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Sunday 30 January 2011

Yesterday

Was pretty d*** cold too. But I took the CB for another ride (video screen cap):


To get this


So I can do something about the reason why the BMW hasn't seen daylight in months. The tank is in horrible shape, this side is not too bad, on the other side the paint is blowing bubbles. I can't wait to get on the BMW again (Zoran's Kawa in the background).


The ultimate machine


Would love to ride it. Would love even more to have the budget for a bike like this ;)
source: PSB

Friday 28 January 2011

Today


Was bloody cold. I was wearing my open face helmet on my 3+ hours blast trough the Dutch countryside until the sun went down so I have to say sorry to the very nice guy on the brand new Transalp that talked to me. My jaw was too cold to speak decently.

Had lot's of fun on the CB and managed to shoot some video material. In the not too distance future I'll be making a clip with the CB again just as I've done for the BMW.

Thursday 27 January 2011

Kevin Schwantz Macao '88

Zoran's Kawa

I am a bit busy with my research, but I found some time to work on the KZ again. Didn't do all that much. I had a fight with the intake rubbers, won one fight, lost the other, so I call it a draw (I installed one new one, couldn't get the other one off). Also moved the tail light to the side mount. I like it a lot better there.






Monday 24 January 2011

1986 Transatlantic Challenge

Quando le superbike erano davvero derivate di serie,
con manubrio alto e sella biposto (il VFR 750 di Haslam pare
montasse ancora il gruppo ottico di serie e tutto l'impianto elettrico,
clacson e frecce compresi!)




#1 Fred Merkel Honda VF750F
#34 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki GSX-R750 Yoshimura
#5 Ron Haslam Honda VFR750

Sunday 23 January 2011

New watermark in the Photo's

I have a watermark in the photo's as you might have noticed. I never paid too much attention to it, just put it there because I was pretty unhappy with people putting their logos on my photo's without asking. I redesigned it now, I think this is a lot better.


I also noticed that the next photo (which I am posting for the third time I think, sorry for that) is getting quite a lot of attention. So, specially for you, here it is in full size (after you click on photo).

Thursday 20 January 2011

I thought the CB was a big bike.

But I might be wrong...


The CB burned a few light bulbs, so I decided to add some cooling to the headlight. Small airscoop on the bottom and a few holes in the back. Just took it for a ~50-60 km ride, partly in the dark, and all works fine.



Wednesday 19 January 2011

Sweet little Honda








Found it on Do The Ton.

Virago update



We've been working on the Virago again yesterday. Now we've got it running it's time to finish it. I spend most of my time making a custom hinge and cleaning up/hiding the new wiring loom. Vincent spend some time on the table and the starter circuit. This is for me the most dreaded part of the build, the bike is 90% done, but the remaining 10% will take 90% of the time.

The current carb/throttle set up. Looks nice this way I think.

Tuesday 18 January 2011

Franzgarage BMW

I received an email from Francesco Pagnin from Italy with photo's of his first build. It's this stunning BMW caferacer, very, very nice bike. Well done Francesco!!!











Kawa update






Spend some time on Zoran's Kawa again this weekend. I'd already made the rear spoiler for it and a bracket for the rear light. Wanted the latter to be different from usual, but I'm not happy with the result, it looks a bit like a lampoon now, so I'll probably change it. This weekend I made a side mount for the license plate. Wanted a light (looking) construction so I made it out of steel bars.

Monday 17 January 2011

Sunday 16 January 2011

Spencer - ultimo atto



"Fast" Freddie Spencer con la Ducati 916 del team Ferracci nel '96,
sua ultima stagione di gare, nel campionato AMA Superbike.
Dopo la doppietta 250-500 nel 1985, il pilota della Louisiana non è più riuscito a lottare ai vertici del mondiale lasciando un alone di mistero sui motivi di un calo così improvviso;
di volta in volta si è parlato di tendiniti, dolori alle ginocchia, problemi agli occhi (proprio lui diceva di essere dotato della "super vista") e pure di una crisi sentimentale.

NTV Revere + Mito

Chi ben comincia...



da motor-forum.nl

Saturday 15 January 2011

Small bikes, big fun?

While building the Suzuki I cam into contact with Ineke. She lives in the east of the Netherlands and is building not one, but two GN's and I think the end result is fantastic! Looks like a hell of a lot of fun to ride!



Great job Ineke!

Friday 14 January 2011

Hell yeah!

My apologies for the crappy quality of the video.

We finally did it! Last night we changed the spark plugs, put a filter on the freshly cleaned carb, screwed in a couple of bigger jets and she fired straight up on both cylinders. After some minor fine tuning we decided to take it to the road. It goes like stink!


We've been fighting this carb for a while now and some people started to lose faith, but we won. We still have to do a little fine tuning (it's still a bit lean in the bottom ranges), but we've now proven it can be done.



Tuesday 11 January 2011

Wanted: Models


And I don't mean the female kind, though I won't say no to that!!

When you go trough the pages of this blog You'll see that besides motorcycles photography is also a bit of a hobby of mine. The perfect combination is obviously taking photo's of bikes, easy. Only: I've been photographing the same couple of bikes for a long time now and it won't hurt to photograph a few others, so:

If you want some pictures of your bike: mail me.

I'm convinced that kapitalisme has already destroyed too much, so I'll do it for fee. Gratis. Gratuit. Voor nop. But since I'll be doing it for free I have a few demands, those are:

- The bike must be special. Either nicely restored, nicely customized or in an excellent condition. - It also had to happen in or around the City of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Else it'll take me too much time and the traveling will be too expensive for me.


So that's it. Mail me if interested!


Yesterday

Was a fine day. The rest of the week will just bring lots and lots of rain...


Sunday 9 January 2011

A sunny Sunday

Nice and sunny day today! Bit cold, but finally clean and dry roads. I took the CB for a 3 hour blast trough the Dutch countryside. I had way too much fun to stop for photo's.

When I got back my girlfriend wanted a go with the CB. She had not ridden the bike before, so I was curious to see if the bike wouldn't be too big or heavy for her. But all was fine, she loved it and she felt comfortable with the bike within a few meters.

I made some photo's, but the sun was already gone.








We've also worked on the Virago again this week. We've really been fighting the carb lately and this week was no exception. The bike gave a nice fire works display while trying to tune the carb:



First part of the video is from the side, second part is looking into the exhausts form the rear. I took the carb home with me to clean it thoroughly, which I've just done. We also need to find more (bigger) jets to play with to find the right set up. It's demanding quite a bit of our patience, but we'll get it to work.