Sunday, August 31, 2008

Greg Williams... a professional writer


Greg Williams is a professional writer, living in Calgary, Alberta.

His main area of interest is automotive and motorcycle journalism. A weekly column appears in the Calgary Herald’s Driving.ca section. The column is titled ‘On the Road’, see www.calgaryherald.com and click on Driving.ca under Weekly Sections. Monthly columns, titled ‘Western Perspectives’, run in Inside Motorcycles — a Canadian publication. He is also the book review editor for Inside Motorcycles. Feature articles run monthly in American Iron Magazine, the No. 1 motorcycle magazine on the newsstands, and every three months in the Antique Motorcycle, the publication of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America.
Take a look on his blog :http://www.gregwilliams.ca/
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Motorcycle Hall of Fame


Today a B.S.A History

1954 BSA Daytona Replica
Recalling a classic battle on the beach
The 1954 Daytona 200, run on the old beach course, proved to be a historic event, not only for winner Bobby Hill, but for the BSA motorcycle brand.
BSA had a reputation in the U.S. for producing utilitarian, rather than performance, machines. The British company knew it had to change that thinking to make major inroads into the American motorcycle market.
So BSA decided to mount an assault on Daytona in 1954 with eight factory machines and a slew of talented riders, including Hill, Dick Klamfoth, Al Gunter, Tommy McDermott and Ken Eggers.
http://motorcyclemuseum.org/classics/bike.asp?id=80
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

A tribute to Roger DeCoster


Roger De Coster (born August 28, 1944 in Uccle) is a Belgian motocross racer. His name is almost synonymous with the sport of motocross. He won five 500cc Motocross World Championships and tallied a record 36 500cc Grand Prix victories. He was known for his smooth, controlled riding style and a commitment to physical training. His training regime gave him the stamina that allowed him to circulate for most of the race in mid-pack before putting in a late charge through the field to victory when other racers had begun to tire. His stature is such in the world of motocross that he is often simply referred to as "The Man." He was also a Gold Medalist in the 1964 International Six Day Trial and won the 1964 Belgian Observed Trials National Championship.

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Monday, August 25, 2008

Motor Klasik Honda Modificaion

Motor klasik adalah motor yang sampai saat ini masih di minati oleh banyak orang. Baik dari yang tua dan sekarang pun anak remaja dan pemuda pun tidak mau kalah dengan orang tua.mereka berlomba - lomba untuk mengkoleksi motor yang umurnya sudah tua ini.

ada banyak sekali motor klasik di negara kita ini. yang ini merupakan motor pertama yang dipakai oleh masyarakat indonesia jaman dulu.

Sejarah Motor Honda ; bisa kita lihat di gambar



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Motor Klasik Honda Modificaion

Motor klasik adalah motor yang sampai saat ini masih di minati oleh banyak orang. Baik dari yang tua dan sekarang pun anak remaja dan pemuda pun tidak mau kalah dengan orang tua.mereka berlomba - lomba untuk mengkoleksi motor yang umurnya sudah tua ini.ada banyak sekali motor klasik di negara kita ini. yang ini merupakan motor pertama yang dipakai oleh masyarakat indonesia jaman dulu.Sejarah
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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Southsiders babe August 08


Its a real hot August this year ...
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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Clive Cussler an american novelist


Clive Cussler, the Grand Master of the American action adventure novel, grew up in Alhambra, California. He later attended Pasadena City College for two years, but then enlisted in the Air Force during the Korean War where he served as an aircraft mechanic and flight engineer in the Military Air Transport Service. Upon his discharge, he became a copywriter and later creative director for two of the nation's leading ad agencies. At that time, he wrote and produced radio and television commercials that won numerous international awards one at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. If u like adventure jump to :
http://www.numa.net/clive_cussler.html

Frank
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Friday, August 22, 2008

Jupiter MX Modification 08



JuPiTeR MX
The modification
Yamaha Jupiter MX was one of the types of the sport duck that was present at Indonesia. The style that sporty and the machine 135 cc that used the water cooler (the radiator) but also the clutch made one of the types of the duck motor that most the behaviour at this time.



