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France / MotoGP / News / Racing — No Comments
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May 13

Marquez storms back to podium in France

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On Saturday, the 20-year-old Repsol Honda Team rookie achieved a second pole position. At the start on Sunday, he was caught out by wheelspin on a damp track and dropped to ninth position, but went on to take advantage of incidents in front of him and passed numerous rivals including Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso.

“It was so difficult, especially in the beginning with that water on the track,” Marquez recalled. “I had only ridden a few laps in the wet, at Jerez. First I made a big mistake with wheelspin at the start, so I’ll take a lot of experience from that! In the beginning I maybe tried to push too much and made many, many mistakes and lost lots of time. Continue reading →

Classic / Customs / France / Honda — No Comments
02
Apr 13

Custom / Old Spirit / Ruleshaker’s Honda CB750

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This cool Honda comes from Basque Bad Boys, a shop based in the French city of Bayonne, and run by a dude called Iban. Admittedly he breathes quite a bit of Seventies retro motorsports and, being the purist that he is, the original chassis has been barely altered. The motor gets some large K&N filters and a set of peashooters to handle the four-into-two pipes. Continue reading →

Cafe Racers / France / Photo of the Day — 1 Comment
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Mar 13

Photo(s) of the Day / Avinton Motorcycles

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Sweet Avinton (you know that it’s sort of a French café racer, don’t you?) shots by Götz Göppert. Scroll down for more images. Continue reading →

Bobbers / Customs / France / Triumph — No Comments
18
Mar 13

Retro Darth Vader’s Triumph. Sort of.

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Christophe Canitrot’s Eastside Triumph from France. Looks nutters, doesn’t it? A whole heap more goodies on this bike. Check it out in Sideburn Magazine or in Southsiders Blog. Check out the image gallery below. Continue reading →

France / News — 1 Comment
09
Jan 13

Are bikers being targeted by the French police? / The Telegraph

Are bikers being targeted by the French police?

Are bikers being targeted by the French police?

An interesting article about motorcycling in France by The Telegraph columnist Kevin Ash. He says that, while France used to be a rider’s playground thanks to a combination of few traffic police, lax regulations, empty roads, great food and wine, fabulous scenery and glorious weather, it seems to have changed a lot these days, especially from the seat of a motorcycle. Continue reading →

Customs / France / Yamaha — No Comments
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Jan 13

Custom / Yamaha XJ600 / Pimmel & Messer

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Starting off with a stock Yamaha XJ600, French workshop Pimmel & Messer have built this awesome custom. The original motorcycle, which was in a rather poor state of affairs, was completely taken apart in order to replace the worn out parts, and that includes the fuel tank, which was ditched in favour of one sourced from a 1978 Suzuki GS 550. Continue reading →

Concept / Crazy / Design / France / Funny / WTF of the Day — No Comments
20
Dec 12

WTF of the Day / 1937 Mercier half-track prototype

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Stumbled across this 1937 Mercier prototype half-track built for the French army. Seems the 350cc contraption featured front-wheel drive, but like most weird half-track designs, it neither offered the speed and maneuverability of motorcycles nor the true off-road ability of a real tank. No wonder it remains a one-off. And sorry, that’s about as big an image I could find of the thing.

France / Helmets / Lifestyle / Products / Protection / Safety — No Comments
20
Dec 12

Lifestyle / “The Castel” / Les Ateliers Ruby

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French company Les Ateliers Ruby is celebrating their fifth anniversary with the release of their first full-face helmet, “The Castel”. It was around five years ago, on October 2007 to be precise, that the company released its first model, “The Pavillon”, which was soon followed by “The Belvedere”. These two models have been interpreted into a staggering 286 versions as well as in limited series and a few unique pieces. Continue reading →

Classic / Cool / Crazy / France / Vintage / WTF of the Day — No Comments
06
Dec 12

WTF of the Week / 1929 Majestic

Seen this before? Chances are high you haven’t. This unusual French motorcycle was spotted by Paul d’Orléans in Bavaria a few years ago, but that doesn’t make it any less novel. On his Vintagent blog, Paul says “The Majestic is the physical embodiment of the Art Deco aesthetic, a streamlined torpedo which suggests Speed and Modernity.” Continue reading →

Apparel / Customs / France / Jacket / Lifestyle / People / Video — No Comments
08
Nov 12

Video / W.1910 / Clothing and custom motorcycles

W.1910 is a clothing and custom motorcycle company (they said that, I didn’t!) that has, well, some tempting apparel and two-wheelers on offer. We’ll feature a few of their goodies on the blog in a couple of days. In the meantime, check out their sweet video. Friends, cool bikes and a sunset; what more do you need? Continue reading →