Moto Guzzi Dingo GT of 1967

Bubble mail:

"Hello my name is Clément Chasseray I’m from Le Mans (the famous race car « the 24 hours of Le Mans ») in France. I send you this email to share the work of an incredible man; my dad. 

Francis Chasseray, my dad, is addict of motorcycle, every minute he think about bike. He ride since he was 18. And he loves it more than anything. 

One year ago a cousin gave to him this old moto Guzzi of 1967. It was covered of dust and rust. But my dad was sure he can do something for it. During one year every day after working in his car factory he work on the bike, cleaned the dust, repaired the rust, plugged the leak, rebuild the engine, repaired everything. 

And now it’s finish. This moto Guzzi Dingo Gt of 1967 shine like the first day. The motor work like a clock. It’s a 2 stroke engine with 3 speed box. This bike is gorgeous and i’m proud of my dad. 

I joined some photography to my message for your website because my dad love it so much everyday he go to your website to see new bikes, and if someday he see this bike I think he can be really surprised. 

Thank you for reading and share it on your website, you do a create job thank you."

 

Thanks Clément, very cool bike!

And the 3rd winner of the book Aantrappen & Vliegen happen - Tobias

Jos thanks you for sending the Aantrappen & Vliegen Happen books for this contest!

Without you we would't have had all these great black and white photo's and the stories behind them.

For the people that would like to have their own copie of the book, no worries

You can still buy it here on bol.com

The 3rd and last winner of this contest is Tobias from the Netherlands

Tobias:

"The Zundapp and the BSA are mine.

I bought the BSA as a real barnfind in the USA while on holiday.
I was 15 years old at the time and although I was a little bit afraid of such a big project my plans where to finish it before my 18th birthday so I could ride it the moment I had my motorcycle license.

It was much harder than I had suspected. BSA parts are expensive for a kid with a job in a supermarket and the license rules changed. So now I had to wait till my 21st birthday till I could ride on the BSA.
In the meantime I decided to put more work into my Zundapp moped. The 100km per hour was enough to keep me distracted for a while, but when I had the opportunity to buy a 125 cc Zundapp rickman metisse, ambitions moved up again.

Meanwhile I worked hard to finish the BSA and last summer I finally had the change to start riding it with a fresh "lightweight' motorcycle license in my pocket.

You might think, what is a kid like that thinking; buying a BSA  on his age?

I grew up in the garage, and working on "real" machines is something which I learned at a very young age. When my dad was out wrenching, I would lock myself up in the cars for hours, dreaming that I was Micheal Schumacher. After I while I was old enough to hand him the spanners, and it didn't take long before I was working on my own little puch.

I see myself as an incredibly lucky person; I have had the chance to visit some very special "petrol head" places like Boulieu, Le mans, Pebble beach and Bonneville and always brought my analog Pentax camera with me in order to take pictures of the "creatures of speed". 

I truly enjoy the shapes, mechanics and craftsmanship that goes into old cars and bikes. Form follows function often leads to most beautiful objects and mechanical solutions..and these vintage machines have a soul, they have survived many years and carry the scars which makes them unique."

Very cool pictures Tobias and the story is great!

North Weald Classic Sprint 2009

Roka Kustom Kulture took some nice pictures of the North Weald Classic Sprint in 2009
Check more of his work here

Youngtimer/classic superbike topic part 2

part 2 of the Youngtimer/classic superbike topic
check it here on motor-forum.nl

part 1 here