The style that sporty still could be changed or modified in order to appear more sporty I took several photographs from several website about the Jupiter Mx modification With the increase in the wings on the side and low the machine made jupiter mx more sporty at first was installed light jupiter z to the front and without light foward . maybe still many others the modification of the motor jupiter mx this because of his form that sporty
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Jupiter MX Modification 08

JuPiTeR MX The modification Yamaha Jupiter MX was one of the types of the sport duck that was present at Indonesia. The style that sporty and the machine 135 cc that used the water cooler (the radiator) but also the clutch made one of the types of the duck motor that most the behaviour at this time.The style that sporty still could be changed or modified in order to appear more sporty I took
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Thursday, August 21, 2008

A tribute to John Surtees


John Surtees on an MV Agusta, Isle of Man Senior TT, 1956. Surtees came first in this race. He was the only man to ever win a World Drivers' Championship on two and four wheels. He competed in 15 TT races and finished in all except the 1956 Junior. At the end of the 1960 season, he decided to finish his motorcycling career and turned to four wheels, going on to win the F1 World Drivers Championship. John Surtees on an MV Agusta, Isle of Man Senior TT, 1956 Credit: National Motor Museum


Jim Redman and John Surtees on his MV Agusta
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Malaysia the manufacturer of the car proton

mV Agusta Motor Itali
Malaysia the manufacturer of the car proton

Malaysia the manufacturer's Proton car has released the ambitious plan but be aged short to develop into the motorcycle company, by the just sale in mV Agusta Motor Itali.erusahaan says now has done business attention totalling 57,57 percent him in the European company to GEVI Spa Italy to symbolic 1 euro, but the buyer would mengasumsikan 107 million euro ($174 million) in the debt.Rationalisation realised as the Proton struggle that was connected by the country again deal with began the competition and some markets fell in the house. Also tried to seal the transaction to sell just strategic assets to Volkswagen, the manufacturer of the European car.

They must evacuate the company that was dropping them off. , Proton stressed the news in Italy about the sale possibly. MV Agusta, that under the protection of the bankruptcy, made the bicycle under Agusta, Cagiva and the Husqvarna kind.

mv agusta f4RR 312

The proton splashed out 70 million euro to buy Augusta in in December last year in a move that took it beyond its played car-making business and surprised analysts. Augusta boots has gone ounce losing money, contributing to Proton apostr s own flow of red ink. Last month, Proton reported a quarterly the net loss of 154,3 million ringgit ($56 million), weighed down in part by provisions of 160,7 million ringgit to pay off Augusta apostr s debts. The proton has been under increasing pressure at home, with its share of domestic sales falling to 44 per cent from 75 per cent over the past decade.

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Malaysia the manufacturer of the car proton

mV Agusta Motor Itali Malaysia the manufacturer of the car proton Malaysia the manufacturer's Proton car has released the ambitious plan but be aged short to develop into the motorcycle company, by the just sale in mV Agusta Motor Itali.erusahaan says now has done business attention totalling 57,57 percent him in the European company to GEVI Spa Italy to symbolic 1 euro, but the buyer would
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Monday, August 18, 2008

muscle swell at "lagraviere" hossegor

A serie of pics I shot last week from the  10 feet swell in hossegor

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Saturday, August 16, 2008

New Modification Honda Vario




The motor-scooter With Fitur the most Complete Automatic Transmission

PT Astra Honda Motor introduced the product terbaru him New Honda Vario, one of AT (Automatic Transmission) the motor-scooter with fitur-fitur just that was most complete in Indonesia. Honda Vario was present with a superiority take the form of built-in liquid-cooled engine (the radiator that joined with the machine), apart from design that was stylish and impressive sporty to fill the consumer's Indonesian wish. New Honda Vario this will begin to be sold in the market through all the network of the Honda motorcycle in Indonesia at the beginning of September.

