mercredi 20 novembre 2013
Bixby Moto mini z50 sidecar
1978 Honda Z50 frame found in the dumpster. Scooter engine from a crashed bike. Honda Rebel exhaust (busted). Gifted rear shock. Assorted steel, bolts and cork. Medical bills from crashing at the dirt track. Thumbs up and high fives. Cost $158 dollars.
Jeremy Clarkson & Richard Hammond from TOP GEAR busted for speeding, get banned from driving in France
James May, Richard Hammond & Jeremy Clarkson
Were doing filming for an upcoming DVD
Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond won't be driving to France anytime soon as they have had their French driving privileges revoked for speeding.
According to Clarkson, he and Hammond were approaching a toll booth when they were busted for speeding in a 90 km/h (55 mph) zone. Clarkson's Aston Martin Vanquish was clocked at 141 km/h (87 mph), while Hammond's Porsche 911 GT3was tagged at 143 km/h (88 mph).
Unfortunately for the presenters, the on-the-spot fine left them "penniless" and their driving licenses were taken away. After being rescued by the film crew, Clarkson and Hammond were informed they weren't allowed to drive in France for three months.
Source: Final Gear via Jalopnik
Eagle E-Type Low Drag GT: Conquest or calamity?
Purists and pedants should cover their eyes now, as they’re not going to like this one little bit: Eagle’s latest creation is not just a re-engineered E-type (if ‘just’ is a suitable word in this context), it’s a low-drag coupé...
We’ve written about Eagle E-Types before. We’ve discussed how there will always be some people who flinch at the idea of ‘improving’, rather than simply restoring, a classic – especially a classic with the magical aura of an E-type Jag. But some enthusiasts feel differently: who recognise the delights of a car which retains the looks and essential character of a much-loved classic, but has the reliability and driveability of a more modern motor. Such as a 4.7-litre all-ally engine, sequential fuel injection and 5-speed gearbox. For the pragmatists among you, Eagle’s new Low Drag GT – with its streamlined aluminium body – will be the crème de la crème. La pièce de résistance. The icing on the cake, or whatever other cheesy metaphor you choose to use.
Modern features carefully hidden
Eagle calls its latest creation “a testament to the beauty of the original Jaguar E-type Low Drag Coupé”, but in keeping with the company’s ethos of adding practical improvements that don’t damage the spirit of the classic, the Eagle GT boasts such conveniences as a more spacious cockpit, recirculating air-con and a long-range fuel tank. The driver can luxuriate in the full leather trim, secure in the knowledge that the car hasn’t just had a thorough inspection, it has been comprehensively stripped to its barest bones, and rebuilt with either perfect original components, or (where considered appropriate) better-than-new replacements. There’s even the comfort of a well-concealed GPS navigation system: just don’t admit it to anyone and they’ll never know it's there.
It would be a joy to compare the driving experience of this carefully modernised Low Drag GT with the original Coupé – and if we’re ever given that opportunity, you will be the first to know about it. For now, however, we admit to feeling a certain attraction towards the ‘improved’ icons created by the likes of Eagle and Singer; and from this writer’s experience of driving ‘hybrid’ cars (as in a combination of old and new – we’re not suggesting they need an electric motor… ugh), there’s a real delight to the driving experience; it’s just a very different delight from that of a genuine classic, warts and all. And it goes without saying that the ‘modernisation’ only works when it’s carried out by the topmost experts in the field, as Eagle most certainly is.
More about Eagle can be found at eaglegb.com.
You can buy original Jagaur E-types from the Classic Driver Market.
THE BRAT BY GARAGE PROJECT MOTORCYCLES
The CB350 Brat is one of those bikes that lit up the moto-web when it was released last year, it had features on BikeEXIF, Cyril Huze Post and Sydney Cafe Racers and the world overwhelmingly loved it. A rare thing in the current environment of arm-chair motorcycle builders who love nothing more than to sling mud from the confines of their trusty Barker Lounges.
The reason I decided to feature it, a year down the road, is because for me, this is one of those influential and iconic builds that only come along every so often. That and the fact that people who stumbled across the custom / cafe racer scene in the past year or so almost certainly haven’t seen it.
The Honda CB350 base motorcycle was picked up for $1,600 USD looking slightly worse for wear (motorcycles are expensive in Australia, a similar condition CB in the US would cost a couple of hundred) and then set to work stripping the bike back to its constituent parts. Un-fixable elements were tossed out and new parts ordered, the style of the completed bike was set to be “Brat Style” and the argument could be made here that they out Bratted the Japanese originals.
The artwork on the tank is remarkably well done, usually when we see fuel-tank art it’s either hideous or sensational so this bike seems to fall quite hard into the latter category. It’s worth taking a close look over the images (click them to see them full size in another window) and seeing all the detail work that went into The Brat, everything from the handlebar wrap to the levers to the velocity stacks has been thought out well and executed by people who take the time to do things right.
Garage Project Motorcycles is run by a friendly chap by the name of Rex Havoc, he’s the kind of quietly confident man who you’d just as soon have a beer with as ask advice about motorcycles, he runs the website http://garageprojectmotorcycles.tumblr.com which runs parallel to the Garage Project Motorcycles business and has grown to become one of the most highly trafficked motorcycles sites on the interwebs.
If you’ve got a few minutes (or hours) spare hit that link and have a scroll. You’ll be glad you did.
via SILODROME
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