Glemseck 101 2014

Rolling Art - A Documentary

Co Bappe is a creator: At his day job, Co is a graphic artist who makes screen-printed apparel for major retailers, and in his free time, Co taught himself how to build board-track racing motorcycles inspired by those of the 1910s and 20s. After countless hours spent watching instructional Youtube videos and studying friends who were certified welders, Co began to draw 1-to-1 scale mockups of motorcycles on butcher paper. Instead of downloading and copying schematics for older bikes verbatim, Co’s designs are all original. Co combines an Art Deco aesthetic with his childhood recollections of the Rocketeer on his latest build while staying true to form by utilizing parts (like a Briggs and Stratton tractor engine) that model the technical aspects of his turn-of-the-century predecessors. When Co Bappe sells a motorcycle, it is only for enough money to buy the parts and raw materials that he will need for his next build. Simply put, Co Bappe is a creator. He is someone whose purest joy and love of life can be seen through the small window in his welding mask. Co Bappe’s motorcycles are true works of art, made to be marveled for their beauty and grace as much as their power and function. 
The Shaky Shrines project is a similar labor of love; like most musicians, we all have day jobs and busy lives outside of this band. However, that sentiment is not the point of this: Rather, it is our intention to highlight those around us who may not have the opportunity or good fortune to step on stage in front of a supportive crowd any given night of the week, or pack all of the tools for their trade into a van and travel city-to-city doing what they love. Playing music for all of you is an awesome and beautiful thing for all of us, and we hope that you can help us extend and share that sensation for Co Bappe and his “ROLLING ART”.

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86 MOTORCYCLES CB750 BRAT

After a couple of weeks of seeing a good few mega builds on Bike Shed a ratty CB750 is a sight for sore eyes. Not that I don’t love and appreciate the metal flake, CNC-fest that has been going on but its great to own a bike that you can just jump on and ride, whenever and wherever. Reminding us of the ‘Shed ethos of built, not bought. Cristobal Quintana from Santiago, Chile shared an equally raggedy XS650 Brat earlier in the year , since then 86 Motorcycles have had a busy summer; well it’s been winter down there but in the UK we’ve actually had a decent summer and we’ll try to keep the memory fresh by imagining summer everywhere.

The Honda CB750 K8 donor was found in La Ligua about 2 hours from Santiago, and was in good mechanical condition but urgently needed a facelift. The previous owner ran it with a thunderous car exhaust car and a high back seat that weighed about 20kg, and an indefinite number of accessories. Think late nineties Goldwing, on a budget.

The 750 tank is a fairly girth item so Cristobal’s local scrapyard was raided for a few parts, luckily he found a fairly decent 550 version without any holes in it. This was stripped and left to rust which not only saves a massive bill at the painters but nails the rat look. Bars are a more modern low rise, shallow sweep pair, powder coated black; with the surrounding dash removed leaving just a speedo. The wiring loom has been simplified and routed out of sight where possible.

Don’t be fooled, the scrapper look is only skin deep, the guys put plenty of effort into the hidden bits too. Forks are 5″ lower, cut down, not just dropped in the yokes. The motor is in good nick so received a service and a set of pod filters, and a pretty serious chop-job to the zorsts. From the pictures it doesn’t look like angry neighbours will be an issue. Black parts were all blasted and powder coated.

The cut’n’looped frame retains a small kick up to allow space for the mudguard and a sensible amount of ground clearance. The seat is his own handiwork, with a diamond stitched cover; below the custom battery box and oil tank are semi hidden by a side panel. Cristobal’s tyre of choice is the Firestone Deluxe Champion so an upgrade to an 18″ rear wheel was needed.

Where has the week gone? Zipped past quicker than the UK summer. It’s Sunday morning again, nice and early. I’d happily take this CB out for the errands I need to do; brightening up my day, and the grey city.

Keep an eye on 86 Motorcycles via their Tumblr page and soon to be finished website.

via The Bike Shed

WSBK : Melandri signe son second doublé de l’année à Jerez / Melandri wins Jerez race as Guintoli keeps title hopes alive

Deuxième devant Sykes, Guintoli garde ses chances dans la lutte pour le titre.

Marco Melandri a décroché la dix-huitième victoire de sa carrière dans le Championnat du Monde eni FIM Superbike en dominant la seconde épreuve de la journée à Jerez de la Frontera, un succès qui fait de lui le deuxième Italien avec le plus de victoires en World Superbike, après Max Biaggi (21). 

Le pilote de l’Aprilia Racing Team était troisième en début d’épreuve mais est progressivement revenu sur Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) puis sur son coéquipier Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) pour finalement s’échapper en tête et s’offrir sa seconde victoire de la journée. Il s’agit de son second doublé de l’année après celui de Sepang, où il s’était aussi imposé les deux fois devant Guintoli. 

Bien qu’il se soit incliné à deux reprises, le Français repartira de Jerez avec un bilan positif puisque ses deux secondes places lui permettent de revenir à 31 points de Sykes, troisième de la seconde course, dans la lutte pour le titre 2014, avant les deux dernières manches qu’accueilleront Magny-Cours et Losail.

Complétaient le Top 6 à l’arrivée Chaz Davies (Ducati Superbike Team), Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) et Eugene Laverty (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) tandis que Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team), auteur de la pole position, n’a pu faire que septième, juste devant Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike Team).

Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia) s’est aisément imposé dans la catégorie EVO suite à la chute de David Salom (Kawasaki Racing Team) en début de course et a fini onzième, devant Sheridan Morais (Iron Brain Grillini Kawasaki) et Jérémy Guarnoni (MRS Kawasaki). Davide Giugliano (Ducati Superbike Team) a été contraint à l'abandon suite à un problème technique qui l'a forcé à sortir de piste.

Le Team Toth BMW a quant à lui pu fêter son troisième Top 15 de la saison grâce à la bonne performance et la quatorzième place du pilote remplaçant Gabor Rizmayer.

Guintoli closes in on Sykes as title fight hots up in Spain.

The drama in race 2 at Jerez began almost immediately as best EVO classified rider in race one David Salom (Kawasaki Racing Team) crashed out on lap one with Davide Giugliano (Ducati Superbike Team) retiring with a technical problem on lap 2.

At the front Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) led from Tom Sykes, the Kawasaki Racing rider and reigning World Champion making a much better start but as in race one it was Marco Melandri (Aprilia Racing Team) who slowly worked his way to the front, eventually passing Guintoli in the final third of the race to take the a double win ahead of his team mate and Tom Sykes who were 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Completing the top six were Chaz Davies (Ducati Superbike Team), Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team), and Eugene Laverty (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) while the best EVO classified rider was Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia) who finished 11th overall and comfortably ahead of 12th placed Sheridan Morais (Iron Brain Grillini Kawasaki) who scored on of his best results of the year.

There was jubilation for Team Toth BMW who achieved their third point scoring finish of the season courtesy of a 14th place finish by replacement rider Gabor Rizmayer.