BORN FREE 4 JUNE 30TH 2012

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The source: http://bornfreeshow.blogspot.hu/

VESPA CUSTOM

I got her from the web, with no other info, so if you identify it as yours, or your friend's, please let me know so that I can find out some more about it.

GUZZI V1000 G5 FROM DAVID ORMEROD

She was originally a V1000 G5 so isnt a rocket ship but easily does the Ton.  Handles nicely and with Bridgestone BT45's shes great through the country roads.  

This is my first project so it wasnt a ground up restoration as the motor and frame were in good condition.  Still, I stripped it all back, re-gasketed and measured everything and re-built it in 7 months, I wanted to ride not spend years in the garage.  

Instead of painted stripes it uses car wrapping foil (easy to replace for a new look any time).  New wiring throughout with led lighting all round, all in one rear winkers/brake/tail light for a tiny concealed look.  A modified Rizoma plate bracket, machined to fit the Guzzi rear drive box.

Had to keep in the limits of the German TUV regulations which are pretty restrictive but picked a bike year that allowed some flexibility, kinda why it hasnt got racing pipes!  Oh well...

Next project will be a ground up but I dont know what or when yet!

DEKOTORA, DECORATED TRUCKS FROM JAPAN

find out more about DEKOTORA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekotora

GS 750, THE RUSTY BITCH FROM BOLOGNA BY LORENZO RAPPARINI

“I’ve always been passionate of mechanics and motorcycling. I‘m unable to hold my hands. Three quarters of the things I make are fucking useless, but I love them and I think that ultimately it’s all worth the effort. When you have a child, however, you have little time left and so my adventure began in the mode "I'm more in the garage than in the woods with my bike." Yes, because I am one that 'with your bike you should be able to go anywhere!'. To complicate my life, though, I decided to explore the world of cafe racers.”

"I found this 1977 GS 750, first model with the double disc brake, for the modest sum of 800 Euro by a crazy Dutch, one of those who run on wet country roads in winter. In fact the bike was really in bad conditions. During the last long winter, the one with more than a meter of snow, I began to think of a theme to give to the bike. Due to its poor condition, I gave it the name of Rusty Bitch. Here, purchased items are very little: cables, spark plugs, gaskets and little else. I personally handmade the rest, or it has been handmade by friends: stripping, painting, construction of parts, welds. I spent many hours on it, as the ideas came along the way: I have not drawn or planned anything in advance. I started working, and what it was… was."

"The making of a tail I liked was very difficult: I have done three of them. The painting was another issue: finding a paint that simulates the rust, in fact, has been neither easy nor cheap, but I made it. And then the vintage effect was handmade piece by piece, thanks to the advice of my friend Matthew "Phantom", I think it's a blast: isn’t it? The engine remained the original one with new spare parts only: gaskets, filters, oil and polishing. Here I must thank my friend "John" lifelong repairer and the great "Pièr", who found for me the rare Suzuki Genuine Spare Parts; my friend Rino who found for me the bearings and explained how to use the lathe, and "Giotreb" who gave me the scraps of metal of his workshop, because I am a poor guy and that’s what I got to do. The leather parts jumped out from evenings spent in the cellar of a friend of mine’s sandwich bar: my best friend "Bear" has the hobby of making leather bags and wallets, and they are very cool. I cannot list all the people who worked-helped-searched-spent their time on Rusty, but I can say that this bike is not just a bike: in a difficult moment of my life, it gave me the way of meeting new people and to appreciate strengths and weaknesses of those who already knew. In short, so many hands touched my Bitch, but after all, it’s a bitch, my bitch."

The text is a translation from Italian, made by Lorenzo's friend, Luciano a.k.a. Inazuma Luke. Check out his blog for more pics plus for the original text. 

HARLEY SHOVEL BY FAIZAL REZA FROM KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

"From buying the motor from a chopper forum to completion took 3 and a half years. Nothing overly major was done to the bike. I just wanted to make a simple, not so fancy chopper that I can ride to the office. I knew from the start I would like to keep the major parts original/vintage. You won't find many choppers using old harley motor here in my country. So having one parked in my garage right now is quite a proud moment for me."

BMW RS09 BY ROEL SCHEFFERS

The greatest BMW modification i've seen recently. 

A brief look at the BMW Rennsport engine from items in my archive...no particular theme, perhaps you could even say a sort of po-pourri of interesting photos......

The BMW Rennsport or more commonly titled RS engine has been around since the 1930's in various forms and perhaps it's greatest achievement was the victory in the 1939 Senior IOM TT, the motorcycle ridden by Georg Meier.

 Photo taken by me at Krauser's in Gemmering by Munich in May 1974.
The machine came from the BMW museum in Munich and was claimed to be the TT winning engine, but evidence indicates it was more likely Jock West's machine.
Jock West the English rider, later sales manager at AMC motorcycles associated with the racing team first rode for BMW in 1937...

Interesting the two photos titled for the 1937 Senior IOM TT with Jock West and both have different frame configurations...one a rigid rear end, the other with a plunger rear suspension.

1954 Ulster GP...French Algerian Flahaut's RS....

1956 Ulster GP, Walter Zeller's RS

Walter Zeller in the Paddock at the 1956 Ulster GP.

Above three photos courtesy of Barry Sewell....

Walter Zeller, RS BMW....

Australian Jack Forrest wins the 1956 Senior TT at the Easter races at Bathurst, NSW

He then took the Australian land speed record for motorcycles in September 1957  with the same machine...

 Dickie Dale obtains the ex Jack Forrest Rennsport...owned by Doug Fugger.

    

 A Rennsport engine on test at Krauser's in Gemmering by Munich, April 1974...photos taken by the Velobanjogent...

Photo taken by the Velobanjogent of the complete machine from the BMW museum in Munich, at Krauser's in Gemmering by Munich, April 1974.