The main concept in this New Honda Vario development was the combination between comfort and the happiness in travelling, that aimed at creating a motor-scooter impression that "Absolute Matic" by giving an added value for the consumer.

Created for style appetite of the younger generation that gave priority to the identity, of New Honda Vario gave the pressure on the concept of "Keen and Sharp", by giving the balance that was good in conducting manoeuvres and comfort, although being driven.

Filled with newest technology from Honda, New Honda Vario used the machine 110 cc – 4 steps with built-in liquid cooled system, was combined with the transmission system of V-Matic to give the acceleration that was refined without must carry out the move of the gears lever.

New Honda Vario will be produced in the factory to 3 of PT Astra Honda Motor was located in Cikarang, West Java, the most sophisticated factory that was supplemented with Honda assembly technology was newest.

New Honda Vario was produced in 2 types that is the type of the rim racing (Cast Wheel) and the type of fingers (Spoke). Both the type of the rim racing and fingers were available respectively in 5 variants of the colour to fill the consumer's multitudinous appetite.

New Honda Vario was sold with the Rp price 12, 5 million (for the type of fingers/spoke) and Rp 13.5 million (for the type of the rim racing/CW) to ounce the road Jakarta.



Modification Honda Vario

Fiture - fiture main honda Vario

Absolute Styling
“Keen and Sharp” stressed the manoeuvring Vario capacity

* "Dual Keen Eyes", front light sporty with multi reflector was the symbol of the concept of the Vario design that was dynamic and slim.

* Desain bodi “Sharp” that futuristik and aerodinamis filled the young's appetite.
Absolute Packaging
the Packaging of “Just Size” that was equipped by most sophisticated seat relief,

* The seat dual that was wide and the space foot passengers that could be folded from Vario gave travelling comfort for the driver and the happiness.

Absolute Riding Performance
Combinasion was between the travelling happiness supported by the quality performance high and travelling comfort.



* The machine the capacity 110 cc – 4 steps with "built-in liquid cooled system”, was the combination between the machine capacity that was competent and consumption" of the "frugal fuel."

* Vario was the first motor-scooter in Indonesia that was supplemented with the "transmission system of Honda V-Matic", the automatic transmission system that gave the refined acceleration without stamping in all the situations through the move system of continous teeth.
Absolute Security
System the sophisticated security of the motor-scooter that gave the certain safe feeling.

* "Parking Brake Lock was" applied" to the brake lever behind that had the procedure resemblance with the car handbrake. This brake prevented Vario shifting or slipping although being parked in the condition for the road that descended.

* for guaranteed the safe feeling, "Side Stand Switch will" deactivate "the" Vario" machine when the standard still was humiliated. This to prevent the injury that possibly emerged from to-alpaan the driver to promote the standard before starting up the motorcycle machine.

*key to the main cylinder Equipped with "Secure Key Shutter", that protected the keyhole with the magnet, was useful to reduce the fear lost Vario from the theft action.


Absolute Environmental Performance

Techno "clean most" sophisticated" to fill the standard of the environment that more than normally.

*Vario was supplemented with Secondary Air Supply System (SASS) & Catalytic Converter to fill the standard Euro-2 that was appointed by the government. SASS put clean air into the sewerage system to burn repeated gas that was not burnt completely in space burnt so as to produce gas discarded results of the clean burning.
Advanced Features
Some item sophisticated increased travelling comfort and the life more the style by the bicycle motor

* Auto Choke, this system guaranteed the stability of the machine when being turned on. The freest user from the work to adapt choke, this technology cleared significant reform in the ease of the use.
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New Modification Honda Vario

Modifikasi Honda Vario maticThe motor-scooter With Fitur the most Complete Automatic TransmissionPT Astra Honda Motor introduced the product terbaru him New Honda Vario, one of AT (Automatic Transmission) the motor-scooter with fitur-fitur just that was most complete in Indonesia. Honda Vario was present with a superiority take the form of built-in liquid-cooled engine (the radiator that joined
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A Ride Around My Home Town

