4ème édition du BMW Motorrad GS TROPHY France.

          La 4ème édition du BMW Motorrad GS TROPHY France se déroulera en même temps que le Touratech Travel Event du 7 au 9 mai 2015 au Parc des Expositions d'Orange.

          Fort de son succès depuis 2011, cet événement unique et incontournable s'adresse à tous les pilotes de BMW GS. Quelle que soit son expérience, il est possible de participer, et toutes les GS sont éligibles depuis 1980 !

          Une vingtaine d'épreuves diverses et variées attend les concurrents au guidon de leur GS : épreuves de navigation et d'agilité, épreuves par équipe, connaissances techniques, épreuves sportives, etc... et bien sûr du pilotage hors piste !

          Aucune épreuve n'est obligatoire, les épreuves de pilotage tout terrain ne sont pas chronométrées et chacun peut ainsi vivre ce GS TROPHY à son rythme et se dépasser dans les épreuves qui lui conviennent le mieux. Le comptage des points pour les épreuves de pilotage tient compte du modèle de BMW GS engagé par le concurrent selon un barème qui sera remis avec le détail des épreuves sur place.

          Après deux jours d'épreuves, les dix meilleurs au classement général participeront à une finale qui permettra de les départager.

          En 2015, les trois premiers du classement général remporteront leur qualification pour représenter la France au GS TROPHY International 2016. D'autre part, un classement GS Classic sera réservé aux GS motorisées par le boxer 2 soupapes, mais également aux prototypes et autres "scramblers" à moteur boxer 2 soupapes. Enfin, un classement féminin récompensera aussi les meilleures participantes de cette édition.

          C'est donc une occasion unique de gagner sa place au sein de l'équipe de France pour le BMW Motorrad GS TROPHY International 2016 qui départagera les seize équipes internationales engagées.
Les français ont souvent toujours brillé en terminant sur le podium en 2012 et en 2014 : un beau challenge pour cette nouvelle équipe.

          150 participants au maximum pourront ainsi prendre le départ de ce 4ème BMW Motorrad GS TROPHY France, pour une participation de 299 € incluant : l'inscription, le road book, le dossier de participation, le dossard et les repas de jeudi soir à samedi soir (petit déjeuner, panier repas et diner), un espace réservé dans le bivouac à proximité (sanitaires et douches disponibles pour les concurrents).
Pour récompenser les participants les plus courageux, le bivouac sur le site (matériel à prévoir par le participant) donnera lieu à un bonus de points !

          Inscriptions au BMW Motorrad GS TROPHY France avant le 27 mars 2015 sur le sitehttp://www.bmw-motorrad.fr/gs-trophy pour vivre trois jours de dépaysement, de partage et d'aventure.

          Certaines épreuves seront ouvertes au public : n'hésitez pas à venir sur place pour encourager tous les participants !

Crédits infos et médias : BMW

HARLEY-DAVIDSON STREET 750 BY TJ MOTO

The Harley-Davidson Street 500 and 750 are broadly considered to be the two most important new models in recent memory from the 102 year old motorcycle manufacturer. The two mid-size bikes are largely targeted at the developing world, with a special interest in India – a nation that almost certainly has more motorcyclists than any other.

Although 500cc and 750cc motorcycles are considered medium capacity in much of the western world, the developing world considers them large – with the 750 being a giant relative to the sea of 50cc-125cc scooters and Honda Cubs that occupy the roads of most south and south east asian cities.

Harley has chosen to build the Street 500 and 750 models for American consumption in the USA, with the rest of production being tasked to a sparkling new facility in India. Off-shoring production of motorcycles that are destined for off-shore consumption has allowed the bean counters to bring the pricing on the models down the roughly half of what the cheapest Harley would have previously cost – opening the marque up to millions of new potential customers.

The Street 750 you see pictured above and below here is the first to be customised by an Indian workshop.

It’s been thoroughly reworked by Tushar Jaitly and his team into a sort of post-modern Scrambler – possibly the ideal motorcycle for the chaotic backstreets of an Indian metropolis.

Work on the bike started with a new fuel tank, it needed to be hand-fabricated to fit and it’s been paired with a matching seat. That small luggage rack behind the seat was built to fit, giving the rider the option to throw a weekend bag on the tail – or a briefcase for use on weekdays.

