Weekend warrior tales

By The Zor, 2 August, 2010, No Comment

The God of Speed asked for his tribute this week-end. I have lost a glove, a gas canister, scratched the goggles and the motorcycle is a wreck. But riding the trail was a blast.

The week end office

The pit stop in an abandoned village

Driving home I was wondering why all these tributes to the God of Speed. When the phone rang I immediately realized that it was a payment for my selfishness for writing the post from Thursday without mentioning the first Old Timer Race from Romania.

Checking the damage, it hurts.

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Weekend warrior tales

By The Zor, 21 June, 2010, No Comment

Ride the word reached Egypt after some problems at the border. Their story here.

Friend Remus G. got the 4th place at the Supermoto race this week end.

Actually he is not Mr R, just a mini rider

He is Mr R before ending in the 4th place, the KTM Cafe racer project has to wait.

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To Father Christmas

By The Zor, 20 May, 2010, No Comment

Father Christmas I write in advance. Me likes and wants this bike. You see, I even lack the words to describe how much I wish the bike. As a gift… in advance… I promise to be nice.

Remember, it is the 250 EXC Sixdays 2011 from KTM.

I wish you a Marry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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C’est une betoniere

By The Zor, 15 May, 2010, No Comment

“C’est une betoniere” – the words of a acquaintance when I first tried to race a Hear and Hound enduro with a KTM LC4 bike. I said tried because I could not finish not even a lap. Coming to think of it really was like racing with a concrete mixer.

A few years passed since then, I changed a few bikes and also managed to successfully end a few races. Today I found this:

A perfect setting for the KTM LC4.

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KTM 560 SMR Cafe Racer

By The Zor, 24 December, 2009, 1 Comment

Back in the summer, while driving home from a supermoto race, and being pissed off by the result because somebody forgot to pack the wet condition tires I was thinking to turn the KTM 560 SMR into a café racer. My intention was to use an old fuel tank which was sitting on a shelf in the garage and to modify the rear end of the SMR. My intention was to build a new rear end from scratch and to use a Megaton muffler instead of the old Akrapovitch ready to race kit.

I never started the project because the SMR had to run a few more races but a photoshoped a picture with the bike as I imagined it. The rear end is going to be built first in 3d using a CAD software.

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Today surfing the net I found Roland Sand’s take on transforming the KTM 560 SMR into a café racer. I have to admit that he has done it in a fever steps and it looks classy with an original take on replacing the side covers from the fuel tank. I could not help myself not to write a thought about his bike.

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