Hi everyone!
It has definetly been a while since I've posted here anything, but the last couple of years have been quite hectic
Long story short, last year I finally managed to bring back to life my 750, and I took her out a couple of times at Franciacorta and Misano.
PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!!
In action!
Sporting a nice yellow jacket as I was riding with the modern bikes, acting as a moving obstacle basically...
So much love...
@TG, planning to do gruppo 5 races this year, any suggestion on with which motorclub I should do my license in the Milan area? (ho trovato casa vicino piazza argentina a dicembre, vediamoci una sera!)
And now for something completely different: I've found a very, very good mechanic in my hometown, he has helped me a lot with all those tasks that are out of reach for my small workshop at home.
Long story short again, we are planning to build some HB1 Bimota replica frames! And maybe some Eglis
The guy, Silvio, has some mad metal shaping skills and has built some interesting bikes. For example, why not pair a R1 frame with a Ducati engine and then race it on BOT in Italy, see below:
Some detail of the exausts:
This frame was buit from the ground up for a trial bike:
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Silvio's approach is quite smart, he designs each tube/section to be welded toghether, then he sends everything to someone that will cut and bend the tubes using automated machines. He focus only on the welding part. Thus reducing time and costs.
Here's another project, a Segoni replica Laverda 3C, from concept:
To the 3D design:
And in the making:
Here's some other parts he has realized:
The plan is to create a small webshop for racing replica frame and other frame related parts (forks, swingarms, triple trees, ect), starting with the Bimota, then Eglis and other frames for other classic engine. I've studied a little the racing regulations of various countries championship: in Italy, US, Australia and for the European Classic Series it's legal to use such parts, as they were used back in the days as well. We are waiting for some quotes to understand the final price, but we expect to be definetly very attractive, especially seeing what it is usually asked for a replica frame, or a swingarm...
Thoughts?
