Showing posts with label rare finds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rare finds. Show all posts

Friday, 2 March 2012

Custom Yamaha XS650

Custom Yamaha XS650
If you follow Ze Last Chance Garage, you’ll know that Paris-based “Sonic Seb” has immaculate taste. This gorgeous Yamaha XS650 is his personal ride, beautifully captured by the photographer Dimitri Coste for Sideburn magazine.
Seb works for a major European motorcycle manufacturer, and he’s a pure gearhead. So he did much of the work on the XS650 himself, in a fantastic communal garage that he shares with friends—complete with paint booth and dyno room.
The bike is heavily modified, with the most visible change being a tank from a 1970s Yamaha DT360 enduro motorcycle. The two-into-one exhaust is from Gordon Scott Engineering, with a go-kart style spring bracket added by Seb.
The electric start has been removed to save weight and Mikuni VM34 Roundslide carbs fitted to add power. Keeping the motor cool are a large capacity external oil filter and high performance oil pump from Heiden Tuning.
Seb shaved the fork legs, and since these photos were taken, he’s fitted a front brake. The shocks are Harley-Davidson, and the alloy rear fender was found by chance on a shelf. Grips are from the magnificently named Hippy Killer Garage. To read more about this bike, grab yourself a copy of Sideburn 7.
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Wednesday, 29 February 2012

BMW TI Boxer by Team Incomplete

TI Boxer
BMW Café Racer by Team Incomplete is for those of you who are interested in the engineering and more technical aspects of motorcycle design.

This bike, named the TI Boxer, was the result of an accident on the donor bike at 70mph, on ice. The bike was utterly totalled with the only salvageable parts being the engine, wheels and forks.
The frame on this bike is a steel trellis frame off of a ’92 R100GS, with paralever and transmission from the GS,

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

HB Coupe RR by Huet Brothers

HB Coupe RR
 This  one of kind model from Huet Brothers , the Coupe RR is being offered with three different motor options viz., HB Coupe RR Diesel , HB Coupe RR ,  HB Coupe RR M mated to a manual 6 speed gearbox or a seven speed double clutch transmission. HB Coupe RR Diesel  is also available with a 6 speed automatic.

After stripping the 1 Series Coupe down to it’s frame, the Coupe RR receives a full carbon monocoque body, brake and wheel upgrades to complete the exterior.

First up, the 1046 KG , HB Coupe RR Diesel  is powered by a 2L 4cyl Diesel engine that peaks 220 BHP and 400 NM and completes the 0-100 km/hr in 5.3 Seconds. Whereas the 1082 KG HB Coupe RR is powered by 3L - 6cyl peaking 306 BHP and 400 NM, runs the 0-100 km/hr  in 4 Seconds. Finally, the 1099 KG HB Coupe RR M is powered by 3L - 6cyl M giving out 330 BHP& 450 NM and completes the same in 3.8 Seconds

The Huet Brother are currently taking special orders and raising funds to complete their projects by promoting their custom designed Huet Brothers Watches.

Sunday, 12 February 2012

The Bald Terrier 1200 by Deus Ex Machina

The Bald Terrier 1200
This bike, dubbed “The Bald Terrier” is the latest offering from Deus Ex Machina, the Sydney based, globally influential custom motorcycle builder, built from the 2007 fuel-injected Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200.

It has been rebuilt with 19-and 18-inch custom wheels, upgraded brake callipers and rotors, unique exhaust from Vance & Hines, a heavily modified Yamaha SR400 fuel tank secured by an alloy strap , Tingate clip-ons, customized Storz rear sets

Its horsepower is further boosted by power commander V fuel injection module and sports   the black hard-chromed front forks tuned for peak performance

SOURCE

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Triumph Bonneville Steve McQueen Edition

TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE T100 STEVE MCQUEEN EDITION
£7,700   
A commemorative version based on the Bonneville T100,  Bonneville Steve McQueen Edition features a military-style matte khaki green livery, stencil-style Triumph decal on the tank and the actor’s signature on the side covers.

Featuring a solo seat and black luggage rack, the McQueen bike has also been fitted with a skid plate and small black-bodied headlamp.  To ensure bike’s authenticity, the machine is individually numbered with a plaque placed on the handlebar clamp, while owners will also receive a certificate of authenticity with their machine.

Technical Specifications:
  • 865cc parallel twin engine
  • Air-cooled DOHC engine: 67 horsepower, 43 miles-per gallon
  • Fuel injection (styled to look like a carburettor)
  • Dual-piston Nissin disc brakes front and rear
  • Black steel cradle frame
  • 41mm front fork, rear suspension springs and engine accents
  • Five-speed manual transmission

Monday, 6 February 2012

Mele Motorcycle by DP Customs

Mele Motorcycle by DP Customs
$19,000
A hybrid between a cafe’ racer and a drag bike, this ride has the spirit of racing running throught its’ veins.
Built by hand, this one-of-a-kind whip sports a 1000cc Ironhead motor producing 75 hp  as well as a stretched frame, clip-on handlebars, a custom x-pipe exhaust, powdercoated wheels wrapped in Pirelli rubber, a three-piece rear wing, and an Uncrate-approved bright orange paint job.
(DP CUSTOMS)

Sunday, 5 February 2012

1941 Chrysler Newport Dual Cowl Phaeton

1941 Chrysler Newport Dual Cowl Phaeton
Shortly after Pearl Harbour, Chrysler sold off 4 of the Dual Cowl Phaetons to private owners and kept the one you see pictured above and below as a demonstration model.

Chrysler’s last remaining Dual Cowl Phaeton was the official pace car of the Indianapolis 500 motor race and wowed both the motoring press and the tens of thousands of spectators who attended the race. It’s been said that if it wasn’t for the war, this car may have had significantly more impact on mid-century American car design than it otherwise did.
As Chrysler geared up for wartime production the Dual Cowl became little more than a dust gathering curiosity and it essentially disappeared from history before resurfacing in the 1960′s as a member of the legendary Paul Stern automobile collection.

Over the following decades the car moved through series of impressive collections, even belonging to famed car auctioneer, Tom Barrett of Scottsdale, Arizona for a short while.

RM Auctions will be selling the car at the Amelia Island auction on the 10th March this year


Thursday, 26 January 2012

1938 Dubonnet Hispano Xenia

The 1938 Dubonnet Hispano Xenia is one of the most iconic pre-war automobiles out of continental Europe, only one was ever made as it’s purpose was not not make money but rather to showcase a new type of automobile suspension, a suspension arrangement that would go on to be the grandfather of the suspension system used in almost all modern motorcars.
1938 Dubonnet Hispano Xenia
The Dubonnet Hispano’s new suspension was designed and built in 1937 by André Dubonnet, heir to the significant Dubonnet aperitif fortune, his goal was to integrate the aircraft aerodynamics of the day into a vehicle with what he dubbed “independent suspension”.

The essential design saw each wheel getting it’s own enclosed coil spring suspension, this gave the car better roadholding and a more comfortable ride. The new suspension design was so successful that Dubonnet licensed the patent to General Motors, Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Delahaye.
That remarkable body was designed by Jaques Saoutchik, a leading automotive designer of the 1930′s, he was asked by Dubonnet to create an aerodynamic and futuristic body with an aircraft themed interior. It is perhaps telling that all these years later, it is impossible to find pictures of the revolutionary suspension of this car but pictures of the exterior design are a dime a dozen.
Via Silodrome.com

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