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BMW R80 CUSTOM BY 7 AGES

Most custom BMWs are resto-mods or café racer conversions. But Ian Solley of 7 Ages in the UK likes to take the strasse less travelled. On this BMW R80 custom, virtually every part has been modified: the frame has been converted to a hardtail, and the forks are from a Harley-Davidson FXD.

Solley is known as a Harley man, but when he spotted a restored 1982 R80 on eBay for just £1350, he couldn’t resist. “After spending so much time on Harleys, I really wanted to make something different.”

And different Romeo 80 certainly is. The heavy lifting on the frame was done by Dave Batchelar of P&D, one of England’s most renowned fabricators. The tank was reshaped a little to fit the lines of the new frame, and Batchelar also created the side panels, front fender and rear fender/seat unit—which is a work of art.

Solley reconditioned the motor and carbs before cleaning and detailing them and installing the powerplant back in the frame. He added Supertrapp race mufflers to the stock header pipes, and installed custom-made bars, Oberon indicators and mirrors, and a modified Harley headlight. Sitting in the headlight bowl is a tiny Motogadget speedo.

The 23” wheels are a whopping 5” larger in diameter than the stock BMW R80 hoops, but Solley has retained hints of the classic BMW snowflake pattern. The rims were built by Steve Taylor of Taylor-Made Wheels and the two-tone paint, echoing the traditional BMW colors, was applied by Classic Cycle Works.

It’s one of those bikes that on paper shouldn’t work, but in the metal, it somehow does. To see more of Ian’s inspired creations, head over to the classy 7 Ages website.

Location image by Merry Michau | Studio shots by Mike Prior.

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BRCC : nouvelle victoire de l'Aston Martin Vantage à Spa

Déjà victorieuse à Dijon, l'Aston Martin Vantage du GPR Racing confiée à Verbergt-Dupont-Redant s'est à nouveau imposée samedi soir dans une manche du BRCC Endurance au terme de la course de 3 heures disputée dans le cadre de Spa Euro Race.

Malgré trois arrêts obligatoires (pour un temps total de 8'45''), la belle GT3 anglaise a aisément triomphé avec près d'un tour d'avance sur la Porsche de Bouvy-Coens-Grandjean qui a profité... dans le dernier virage d'une crevaison frappant l'Audi de Longin-Makelberge-Kumpen, finalement 3e devant la Porsche 997 GT3 Cup de Derdaele-Heyer-Mattheus et la GC10-V8 de Bovy-Gomez-Servais.

On pointait ensuite les cinq Porsche de Wauters-Van Elslander, Renmans-Rivas, Albert-Van Hove, Van Haeren-Haane et Verstraete-Dubois, puis la SEAT de ProSpeed Competition pilotée par Van Laere-Van Kelst-Corten, la Ginetta d'Ueberecken-Lequeux, la Ferrari 430 de Vleugels-Stoffel-Van Glabeke, la SEAT de Jussy-Paisse-Olivier et la Porsche de Maes-Vaes-Ganser.

Au championnat, Bouvy-Coens-Grandjean passent en tête avec 129 points devant Derdaele-Heyer (124) et Longin-Makelberge-Kumpen (123).  

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