Murrays Brewing x Sol Invictus Motorcycles x Bearded Tit

Murray's Brewing in collaboration with Sol Invictus Motorcycles worked with Sydney Illustrator and Artist Mike Watt at Redfern's Bearded Tit to transform a custom Mercury Motorcycle through the use of hand painted characters and labels mirrored from the Murray's Brewing selection.

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Everyone involved has their information listed below:
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billyzammit.com/promotional
murraysbrewingco.com.au/
solinvictus.com.au/
mikewatt.org
thebeardedtit.com/

XXth anniversary of Le Jog 6th to 9th December 2014

The 6^th December 2014 will see the start of the 20^th edition of the Land’s End to John O’Groats Classic Reliability Trial & Tour, the toughest event of its kind in Europe and possibly the world. Known to everyone as Le Jog (it even featured on a TV quiz show – “what event runs under the acronym Le Jog”), this Iconic event continues to attract crews from across the world and has become a “must do” on the wish list of all classic car enthusiasts.
To celebrate the 20^th running of the event, the route will include features and locations that have become part of Le Jog folklore. Starting from Land’s End, crews will go straight into Test 1 within the complex and then follow a route to Regularity One; a re-run of the very first regularity on the first event in December 1993. The 1993 event saw the introduction of the now famous Jogularity system on regularities and in celebration of this milestone, HERO will re-run that very first Jogularity (sorry to disappoint those of you who were on the first event and may have notes on the locations of the timing points – the timing points will be in a different location)
John Kiff, the route coordinator and one of Peter’s deputies was on that first event and is working with Guy Woodcock who joined the team in 2013 to ensure the 20^th le Jog will be an event to remember.
The Porlock Hill climb will again feature on the event as will a cream-tea stop provided by the ladies of Porlock village. Betty Cottles, another venue known to Le Jog competitors will be the location for lunch on Leg One.
Leg Two will start from Gordano services on the M5. Whilst not a location used on the first Le Jog, the venue has proved ideal for Le Jog with the added bonus of being able to provide a test site. The introduction of a joker system in 2013 to aid crews on the tough Welsh leg was received well by novice crews and this innovation will continue in 2014.
The traditional night navigation section along some of the well-known Rally roads in Wales will again be a feature, with the first car due into the overnight halt in Chester just after 2am. The restart on Sunday morning will take crews north east to another iconic venue, the ford test at Stanhope. From there via tests at Eastgate, the crews will take a route to Carlisle for the Sunday overnight stop. Carlisle has played a part in Le Jog for many years and the City Authorities have granted permission for a ceremonial restart from the precinct outside the Crown and Mitre Hotel on Monday morning.
The final two legs will start from Carlisle on Monday 8^th December and crews will head north across the border into Scotland. Plans include visits to several locations in Scotland associated with Le Jog since its inception; before the crews finally arrive in John O’Groats in time for breakfast.
The Civic Leader of Wick, Councillor Ross, will host a reception at the Assembly Halls on Tuesday evening 9^th December, and this will be followed by the traditional black-tie awards dinner.
HERO is delighted that a number of people involved in 1993 will be on the event, including John Brown (the originator of Le Jog) and Evan Mackenzie; both will be Stewards.
As plans progress and more information becomes available, further details will be posted on the website

Auto Fabrica’s Type 3B is a Bugatti-inspired symbol of simplicity

Rather than draw up another bike from scratch, the brothers at Auto Fabrica chose to reinterpret one of their previous designs with unusual materials and colours. Hence, the Yamaha SR250-based Type 3 has spawned the Type 3B…

“The Original Type 3 was a bike built based purely on fun,” says Bujar Muharremi, one of the two brothers that make up UK-based motorcycle customiser Auto Fabrica. “Due to the success and huge amount of interest it generated, we decided to build another; this time, we wanted to push it slightly in the colour and trim deparment.” The brothers opted for a take on the original Bugatti blue colour for the tank, while black suede usurped the brown leather used on the seat of the original bike. However, a small triangle of tan leather was applied to the rear of the seat: this will become a signature flourish on all future Auto Fabrica bikes.

Textural interplay

This interplay of different textures reaches beyond the seat material, too. “We wanted a mixture of matte and gloss: the seat contrasts in itself by playing on suede and leather mixed together. Another example of this can be seen on the wheels. We powder-coated the wheels in matte black, but aqua-blasted the stainless spokes and kept the nipples polished.”

The hand-bent exhaust is another example of Auto Fabrica’s focus on coherent design throughout the build. “We wanted the exhaust to not have a straight line on it. The triple curvature allowed the exhaust to tuck close to the frame as well as follow the line of the frame on the exit side. It's fitted with a two-stroke baffle to keep it from sounding too raw, and 2 pie cuts at the end were introduced.”

With a simple, understated design that uses intricate details so subtly, we really cannot wait to see what’s next to come out of the Auto Fabrica workshop – and now it has been transformed from an out-of-hours hobby into a full-time business, that shouldn’t be too far away.

Photos: Auto Fabrica

You can find several classic Yamaha motorcycles for sale in the Classic Driver Market.

Born-Free Show 2014 by Meditation 4 Madmen

A brilliant short from the fine folks at Meditation 4 Madmen.