Motorcycle Picture of the Week - Pure Country

Here are my Pictures of the Week as displayed on the Motorcycle Views Website. These pictures are taken from the Moto Pic Gallery. See Pure Country's 2006 Suzuki Burgman AN650 under Men on Motorcycles. There are no Bikes Only, Trikes Only or Women on Motorcycles this week. We need more pictures of women with their motorcycles. Get your picture in. For details, see Motorcycle Pictures of the Week.

Rolling Thunder XXV on Memorial Day Weekend

I just realized that Memorial Day is coming and that there will be another Rolling Thunder in Washington, D.C. on May 27, 2012. This is Rolling Thunder XXV [1] and [2]. I remembered the feeling I had at Rolling Thunder XVIII in 2005. In fact, I wrote an article about it with pictures. Take a look.

I also noticed that a great video about Rolling Thunder is also available on YouTube.

Gen Lawas Pulsar akan Continue

sahabat otoMan,, 

lagi-lagi bahas BAJAJ ga papa yah hihihi. lagi demen nih bahas Bajaj,kali ini kita akan membahas rumor yang cukup menarik tentang varian lawas BAJAJ pulsar series.

banyak teka teki yang muncul ketika bebrapa bulan lau si gen terbaru mereka di luncurkan yaitu P200NS , dengan adanya gen baru ini apakah gen lawas mereka akan punah ??

ohh tentu tidak menurut BAI,, karna di india saja varian lawas seperti 150 dan 180 tidak di discountinue bahkan kabarnya tahun depan akan mengalami rifreshment. mereka akan di permak total menjadi seperti gen anyar agar tidak ketinggalan jaman,, mungkin akan mengadopsi monoshok, may be? menurut kabar di ujung tahun ini mereka juaga akan menggelontorkan varian lainnya yaitu PULSAR SUPER SPORT. apa itu ga tau mungkin P200NS fersi fullfairing?? entahlah kita tunggu saja. dan di ahirtahun depan akan meluncur varian 350ccnya waaww hihihi

katanya sih gen lama dan gen baru akan di beri gap princing yang signifikan sehingga aman dan gen lawas ga perlu takut akan di discontinue.. tapi low misalkan selisihnya kecil di bawah 5 jt otoMan sih tetep milih gen terbarunya lah wkwkkwkw monggo komentarnya hhihihi,(otoMan)

Honda Tralis Bermesin DOHC 150cc?

sahabat otoMan ,,

kali ini kita akan membahas masalah yang cukup ketinggalan hahha kenapa ketinggalan karna artikelnya telat hahahha.. kalah start ama bang haji n bang iwan hahasemmm

kita akan membahas si Honda Misterius atau Vixion killer yang di gandang-gandang akan menjadi Cs2 atau apa kek gitu,,,,

selama ini kabar gonjang ganjing yang beredar sangat di ragukan keberananya tetapi kabar berikut ini mendekati hampir Confirmed. katanya sih mesinya akan menggunakan layaknya CBR 150 dan CBR 250 yang menggunakan DOHC dan serkapasitas 150 cc dengan 4 klep.  tapi biasanya mesin DOHC garang di RPM atas tapi lelet di RPM kecil.. sedang di kubu lawan yaitu next new vixion masih SOHC dan mempunyai beberapa keunggulan yaitu Torsi yang besar dan akselerasi yang yahuudd.

so apakah akan seperti apa motor ini  kita tungu saja ok,, hihi monggo komentarnya.. (otoMan)

Kekonyolan Pengendara Part#1

 sahabat otoMan.... pagi-pagi enaknya bahas yang lucu-lucu yuk hihi..
liat gambar di atas hahaha,, masa ya balapan boncengan ada-ada aja yah hahaha.. walaupun masih tetep bisa di lakukan walau pengin miring se miring-miringnya tapi savety harus tetp dijaga lohh,, ga boleh kita acuhkan begitu saja... bayangin coba kalau si pembonceng ga bisa ngimbangin saat riding hoaammbb bisa-bisa tumplek segone,, wkwkwkkw nah masih ngomongin boncengan nih ada lagi coba liat di bawah nih hahahha...

wkwkwkwk,,, edaaaannn pa gilaaa,, hahah maksa banget loh si bapaknya. coba perhatikan yang paling belakang,, mukanya konyol bangett dah kebagian tempat duduk sedikit pegangannya kenceng banget wkwkkw,, untuk bukan di indonesia kalau di indonesia dah ketinggalan tuh n ilang entah di mana,, hahha di sana kan ga ada polisi tidur wkwkw,,dan kolam pemancingan di tengah jalan,, kaya indonesia wkwkkwkw,

yang paling nyaman tuh yang paling depan, liatin aja gayanya sambil meniru gaya bapaknya layaknya sopir pesawat wkwkkw,,,,  ok sekian dlu lawakanya hihihi kekonyolan pengendara lainya di episode berikutnya,, monggo dikomentar,, (otoMan)

2 Unit P200NS di Riau

sahabat otoMan...

gimana nih kabar hohhoho*sokknal .kemarin otoMan sibuk banget nih so a bisa nulis artikel satupun hihihi. kali ini ada sedikit info dari blog bang reza nih.. makasih bang dah kasih tau hihih. ok langsung saja kita bahas. kemarin kan otoMan update artikel tentang spyshot P200NS nah sekarnag masih ada hubunganya tentang spyshot P200NS di riau itu. menurut kabar yang di denger sih BAI meminjamkan 2 unit P200NS ke para komunitas pulsarian di Riau guna melakukan beberapa ujian.

