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    samedi 17 novembre 2012

    ‘Untitled Motorcycles’

    ‘Untitled Motorcycles’: B/W commercial for London customiser


    Beards? Check. Location for shoot a once-unfashionable, now achingly trendy part of London? Check. Grungy, chopped Bee-Emm twins? Oh yes, as this is all about the bike customising shop Untitled Motorcycles.

    You know we like these films. And, while it might not do quite so much for me as did ‘Twins in the Peaks: Fashion house Edwin and classic BMWs’, it’s another classic film noir in a 21st Century Shoreditch stylee.

    Text: Steve Wakefield
    Video: Leap Films

    Macau, Huff took pole


    La nouvelle pole de Rob Huff à Macao place le Britannique un peu plus près du titre. Mais le leader du Championnat se prépare à toute éventualité sur ce circuit urbain où il a pourtant l'habitude d'exceller.



    Rob Huff a encore augmenté son avance au Championnat en décrochant les cinq points de récompense pour sa pole décrochée avec le record du tour (2'29''422) à Macao. Le Britannique a devancé de plus de sept dixièmes son adversaire Yvan Muller et son rival direct Alain Menu qui accuse désormais 37 points de retard. Toutefois, s'il a dominé la dernière édition de l'ancienne colonie portugaise, le pilote Chevrolet ne prend rien pour acquis. « C'était un résultat fantastique. Macao est mon circuit préféré et c'est un rêve de décrocher une quatrième pole consécutive ici. L'équipe a fait une fois de plus un travail incroyable et ma voiture était parfaite dès le début. C'est tout ce que j'avais besoin : une meilleure position sur la grille et quelques points de plus que mes coéquipiers. Mais tout peut arriver et c'est généralement ce qu'il se passe. Nous avons vu que tout peut évoluer en un week-end, comme c'est arrivé à Yvan (Muller) en Chine. »

    Yvan Muller a perdu les commandes du Championnat après son week-end vierge de points à Shanghai et a même vu son coéquipier Alain Menu le devancer au classement Pilotes. A l'issue des qualifications, le triple champion de la discipline accuse 42 unités de retard et doit désormais espérer une contre-performance de ses coéquipiers pour maintenir ses rêves de sacre. « Je suis heureux avec ma deuxième place. Je n'étais pas satisfait de ma voiture hier et c'était la même chose ce matin. Mais nous avons progressé étape par étape même si cela n'a pas suffi pour décrocher la pole. Toutefois, être en première ligne est une bonne chose. Je n'ai pas de regrets à avoir car je n'ai commis aucune erreur. Je ne pense pas que j'aurais pu être plus rapide. C'était le meilleur que je pouvais faire avec ma voiture. »

    Alain Menu reste le rival le plus proche de Rob Huff même si le pilote helvétique accuse un retard important sur le poleman. Le Suisse a pris la troisième place sur la grille avec tout de même une seconde de retard sur le chrono référence. « Je voulais clairement me battre pour la pole et je pensais être en mesure de le faire à l'issue de la Q1. Mais Rob a réalisé un superbe tour. Mon objectif est toujours de remporter les courses de ce week-end. La troisième place n'est pas une mauvaise position, d'autant plus que le départ sera lancé. Je pourrais bénéficier de l'aspiration mais je suis certain que Rob et Yvan sauront comment conserver leur place. »
    BY Jacques-Armand Dupuis(AUTOHEBDO)



    vendredi 16 novembre 2012

    Jules Cluzel meets his Suzuki and World Superbike crew


    FIXI Crescent Suzuki new signing Jules Cluzel made his first visit to the team’s headquarters in Verwood, England today to get his first chance to meet his crew and try out for size the Suzuki GSX-R1000 that he will be racing in next year’s Superbike World Championship.
    Cluzel immediately felt at home in the fresh surroundings, as he was introduced to his new Crew Chief Lez Pearson and the rest of the team that he will be working with next season. The 24-year-old Frenchman was eager to swing his leg over the race bike and immediately said that he couldn’t wait to get it out on the track, because it felt right straight away.
    The FIXI Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 was emblazoned with Cluzel’s racing number 16 when he first set eyes on the bike and he quickly adapted himself to the seating position, even asking the crew to make adjustments, and suggested some future alterations, to enable him to start the first test with a bike that fits him.




    Cluzel will get his first chance to ride the Yoshimura-powered FIXI Crescent Suzuki at a test in Spain early next year, before he begins his competitive career with his new team at Phillip Island in Australia on Sunday 24th February. Before that though he will meet up with new team-mate Leon Camier tomorrow, when the pair will be attending an official function on behalf of the team’s title sponsor FIXI.

    Jules Cluzel:
    “I am really happy to have come here to England and meet the team and see my new bike. I am really looking forward to riding the Suzuki GSX-R and I am very excited about the first exit in the first test, because the bike felt great as soon as I sat on it, now I want to ride it! This is a new challenge and I am really happy to be involved in this with FIXI Crescent Suzuki. I have met all my new crew and they were really friendly and I’m really looking forward to working with all of them.”
    Lez Pearson – Crew Chief:
    “I have met Jules briefly before, but it was good to meet him properly today and get his first impressions of the bike. I became a fan of his last season and saw that he was a real talent and I’m sure that is something we can help him grow at FIXI Crescent Suzuki. He’s an intelligent and enthusiastic guy and the whole crew are excited about seeing what he can do on the bike. He’s already given us some ideas about how he would like the bike setting up for him, so we already have an idea of what he wants. We are all really looking forward to working with him and the first test can’t come soon enough.”
    with TWOWHEELSBLOG

    HONDA CB750 STAINLESS BY STEEL BENT CUSTOMS


    honda cb750 cafe racer 1 Honda CB750 Stainless by Steel Bent Customs
    This Honda CB750 cafe racer by Steel Bent Customs is a fantastic example of minimalist custom motorcycle building, there’s nothing on the bike that doesn’t need to be there from a purely functional perspective and I kind of think that this is how it should be.
    The bike started life as a 1980 Honda CB750 in need of a little TLC, the team at SBC stripped her down and gave her a good sorting before rebuilding her with only the absolute essentials. They fabricated a set of clip-on handlebars, fitted a set of levers from a GSXR, added a fuel tank from a 1982 Honda CB900 Super Sport and bolted on a brushed 4 into 1 exhaust.
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    As is the norm with Steel Bent builds they took the engine to bits and re-jetted the carburettors, changed all the fluids, added new tires on the front and back, a new sealed battery, new plugs and wires. Considering the stock reliability of the CB750 this cleaned up example should be capable of a hell of a lot of milage without breaking a sweat.
    If you’re interested in the bike you can pick it up for $6,500 USD via Steel Bent Customs here, they’ll be posting it on eBay next week so now might be a good time to get in before people start bidding.

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    from Silodrome