Breslau Poland: The truck-legends are back - scrutineering - Ford Ranger.

Saturday midday: The "Breslau Poland" rally has started with the technical scrutineering. 66 cars, 28 trucks, 17 bikes and 17 SSV signed in for the race, which will take place from 13-19th July 2014 in the north-west of Poland around the cities Recz, Drawsko Pomorskie and Borne Sulinowo.

The race itself will start on Sunday with two stages: In the morning the competitors have to handle a "warm up" of 71 kilometers timed section, followed by the legendary night-stage called "Lazer Night Flights" and 58 kms. In the following days, 1108 kms timed section are waiting for the participants - the longest stage will be on Thursday (280 kms).

As in every year, the competitors are a great mix between amateurs and experts - some "5000 Euro Cars" will mess with "150.000 Euro" cars - same in the trucks. Especially in the trucks we will see a great battle between the "Baja Deutschland" winner Leon de Wit from Holland (Mercedes-Scania prototype), Ton Stoker (Holland, Iveco), Ales Loprais (Tatra, Czech Republic) and many more.

And we also have two "legends": The former Breslau winners Peter Niedergesaess (Scania, Germany) - who has his rally-comeback after a long break - and the German truck-expert and "Wetten Dass" television-star Udo Heidenreich (Mercedes Unimog).

Next to many interesting rallycars, especially from France, the big surprise in the cars is the former winner Robert Kufel from Poland: He will celebrate the "world-premiere" of his own-build Ford Ranger. The car looks like the factory-Ford from South Africa, but is "100% Polish" - and powered by a diesel-engine. Stay tuned this week for a great rally in Poland!

Also interesting: The "Volkswagen T3 Rallyvan" of Bernd Jäger (the car looks like a former postal-van - but the yellow colour is officially "Porsche Yellow"), Hanna Sobota from Poland (Mitsubishi Pajero T2), the Hungarian built Opel Antara RR of the Bulgarian Petar Cenkov (winner of the Balkan Breslau), Cedric Porcher from France (Toyota Prototype) or trophy-legend Jim "Gigglepin" Marsden from the UK with his extreme Land Rover...

2014/07/12 | 15:11 CET | ARTICLE: MR/HS
via http://www.marathonrally.com

Studio Motor

2011 Kawasaki Ninja 250

by Imam Sadikin from otomotif.org

When most guys still want this bike to be really a sport bike, not the case with Ismail Saleh. Interested in the earlier works of Studio Motor, which is a Kawasaki Ninja 250 custom V.1, Born to be The bluster. That is the reason why he changed his mini 250cc sportbike into a custom bike that now has a higher value.

This is the Ninja 250 has been produced in 2011, a very new bike. Ninja 250 “The Bluster”, is a submission from a guy who came from Bandar Lampung, Sumatra – Indonesia. Culture has now changed, and everyone has a different opinion if they asked “Culture”. What is the most interesting culture? maybe a motorcycle is one of them.

One of the reasons of Ismail Saleh before modifying the bike is “Want to be different”. Definitely, the number of the owners of the Kawasaki Ninja 250 in Indonesia, more and more and become less exclusive. A strategy for those who want to be different is the right choice.

The first change on this bike is fairly simple but has significantly changed the bike became very stout, is a pair of a Suzuki GSXR-1000 to replace a pair of telescopic suspension of this 2011 Ninja 250. For the dimensions of the front rim using the brand of TK Japan, using size 18×3.00 Inch combined with E705 120/80-18 Shinko tire brand. Next to the rear wheel dimensions, using 18×3.50 inch size combined with E705 150/70-18 Shinko tire brand and the spoke wheels make this bike look very cool.

It will make you very jealous, when you look at this bike. Some changes have been completed, the tank and the steering parts (handlebar). Tank shape is inspired by the concept of a Triumph, while the handlebar using fatbar type. Scrambler concept is very perfect.

As always, a good motorcycle is a bike that has a good seat and comfortable to ride. Above you can see, how comfortable the seats were designed by Studio Motor for Ismail Saleh? I think this is very convenient, the stitches are very beautiful and we can say this as a “Piece of Art”.

Overall assessment for the Kawasaki Ninja 250 The bluster V.2, maybe you’ll agree to say for this bike is perfect, neat, and beautiful. There is no doubt, no one can say “no” to this bike, a masterpiece of Studio Motor.

