Pure Motorcycles' Black Diamond

We're big fans of Pure Motorcycles at the Bike Shed, so while we wait for pics & info on their latest build, RedSun7 here's a few shots of Black Diamond.

Ferrari F50 looks spectacular doing drifts and burnouts in slow motion

Still looking great after almost 20 years

YouTube user TaxTheRich is at it again, this time with a slow-motion clip showcasing the Ferrari F50.

It was less than two weeks ago when we saw a Ferrari Enzo performing burnouts, drifts and power slides in a spectacular slow motion clip, and now we have a similar video with its predecessor, the F50.

The footage comes from the same people who took a Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II off-road and pushed the pedal to the metal of a rare Bugatti EB110 Super Sport. They also organized a tug of war between two F50s and decided to go on an off-road adventure with the Jaguar XJ220.

TH1RTE3N MOTOS

Dave from Th1rte3n Motos got his first bike when he was just nine – a Yamaha TY8o. From trials riding he moved into Motocross and in 1993 he got his first sports bike, a 1993 ZZR600 Kawasaki pocket rocket. Every year Dave upgraded his sportsbike, eventually building his own machines.

The first featured in a magazine was a GSXR 750 made from factory parts used on Jamie Whitham’s race bikes. In 2002 he built a GSXR1000 with 202bhp. It would fair to say Dave liked fast bikes.

From these hypersports bikes Dave moved into Streetfighters, then in 2007 he got into classics, but in 2010 Dave got caught up in the new cafe/tracker scenes and picked up an xs650 to work on, and it was good. Very good.

By trade Dave was a car dealer, but after building about 20 cafe racers and trackers he realised that this was a better future and TH1RTE3N MOTOS was born. (Dave was born on Friday 13th).

If you like what you see here, Th1rte3n Motos can either work on customer-owned bikes, or they can source you a bike to be built to your spec, or Dave has bikes you can buy complete… Hook up with Dave on theTHI1RTE3N MOTOS Facebook pages or get in touch by email.

via The Bike Shed

BMW R NINET BY URBAN MOTOR

The most audacious motorcycle launch of late has been the BMW R nineT. Who’d have thought that the clinical Germans would reveal a naked boxer with built-in options for customization? Even better, Ola Stenegärd’s design team have wasted no time in delivering pre-production models to selected custom builders. Here’s the first cab off the rank: ‘Track Grinder’ from Berlin-based Urban Motor.

Urban Motor’s Peter Dannenberg was one of three custom builders invited to test-ride the R nineT in Spain a few months ago, before the launch—and even before any journalists got to see the bike. “While sitting around the camp fire, we developed the idea that each builder should customize a nineT,” he explains. And here’s the first result: a nineT reduced to the bare essentials, with a splash of color on the simplified bodywork and a dash of flat track style.

With 110 stout German horses on tap, the engine has been left alone. But almost everything else has been modified. The modular look of the stock gas tank has been simplified to great effect, and it now flows into a custom alloy tail and seat unit with leather upholstery.

Behind the race number holder is a tiny ellipsoid 50mm headlight. The clutch and master cylinders are Brembo upgrades and there’s a smattering of high-end Motogadget parts throughout—including Motoscope Pro instrumentation (fully adapted to the BMW CAN-Bus system), m-Blaze Disc bar end turn signals, and an m-Lock digital key/transponder system.

Up front are classy Gilles Tooling clip-ons and a Domino throttle lever, and down below are Tarozzi pegs and a stubby Supertrapp exhaust system. The blacked-out wheels are shod with dual-sport GT201 rubber from Golden Tyre, the Italian company best known for its motocross tires.

It’s a striking start to BMW Motorrad’s new custom program. We’ll be keeping an eye out for future R nineT customs from the other builders over the coming months, but in the meantime, head over to the BMW Motorrad website for all the details on the production R nineT. Or check out Urban Motor’s other builds here.

via BIKEEXIF