... And the girls looked sad!
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Fuck Electric Bikes!!!
After yesterdays post on TTXGP I got an e-mail with the topic: ”Fuck Electric Bikes!!!”. When opening the e-mail and the attached picture I understood the joke... Fossil fuelled motorcycles just look more spectacular when crashing!!! We all remember Guy Martins crash at
But I will still defend electric motorcycle racing, and stress that the “Wow Factor” from huge fireballs, will still be present in TTXGP just in the form of electric discharges which look very cool to.
Have a look at electric discharges here: http://www.brainfiller.com/documents/JimPhillipsSubstation.mpg
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
The Future Of MC-Racing Is Called TTXGP
TTXGP is about competitive innovation. Pushing the frontier and making the next leap. TTXGP allows different technologies, systems and methods battle for supremacy on some of the most glorious motorsport venues in the world. In a market place of free ideas, TTXGP is where you get your vision of the future valued.
MISSION: The eGrandPrix will provide an exciting opportunity for leading global innovators in racing and clean emission technologies to compete and prove to the world that being green does not mean being slow. The planned TTXGP will showcase a diverse range of vehicles capable of reaching Grand Prix race speeds. Racing teams are likely to be backed by international corporations, universities and high tech institutions, all eager to prove their credentials in the brave new world of clean emission transportation.
SEE MORE ON THE FOLLOWING WEBPAGES:
Homage to Sōichirō Honda
Sōichirō Honda 本田 宗一郎 was born in
In 1928 he started his own auto repair business, and started to produce piston rings for small engines in 1937, which lead to manufacturing small engines to be used in motorcycles, and then in 1948 he started producing complete motorcycles as president of the Honda Motor Company.
In 1959, the American Honda Motor was founded and soon began using the slogan, "You meet the nicest people on a Honda," to offset the stereotype of motorcyclists during that period. Though the small bikes were dismissed by the dominant American and British manufacturers of the time, the inexpensive imports brought new riders into motorcycling and Honda motorcycles was soon out-selling Triumph and Harley-Davidson in their respective home markets.
In June 1959, the Honda racing team brought their first motorbike to compete in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (T.T.) race, then the world’s most popular motorcycle race. This was the first entry by a Japanese team. However, they were not pleased with their performance.
Learning from this experience, Honda and his team worked even harder to make rapid progress in their motorsports activities. Two years after their first failure, they were the sensation at the TT by capturing the first five places in both the 125cc and 250cc classes. The upstart Japanese had outclassed all their rivals. As a result of the team's stellar performance, the Honda name became well known worldwide, and its export volume rose dramatically.
While Honda oversaw a worldwide company by the early-1970s, he never shied away from getting his hands greasy. And appeared "almost daily" at the research lab where development work was being done. Even as president of the company, he worked as one of the researchers.
Honda died on August 5, 1991 from liver failure at 84.
Monday, 8 November 2010
Sunday, 7 November 2010
1:1 Akira Bike
On of my really big Manga heros Shōtarō Kaneda’s motorcycles have actually been fabricated in 1:1 size by Japanese custom motorcycle shop WhiteHouse. How cool is that?!?
It was built on order from Streamline Pictures/Kodansha, all the folks on the AKIRA Committee, as a promo for the film's opening in theatres way back in the summer of 1988. But where is this bike now? I want one to cruse the streets of
The future of Café Racers has already been shown in this Manga Masterwork, and if you have not read all the volumes in this series you have something to look forward to.
Happy reading.
House Rockers CB750
House Rockers from Saitama
The engine is fitted with bigger Wiseco pistons, taking it to 836cc, the frame reinforced in 13 places and aluminium and other lightweight alloy parts have replaced numerous of the steel originals – from the oil and fuel tanks to the battery box.
Priced at 3,500,000 yen or $40,000, they're street legal and look hot! Yes yes yes it is pricey, but there's a lot of work and a lot of high end parts like a Kayaba fork, Brembo front brakes, forged race crank and cam, Yoshimura carburettors, and Ohlins rear suspension.
Not bad for a 40 year old motorcycle!
Link: http://rockers.sub.jp/
Monday, 1 November 2010
Handmade Racing Clip-ons & Black Rubber Grips
Ok ok ok... I just got some handmade vintage racing clip ons & black rubber grips with the morning flight from Milan :D Beat that gearheads!
CB750 Police Bike
Normally I do not like to spot police motorcycle! But in this case it is a bit different...
This CB750 police bike was build for a Japanese motorcycle collector, and what a beautiful bike it is! Really nice details... My personal favourite is the speedometer that is so retro.
Maybe it is not to late to change ones opinion on cop cycles?!? Well maybe not...
Saturday, 30 October 2010
The Old Paint Is Coming Off The Front Forks
The old owner must at some point been under the impression that it was vital for the CB750 to have a thick layer of black metal flaked paint between the triple trees. Why? I don’t know why, but it is coming off that is for sure!
Some brake fluid did the trick with the old paint, and it came of like peels from a banana! The before and after picture tell it all really...
It is really saticfying to do a job where you can tell the difference when you are done. Now I just need to get the shock part of the fork buffed.
It is getting there...
Friday, 29 October 2010
Front Fork Is Off
Finally! The front forks are off the CB750... Without a motorcycle lift the job can be tricky!
The legs need some TLC, and it will be done by someone else! I hate buffing! One of the reasons why I build Café Racer and don’t drive chrome fruit cakes...
Hunter S. Thompson on Café Racers
There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them - but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one. That is why they are dangerous.
You have to be a little crazy to ride these super-torque high-speed crotch rockets anywhere except a racetrack - and even there, they will scare the whimpering shit out of you...
Cafe Racing is mainly a matter of taste. It is an atavistic mentality, a peculiar mix of low style, high speed, pure dumbness, and overweening commitment to the Cafe Life and all its dangerous pleasures... I am a Cafe Racer myself, on some days - and it is one of my finest addictions.
I bought a brand-new 650 BSA Lightning when it was billed as "the fastest motorcycle ever tested by Hot Rod magazine." I have ridden a 500-pound Vincent through traffic on the Ventura Freeway with burning oil on my legs and run the Kawa 750 Triple through
Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I've always believed this, in spite of the trouble it's caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba....
A fool couldn't ride the Vincent Black Shadow more than once, but a fool can ride a Ducati 900 many times, and it will always be a bloodcurdling kind of fun. That is the Curse of Speed which has plagued me all my life. I am a slave to it. On my tombstone they will carve, "IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME."
Extract from Song of the Sausage Creature by Hunter S. Thompson
SEE FULL TEXT AT: http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.htmlThursday, 28 October 2010
Monday, 25 October 2010
Friday, 22 October 2010
Monday, 18 October 2010
Joker Machines 1972 CB750
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Joker Machines really did a good job presenting what is possible with a CNC Machine in this build. All of the really cool bits and pieces like the Trible trees with H-bar clamp, Steering stem nut, Side cover kit, Speedo cable plug, custom Clutch cover, and custom valve tapper covers are just some of the nice features that have been made for this bike. And all the parts can be acquired Joker Machines Webshop hip hip hurra [See link below].
But this CB750 is a bit like a spoiled kid right?! It has all the toys that you can’t afford!!!
The Joker Machine is a nice bike that I think you all should have a look at, but personally I think that it is a bit over the top... It has too much going on.
Joker Machines makes cool parts, they just have to be put together in a different way.
Joker Machines Honda CB750 Parts: http://www.jokermachine.com/onlinecatalogcafe2004.asp?CategoryID=85
Saturday, 16 October 2010
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