mercredi 15 avril 2015
The Roadery Motorcycle Touring Company
They offer unique motorcycle tours of the American West for people who want to experience the beauty, culture and camaraderie of the open road. The Roadery is here to reconnect you with some of the most fundamental things in life: nature, friendship and time to reflect. We take you on a ride along rugged coastlines, across majestic mountains, into deep canyons and towards the seemingly endless horizons of the great American West.
We book the hotels, provide you with unique, customized motorcycles and guide you all the way. All you have to do is show up and ride through some of the world’s most awe-inspiring landscapes, make new friends and reconnect with old ones. Visit us at theroadery.com
The Roadery Motorcycle Touring Company from The Roadery on Vimeo.
EWC , 24 Heures Motos : première confrontation au Mans / Round 1 at Le Mans
Les 24 Heures Motos ouvriront ce week-end la saison 2015 du Championnat du monde FIM d’Endurance (EWC) sur le circuit Bugatti au Mans. Soutenues officiellement par cinq constructeurs, Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki et BMW Motorrad, cinq équipes font office de favoris.
Après quatre années où elles clôturaient le championnat, les 24 Heures Motos retrouvent leur date originelle et donneront le coup d’envoi de la saison 2015. Avec 59 inscrits pour 56 places sur la grille de départ, cette première épreuve du Championnat du monde FIM d’Endurance s’annonce particulièrement disputée dès les qualifications.
Parmi ces 59 teams, cinq sont candidats à la victoire. Champion du monde en titre, le GMT 94, fidèle à son trio de pilotes, David Checa, Kenny Foray et Mathieu Gines, tentera de défendre sa couronne mondiale en s’imposant au Mans. L’équipe de Christophe Guyot bénéficie d’une Yamaha R1 100% inédite, plus facile à pilote et allégée d’une quinzaine de kilos par rapport à la version précédente. Les premiers essais se sont avérés très satisfaisants et les pilotes s’avouent ravis de la performance de la nouvelle machine.
Vainqueur sortant, le SERT aligne un nouvel équipage composé de Vincent Philippe, Anthony Delhalle et Etienne Masson. L’équipe de Dominique Meliand visera un 12ème succès dans la Sarthe pour fêter les 30 ans de la Suzuki GSX-R.
Engagé pour l’intégralité du Championnat du monde d’Endurance, Kawasaki SRC, contraint l’an passé à l’abandon, tentera d’offrir une 13ème victoire au constructeur japonais. L’équipe de Gilles Stafler qui a réussi à s’imposer à quatre reprises lors des cinq dernières éditions, a reconduit Grégory Leblanc, Fabien Foret et Matthieu Lagrive au guidon de la Kawasaki n°11.
Revenu officiellement en 2014, Honda Racing a connu une saison difficile en enchainant les abondons sur problèmes techniques. Vainqueurs des 8 heures d’Oschersleben 2014, Freddy Foray, Sébastien Gimbert et Julien Da Costa, spécialistes des courses d’endurance, tenteront de hisser la Honda N°111 sur la plus haute marche du podium dimanche 19 avril à 15 heures.
BMW Motorrad fait son retour officiel en catégorie EWC. Après cinq saisons en SuperStock, l’équipe Penz13.com s’est vu confier la responsabilité de cette écurie engagée conjointement par BMW France et BMW Allemagne. Markus Reiterberger, Bastien Mackels et Pedro Vallcaneras auront la lourde tâche d’imposer pour la première fois de l’histoire des 24 Heures Motos une machine européenne.
Le YART (Silva, Morais et Neukirchner), vainqueur des 24 Heures Motos en 2009, Bolliger Racing Team (Saiger,Stamm et Sutter), National Motos (Junod, Debise et Bulle) ou encore Team R2CL (Storrar, Leonov et Giabbani) sont également de sérieux prétendants au podium.
En Superstock, la catégorie est relativement ouverte. Qatar Endurance Racing Team, le Junior Team, Yamaha Viltaïs Experience ou encore Louit Moto 33 peuvent prétendre à la victoire.
