Cafe Racer Kuri Kuldnokk Honda CB500T

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“Renard Speed Shop” is a small custom-shop in Estonia. the owner of this shop is Andres Uibomäe. He is engaged in the construction of interesting motorcycles, and his new project called “Kuri Kuldnokk” (Wicked Starling). As a donor Andres used the post-accident motorcycle Honda CB500T (bent fork and a broken beam), which stood for more than 10 years without a case.

When the motorcycle was taken to the workshop, Andres immediately set to work. He took apart a motorcycle to a small screw, and removed its own paint. Estonian master went through the engine and replace all gaskets and rings, and repainted the unit. Of custom exhaust system configuration 2-1 wrapped black thermal tape is mounted carbon silencer made “Fresco Exhaust”.

Other parts and upgrades are as below:

• Minor upgrade frame
• Customize tail and saddle
• Homemade pendulum (70 mm long)
• Öhlins shock absorber
• Original plug honda cb500, new beam
• Tidy moto gadget (original mount)
• Old fog light
• Led turn signals and brake light kellermann
• New painting

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TRIUMPH TT DELUXE CAFÉ RACER BY LC FABRICATIONS

What would a café racer look like if it had been built in 1910 instead of 1960? It’s a question that has been asked before but to my knowledge, this is the first time someone has actually taken to the workshop and produced such a mythical beast.

LC Fabrications is a machine/vintage motorcycle shop in the rolling, green foothills of Virginia. Owned and operated by Jeremy Cupp the focus is on timeless craftsmanship and seriously handsome motorcycles. This particular bike, the TT Deluxe, was loosely modelled on bikes of the 1910s (Triumphs in particular) but features a 2006 Triumph Bonneville engine and transmission. The chassis was hand-fabricated as was the tank, the bike uses handmade Druid forks and a seat made by Jeremy and his wife Lindsay.

If you take some time to carefully go over these photos you’ll notice a staggering number of subtle touches, this sort of build quality is reminiscent of builders like Falcon and Walt Siegel (and there aren’t many builders who deserve a credit like that).

Notable features of the build are that springer seat set up, beautifully integrated leather kneepads on either side of the fuel tank, the wonderful steampunk headlight and copper tubing used around the engine and the two-tone paint job on the inside of the wheel rims.

All images below aren’t huge but they’re the highest resolution we could get our hands on, click for  a larger view.

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Alfa Romeo Live at 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed

The 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed is underway and as the weather’s so good the organisers could not have picked a better weekend to gather together past, present and future cars from the roads and from the race track. This year’s event celebrates the Porsche 911, McLaren’s first 50 years and 45 years of Martini Racing, but visitors have so much more to see.

Alfa Romeo is using this year’s festival to mark its centenary. Most of the attention at the Alfa Pavilion has been reserved for the Alfa Romeo C4. The 240bhp sports car is being put through its paces on the famous hill climb, which officials for the Italian car maker says is “so technical and difficult that it provides a tough test for the concentration and reactions of the best drivers in the world.”

The rear-wheel drive sports car is proving quick and spectacular up the hill and looks great as the centrepiece of the Alfa Pavilion, which it shares with the Alfa Giulietta MultiAir Sportiva and Alfa MiTo TwinAir Sportiva. The Italian marque is showing examples of its historic past at the Cathedral Paddock near Crossroads Corner. Cars like the 1951 Gran Premio Tipo 159 “Alfetta”, the 1750 GT Am from 1970 and the 33 TT 12 from 1975 can be seen for free as Goodwood doesn’t charge an entry price for any of its paddocks.

Alfa Romeo at Goodwood

With a handful of Formula One cars from the 1950s and 1980s on display, the Goodwood Festival of Speed is proving to be a popular destination for Alfa Romeo enthusiasts, car lovers and motor racing fans alike.

from Eurocarblog