Plan B Cars...
The smaller, the faster
Emoticon grin
Once again, if it has wheels or a skirt...
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01/01/16
16/03/13
28/01/13
New Plan B headquarter
There is a reason behind these two-weeks-radio-silence,
I've moved all the bikes and stuff in a new place.
Actually, I moved the workshop about 50 meters top, and the new space is only slighty bigger than the other one, but it has its own door, so...
New workshop/Old mess!
There still are boxes and bags all around, but it feels like home already!
Now back to work!
14/11/12
Colour...
About the "little touch of colour" in the previous post...
Here's the work on the two lower rear wishbones of my Elise
All powder coated in KTM orange
New "ertacetal" bushes and ball joints
The old set of rims got the same treatment... ready for some snow tires.
17/11/10
Experiments (sorry for the dark photos)
Trying the orange tank on the Thrux...
Mmhh..
Doesn't look bad on side view
But it looks wrong on every other angle.
Don't know, maybe with a thinier seat...fatter tyres...new front-end...high 2-into-1 exhaust....?
Well, we'll see.
28/09/10
Where the story began
After a Sunday afternoon with my friends Fabio and Lorenz talking about our first motorcycles, I've found these old photos.
This was my very first "real" motorcycle, a really bad shaped 1983, 125cc Fantic Strada!
It came for free and it was pretty fun to ride, but most important, it started all my interest about cafè racer and related stuff.
Because it was pretty ugly I started removing pieces, making it even uglier, but also lighter and maybe a bit faster (well...faster is really too much...but I also removed the tacho so...)
Then came clip ons, rearsets, bigger tires, a dirt bike tail light and a round headlamp from an unknown bike.
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Yes, it became really crude, but I really loved that bike, it was easy and genuine.
I rode it so much, everywhere in any weather, and everytime something fell off. One day the front mudguard, another a piece of the airbox...but who cares!
Until one day I was really flat out and something broke really bad. Stuck engine and so the rear wheel.
I stayed on my foot, but the Strada fell on the ground.
Only minor damages, but the engine was gone and I had no money to fix it, so I parked it under a cover...waiting.
Now I really want it back and I'm wondering if I can turn it into a small scrambler or street tracker... I don't know.
Anyway thank you guys to make me remember it!
This was my very first "real" motorcycle, a really bad shaped 1983, 125cc Fantic Strada!
It came for free and it was pretty fun to ride, but most important, it started all my interest about cafè racer and related stuff.
Because it was pretty ugly I started removing pieces, making it even uglier, but also lighter and maybe a bit faster (well...faster is really too much...but I also removed the tacho so...)
Then came clip ons, rearsets, bigger tires, a dirt bike tail light and a round headlamp from an unknown bike.
Yes, it became really crude, but I really loved that bike, it was easy and genuine.
I rode it so much, everywhere in any weather, and everytime something fell off. One day the front mudguard, another a piece of the airbox...but who cares!
Until one day I was really flat out and something broke really bad. Stuck engine and so the rear wheel.
I stayed on my foot, but the Strada fell on the ground.
Only minor damages, but the engine was gone and I had no money to fix it, so I parked it under a cover...waiting.
Now I really want it back and I'm wondering if I can turn it into a small scrambler or street tracker... I don't know.
Anyway thank you guys to make me remember it!
13/08/10
Nostalgic morning
Today i miss my old Mini very much...
Now she waits under a cover for a big restoration/customization.
I need more spaaace!
05/06/10
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