Kawasaki was pushed off the grid just minutes before the race was scheduled to start. He eventually retired to the pits as did Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) who pulled in at the end of lap 2.
Supersport : Cluzel vainqueur de la première manche de la saison à Phillip Island / Cluzel wins opening race for the second consecutive year
Déterminé à décrocher le titre de Champion du Monde Supersport cette année après avoir fini deuxième de la catégorie pour la seconde fois de sa carrière l’an dernier, Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) a réalisé un week-end parfait à Phillip Island pour l’ouverture de la saison 2015 et s’est aisément imposé depuis la pole position.
S’il s’était qualifié en tête de la grille australienne avec un rien d’avance sur Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing), le Français a été beaucoup plus dominateur en course et a fermement répondu aux offensives de ses adversaires sur le premier tour pour ensuite solidement mener jusqu’au drapeau à damier et finir avec plus de trois secondes d’avance sur son coéquipier Lorenzo Zanetti, qui complétait le doublé pour MV Agusta, le premier de la marque italienne dans le Championnat du Monde Supersport.
Gino Rea (CIA Landlords Insurance Honda) a décroché la troisième place à l’issue d’une lutte sans merci qui l’opposait à Kyle Smith (Pata Honda World Supersport Team) et Ratthapark Wilairot (Core Motosport Thailand).
Sofuoglu était lui aussi en lice pour le podium en début de course mais a dû tirer tout droit dans le sixième tour et n’a rejoint la piste qu’en vingtième position. Le triple Champion a limité la casse en remontant jusqu’à la sixième lace, devant Alex Baldolini (Race Department ATK#25), Roberto Rolfo (Team Lorini), Dominic Schmitter (Team Go Eleven Kawasaki) et Patrick Jacobsen (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres).
Lucas Mahias (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres), qui courait à Phillip Island pour la première fois de sa carrière, est parvenu à monter jusqu’à la troisième place mais a malheureusement été contraint de rentrer aux stands pour abandonner à quatre tours de l’arrivée.
The leading duo were involved in a fight in the early laps before gradually breaking away from the 3rd place fight involving Rea, supersport rookie Kyle Smith (Pata Honda WSS Team) and Ratthapark Wilairot (CORE Motorsport Thailand) who completed the top 5 in that order.
For Cluzel it was the second year in succession that he has tasted the winner’s champagne in Australia after winning the shortened opening race 12 months ago.
Former champion Kenan Sofuoglu’s challenge for the win ended at the start of lap 6, the Turk running off track at speed at turn one aboard his Kawasaki Puccetti Racing machine. He was able to rejoin finishing 6th at the flag after setting the fastest lap of the race on lap 7.
Dominic Schmitter (Team Go Eleven Kawasaki) finished grabbed a top ten finish 9th on his WSS debut ahead of local wildcard Aiden Wagner who raced his Oz Wildcard Racing Yamaha to a very credible 13th.
Glenn Scott (AARK Racing) followed his compatriot home in 14th place.
Lucas Mahias (Intermoto Kawasaki Ponyexpre) was disappointed to retire to the pits 4 laps from the end after making a claim for the podium in the first half of the race.
Legend Boucles : Duval pour la troisième fois consécutive
Après deux premiers succès aux Legend Boucles de Spa, en 2013 et 2014, François Duval et Anthony Bourdeaud’hui ont signé la passe de trois en remportant, ce dimanche peu après minuit, la première édition des Legend Boucles… à Bastogne disputée par 221 équipages.
Une cinquante-septième édition marquée par un énorme succès populaire et des conditions météorologiques hivernales changeantes et difficiles.
L’épreuve avait redémarré, samedi matin, sous la neige et la conduite de la Ford Escort de l’étonnant Raphaël de Borman, vainqueur surprise du prologue de la veille.
Mais au fur et à mesure que le tapis blanc se mit à fondre, François Duval, septième vendredi soir, remonta au grand galop. En début de matinée, sur un parcours un peu rapide, l’ex-champion de Belgique des rallyes historiques fit de la résistance en passant souvent « à zéro », soit dans le temps imparti.
Mais dès le deuxième passage dans l’étape plus sélective de Stoumont, en début d’après-midi, François Duval prit les commandes des opérations de manière très autoritaire. A l’œil et au chrono, il n’y avait pas photo : le talentueux pilote de Cul-des-Sarts était bien le plus fort.