Here is a video I made of a ride around my home town. I fashioned a home made camera mount on to the Goldwing and bolted down my cheesy little digital camera. Maybe not the greatest of cinema but not bad for my first effort at motorcycle ride video.
Enjoy the ride.
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Thursday, August 14, 2008

The Modification product motor


SWING ARM BANANA
SWING ARM the MODEL BANANA for HONDA TIGER.. Be kept rising already along with the SHOCK MOUNT (UNITRACK), the ARM mudguard, BRAKET, the BOSS SWING ARM, STEAN the CHAIN ETC... POKOKE not NEED TO BUSY - AGAIN BUSY!!!





SPION LOW RIDER
The SPY the most NEW MODEL... Be suitable for the MOTOR of MODIF LOW RIDER/RACING LOOK.. The MATERIAL had a quality..!! Could be tuned by the POSITION.. The VIEW was not disrupted...!






WSHOCK MIO YSS Z-SERIES
SHOCK YSS SERI TERBARU (Z-SERIES). For the MATIC MOTOR (MIO/VARIO/SPIN).. REBOUND more SOFT, COMFORTABLE, AS WELL AS more STABLE....!! AND THAT was most IMPORTANT DURABLE AND was not easy BROKEN!!!!








STEP UNDERBONE THUNDER 125
FOOT the STEP in UNDER BONE ESPECIALLY for SUZUKI THUNDER EN 125.. The MODEL of the STANDARD PASS.. Did not change the POSITION switched teeth... The RDR make.. Had a quality..!!! Was available VARIOUS accessories sorts for the MODIFICATION.... the PRICE was IT WAS GUARANTEED covered by LHOOOO!!!!






SETANG ROBOCOP
The ROBOCOP ADJUSTABLE steering wheel.. Could in the SET of ALL positions.... The FUTURISTIK MODEL... STRONG & was not easy to be broken was guaranteed..!!! Was available VARIOUS FORM sorts of accessories for the MODIFICATION of your MOTORCYCLE.. in accordance with the REQUIREMENT!!!






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The Modification product motor

SWING ARM BANANASWING ARM the MODEL BANANA for HONDA TIGER.. Be kept rising already along with the SHOCK MOUNT (UNITRACK), the ARM mudguard, BRAKET, the BOSS SWING ARM, STEAN the CHAIN ETC... POKOKE not NEED TO BUSY - AGAIN BUSY!!! SPION LOW RIDERThe SPY the most NEW MODEL... Be suitable for the MOTOR of MODIF LOW RIDER/RACING LOOK.. The MATERIAL had a quality..!! Could be tuned by the POSITION.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Suzuki Skywave modifikasi

Suzuki Skywave Custom.


Suzuki Skywave standart.



Suzuki Skywave, the Single Shock Absorber Front-Behind.

Motor the single shock absorber behind has been available. But if front and behind single, there is in Malang. Moreover if it was considered from the right, half did not believe if Suzuki Skywave 125 cc the work of the Motor Platinum not with the shock absorber. The modification house of this apples city indeed the customer won the contest. Like what pekerjaaan their hands? The style virus lowrider that still becomes an epidemic inspired the team of Motor Platinum. To create tren that, the patrol's fuse skubek had the ’S’ letter as a symbol was extended. The method is, increased breket or engine mounting that the distance of the wheel fuse becomes longer. Be finished? That not yet! The front system of the wheel silencer was changed so single, followed the model behind so that unified with CVT. Saat it was considered from the right, skubek that often had an interest taken in him this was appropriate not with the suspension. Bodi also was affected by the moderate touch. Several parts already ditempel several kit from fiberglass. Like to light and the wings. Including the cover jok also from kit that could easily was overhauled.
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Suzuki Skywave modifikasi

Suzuki Skywave Custom.Suzuki Skywave standart.Suzuki Skywave, the Single Shock Absorber Front-Behind.Motor the single shock absorber behind has been available. But if front and behind single, there is in Malang. Moreover if it was considered from the right, half did not believe if Suzuki Skywave 125 cc the work of the Motor Platinum not with the shock absorber. The modification house of this
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Modification motor yamaha mio

