WSBK : Sykes réalise à nouveau le doublé à Donington

dimanche, 25 mai 2014 14:38

dimanche, 25 mai 2014 14:38

Loris Baz et Sylvain Guintoli étaient aussi sur le podium

Comme en 2013, Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) a remporté les deux courses du Championnat du Monde eni FIM Superbike à Donington Park et reprend, grâce ce nouveau doublé, la tête du classement général. 

Après un début de course très animé aux avant-postes, l'accrochage puis la chute d'Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) et de Marco Melandri (Aprilia Racing Team) ont permis à Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team), Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) et Sykes de prendre de l'avance sur le reste du peloton et se retrouver dans une bataille à trois.

Le Champion en titre est parvenu à imposer sa loi sur toute la seconde partie de la course et s'est imposé devant Baz, son coéquipier, et Guintoli, tandis que Davide Giugliano (Ducati Superbike Team) prenait la quatrième place.

Chaz Davies (Ducati Superbike Team) et Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) complétaient le Top 6 à l'arrivée.

David Salom (Kawasaki Racing Team) s'est imposé en catégorie EVO, en finissant à la dixième place. Les Français Jérémy Guarnoni (MRS Kawasaki), Fabien Foret (Mahi Racing Team India) et Romain Lanusse (Team Pedercini) ont respectivement terminé aux quatorzième, dix-huitième et dix-neuvième places.

Aaron Yates (Team Hero EBR) et Eugene Laverty (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) ont chuté en début de course. Laverty a pu repartir et marquer 3 points. 

Leon Camier (BMW Motorrad Italia) et Geoff May (Team Hero EBR) étaient quant à eux absents des deux courses. Camier s'était blessé en chutant le samedi après-midi lors de la Tissot-Superpole alors que May a été contraint au forfait en raison de problèmes techniques.

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1. RACE - 1
2. 1.  T Sykes
3. 2.  L Baz
4. 3.  A Lowes

1. RACE - 2
2. 1.  T Sykes
3. 2.  L Baz
4. 3.  S Guintoli

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Magnus Walker | Southern Charm and Hospitality

in our first ever feature with Magnus Walker, we hear why he loves to get away from the deserts of California every once in awhile. He drives his beloved 1971 Porsche 911T, car #277, through the lush greenery of North Carolina, takes it for some hot laps at VIR, and ends his east coast jaunt with a visit to the "Seducing Speed" Exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Art - a must see for Porsche lovers.

‘82 Yamaha XV920 – Hageman Motorcycles

In nature, metamorphosis is a process where by a creature will undergo an abrupt and rather startling transformation. During this process, it expends a whole bunch of energy in a rather short period of time. Tadpoles become frogs. Caterpillars become butterflies. And nymph cicadas become, erm, bigger cicadas. Now you could argue that in the custom bike world, just about any restoration is a metamorphosis of sorts. But you’d be wrong. Because if you think that your new seat and fresh rubber has transformed your bike, think again. There is nothing in the bike world that matches the frog-to-prince change you see when an old Viragosheds its faux-Harley skin and becomes a bike like this. And no-one does Viragos like Greg from Hageman Motorcycles, aka Docs Chops.

Here’s Greg. “Hi Pipeburn. Here’s a recent Virago build of ours. It’s an ‘82 XV920 which was commissioned for a gentleman from New Zealand. He basically gave me free reign to build what I wanted.” Sounds like most bike builder’s wet dreams. Ours too. “So I took ideas and learnings from all the past builds and then I added a few things I wanted to try out.”

Unlike quite a few of Greg’s previous Virago builds, this one has brushed alloy Sun Rims. In this particular case they’re from Buchanan, with a 17 x 3.5 rear hoop matched to a 18 x 2.75 front. Greg then shod them with fresh Kendas, running a 150/70/17 rear and 130/70/18 front.

“After building several of these, the most important thing I’ve learned is to take the stock carbs and chuck them in the dumpster. Then I just replace them with nice, new Mikuni VMs. They idle and run much more consistent than the stock (and old) CVs. In the end, you have more torque and horses with the bike also easily revving to 8500rpm. And it’s not just for the 920s either; they especially help the anaemic XV 750s.”

Taking a leaf out of Yamaha’s rather shiny racing history, Greg got to painting things. “Some of my favorite bikes have been the TZ race bikes, that’s why I used the decals and paint scheme I did on this one. You can’t go wrong with those colors on a Yammie.”

The final bits of the build included the rear sets, handlebars and fork brace. This time greg chose an all Tarozzi ensemble, and modified some of the parts to fit. The front suspension is also modified and uses progressive fork springs. The rear shock, with its nice little flash of red, is a Hagon unit from the UK. The seat is the same type Greg’s been using for a lot of his recent builds, but just to mix things up a little he made a removable seat cowl. “Just so I could give it some more colour,” as he puts it.

As always, Greg and the boys have knocked it out of the park. And if you like what you see, we’ve been lucky enough to receive another Hageman build, which is being ushered into the starting gates as we speak. Stay tuned for more.

[Photos by erickrunyonfotosmotos.com]

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I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night - Trailer

'I HAD TO MUCH TOO DREAM LAST NIGHT' follows the simplistic travels of two surfers, meeting friends along the way, on an open ended journey across an archipelago littered with islands and breaks. Connected by ribbons of tarmac and separated by deep ocean valleys these islands have been here for millennia and will continue to do so for millennia to come. An veritable eden for waves of every nature, from long reeling glassy points breaks to sketchy urchin infested waves in the middle of nowhere

I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night - Trailer from Deus ex Machina on Vimeo.

Film coming May 2014