First Notion Yamaha SR250 Cafe Racer

The custom Yamaha SR250's are taking over! After last week's C59R "Little Blue" custom Tracker build from Barcelona we've headed north to Antwerp, Belgium where we found the First Notion workshop and their radical SR250 FN Cafe Racer. "Sometimes… things get out of hand. This is exactly what happened with this trusty Yamaha SR250 that was left sitting in our garage."



"The Yamaha SR250 is known to most as a reliable little commuter, the do-it-all motorcycle that’s easy on fuel and is the ideal two wheeled companion for a responsible driver to go from point A to B. With this build we haven't changed too much…it is still a little commuter...well sort of."

"Don't expect a full build list of the SR250. Our mechanic went bezerk on the little Yammy. All we know is we saw him kill the subframe with a grinder, sculpt beauty with a TIG welder and in between shape an alloy seat. Then there was the carbon fiber work, the Adreani rear shock, the classy Italian leather seat (where the hell did he get this leather, it’s smoother than my jacket?!) and loads more."



"Our goal is not to deliver immensely expensive custom motorcycles that end up in a lounge room, but to offer our customers affordable, fun to ride yet professionally built custom motorcycles on a normal budget. Let's say we go beyond the - take a standard bike, trash all standard components and screw on as much expensive stuff as you can find."

The First Notion Motorcycles

Custom motorcycle clothing and gear available at 100MPH.com.au

Rallye Raid : First Rally raid win for Kurt Caselli ; Premier succès en rallye pour Kurt Caselli

Newcomer in the Rally Raid world, American Kurt Caselli (KTM Michelin) won his first race in Argentina, where he beats team mates Chaleco Lopez and Marc Coma during the Desafio Ruta 40, third round of the Rally Raid World Championship.

Nouveau venu dans le monde du Rally raid, l’Américain Kurt Caselli (KTM Michelin) a signé son premier succès en Argentine, devançant ses équipiers Chaleco Lopez et Marc Coma dans le Desafio Ruta 40, troisième épreuve du championnat du Monde des rallyes.

As tough and selective as the first two rounds of the championship, the Desafio Ruta 40 Rally was undecided until the end, as four riders were tight within four minutes before the last stage!

The first stage was cancelled due to the fog and the impossibility for the recue helicopters to go in the air, but then the race was really exciting with no less than five different winners and five different leaders; with only forty three seconds between the first two riders after 3000kms and eighteen hours of timed sessions, this race was very open between the Honda and KTM riders. Winners of the first two stages Helder Rodrigues and Javier Pizzolito confirmed that the Japanese bikes are more and more competitive, but the KTM riders replied by winning the newt three stages with Marc Coma, Chaleco Lopez and Kurt Caselli who finally won the race.

Coming to the Rally during the last Dakar, the American who got several wins in the US Baja’s beats Lopez and Coma, who is strongly leading the World Championship before the fourth round scheduled in Brazil at the end of July.

Très sélectif à l’instar des deux précédentes épreuves du championnat, le Desafio Ruta 40 Rally s’est finalement joué dans la sixième et dernière étape que quatre pilotes ont abordé en étant séparés par moins de quatre minutes !

Après que la première étape eut été annulé en raison du brouillard empêchant les hélicoptères de sécurité de pouvoir décoller, l’épreuve a été incroyablement disputée avec pas moins de cinq vainqueurs d’étape différentes et cinq leaders successifs, les deux premiers du classement final n’étant séparés que par 43 secondes après 3000 kms de spéciales et 18 heures de course !

Les Honda ont confirmé leur montée en puissance avec les succès de Helder Rodrigues et Javier Pizzolito lors deux premières journées, mais les KTM Michelin ont répliqué en s’imposant successivement grâce à Marc Coma, Chaleco Lopez et Kurt Caselli qui signe son premier succès. Apparu en Rally raid lors du dernier Dakar, le pilote Américain jusque là spécialisé dans les Baja a prouvé qu’il s’était parfaitement adapté à cette nouvelle discipline en triomphant devant les expérimentés Lopez et Coma, ce dernier confortant sa place de leader du championnat avant la prochaine épreuve prévue au Brésil fin juillet.

Classement du Desafio Ruta 40 Rally: 1.Caselli (USA, KTM) ; 2.Lopez (CHI, KTM) ; 3.Coma (ESP, KTM) ; 4.Pizzolito (ARG, Honda) ; 5.Casteu (FRA, Yamaha) ; etc

Pedrosa and Marquez receive new Honda NSC50R replica scooters

via Twowheelsblog

On the eve of the Dutch GP, the seventh round of the 2013 MotoGP World Championship, Repsol Honda’s official riders Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez have received new Repsol Honda replica scooters for use in the paddock at the remaining European rounds of the season. It is the sporty NSC50R, a new 50 cc scooter with an extremely efficient four-stroke engine and the same paint scheme as the Repsol Honda Team machines that Honda had showcased last fall at the Intermot Motor Show in Cologne, Germany, and at the EICMA exhibition in Milan, Italy.

The Honda NSC50R can cover 50 kilometres on just one litre of fuel in normal use and - given that it comes with a 5.5-litre fuel tank - this means it can cover up to 273 km (169 miles) once filled up. A tri-metal catalyser is used in the exhaust system in order to reduce harmful gas emissions to levels comfortably below the Euro-3 requirements. An extra layer of safety is added by Honda’s CBS (Combined Braking System), linking the front hydraulic disc brake to the drum rear.

Here is the pleased the comment of the current MotoGP championship leader Dani Padrosa:

“It’s fun for me and the team to have the scooter replica of our MotoGP bikes to get around the paddock. They are essential to move from the motorhome, to the garage, to hospitality, especially at the homes races in Spain! My team also use it to move around the service road during sessions over the weekend to watch me at different parts of the track and give me feedback”

And here is what wonder boy Marc Marquez had to say about the ‘guft’:

“Having two such different bikes in the paddock is something quite strange! We jump from the 50cc scooter onto a 1000cc MotoGP machine - you can’t get much more different! We also use the scooter to do our track inspection on Thursdays before each GP”

1989 MOTO GUZZI V75 – THE CORSAIOLA BY VENIER CUSTOMS

Say hello to Venier Customs latest creation. A beautiful 1989 Moto Guzzi V75 called the Corsaiola has been professionally showcased with some high quality photography. Take note motorcycle garages, no point producing a stunning bike if your not going to take high quality images for your website. Venier have got it just right with every single stunning feature and high light of the motorcycle shot on a stylish black background.

This beautiful example of a custom Moto Guzzi is one clean looking machine. The matt black strip on the tank and the super simplistic rear end with that tiny round brake light give it a really modern cafe racer feel. I really like the wheels they have used on the bike, they look really classy and give the bike a bit of a racing edge with bit chunky slick tyres. The black frame and lashings of polished metal all add to the super clean lines and all the makings of a unique super modern custom racer.

Venier customs designs are created through the art direction of Stefano Venier and builds are brought into reality through the hands of master mechanics. All the parts like seats, paints, leavers and others come from artisanal Italian shops and companies. The company was founded by Stefano Venier who started to modify everything he was riding. After completing a masters degree in product design and years of experience in this field his passion created the company we now see now. With a the main garage being in Treviso Italy they also have another custom shop in New York, this is truely a inspiration to follow your passion.

Website: venier-customs.com

Facebook: facebook.com/venier.customs

from moto-verso.