Au terme des dix-huit RT, « Flash Gordon » s’imposait avec 50,72 d’avance sur l’autre Escort BDA Rallying Solutions de Raphaël De Borman signant là le plus beau résultat de sa carrière.
« Je me suis vraiment bien amusé sur ce superbe nouveau parcours, » commentait « Dudu », l’un des seuls parmi les ténors à avoir joué le jeu des reconnaissances interdites et des spéciales forestières secrètes. « Il a été difficile au début de pouvoir faire la différence sur des tronçons trop rapides. Même sur un parcours très piégeux avec des giboulées et des chutes de neige, on devait s’arrêter parfois pendant une minute avant l’arrivée. C’est mon seul regret. Pour le reste, je n’ai connu qu’une alerte quand un souci d’injection nous a contraints à pointer quelques minutes en retard. Et à la fin tout vibrait…»
Pas de quoi entraver la marche triomphale de François Duval, auteur d’un dernier scratch sur la terre de la Power Stage d’Eglantine.
Relégué à la trente-deuxième place vendredi soir suite à une erreur de sa copilote ne le freinant pas assez en vue de l’arrivée, Bernard Munster ponctuait sa remontée sur la troisième marche du podium. Le pilote de la Porsche BMA n’échouait par ailleurs qu’à quatre points du premier accessit.
Quatrièmes, Florian et Carolane Jupsin (Escort) auront été les révélations de cette édition. Très belle performance également du local Romuald Thirion (Opel Ascona A), septième coincé entre les Porsche 911 de Marc Duez et Patrick Snijers et les Ford Escort MKI de Fred Bouvy et François de Spa.
On regrettait par contre les abandons dans l’avant-dernière boucle de Bruno Thiry (Visa, alternateur) et d’Alister McRae, excellent deuxième jusque-là. L’Ecossais aura heureusement eu le temps de goûter à la Mandarine lui rappelant sans doute son RAC Rally.
C’était pire encore pour Jean-Pierre Van de Wauwer et Christian Kelders (un instant 4e), tous deux trahis par leur moteur à trois spéciales du but. Le Verviétois renonçait ainsi à la perspective d’un nouveau podium.
Yves Deflandre clôturait le Top 10 devant un Christian Kelders en grande forme. Quatrième à l’entame de la dernière boucle, le pilote Porsche perdait hélas pas mal de temps suite à un souci d’alternateur le privant de phares.
Grand coup de chapeau également à Robert Droogmans, 14e sur sa petite Visa et deuxième meilleur temps dans l’ultime spéciale. Et le Top 10 était facilement à la portée du sexagénaire sans 75 points de pénalité lors de la première RT matinale pour pointage à l’avance.
On notera encore la 23e place du patron de Citroën Racing Yves Matton et la 29e du pilote RTBF Gérald Wéry.
On laissera le mot de la fin à Pierre Delettre, un organisateur heureux : « Cette édition aura été un grand succès à tous les points de vue. Il y avait énormément de monde sur toutes les spéciales. Il n’y a pas eu de neutralisation et aucun accident grave, même pas un doigt coupé. Quant au chronométrage, hormis quelques petits ratés au démarrage, il a été parfait. Bien sûr, il y a toujours moyen de faire mieux et ce sera notre objectif en 2016. Rendez-vous dans douze mois place McAuliffe. J’ai déjà quelques idées et une surprise en vue. »
Le classement final :
- Duval-Bourdeaud’hui (Ford Escort BDA) 36.88 ; 2. De Borman-Louka (Ford Escort BDA) à 50.72 ; 3. Munster-Hansen (Porsche 911 Gr.4) à 54.39 ; 4. Jupsin-Jupsin (Ford Escort Gr.4) à 78.85 ; 5. Duez-Sibille (Porsche 911 GR.4) à 105.64 ; 6. Snijers-Bouchat (Porsche 911 GR4) à 113.72 ; 7. Thirion-Jacquemin (Opal Ascona A) à 115.52 ; 8. Bouvy-Gressens (Ford Escort MKI) à 169.3 ; 9. De Spa-Carabin (Ford Escort MKI) à 194,04 ; 10. Deflandre-Lambert (Porsche 911 Gr.4) à 205.88 ; 11. Kelders-Kerkhove (Porsche 911 Gr.4) à 208.48 ; 12. Bergsteyn-Buysmans (Bel-P-B/Opel Kadett) à 224.31 ; 13. Gérard-Chalseche (Opel Ascona A) à 225.94 ; 14. Droogmans-Van Grieken (Citroën Visa 1000 Pistes Gr.B) à 231.57 ; 15. Mourgues-Jalet (Fra-Bel/Ford Escort MKII) à 235.88 ;…
