Lorenzo's SWM

SWM Guanaco built by Lorenzo Buratti - featured in Sideburn 14. G

Verona 2013 Pt.4: The Italians

It's been a busy month, so I'm still catching up with Verona snaps. Above is a gorgeous South Garage Kelevra, a liquid-cooled Ducati of some sort, perhaps in an early Monster chassis, but I'm not sure which, it's changed that radically.

Our good friends Zaeta brought this forest print DT (with a TM engine). Read about Zaeta, and one of its founders, Paolo Chiaia, in Sideburn 11.

 Spain's Radical Ducati brought a bevy of Bologna beauties.

David Caforio came with a recently finished Guzzi. He said the seat was inspired by the Banned Triumph Don Castro raced and was featured in Sideburn 7.

 Lorenzo's SWM won the Sideburn award. We'll feature it in a forthcoming issue.

Mr Martini doesn't just modify Triumphs...

Rugged

Oddball '70s Simca GL1000 and SWM 2-stroke enduro. What rugged beauty. BP

RG Boots

This from our friends at Fantic/SWM. The boss there, Federico Fregnan, is a super-enthusiast and also owns the rights to classic Italian MX boots, RG. He's been planning to remake them for a while and has finally found the time.

'I am pleased to inform you that our legendary boots RG are available again.
As promised we have partnered with an Italian craftsman who works in the area of Montebelluna (Treviso), which uses only Italian leathers, which has a small team of collaborators in Italy and who believes in things done well.

We Redid the boots by following every detail of what was the shoe art of the past, we used a sole made from Vibram and after long research we also found the same mythical buckles used in golden off-road years.

The boot RG was the first to be used by teams like SWM, Fantic Motor, KTM and many others.
It was used by those great champions who still admire or remember their amazing sports feats.

Well now you can have them in "Black" or "Black & Red" color.
• Available sizes from 40 to 46.
• Cost EUR 240.00 + VAT (The cost of transport is excluded)
• You can order them via mail by indicating quantity, size, color, your data with vat n°, and place of shipment.
· Payment can be made by bank swift transfer.

Look forward to your orders via fax: + 39.0422.490620 or email info@fanticmotor.it

'One Bike, Two Corners'

SWM Silver Track 340: 21st century two-stroke. Marco Belli "WWwaaaaaaAAAP-WAAP,WAAP"s the little nuts off the now race ready bike. Read the full story in Sideburn#10. Coming soon. BP

SWM and Fantic at EICMA

The SWM Silver Track prototype flat tracker. It had the Sideburn sticker on it before I arrived.
Footpegs. Beartrap for rubber sole. Rubber peg for steel shoe.
Teeny little engine. It's a 300cc Gas Gas two-stroke.
I'd never seen this before. A log of settings on the shock's piggyback.

Below: Riccardo, the Fantic and SWM designer.
Wonderful Caballero on the Fantic stand. I'd love a Euro bike of this era. Anyone got one going cheap.

These are three detail shots (above and below) of a modern Fantic factory-supported supermoto racer. Love the detail on that brake lever. The foam behind is to stop big stones falling in the gap between lever and pedal and fouling the lever.
I'd never seen this on a modern bike, an extra brace below the quite modest bottom yoke.
On the same bike. Check this out for a front end. Tubeless spoke rims, twin discs and calipers cast into the fork bottoms.

SWM update

From Riccardo at SWM/ Fantic in Italy

I send U other pics of SWM 2stroke proto from the very first track test. Really Rad&Fun light bike...a lotta of power that needs to be well handled... we're working on.

We would love a session on this. G

SWM Cherry

From Riccardo at SWM/Fantic. Is this 380cc two-stroke the Bultaco Astro for the 21st century or what?

Hi Gary,how are u?
Look at our new proto (in progess...) 380two stroke...we hope to ride it in september...
Now 4me it's time to surf...we keep in touch.
Your last issue is fabolous!
Riccardo
SWM\FANTIC toys

SWM SilverTRACK 200

When I visited Fantic Motorcycles HQ near Treviso, Italy last year, the company's designer Riccardo told me he was workign on something dirt track related. Last weekend he sent through the first photos of their prototype. Rather than using the Fantic name, the company has used SWM, another Italian dirt bike brand that Federico Fregnan owns.
SWM were founded in 1971 and made various competition dirt bikes for enduro, trials and MX.
The new SWM is a 200cc DTX bike. Riccardo reckons says
'Here's the first pics of our SWM silverTRACK 200. This is only a prototype to start to work on entry level dirtTRACK bike that
could be good for "newbies" or who want start approach "dirt world". That bike could be the interesting also for a brand Trophy... We also thinking about a street-legal version of that bike .
In the next email more detail and pics.
We love that Dirt World...
Thanks again for your fantastic Blog & Mags, Riccardo'

By brand Trophy he means, what the British refer to, as a one-make series. It sounds a great idea, especially as Italain dirt track is enjoying a renaissance. GI
Historic photos: http://www.swm-moto.org