Flashy paintjobs

Contemplating a respray?

Heres some ideas for you.

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4000 of you

have logged onto the Peterbetabiker blog

since its inception in  March 2008

INCREDIBLE

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Trofeo Assortment

Following the Guzzi and Ducati posts,

I,ve brought you a selection of other marques,

from the 2008 Trofeo Rosso

weekend at Val de Vienne .

2 Laverda 1000,s for you

Fistly-

And then a black one next to it-

and a scruffy one!

Heres the Ducati team van

The highlight of the weekend,

for many was seeing(and Hearing!)

RENZO PASOLINI,s Benelli 4

Did you know that Ducati

named their big twin

“the Paso”

in his honour,

What a shot!

That sink plug

-They must put in the bath !

What is it about big men and little bikes?

“GET OFF ME……..”

“Honey I shrunk the bike!”

“WHAT IS IT?”

I dont know either

other than its an old British bike,

twin port single

by the looks of it.

Check out the owners period dress

large cap and overalls!

Italian bikes are RED

2 red Aermacchis for you

A naked one-

and one with her clothes on

lovely brake detail

There was a cute 2 stroke Benelli for sale

Lovely condition,eh?

Nearly there!

A lovely Morini

A wacky MZ outfit,

And lastly,

my own personal favourite,

The Gilera Nuevo Saturno

-mine was sadly stolen

from my garage some years ago.

(Read all about in my previous post

“I had one of those” )

Bye for now:P

Trofeo Rosso 2008-Guzzis

Following the Ducati post

Here are some Guzzi pics for you,

taken at this years Trofeo Rosso,

the Italian Bike weekend held at Val de Vienne

a race circuit near Poitiers,Central France

mid July 2008.

Allways well represented in France,

the Guzzi marque has legions of followers here.

Heres a nice outfit for you…

Or maybe a red one?

NOT FAST ENOUGH??

Well it says RACER.…..!

Just look at this beast-CLASS OR WHAT!!!!!!!

I want one!

Italian style!!!

Last shot now,I promise….

This TRIKING,

3 wheeler,Guzzi powered

(a true homage to the Morgan Aero trike;

and a worthy successor,

dont you think?)

was so well executed.

OR—-how about this for a restoration,

or is it new…….

(actually it is-yours for 8000 euros)

BRILL innit?

The detail work is amazing…

Trofeo 08 ducati

Lots of Dukes at the Trofeo Rosso,

val de Vienne,

july 2008

Heres some pics to drool over .

An absolutely stunning restoration!

the same guy had a Guzzi 750 in even better condition

(see the trofeo guzzi post for pics)

Ever seen one of these before?

I couldnt get any closer;sorry,to see any details of this special…

They dont always  run as they should

What a classic bike design-perfect!

Looks like a bargain to me

(look at the frames behind-500 euros with log book)

“Any colour you like sir,as long as its red!”

Simple pure lines on this ducati single

and this one too….

Strange passengers on Harleys

2 fleas from the midwest,

had an agreement to meet up in Miami

each winter for a vacation;

Last winter one flea arrives in Miami

-blue,shivering,nearly frozen to death.

“What happened to you?”

“I rode down from Chicago in the moustache of a guy riding a Harley”

“Thats terrible.Do what I do…….

Go to the airport bar,

find a Miami bound air hostess,

climb up her leg ,

find a nice warm and cosy place ,

settle down…..

the best way to travel.“

A year goes by,

the first flea again shows up

-blue,shivering,nearly frozen to death AGAIN!

“Didnt you do as I told you?”

“YES;I went to the bar,

found an air hostess,

crawled up her leg and found a warm cozy spot.

It was so nice I fell asleep.

Next thing I knew,

I,d woken up

and was back in the moustache of the guy riding the Harley!”

Lots of bits on the side!

Post number 3 on sidecars!

“The public gets what the public wants…”

As Paul Weller sang…

I must admit,

Im not well up on the different types

of sidecar outfit,

but you, it seems ,

cant get enough of them!

SO

Heres some photos of a sidecar outing

to my local town,Rochechouart.

I just chanced upon them ,

so dashed home to get my camera.

Most impressive,

to an amateur like me,

were the 2 ZEUS SIDEBIKES.

Both finished in Bright yellow.

Apparantly purpose built

from new

as an outfit

the ZEUS uses the Peugeot 206 engine/box

as the power unit

(before that the 1.9 GTI motor)

steering is hub centre.

Controls are car style

(reverse gear perhaps?)

Claimed power is 160HP

If this is the case

are outfits like these

(the ZEUS and this Hayabusa)

not subject  to  the 100hp limit

rule in France

the same as solos?

ANYBODY OUT THERE KNOW THE ANSWER?

Some very varied powerr sources here…

Harley Davidson,(with a tradional Watsonian chair)

BMW

Yamaha

Honda,

Suzuki(a bit underpowered,the 800 VX ?)

Guzzi

And of course all sorts of chairs.

Some Euros worth here,eh?

Have a look at

www.pashnit.com

-some nice pics of outfits,

on this site

Supermono

Heres a few pictures of my old supermono.

I bought it from the guy

I bought my Honda K4 racer off.

Mark used to race all the European supermono rounds

in the early 90,s.

A bad accident

which saw him break his pelvis(OUCH)

meant he couldnt race in a crouched position

-mandatory straight bars in future.

I think I paid about £700 for it!

A racing TZ 250 Yamaha chassis

with a Yamaha SRX 660 motor squeezed in.

Very Very high compression

and heavy flywheel

meant that at anything  less than racing pace

the bike was extremely”lumpy”.

Big singles are nice and easy to ride?

probably

- unless highly tuned like this un

AND STARTING

forget about it!

Bump starting was impossible

-rollers  needed ;

FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR…..

Drive front wheel of car

on to 2 freerolling metal cylinders

attached to captive frame;

Put rear wheel of bike onto same

Engage gear and start car

-moving wheel spins rollers to required speed

bike  wheel spins at same speed

drop clutch on bike

Bike starts-thats the theory.

One wet weekend at Darley Moor circuit

near Ashbourne in Derbyshire

we were waiting ,

engines running

in the holding area of the paddock.

It was to be a clutch start Rookie race.

At the last minute

word came down from on high

-”a bump start” was thought safer in the wet.

Thats me finished then.

I just turned round and drove back to the van.

Classic car racing le Vigeant

I,m not a car fan

but I love to go

to the Ramparts race for classic cars,

at Angouleme every September.

Fantastic atmosphere,

amazing old cars,

and a marvellous circuit through the streets of Angouleme,

a bit like the Monaco Grand Prix,

except all the cars are classics.

Old Bugattis coming out of the corners

sideways with the tyres smoking-fantastic!

I,ll post some pics for you after this years race.

These photos are of some classic car races

we chanced upon at the Val de vienne circuit

near Poitiers .

I,m afraid I dont know much about cars

but I know that the Porsche 911,s

were probably the quickest there;

I still prefer 2 wheels.