May the 9th, 2013…. Houston Texas We have been looking around the warehouse to check if nothing has been stolen(another false alarm) and among the boxes I found an old Pantah Engine. I completely forgot I bought it several years ago in Italy for a project that I never started. What to do with it? The engine […]
Gilera R1x 125 Dakar A two stroke gilera that raced the dakar in 1988 and the first Gilera which raced at the Dakar. Courtesy of RC-True. Sorry but it is in italian. One day if i have some time, I will transalte it “Nei giorni scorsi vi sarete chiesti perche cercassi disperatamente una marmitta dellR1 .vi […]
In the earlier eighties, Morini and Valentini (a famous Morini dealer) worked together to prepare bikes for some desert rides after Valentinis son Massimiliano won the six days of Elba.. Specifically, in 1980, during the TransAfrica adventure where 3 stock Morinis raced; 2 among the 6 bikes which completed the race were Camels. Morini also participated […]
In the earlier eighties, Morini and Valentini (famous Morini dealer) worked together to prepare bikes for some desert rides after Valentinis son Massimiliano won the six days of Elba.. Specifically, in 1980, during the TransAfrica adventure where 3 stock Morinis raced, 2 among the 6 bikes which completed the race were Camels. Morini also participated […]
ATK : A very good article on this bike can be found on this web address http://www.cifumotorsports.com/mc/1997atk/index.html. This bike represents the last air cooled Rotax powered ATK model before ATK bought the rights to the Cannondale bikes and introduced a new more modern bike. Although an heavy bike compared to some of her peers, the rotax power plant […]
- Guzzi V35 TT Manichino – “A one of a kind prototype” In the 80s Guzzi followed the trend of large displacement enduros by producing the TT e la NTX. The first one was derived from a prototype (the V50 TS, where TS TS meant “Tutta Strada” or “All roads”), which was basically a street bike which could also be […]
1991 APRILIA TUAREG WIND 600 APRILIA was born making offroad bikes, not street bikes even though everyone in the continent seems to believe otherwise. In the early 90s, Aprilia had the clever idea to design a lighter a touring dual purpose bike using the rotax 600 engine. Such idea was copied a decade later ! […]
“” Based on the experience of the KTM Rally Factory Teams and in line with the KTM Ready to Race philosophy, the 690 Rally Replica will be exclusively equipped with race-proven winning technology. These race-ready rally machines will be manufactured to order and fitted with the groundbreaking, fully newly developed single cylinder engine with dramatically […]
Frankenkrauser GS- A krauser engine desert BMW KRAUSER : In the early 80s Michael Krauser developed a kit for the bmw boxer engine. The kit primarily consisted of a new 4 valves head designed for such engine. The kit was used in racing events and in sidecar racing where BMW won a lot of championships. I have […]
Honda indeed made a dual purpose shaft driven motorcycle to fight the hegemony of the gs. It was the XLV 750R, a motorcycle that I always liked in the French flag configuration rather than the other color configurations. Such bike was produce only for few years but it was the grandfather of the Transalp and […]
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