Update! From our old friend Stuman! AKA Mike 'Stu' Stuhler. Check out his blog at http://stusshots.blogspot.com/
http://pwheelie.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html#6072330486351866165
This is one of Ron Woods' projects. Matt Weidman tried to make the mile at Arizona back on 5/1 with this but missed the field. He's supposed to run it again on Saturday 10/9 and try to get it in the National again after Ron got the bugs worked out of it.
Very sweet looking machine! With the rules being 'opened up' in AMA Flat Track this year it has made for some very interesting combinations, as 12 different manufacturers and their respective models are available to race in the Grand National Expert Twins Class. Earlier this year not only did a Ducati 1098 win--at Arizona with Joe Kopp--but Bill Werner, Jay Springsteen and Bryan Smith took a Kawasaki 650 Ninja-based parallel twin to the win here at Indy and at Springfield. Jeremy Higgins put a KTM in the main at Minnesota a couple of weeks ago, and Triumph put together a nice package based on the 865 Bonneville and has made four mains this year.
Very cool stuff, and as always Steve, you have kept things on the cutting edge here man! Keep up the great work!
Awesome! Thanks for that!
I think I posted something on this bike a long while back but I'm not positive. Really excellent build. Your eyes are not playing tricks. The front shock mount is in fact on the rear of the cylinder. Bold stuff.
Grabbed a quick cell phone shot of this nice rider. I didn't get to meet the owner.
Would have been so much better WITHOUT the music but still WAY cool. BMW SS1000 I think...
Thanks to Craig NOS in the comments and a link to a French message board.
- Racer made by Sebastien in the south of France (Var) then sold. More details in the forum link. I am looking for more information.Craig NOS from Ze Craignos Monstercycles.blog
- http://r1150r.forumactif.com/le-coin-du-flat-twin-f1/cafe-racer-bmw-t7722.htm
And one more bonus pic lifted from over there: Stunner!
I really want to know more bout this bike but I found it in a really obscure place. Can anyone enlighten me a bit on what must be a fairly well known ride in BMW circles?
I'm going to go ahead and get this curve ball out of the way early. I know more than a few of you might be scratching your heads a bit but hey it's my list and I freely admit that I have some inconsistent taste in bikes. I like em all.
Well, "back in the day", a South Florida dealer was clearing out old stock and had a sweet deal on a "Bumble Bee" black and yellow R100GS as the oilheads were on their way and he needed floorspace. I kick myself to this day for passing on it. Yeah I know the Bumble Bee wasn't a Paris / Dakar model but I kick myself just the same. The R100GSPD was the penultimate model in the air cooled GS lineup and in my mind THE class defining Adventure bike. I think I may own one yet.
Aaron sent me a nice silhouette shot of his stable the other day along with a link to his flickr stream. While perusing his photos I stumbled across this stunner of a custom Triumph Scrambler. WOW! Aaron I hope you don't mind (and if you do I'll pull them immediately) but I'm a huge Triumph fan and couldn't pass these up.
By the way your original submital is excellent and included below. I'd love to see more angles of the Duck and especially Beemer.
Thanks Very Much
Aarons original note:
Hey!
I got a bit inspired on Sunday and had some fun with my DSLR and Photoshop; I ended up with what I think is a very good photo of my two bikes ('75 BMW R75/6 and '06 Ducati Multistrada 1000s) that you and your readers might like. The original is attached, and other sizes are at my flicker acct (under a Creative Commons license, so feel free to use what you like), here:
Cheers!
---Aaron
Here's the shanghaied Triumph...
And the original submittable. Excellent Shot!
Thanks to EnderTheX over on the ADV Rider Board for these last two GS pics.
This bike would be wasted on me. With the "wife and kid" lifestyle that I'm currently in I don't have the ability fully appreciate what it's capable of. And to be honest it's a bit to "high techy" for my usual tastes. I like em simple and rugged. But all that aside, I still want one!
Second Update. Thanks once again to our very knowledgeable commentators (thanks Tony) I have been informed that this is a creation of Ritmo Sereno (maybe I should try reading the decals on the bikes). A seriously drool-worthy Japanese base builder of custom European machines. Here is a direct link to one of the bikes below. I can't help you with the translation but the pictures speak for themselves.
Update: A clarification. As was pointed out in the comments I think it's possible that this is the same bike but not really likely. They are similar enough to make for an interesting blog entry but probably different rides. Probably the same builder. That or they knew (of) each other.
Now it's a racebike....
Wow! What a freaking cool concept! Go to Motosketches for lots more. He's been posting up a storm lately.
Well alright! I think we're getting the hang of this! I had a chance to buy a nice GS/PD a while back and I'm still kicking myself for passing on it. Pics like this don't make me feel any better about it.. Tom where is that? Looks fantastic!
One for your wanderlust series I like to call "HAZARDS MAY EXIST THAT ARE NOT MARKED"
Thanks for the great web site!
Tom
Thanks for the great pics!