menurut info dari bang rezza katanya terdapat keanehan di Plat nomernya. kenapa?? ga tauu hihi gitu aja di bahas wkwkkwkw

• ok nih spyshot pertama yang otoMan dapet tempo doeloe,, :

• trus nih yang kemarin kita bahas..:

• taraaammmm apa yang terjadiii hihih. :

coba deh kalian perhatikan pada plat nomernya beda kan hihih,, dan warnanya juga sama kann hihih 2 Unit P200NS di riau telah kita ketahui keberadaanya so gimna komentarnya sahabat ??? silahkan (otoMan)

Reborn and Alive...

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Last September, When Florent told me about a family Commando to restore, despite the mountain of personal projects, i said " bring it and show me that bike !".
Immediately I saw a potential and original work to do for the long winter coming...



Text by Florent Graglia

I remember when i was 13, my dad an I crossed France to admire Valentino Rossi’s curves at Paul Ricard GP, the Doctor ran in 250cc, and Doohan won all races in 500cc. At that time, I ignored, or maybe i had not conscience, that about 20 years earlier my dad was part of the motorcycle spirit golden age of the french riviera and drove motorcycles like Ducati Desmo, Norton Atlas or the famous Commando.

Florent and his Uncle who stored the bike since 30 years

So, this 750 commando belonged to my dad, who rode it from 1975 to 1982. Then, when my big brother born, this bike was parked in a garage in the back country from Nice, in south east of France. Thus, the bike slept there about 28 years... till i decide to reconquer it in 2011.
One year before, Christmas 2010, i said to myself «holly shit, that legendary bike is there, sleeping for almost 30 years, and it’s my legacy! I have to do something». At that time, i was finishing my studies, but i never stopped thinking at the commando. September 2011, degree in pocket , i had enough time to bring the motorcycle back in Toulouse, my hometown.
The beginning of the story starts here, when i went to Nice with the help of my little brother. Let’s go for a ride of 1200 km in two days. My first impression when we discovered the bike was not so good : after so many years, rust ant saltpeter lived on the motorcycle. But who cares? we will find a solution, and the name of this solution was Vincent.

Hum... first sensation...

A little bit earlier, several questions came to me, the most important was of course : «who will make the restoration work?». I didn’t have the knowledge (and tools!) to do it on my own, but the light came of itself. A good friend of mine, and colleague too, said to me «call Vincent, he’s crazy about old fashionned mechanical, he will help you». So i began to think, i didn’t know that man, i couldn’t call him and say «hey dude, i’ve got a 1973 norton commando to restore, can you do it for me?». In an other side i had no many other options.. The other one was to let the bike to a professional restorer, pay and wait.



In my mind, i wanted more than that because i desired to know what was the feeling of making that bike reborn. So i took my courage in both hands and i called Vincent. Since this precise call in september, he’s still talking about commando and i’m waiting for the end of the discussion! Like a big brother, Vincent offered me his services an we began to work on the bike in his shed which i call «the lab’».

Lot of work, but great potential, The exhaust and seat are real period production Racer.

Since the beginning, i could notice that Vincent was a bit excited by this motorcycle, for differents reasons in my opinion. First, he knows this bike very well because he owns the same and secondly, i think he saw in that bike the potential of making something a bit different than an integral restoration because we decided not to restore the bike as the original one, exploiting the café racer spirit already existing.

Damn... big valves inside, this head is a also a Production racer... good surprise !

We began the job in december, at week end. Long afternoons, disassembling, polishing, reassembling, drinking bears, speaking about everything and more than everything...
When we opened the engine, good news were that the cylinders were in good condition and cylinder-head was a «racer production», giving more power to the engine. Finally, getting that motorcycle start again was quite easy because it has not so much ridden in the past. No big parts were changed inside the engine during the restoration. The most important part of the work consisted in «refreshing» the motorcycle, and bringing ameliorations to that old mechanical.
I have to thank Julien too, because he did a lot on that bike and helped generously when i was injured with my broken arm. I have to confess that i more looked Vincent and Julien work on that motorcycle than i actually worked on it.

Is there anybody inside?

Julien at work

Finally we reached to the goal, kick that bike again! I can’t really describe the feeling i had the first time i rode it. I made a jump 37 years back in the past, when my dad bought this motorcycle and rode it over the mediterranean roads, carrying my mother in the steep paths of Nice backcountry. The music i heard escaping from exhausts transported me through ages. All that bike thrilled between my legs and i was just happy. Proud too, because we started a project not so easy, asking for time, with traps, and Vincent knew how to elude them. And now, now.. we all must keep dreaming and go forward to make more projects which gather people and friendship, so : support the impossible team!

And the light was...

That was the coldest winter since 30 years in France -10c in the garage we were like Bibendum

A special thank to Momo bike service, who realized a wonderful painting job.

A cherry candy light metal flake

We kept the period sticker under the varnish, Tharaud was the Norton dealer in Nice 35 years before

No Firestones, no big tires but just original K81, this is the new trend guys !

We will restore the 2 into 1 Production racer in a second time.

happiness enjoying simple pleasures...



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