Début des essais libres, jeudi 16 avril à partir de 12h30.
The opening round of this year’s FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC) is the 24 Heures Motos at Le Mans-Bugatti, France, on April 18-19. Five factory-backed teams (Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and BMW Motorrad) stand out as the most likely front-runners.
After four years as the EWC’s closing round, the 24 Heures Motos has recovered its slot at the beginning of the season. The entry list features 59 bikes for 56 places on the grid, which means that qualifying at Le Mans will be particularly important.
Five teams stand out as the main favourites, beginning with the 2014 EWC champion GMT 94 whose riders David Checa, Kenny Foray and Mathieu Gines will be keen to kick off the defence of their title with victory in France. The Christophe Guyot-led squad is campaigning a brand new Yamaha R1 which is easier to ride and around 15kg lighter than the previous version. Early testing has gone well and the riders are delighted with their new machine.
Last year’s Le Mans winner, SERT, will have a new line-up comprising Vincent Philippe, Anthony Delhalle and Etienne Masson who will be out to score the Dominique Meilland-led team’s 12th Le Mans win to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Suzuki GSX-R.
Kawasaki SRC has committed to the entire EWC this season and will be hoping to avenge last year’s retirement at the French race and perhaps earn the Japanese make’s 13th victory. Managed by Gilles Stafler, the team has won four of the last five visits to La Sarthe and returns with Grégory Leblanc, Fabien Foret and Matthieu Lagrive on the N°11 bike.
For its return to endurance racing in 2014, Honda Racing had a tough time with several retirements due to technical issues. Yet Freddy Foray, Sébastien Gimbert and Julien Da Costa came first in the 8 Hours of Oschersleben 2014 and are targeting more champagne popping on the N°111 Honda when the race ends at 3pm local time on Sunday April 19.
Meanwhile, BMW Motorrad is making its EWC comeback. After five seasons racing in the Superstock class, Penz13.com has been entrusted with the programme in association with BMW France and Germany. Markus Reiterberger, Bastien Mackels and Pedro Vallcaneras will have the responsibility of trying to claim the first ever win for a European bike at Le Mans.
YART (Silva/Morais/Neukirchner), winner of the French classic in 2009, Bolliger Racing Team (Saiger/Stamm/Sutter), National Motos (Junod/Debise/Bulle) and Team R2CL (Storrar/Leonov/Giabbani) are other potential challengers for a podium finish.
The Superstock battle is as open as ever, but expect Qatar Endurance Racing Team, Junior Team, Yamaha Viltaïs Experience and Louit Moto 33 to play the leading roles.
Free practice is due to begin at 12:30pm on Thursday, April 16.
A clash of bike cultures – by artist Conrad Leach
On display at last weekend’s inaugural BikeShed Paris event, this series of classic racing motorcycle prints by artist Conrad Leach places you right among the action…
As seen at The BikeShed, Paris
On 11 and 12 April, London’s custom motorcycle show ‘The BikeShed’ opened its doors for the first time in Paris, situated at the Carreau de Temple. Punctuating the dizzying line-up of café racers, brats and bobbers was an impressive spread of supporting suppliers and artists – Conrad Leach offered this stunning selection of signed Giclée prints. Known as: Gary, Speedway, Gloves Off andNorton Jack, the prints depict scenes from classic road racing, speedway, board-track and flat-track disciplines.
Two bike cultures, united
Speaking to Classic Driver, Leach said, “Limited to just 100 examples each, the prints were taken from part of a show that took place last year in Los Angeles, called ‘United State’, examining the influence USA and UK bike culture had on each other from the 50s-80s. The BikeShed event continues to go from strength to strength and I wish the organisers every success for round two in London, in May.”
Photos: The prints can be bought direct from www.conradleach.com
Browse the entire range of motoring art and collectables available in the Classic Driver Market.
Inscription à :
Articles (Atom)