Royal Enfield Bullet – Turn indicators upgrade

I love classic bikes and I realized that the best way to have one was to buy a brand new one of the few still produced. I got a black& chrome R.E. Bullet 500, but although I understand that some minor changes are needed to make  such a bike street legal according to the today [...]

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Motorsports Videos – VW Polo & Smart GSXR

While checking where to upload my X1/9 video in order to make it accessible through this blog, I saw 2 nice videos I would like to share with you. The first one is from the hill climb race of St.Anna where Nikos Gikas with his Polo 1.4 won the A5 class setting a new record. [...]

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Κακοποίηση ζώου από μαλάκες

Τώρα το διάβασα, τώρα θύμωσα… Δημοσιεύθηκε από faethoussa στο Οκτωβρίου 29, 2008 έγραψε: Η ΒΑΛΙΑ είναι μία υπέροχη σκυλίτσα προστατευόμενη του Συλλόγου Ζωοφίλων του Δήμου Αγίας Παρασκευής. Της άρεσε να τρέχει και να υποδέχεται τον κόσμο, να δίνει το χέρι της σε όποιον της έδειχνε αγάπη και στοργή. Τη Κυριακή το απόγευμα, κατά τη διάρκεια [...]

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Costiera Amalfitana – Fiat 124 Spider 1800

It was October 2004 and our Classic Sportscrs Club was about to sail for the Costiera Amalfitana touring. My X1/9 was not yet ready and my friend Spiros had already packed Sonia and was warming-up his Alfa Spider. Panos was busy and could not join, but his nice yellow Fiat 124 spider 1800 might be [...]

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D.S. X1/9 photos & spinout VIDEO

Danilo asked about the exhaust system of my car and I realised I had not posted fotos from different angles, so here are some. Ο Ντανίλο με ρώτησε για το σιλανσιέ του αμαξιού μου κι’έτσι συνειδητοποίησα πως δεν είχα δείξει φωτο απο διαφορετικές γωνείες, οπότε να μερικές. As you can see, only a glimpse low [...]

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AKIS FIAT 128

It was thanks to AKIS that we first heard about Trivellato Racing.We only worshiped Abarth, although no Abarth fast bits were available for the 128. Akis had bought some accessories for his 128 from the Reno racing shop in Bologna and he was now investigating to find out the best Ιtalian tuner to upgrade his [...]

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UNSAFE Driving (or driving DRUNK)

A few nights ago a drunk Albanian with his baby at the rear seat entered the opposite lane, scratching first a bus and then crushing on 3 more cars in a row , stopping finally on our Jimny. It is unbelivable nobody got hurt – look at the photos! Incrediblely, the police alcohol tested first [...]

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NORTON Commando – P.Spathis & Gikas Racing

Greek Motorsports Racing in the early ’70′s, was still based on the privateers desire to enjoy the sport with little if any support from the importers. The competitors circle was small, the motorcycles & the cars – especially of the less modified categories, were often used for competition on the race day and for daily [...]

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CREA design

Apart from my mechanic friends, Nicola Crea is among my automotive passionate friends the most active in this field, designing cars (plus many  other things), teaching future designers at the university, touring on motorcycles and competing in motorsports when time allows. I think he is the perfect example of someone gifted and blessed to live [...]

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’70′s Dream Bikes – Production Racers & Supersports

It is very fortunate that I still have these 2 brochures which I took from GUS KUHN in 1973, when I went there to buy a Boyer-Bransden electronic ignition for my racer friend & Norton specialist Nikita Gika. The one is about the racers someone could buy from the Norton factory, while the other one [...]

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