Wheels & Waves 2015 Part 1

Nick Clements (Mensfile) l'a réalisée, voici la première partie du film Wheels and Waves 2015.

Finally done... we proudly present the first part of our Movie done by Nick Clements

This year Wheels & Waves hosted a vast range of styles and disciplines in motorcycle design, styling, building, riding and fun racing. There was also art, music and an impressive market place. Unfortunately, the surf was flat.
To encapsulate all this in one movie would be difficult so we have chosen the theme of PEOPLE to illustrate the diversity of attitudes and ideas present over the four days and then made the film in two parts.

PART TWO will be out in August 2015

Cette année Wheels & Waves confirme son écléctisme et sa volonté de présenter tous les genres dans le design et le style motocycliste. Le ride et la course sont aussi des composants essentiels de l'événement, sans oublier l'exposition Artride, les concerts et le village de la CIté de l'Océan. Malheureusement le surf était absent pour faute de vagues.
Nous commençons ici avec un premier film ou le réalisateur s'est attaché à la description de cette diversité au travers d'interviews.

Wheels & Waves 2015 Part 1 from Dir. Nick Clements on Vimeo.
The Wheels and Waves festival 2015 was extraordinary for its bikes, its racing, its art, its music, its style, but most of all its people. This eight minute film takes you through the first two days of the happening.

La deuxième partie sera présentée en Aout 2015

wolfgang bloch Paul Simonon, Jeff Decker, The Vintagent, The Lucky Cat Garage, Revival Cycles Eat Dust Clothing Scotty Stopnik @Chase Stopnik @Brian Bent @Pyramid Cycles Nik Heer Kaichiroh Kurosu Kozaka Toshiyuki C.W. Stoneking Carby Tuckwell Jack Drury Tadashi Kono Danilo Coto Cruz @Gary Eastman @Fred de Bourges Sergio Couto Carneiro Josie Perez Ola Stenegärd Mark Upham Shinya Kimura Sam Lovegrove Fred Jourden

The Raiden Files - Portland to Dakar - A Riding Movie

Icon sends it's best riders on an adventure that tests man and machine to the limit in every condition imaginable. There's action, there's adventure, there's romance, there's drama. It's more than a riding video, it's a movie. Sit back and enjoy the show.

KEVILS R100 ANVIL

A few of us sat outside a pub last night recounting tales from the weekend’s racing at Sideburn Magazine’s Dirt Quake whilst one of the crew unleashed his finest Arthur Daly impression on a chap in need of a new ride. Well, the patter consisted of, “It’s a BMW R80, do you want it?” Said vehicle’s tacho had covered the equivalent of the equator, twice, and wasn’t exactly what you’d call a custom. It had small indicators and at some point Autosol and a rag had flirted with the silencers, yet as a mode of transport it was hard to fault.

There’s a reason why the Bike Shed and the other custom blogs and websites are awash with evermore creative adaptations of the Bavarian stalwart, they make sense. Ok, so the silly engine pokes out, by now original wiring will be shot, on the R100 you find yourself changing gear with the Bing’s float bowl and refinement is on par with a Masey Ferguson yet there is an intrinsic and far reaching appeal. And as we’ve recounted many times there is one British outfit that has capitalised on this demand and built a successful business giving people with exactly what they want, good looking and reliable BMWs. Kevils Speed Shop down in Paignton, Devon has the process dialled-in and as a result been able to deliver his customs all over the world. This is build number 75 and the workshop is as busy as ever.

Octavian, the new owner of this 1980 R100 is from Bucharest and knows a thing or two about build quality, his day job is organising the charter of mega yachts for the world’s well healed to enjoy the delights of the Mediterranean. He wanted a timeless custom that be might confused with a model rolling off the production line in the 1950s. Dealing with gem-encrusted flamboyance all day led Octavian to request a subtle and classical style. OK, so an Anvil isn’t exactly subtle but “a heavy iron block with a flat top and concave sides, on which metal can be hammered and shaped”, would be one way to describe the BMW’s fuel tank, and perhaps the inherent strength of the boxer motor.

As it turns out, this isn’t a BMW tank but a handmade alloy version, hammered-out by the Kevils team for a more vintage, 6 series feel, the brushed finish suggesting patina developed over many decades. Genuine patina isn’t something you’ll find on a Kevils build though, they learnt on the very early builds that the only way to ensure a bike’s reliability once it’s been shipped abroad is to start from scratch. Donors are literally taken back to their component parts and anything perishable is binned, no questions asked. This means a full engine refurb, wheel build and complete re-wire are now standard procedure.

Back in the good old days a headlight offered the perfect home for a speedo and the R50 style is often repeated today. A slightly retro-faced Motogadget gauge sits in the new bucket, complete with visor and period lens. Rebuilt forks, the early ATE version, are clamped by a Kevils own brand top yoke and gaitors further wind back the years. It wasn’t until the seventies when giant indicators began appearing on production bikes so tiny LEDs on unobtrusive brackets and hidden ones in the subframe rails will save Octavian from remembering the local arm signal code, whilst maintaining a historic aesthetic.

Black barrels and reverse megaphone mufflers go a long way to reduce the R100s bulk, especially important on this build as the Firestone Deluxe Champions are a normal width, as opposed to the cartoon proportions some of us have become partial to. The stance and silhouette is well balanced. A minor point maybe, but the Mikuni carbs fitted here offer a more classic visual, throttle response is also crisper than the bulbous Bings, despite retaining the original intake tracts and airbox housing.