If you are one of the owners of the Kawasaki Ninja 250 and already feel bored and want to change the look of your bike to be like this and want to know how much it in cost details, please contact directlyStudio Motor – Custom Motorcycle Workshop & Biker Fashion, if you live in Jakarta please visit directly to the address:

• Jl. Kesehatan Raya No.3A, Bintaro – Jakarta Selatan 12330

MotoGP : Márquez signe la pole et un nouveau record au Sachsenring / Record breaker Marquez takes pole with fastest ever Sachsenring lap

Marc Márquez prendra le départ du Grand Prix eni Motorrad d'Allemagne en tête de la grille MotoGP™ après avoir devancé Dani Pedrosa et Stefan Bradl en qualifications.

Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) a décroché sa septième pole position de la saison en battant un record du circuit vieux de six ans au Sachsenring, qu’avait établi Casey Stoner avec Ducati en 2008. Le Champion du Monde en titre, en quête ce week-end d’une neuvième victoire en autant de courses, a battu le chrono de l’Australien de 0.130s pour signer la nouvelle référence absolue (1'20.937) sur le circuit allemand et renouer avec la pole position, qui lui avait échappé lors des deux manches précédentes. 

Vainqueur au Sachsenring ces quatre dernières années, le leader du Championnat du Monde MotoGP™ 2014 partagera la première ligne avec un autre expert de la piste allemande, son coéquipier Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda). Ce dernier a cependant chuté dans le virage n°1, dans lequel il s’était fracturé la clavicule l’an dernier, alors qu’il était en pole provisoire mais n’a finalement été battu que par Márquez.

Egalement sur RC213V, Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda) s’est assuré son deuxième départ en première ligne de la saison pour sa course nationale, en se classant à 0.403s de la pole, avec tout juste 36 millièmes de seconde d’avance sur Aleix Espargaró (NGM Forward Racing), qui avait été le plus rapide vendredi et devra se contenter d’un départ en quatrième position.

La star de la catégorie Open sera accompagnée en deuxième ligne par les deux pilotes du team Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, Jorge Lorenzo et Valentino Rossi, tandis que Andrea Iannone (Pramac Racing), premier pilote sur Ducati, Pol Espargaró (Monster Yamaha Tech3) et son coéquipier Bradley Smith, tombé pour la quatrième fois du week-end en Q2, s’élanceront de la troisième ligne. 

Álvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini) a conclu les qualifications avec une décevante dixième position, à plus d’une demi-seconde d’une première ligne sur laquelle figurent les trois autres RC213V Factory.

En Q1, Nicky Hayden (Drive M7 Aspar) avait surpris en réalisant le meilleur temps au dernier moment, juste après la chute de Cal Crutchlow (Ducati) dans le virage n°11, le waterfall, et accédait à la Q2 avec Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati). L’Italien a pris la onzième position devant l’Américain en Q2 tandis que Crutchlow terminait à la quinzième position sur la grille, derrière Yonny Hernández (Energy T.I. Pramac Racing) et Scott Redding (Drive M7 Aspar). Mike di Meglio (Avintia Blusens) prenait quant à lui la 21e position après avoir lui aussi chuté dans le waterfall, dans la séance FP4.

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Marc Marquez notched a new best pole lap in the MotoGP™ Q2 session at the eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland, with Dani Pedrosa and Stefan Bradl also on row one – Pedrosa setting a fast lap before a crash.

A 1'20.937 effort from Marquez gave him pole by just under 0.3s from Repsol Honda colleague Pedrosa who went down at turn 1 with three minutes remaining. The rapid lap time for Marquez broke Casey Stoner’s six year old best pole lap record of 1’21.067 from 2008.

For full Q2 results from Sachsenring click here.

The home fans were delighted with Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) registering a 1’21.340 lap, as the German qualified third having initially been on provisional pole five minutes into the session.

The second row, meanwhile features a strong Yamaha presence with Open-equipped Aleix Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) placing his Forward-Yamaha machine ahead of the factory Movistar Yamaha MotoGP machines of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi on the grid.

Andrea Iannone (Pramac Racing) impressed again in seventh, ahead of Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech3) and Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) on row three. Smith suffered a fourth crash of the weekend in Q2 but was not hurt.

Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini) was tenth, whilst Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) and Nicky Hayden (Drive M7 Aspar) complete the fourth row having come through from Q1.

Cal Crutchlow (Ducati Team) missed out on a Q2 ride having crashed at high speed at turn 11, taking a big tumble through the gravel at the end of Q1. Crutchlow was unhurt and quickly went back to his pit box for a debrief despite initially looking quite shaken by the accident.

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