The lighter, cross country brother of the bike below. Still looks like it would rip downhill though.

Pics from Craig

I posted this bike before, but its got a bit tricker since then. Via.

Given that we see frost on most mornings already (in August?!) and there is a nice dusting of snow on the distant peaks, we figured we would drop some cosy Unisex flex fleece American Apparel Hoodies your way and get you through this transition into winter. This is not only our first hoodie project, but we are proud to do it in collaboration with our friends at Zerohedge.

Check the hoodies out here.

Issue no.6 of Sideburn magazine arrived in my inbox, together with another older issue I didn’t have. I really love this magazine. The design, the photography, the stories, and the custom bike builds are all top class.

Some screen grabs from an animation I made at Kiska a couple of years ago exploring ways for KTM X-Bow users to configure and purchase their cars online. Rendered in 3DS MAX and after effects. Never showed it before and came across it today so thought I would put it up.

http://southsiders-mc.blogspot.com

Antonio Cairoli took the revolutionary KTM 350 SX-F machine (designed by Kiska!) to success yesterday in Brazil and wrapped up his fourth World Title in a nailbiting finish.
I watched it live on freecaster last night and it was pretty exciting. Cairoli came from 4th and was catching on Desalle and pressing for the lead when he went down, dropping him back to 4th again. He got back up and put on a massive charge, overtaking back up to 2nd and then closing a couple of seconds every lap on Desalle. With around a 5 second gap and 3 laps left, it looked like the race would come down to the line, when disaster struck Desalle as his Suzuki suffered from a mechanical failure, handing the win, and the title to Cairoli and KTM. Stoked!

“I didn’t expect to win here but its always nice to be world champion as soon as possible,” Tony said. “I didn’t take any risks and I was also a bit lucky that Desalle stopped, but that is racing. for sure I am happy with the new bike. I never had to stop for any technical problem and that is really important if you want to be constant. I love this bike and the whole team, they have helped me a lot!”

Tony has enjoyed a remarkable season on the new bike. He rode it to victory in its first ever appearance in the pre-season race at Star Mantova Italy and has continued to be in the forefront of the competition throughout the season. The bike that was developed in close cooperation with 10-times world champion and Red Bull KTM’s team boss stefan Everts has proved itself to be a light and very agile rival to the more powerful MX1 450 machines.

Cairoli has so far won seven GPs and 13 of 26 individual motos in the 2010 season.

2nd video I made at Kiska for KTM about the process of creating the KTM 125 street bike. This time focused on the Research and development behind it. They let me have the run of their incredibly well equipped workshops and test centers in Mattighofen to try and capture some of what goes into making sure the bikes are up to the high quality expected of KTM. Mad tech!

The Zaeta 530 is Graziano Rossi’s (Valentino’s dad) take on the perfect bike for bar hopping and flat track racing. This is the production version of the Ouroboros Zaeta prototype we saw last summer, “Ouroboros” seems to have been dropped from its name. The Zaeta’s looks will be left up to the customer, who can spec any color for the paint, chassis and other components, as well as the style of the seat unit, but the mechanical components are set in stone. An Italian-made 530cc single-cylinder engine fills up the steel cradle frame and is held up by relatively weedy suspension components. They’re all that’s necessary as the whole thing weighs just 115kg/253lbs (wet). Graziano and his business partner’s are serious about the Zaeta’s oval track credentials, included in the €13,500 price tag are two private racing lessons with a champion tracker.
Via Hell for leather..

My friend MP who used to work here designing real bikes for KTM, is now over in Tokyo designing toy bikes for Honda : )

He modeled the bike on the wrenchmonkeys CB750. Looks pretty wicked actually.

The real wrenchmonkeys version.

Martin‘s custom Tamiya toy version.

When my son gets old enough that he doesnt want to eat the pieces, this might well be one of the first toys! Great for learning how a bike goes together.

Super classy 1983 Honda CB900 F2 Bol d’Or custom rebuild from http://www.caferacerdreams.com

I saw this bike on www.bikeexif.com which is a really great site for custom built bikes. Sign up to their email list to get a new bike delivered to your inbox each day. I really like the depth of info they give on each bike too. Quality website.

Roland Sands designs and builds some of the best custom bikes out there. Also takes some pretty cool photos and has a frequently updated blog. Well worth a look.

Pic from MKSIM

I really hate this word as much as my mum does, as it seems to be the only adjective in some peoples repertoire, but today was awesome! I took this photo by mistake.