6th Street Specials 360 Degree Ink Sketch

Two revolutions of my 360 degree ink sketch which was started when I visited the famous British Bike workshop in September 2014 for 2 days. The remainder of the ink sketch was done in the studio taking a further 4 days of sketching.

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Pegaso Tamarit Spanish Motorcycles

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This Ducati 860 S is a mint-green espresso for the senses

Resplendent in mint green parked up casually outside a coffee shop, you might assume this Ducati’s mid-life transformation was the work of an Italian. However, its striking styling was, in fact, mastered in chilly Stockholm…

The brainchild of Johan Orrestedt – owner of Swedish ‘wheels and waves’ shop 6/5/4 Motors – this Ducati really is a breath of fresh sea air. Bringing together the leisure pastimes of riding and surfing, the bike was intended to be a simpler and lighter version of the original 860 GT, albeit retaining the ‘alien’ V-twin engine, the iconic tank, and the horizontal frame line.

Scandinavian pick-me-up

After searching Sweden for the perfect donor bike – a mid-70s GTS variant that had been laid up in a barn for many years – 6/5/4 set to work stripping, lightening, overhauling and painting. The chosen colour? Well, the inspiration came not from a sophisticated mint tea, but a good old beer can. The look was completed by adding diamond-quilted leather from Swedish tannery Tärnsjö, along with retro-look Coker Diamond tyres and simple flick-switches for the lights. Who’d have thought the Swedes could do Italian elegance?

Photos: Simon Hamelius (outside) / Johannes Helje (studio) / David Gonzales (board) for 6/5/4 Motors

You can find numerous classic Ducatis for sale in the Classic Driver Market.

Road to Le Mans : Team ByKolles

Aux 24 Heures du Mans 2015, Michelin est partenaire de 20 teams que nous présentons jusqu’au début de la semaine mancelle. Si le Team ByKolles débute aux 24 Heures du Mans sous cette entité, la plupart de ses membres sont déjà rompus à l’épreuve mancelle.

Diplômé de médecine dentaire, Dr. Colin Kolles a monté son écurie de course – Kodewa - en 2000 et participé au championnat Formule 3 Euroseries.

En 2005, Colin Kolles a débuté une carrière en Formule Un qui l’a conduit au poste de managing director chez Jordan GP, Midland, Force India, Campos GP, HRT. Il a aussi travaillé ainsi en DTM et fut consultant chez Caterham F1 en 2014.

La première apparition du nom Kolles en Endurance remonte à 2009 avec l’engagement de deux Audi R10 TDi en ELMS et aux 24 Heures du Mans. C’est au volant de l’une d’elles qu’avait débuté André Lotterer au Mans.

En 2012, Colin Kolles est revenu en Endurance (FIA WEC et 24 Heures du Mans) avec le nom Lotus, en partenariat avec Praga et sous licence tchèque. Mais les deux prototypes LM P2 (en réalité des Lola B12/80-Judd) n’ont guère brillé, et pas davantage en 2013 malgré un nouveau châssis T128 conçu par Adess. On se souvient de l’imbroglio judiciaire lors des 24 Heures du Mans 2013…

L’an passé, c’est en catégorie LM P1-L que le team dirigé par Colin Kolles a ressurgi en cours de saison avec une Lotus P1/01, rebaptisée CLM P1/01 cette année et engagée en FIA WEC sous la bannière Team ByKolles.

Les deux premières courses ont tourné court en raison d’une collision à Silverstone et d’un souci technique à Spa. Au Mans, la CLM P1/01 sera opposée aux nouvelles Rebellion R-One motorisées, comme elle, par un bloc V6 turbo AER.

We’ll be counting down the days to the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours by presenting each of Michelin’s 20 partner teams at this year’s race. This June will be Team ByKolles’ first appearance at Le Mans under its present name, but most of its staff have solid experience of the French 24-hour classic.

Doctor Colin Kolles, a qualified dentist, created his first team – Kodewa – in 2000 with a programme in the Formula 3 Euroseries.

In 2005, he started a career in Formula 1 which culminated in the position of managing director at Jordan GP, Midland, Force India, Campos GP and HRT. He also worked in DTM and was a consultant with Caterham F1 in 2014.

The first appearance of the Kolles name in endurance racing dates back to 2009 with the entry of two Audi R10 TDIs in the ELMS and at Le Mans. One of the cars at La Sarthe featured debutant André Lotterer…

In 2012, Colin Kolles returned to endurance with an FIA WEC/Le Mans programme under the Lotus banner, in association with Praga and running with a Czech licence. Its two LM P2 prototypes (Judd-engined Lola B12/80s) failed to make a big mark, and things weren’t much better in 2013 with a new Adess-designed T128 chassis.

Last year, the outfit reappeared in LM P1-L in the course of the season with a Lotus P1/01. It has been rebranded CLM a P1/01 this year and runs in FIA WEC under the Team ByKolles name.

Its first two outings of 2015 ended with a collision at Silverstone and a technical issue at Spa. At Le Mans, the car will face opposition from the latest-spec Rebellion R-Ones powered by the same AER V6 turbo engine.

Voiture engagée aux 24 Heures du Mans 2015

N°4 CLM P1/01-AER – LM P1 : Simon Trummer / Pierre Kaffer / Tiago Monteiro

Palmarès aux 24 Heures du Mans

2009 : 7^e LM P1 – Audi R10 TDI (Zwolsman/Karthikeyan/Lotterer & 9^e LM P1 – Audi R10 TDI (Bakkerud/Albers/Mondini)