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    mardi 22 janvier 2013

    SATÈN, THE SEVENTIES STYLE


    SATÈN, THE SEVENTIES STYLE
    HEADBANGER MOTORCYCLES
    OFFICIALLY UNVEIL SATÈN, THE SEVENTIES STYLE SINGLE-CYLINDER,
    AT THE MOTOR BIKE EXPO
    HEADBANGER, INSPIRED BY THE SEVENTIES, DISTILS THIS SPIRIT INTO A NEW ENDURO MOTORCYCLE,
    WITH A 600CC SINGLE-CYLINDER, AIR-COOLED, CARBURETTOR-EQUIPPED ENGINE.
    A COOL, BRISK MOTORCYCLE, EVOKING ITS NAMESAKE, THE FRANCIACORTA DOCG SPUMANTE!!


     
    As previously announced, 2013 opens with the winds of change blasting through Headbanger, so the Verona exhibition - the Motor Bike Expo - will allow the first genuine Italian Custom Factory to showcase all its new products and ideas for 2013, but also to beckon all enthusiasts – the press and the public – to enter a special world animated by tons of passion and creativity, eager to blow your mind.

    That’s precisely what Headbanger does, surprise, breathing life into a new project, which makes a thundering stage entrance in Verona, reinterpreting the classic enduro motorcycles of the seventies, with a 600cc air cooled, single cylinder engine, rigorously equipped with carburettor, simple, straightforward, fun: raise your glasses to the HEADBANGER SATÈN! 

    SATÈN was conceived almost by chance, originating from the request of a Headbanger bike owner, in love with the bike and the brand philosophy, who wished he could flank his HB V-Twin with a single cylinder motorcycle, built by hand, with painstaking detail; a ‘special’, reminiscent of the bikes back in the Seventies, which equally embodied all the Headbanger core values!

    Headbanger rose to the challenge, creating over the course of several weeks this new motorcycle, dedicated to all aficionados. SATÈN owes its name to a special DOCG wine, produced in the Franciacorta region – also the site of the Factory – where all the brands motorcycles are born. Therefore, it is dedicated to all those who refute banality and appreciate and share values such as simplicity, healthy ignorance(which for HB, means no electronics, fuel injection nor software) and freedom, but also lovers of sixties and seventies’ music and of sheer fun, and who yearn for an essential, light, enjoyable motorcycle, ideal for urban contexts and dirt tracks alike.

    Until today, its production motorcycles were characterized by big American twin-cylinders, based onsoftail and hardtail frames, so Headbanger is paving the way with a motorcycle with decisively different technical features, which is however crafted with the same painstaking detail and quality, in the pure HB style!

    SATÈN has a different heartbeat; it’s a single-cylinder air-cooled 600cc engine equipped withcarburettor, electronic ignition and kick-starter, 5-speed gearbox, foam air filter and HB 2 in 1 exhaust. The mechanics feature a single-beam frame split square tube oil/steel/aluminum, adjustable Paioli suspensions (USD forks with shock absorber compression and extension adjustment), Ø 330 mm front disc brake and HB Beringer 4 piston front brake caliper, Ø 250 mm rear disc brake with HB brake caliper. 

    SATÈN is equipped with 17” wheels, mounting a 120-70 tyre at the front and 160-60 at the rear (both street and heavy tread tyres can be mounted!!!). It’s a sleek machine at only 90cm from the ground and weighs in at less than 140 kg. The capacious 12 liters fuel tank gives it a good range.

    The stylistic accents of SATÈN stand their ground too, including a hand-crafted leather saddle as the rear tail made in raw aluminium, special Headbanger footrests, stencil Headbanger graphics and a raw metal paintjob, enhancing its lines.
    The technical and stylistic features of SATÈN, including such details as the understated handlebar controls, render this new addition to the Headbanger family a genuinely unique bike.

    SATÈN will retail at a tentative price of 9,000 euro.

    BMW Z4 GTE set for 2013 ALMS


    BMW Z4 GT3
    BMW Motorsport has developed the Z4 GTE which will compete in the 2013 American Le Mans Series.
    Team RLL has been using a BMW M3 in the ALMS' GT Class for the last four years, managing to achieve a first place overall in 2012. This year they will be switching to the Z4 GTE which "has everything it needs to continue the success story", according to BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt.
    Based on the Z4 GT3, the GTE version was developed specifically for ALMS and this year will be further tweaked ahead of 2014's ALMS / GRAND-AM merger. It will be driven by Bill Auberlen, Joey Hand and Dirk Mueller, but Hand will compete in only a portion of the season because he has a contract with BMW in DTM. Whenever he won't be available, John Edwards will take his place behind the wheel.
    In addition, Maxime Martin is also set for a full season with BMW Team RLL, while Uwe Alzen and Joerg Mueller will take part in long-distance races such as Petit Le Mans and Sebring.
    BMW Z4 GT3
    BMW Z4 GT3
    The season debuts on March 16 with the 12 Hours of Sebring.
    BMW Z4 GT3
    BMW Z4 GT3
    Source: BMW

    THE VOLKLINGER S14 SILVIA


    Satomi Nakawatase’s S14 is unlike any Silvia you have ever seen before. The car has evolved over the last couple of years from an interesting military themed project into something that words can literally not describe. The last time I saw it, Satomi had replaced the side glass with metal sheets and made a removable tank-like cover for the windscreen. What really makes this ichi-yon special however is that it’s driven and drifted on a regular basis, not just a bizarre creation to wow people at shows. To find out more hit play and watch this film put together by Luke Huxham…

     from Maiham Media

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    from mmmc