We kinda have a thing for motorcycles here at Shwood. This latest installment of our Makers series features Holiday Customs, a one-man custom motorcycle shop located in North Portland run by Jared Johnson. He walks us through the origins of his interest in motorcycles, what makes his bikes stand out, and shows off his bike that was featured in the Portland custom motorcycle One Show.
mardi 19 février 2013
GRID 2 gameplay trailer released
Arriving late May
Codemasters Racing Studios has released the first gameplay trailer with the highly anticipated GRID 2.
Although it's not gameplay per se, it still gives us a clue about what to expect when the game comes out on May 28 in North America and three days later in the rest of the world.
The short clip showcases many interesting cars which will be available, such as the BMW M3 E30 Sport Evolution, Chevrolet Camaro Z28 RS SS 1970 and the Ford Mustang Mach 1, with all of them competing in Road Racing locations.
We also see some Track Racing with the BAC Mono, Ariel Atom 3 and the KTM X-Bow R competing at Austria's Red Bull Ring. There's also Street Racing done in Paris with cars like the Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG, McLaren MP4-12C and the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Centennial Edition playing around the Arc de Triumph.
The list of cars available goes on with the Pagani Huayra, Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 Nismo Z Tune, Ford Focus ST, Alfa Romeo Giulietta and the Koenigsegg Agera R.
GRID 2 will be available on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Source: Codemasters Racing Studios via Worldcarfans
Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato
Written by Influx
the most beautiful recreation ever?
On 22nd July 1991, at Protech House, Cobham a fleet of four ‘Sanction 2′ recreations of Aston’s sublime Zagato collab was launched.
These cars were built under license with authenticity shot through every nut, bolt, square centimetre of alloy and hide. There were 19 originals and only four of these recreations made. Could it be that one day the recreations will be more sought after than the originals?
No matter. This simulacrum of six cylinder gorgeousness, a twenty two year old manifestation of a sixty year old siren — sold last year for a record 1.3 Million (or thereabouts).
According to Bonhams, who auctioned the car last year, the project was instigated in 1987 by Protech’s Victor Gauntlett and Peter Livanos, who commissioned the renowned Aston Martin specialist Richard Williams to up-rate four DB4 rolling chassis to DB4GT specification. These were then shipped to Italy to be fitted with Zagato’s stunningly beautiful, hand crafted bodies. They were then returned to Williams, who fitted the interiors and completed the cars at his new premises in Cobham, Surrey.
But words can’t really do justice to this sort of beauty, so just look at the pics and marvel
Nicky Hayden stars in Ducati Hypermotard License to Thrill commercial
During the 2012 EICMA show Ducati introduced the updated 2013 Hypermotard with its two versions, the base model plus the high performance SP and as part of family also added a crossover, dubbed the Hyperstrada.
To promote the new Hypermotard Ducati has gotten their MotoGP star Nicky Hayden to do the commercial and like we’ve said before the Kentucky Kid could be a model with his good looks, but he’s even better doing what he was born and raised to do, that is riding the wheels off a motorycle.
We hope everyone recognizes Ruben Xaus as the security guard … and with regards to ‘License to Thrill’ tag line that is becoming a little blase, as legendary TT rider John McGuinness already used it in his 007 spoof video.
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