Out back the subframe swap is a simple task. All the R&D was done years ago, so the guys need only unbolt the stock unit, reach up to the shelf and unwrap a fresh Kevils version. This also makes the seat pan fabrication much easier. Not only that, should one of the overseas customers have a prang Kev can ship the necessary replacement parts and there’s a good chance that a repair can be undertaken locally without having to repatriate the bike.

The normally shiny chrome shrouds on the Hagon shocks have been flatted down to match the tank and mudguards, the last thing Octavian needs is more bling in his life.

Timeless, perhaps that’s it. BMWs are timeless. Could that be the reason that we see so many of them are dusted off, tricked-up and sent out for another innings? From a glance, or to the non-aficionados, this bike could be two or even four decades old, or somewhere in between. That’s why Octavian chose this design and why he asked Kev to bring it to life. I wonder how long it will be before one of the wealthy yacht-goers makes him an offer he can’t refuse.

To speak to Kev about your dream build or to order parts for a project follow these links.

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WRC Rally Finland 2015 ; Les teams en tests en Finlande / Teams testing in Finland

A une semaine du Rallye de Finlande, 8e manche du WRC 2015, plusieurs teams sont actuellement en tests sur les pistes finlandaises, du côté de Jämsä, pour préparer ce rallye très spécifique.

Hormis Hyundai Motorsport qui avait calé une séance de roulage en Finlande au mois de juin, les principaux teams engagés en WRC sont au pays des 1000 Lacs cette semaine.

M-Sport a programmé quatre jours de roulage pour Elfyn Evans et Ott Tanak, et organise aussi une journée de travail pour Lorenzo Bertelli en fin de semaine.

Après la belle performance de Tanak en Pologne, l’objectif est de peaufiner les set-up de suspension de la Ford Fiesta RS WRC. Un ingénieur de Rieger était présent en début de semaine. Evans et Tanak ont cumulé les kilomètres sur différentes bases et sur un terrain souvent humide. Mais les conditions ont tout de même permis de tester les gommes soft et hard proposées par Michelin.

Volkswagen Motorsport est aussi dans la région de Jämsä cette semaine. D’ailleurs, tous les teams se retrouvent au Jämsä Oy Hotel ! Depuis sa victoire au Rallye de Pologne, l’équipe allemande n’a pas vraiment pris de repos. Les pilotes VW ont roulé sur asphalte début juillet, en Corse, près d’Aléria, pour préparer le nouveau Rallye de France (1-4 octobre).

Vainqueur sortant du Rallye de Finlande, Jari-Matti Latvala a parcouru quelque 300 km hier au volant de la VW Polo R WRC, sous la pluie et sur des pistes creusées d’ornières. Il roule encore aujourd’hui avant de passer le volant à Sébastien Ogier pour deux jours. Andreas Mikkelsen sera en action dimanche.

Citroën Racing sera également en roulage près de Jämsä à partir de demain et ce pour trois jours avec Kris Meeke et Mads Ostberg, puis lundi avec Khalid Al-Qassimi. La semaine dernière, les DS3 WRC étaient en Allemagne pour préparer l’ADAC Rallye Deutschland (20-23 août).

Les prévisions météo ne sont pas très optimistes pour le Rallye de Finlande qui s’élancera jeudi prochain, avec 50-60 % de risques de pluie. Il a plu régulièrement depuis début juillet et les pistes devraient rester souples, voire humides en sous-bois.

With a week to go before World Rally Championship action resumes with round eight in Finland, a number of teams are currently testing near Jämsä to prepare for this highly specific classic.

With the exception of Hyundai Motorsport, which travelled to Finland in June, all the top teams are in the land of the 1,000 lakes this week.

M-Sport has planned a four-day test for Elfyn Evans and Ott Tanak, while Lorenzo Bertelli will get a day in the car at the end of the week.

After Tanak’s star performance in Poland, the aim is to further fine-tune the Ford Fiesta RS WRC’s set up. An engineer from Rieger attended the early part of the test and Evans and Tanak have been clocking up the kilometres at different locations in frequently damp conditions. That hasn’t prevented them from trying the soft- and hard-compound tyres brought by Michelin.

Volkswagen Motorsport is also in the Jämsä region and all the teams are actually staying at the same hotel (Jämsä Oy Hotel)! Since its victory in Poland, the German squad has had little chance to rest, since its drivers were in Corsica earlier in July for asphalt testing ahead of the Rallye de France (October 1-4) which returns to the Mediterranean island this year.

The 2014 Rally Finland winner Jari-Matti Latvala completed some 300km on Wednesday in wet weather which led to the formation of ruts. He is back in the VW Polo R WRC today before handing over to Sébastien Ogier for two days. Andreas Mikkelsen will take over on Sunday.

Starting tomorrow (Friday), Citroën Racing will also run for three days near Jämsä with Kris Meeke and Mads Ostberg, with Khalid Al-Qassimi getting a turn on Monday. Last week, the French team was in Germany to prepare for the 2015 ADAC Rallye Deutschland (August 20-23).

The weather forecast isn’t good for Rally Finland and the likelihood of rain stands at 50/60%. Indeed, it has rained frequently since the beginning of the month and the ground promises to be quite soft, especially under tree cover.