The twin exhausts were made specifically for this bike and mapped to the engine using the Screamin’ Eagle Super Tuner, the front end has been swapped out with a set of upside down forks from a KTM and the rear springs have been replaced with an adjustable pair. Overall, the height of the bike has been increased by 3.5 inches – making it well-suited to use on the less than ideal roads of India.

If you’d like to see more from TJ Moto you can click here to visit their Facebook page or here to visit their Instagram page.

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MOTOKOUTURE BLOKBEEST

To break the mould. In our current custom scene, filled to the brim with as much diversity and daring as clichéd and classic, it is a tough ask to create something unrepeatable using techniques very rarely considered, let alone utilised. For Motokouture that was the self imposed challenge, to create something that even they themselves could not replicate, so they stepped outside of their comfort zone and embraced the process of sand casting.

“The result is a nearly completely handcrafted motorcycle that is never to be copied, because we broke the mould after the casting. End of story.”

The story began when Steven Decaluwe of Motokouture was approached by BMW Belux (the BMW importer for Luxembourg and Belgium) to cast his creative stylings onto a box fresh Nine-T. It just so happened that Steven had a client craving just such a machine waiting in the wings and so he set about making the project happen post haste. The customer thankfully had the good sense and faith to leave every aspect of the build in Motokoutures able hands and minds, so when the standard bike rolled into the workshop in November of last year, Steven could set to work with that most invigorating of incentives - Carte Blanche.

“The base of the project was the one piece sand cast alloy tank and seat unit. This was going to be it! The rest was left undecided, apart from the fact it would have ancient looks and would be a racer. The body was made in clay shape first, the technique used in designing motorcycles and cars. After that, I had to have a mouldable piece, so I made a negative in plaster. It was nothing but a massive negative, because we needed a tank to put fuel in, so again, I made a very thin positive, that could be moulded in sand. The casting itself was done in a factory, but the moulding of the sand casting was my job… a real horror!!!”

At the factory the alloy was melted at very high temperature before being let loose into the mould, testing the integrity of Steven’s handiwork. Because of the scale of the piece, the risk of disaster and losing all of the work was high, but thankfully attention to detail carried the day and the piece survived. Throughout the process Steven was posting teaser shots on his Facebook page and as complex as the process proved, the sense of anticipation he must have had when cracking the finished lump from its case must have been tremendous. After a full week of grinding, correcting and polishing he came to this final result.

A new bottom was welded into the tank to hold the fuel pump and the piece was then ready to grace the Beemer. After the toil of the one piece creation it must have been tempting to leave it at that, no seat to break the lines just a sprinkle of the bare essentials and stand back and admire. But Steven is not one to take the easy route, for him the unit was nothing but a good start. To complete the bike it needed alloy fairings, so he set to on his english wheel.

“Enginewise, I put in a lot of HP2 stuff and reprogrammed the CDI to make the open exhaust and K&N’s work. After the necessary finetuning, I came to a great result… 142 Bhp and 122 Nm out of the air cooled 4 valve boxer, with no sacrifices made to the service life of the engine.” 

The exhaust was of course hand made to follow the route Steven saw fit and then wrapped in stealthy grey to blend with the black lump. The bike then received completely new wiring, modified and simplified switchgear, home made footpegs, tiny super-led taillights, and Stack instrumentation in a leather wrapped cluster. Comfort dictated the need for a seat so Steven crafted a black leather number with strand work stitching – although it must have been tempting to leave the one-piece fully visible.

A unique detail of the build is the turn coordinator from a Cessna aircraft that gauges the pitch of the bike. “Why??? because the client claims deep lean angles, and we want to be sure his claims are true!” I must never fit one of these to a motorcycle, I would struggle to take my eyes off it…

To break the mould Motokouture got pragmatic, they made a mould to break. The results are stunning but appreciating the process that created them is what makes the jaw drop with this Nine-T. Doubtless both the owner and Belux BMW were blown away with the results of their carte blanche trust in Motokouture. For us, this is one machine that we cannot wait to see in the metal at our Bike Shed Paris, see you there.

via The Bike Shed

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