CAFÉ RACER 76

"the3" by DP customs

from http://dpcustomcycles.com/the3.html

Agus Santika from Indonésia

Yamaha Scorpio 225

Honda Tiger 200

Yamaha Scorpio 225

CB 125

Ninja 250

from Agus Santika via Facebook

a vos agendas : LE MANS CLASSIC 2014 : DU 4 AU 6 JUILLET...

On connaît maintenant les dates de la septième édition de Le Mans Classic. Elles ont été publiées sur la page Facebook Le Mans Classic Official aujourd'hui mercredi 6 février.

Les amateurs de belles mécaniques et de belles carrosseries auront donc rendez-vous au Mans du 4 au 6 juillet 2014 du 4 au 6 juillet 2013.

On ne connaît pas évidemment encore la teneur des plateaux ni les dates d'éligibilité.

Rappelons simplement que l'édition 2012 a été remportée par le Team n°5 (les voiturs de chaque plateau portant le numéro 5). Les membres de l'équipe gagnante étaient :

Plateau 1 : J. Bronson / Gareth Burnett / Richard Evans Talbot 105 BGH

Plateau 2 : Gavin Pickering Jaguar Type D

Plateau 3 : Shaun Lynn Lister Jaguar Knobbly

Plateau 4 : Adam Richardson / Oliver Benjamin / Leonard Turnbeaugh Porsche 906

Plateau 5 : Christopher Ball / Neil Daws / Nick Ball Ford GT 40

Plateau 6 : Kevin Wilkins / Mike Catlow Lola T296 BMW

A vos agendas...

by Claude Foubert(Endurance-info.com)

The Honda GB250 is a motorcycle that lives very close to my heart, I have one that I use almost daily and despite the fact that I initially bought it to spend “6 months or so” learning how to ride in Hong Kong (it’s a big change from England and Australia) I still own it and love it almost 4 years later.

Honda started production of the Honda GB250 in 1983, they pulled the single cylinder 249cc unit out of the Honda XR350R Enduro bike and then modified it for road use – the finished powerplant has a DOHC, a radial combustion chamber, 4 valves, it’s fed by a relatively large carburettor and it passes power to the back wheel via a close ratio 6-speed transmission.

Depending on the year, the GB250 produces between 30 and 31hp, not too shabby for a 249cc air-cooled engine. Its total weight is 127kgs and it’s very closely placed ratios between 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears gives it acceleration off the line that gleefully embarrasses much larger bikes. In some respects it’s a 250 that thinks it’s a 750 and I have to admit that I love its underdog nature.

This affection for the single cylinder thumper isn’t just held by me, this custom GB 250 is owned by Australian Bruno Pedreira and he also bought it intending to learn how to ride for a few months before selling it on and moving up to something with more cylinders, more noise and more hair on its chest.

Skip to over a year later and Bruno is still the proud owner of his Honda, he sent the bike off to garage camp recently with Paul Stanner who spent a couple of weeks chopping, tweaking and wrenching the little bike into a creation that stands out even amongst it’s larger, louder brethren.

Stanner fitted the bike with a new Bates headlight, Daytona indicators, a new speedometer, Firestone Deluxe Champion tires, a custom seat, blacked out forks and a new short exhaust designed to let the engine breathe easier.

Sadly the Honda GB250 was never officially exported from Japan so it can be exceedingly hard to find them, this is exacerbated by the fact that those who own them rarely want to sell.

Via Australian Café Racers.