Classic : Reuter-Vandervorst vainqueurs, notre ex-Premier 54eme
Daniel Reuter et Robert Vandervorst ont imposé leur Porsche 914 dans la catégorie Classic des voitures roulant à 60 km/h de moyenne. Ils ont devancé de 85 points Bertelot-Cancel (Porsche 911 SC) et Piraux-Monard (Renault 5 Alpine). Notre ex-Premier Ministre Guy Verhofstadt et son équipier Guido De Vreker sont à l’arrivée de leur premier vrai rallye à un honorable 54eme rang. (com-photo J. Letihon)
Le Top 5 final en Classic: 1. Reuter-Vandervorst (Porsche 914) 179,33 points ; 2. Bertellot-Cancel (Porsche 911 SC) à 5.13; 3. Piraux-Monard (R5 Alpine) à 11.83; 4. Baillet-Baillet (Porsche 911) à 11.91 ; 5. Lambert-Manchel (BMW 2002 Ti) à 33.83
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1981 YAMAHA XS 400 2A2 CUSTOM BY DIRK SENZ
When talking about motorcycles, we often hear what is called with “Passion”. An important question for today! What is the most cherished in your life? This is probably one of the stories that can inspire your life. Because when we talk about motorcycles, doesn’t mean we should always talk about the engine and the bike style.
The first thing is Passion, then what’s the second thing that you had in your mind when we talking about motorcycles? probably many of you will answer the second question with “Love”. And this is a 1981 Yamaha XS 400, the owner of this bike is Dirk Senz, from Germany. A bike that was born out from the sense of love.
Dirk Senz, I’m rider with the passion to build and modify. “Original is whack”. It’s my second build up. The first bike is a cafe racer with chrome and polish. For this Yamaha XS 400 2A2, I named her as the “Blacksheep”. A simple idea when building the Blacksheep, she should be black and not shiny, unlike as most of you imagine.
For me as an amateur builder, the XS 400 is a good low budget base. The middle class engine, but fascinating. This bike was built for my wife and she wanted it non shiny. She chosed the colours black and brown. I have made a mix of glaze and matte black parts, with some brown highlights.
The engine was tuned with a 1M0 camshaft, a little bit of more power. Chassis, brakes, electric are new or restored. The frame was cut and a frame loop was welded. So the bike was ready for a single seat. I installed an oldschool fuel gauge at the tank.
Some of the other features that make this bike look so beautiful is mudguards originally for a chopper on the rear tire. A pair of bar end mirrors, leather grips, classic handlebar, a pair of bar end turn signals, early-style tail light, speedometer etc. are accessories.
If you’ve upgraded parts, what make did you choose and where from? Some parts on this Yamaha XS 400 2A2 has been upgraded. The fork, yokes, wheels and brakes are taken from a Yamaha XJ 600 51J. The swingarm comes from a SRX 600. And for the tank is from the Yamaha XS 400 special.
Tell us about the finish, logos, or design? The base colour of the bike is black (only black), technical parts like frame is powdercoated black matte. Brown parts like riser are also powdercoated. Special parts have brown leather inlayes (corresponding with seat), forkcovers, grips and tankemblems (own creation).
How does the bike ride? stable, comfortable, safety etc. As you have read previously, this bike is designed with love for a woman who lived in your home. The riding position is very relaxed. As the german saying goes, “To travel not to race”. It sounds better in german (“Reisen statt rasen”).
If you asked me what I would do next, about the new project? 2015 has started and some inspiration has come into my mind, buy an old trail bike. Don’t know what to do, just wait for the right time to give notice to you what is the latest that has been built. We look forward to it and just be patient.
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