Could be considered to be Mio was his star the motor matik in Indonesia. How not since his launching till at this time, the Mio sale could jack up share the Yamaha sale. His presence in fact made the older brother alias Nouvo become more unpopular. Funny him, although being allocated for the women, Mio was proven sold like hot cakes was bought by the strong studs. If wanted honest, Mio was
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Artistic "blur"

Benoit "zecombi" shot this pics in Nogaro at CRT days with his experimental "stenopé" also known as pinehole camera
result: artistic "blur" ,distortion and lights artifacts    -no comment!!!

happy hour time!
Hey JJB don't touch your carb!




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cider in Astigarraga (Euskadi)

yesterday we went in astigarraga for dinner at the "sidreria". In the basque country the cider or "sagardoa" is very renewed, very acid too! In accompaniment, there is Tbone steak and "bacalao" with "pimientos". I like it!


passajes port


my "compadre" Jean serving the cider

http://petritegi.com/in/
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Monday, August 11, 2008

Kootenay Run 2008

Only had time for five day run this year to test out the new bike, so Jane and Mike from Castor plus myself decided to challenge the Kaslo-Nakusp Highway.



Mike and Jane climbing the first hills and challenging some of the first curves out of Kaslo




The weather was great and the traffic light on this great motorcycle road.
Met lots of bikers on the roads, Ferries and campgrounds including a couple of Irishmen who were on a three week riding holiday picking up their rental bikes in Vancouver and then sampling some of Canada's best motorcycle roads.

Simon and Kieran


Also met a Valkyrie rider from Calgary named Peter and his wife who trailered their bike out behind a camper van and then just did the roads of their choice[best of both worlds]. Great talking about bikes with other riders and listening to their experiences and about their travels. Sorry Peter I forgot to take a pic of you guys and your bike.

Mike on his Crotch rocket
We stopped often to enjoy the view and take some snaps of the scenery, Mike and I practised our riding style and tried to get a motorcycle magazine type shot of ourselves on the bike, pictures just don't do this road justice. I don't think you can find a road anywhere in the world that has as many curves and twister's as this one.


The Coffee gang at "Corner Gas"

During a small cloud burst I ducked under this overhang at a small gas station to get out of the rain, Mike and Jane wisely stopped earlier to suit up in their rain gear. This dedicated bunch of friendly guys gathered here every day to drink their coffee and watch the motorcycle squids go by, often yelling out whether it was a Harley or a crotch-rocket. They must of seen a million bikes go by their front door all summer long. They welcomed me into the club and were quite gracious about sharing the overhang with me.

Are these tables for anyone?

No fast food along this route but some nice friendly small cafes and Bistros to tie on the feed bag and take a respite from the road.

Ferry Rides are a highlight of the trip

One of the many highlights of this route are the free ferries along the way crossing two different lakes and if you choose to go west you can even work in a third ferry on the way to Vernon.


This is the route we were on and basically all the fun begins at Revelstoke as you head south on Highway 6 as the traffic thins out and the curves start to bend a little more and the road just gets better and better as you go. When you get to Creston you are back in the tourist zone with all of the traffic.

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Saturday, August 9, 2008

TERMINATOR BIKE

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Thursday, August 7, 2008

CRT 2008 grande cuvée





la féte est finie, tout c'est bien passé, et chacun a regagné sa région pensant déja à l'édition suivante. Heureusement il reste les images, beaucoup de photographes étaient présents, 2 équipes de tournage ont oeuvré, nous avions pensé de notre coté vous faire cadeaux de quelques images, celles d'un apéritif/prise de vue très réussi...
nous avons aussi fait une série sur la piste, dans les stands et le paddock, bonne visite et à l'année prochaine
ceux qui souhaitent commander des tirages 25X30cm peuvent le faire 
en nous écrivant  par mail à notre adresse;
southsiders.mc@gmail.com 
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