Friday Video: The legendary Skyline documentary
Enjoy this over 20 minute documentary from the early 80s on the legendary Skyline!
It includes the Skyline RS Turbo Super Silhouette racer and the historical races of the legendary Skyline S54 attempting to win the GT-II class, the R390 and several races with the hakosuka Skyline. (more…)
Meeting Monday
As Monty Python would say: And now for something completely different…
…thousands of Japanese men and women revving their motorbikes!
Well not simultaniously but I think you can get the picture what Q1GP 2012 (held on the 23rd last weekend) was like: (more…)
by banpei with 1 commentPicture of the week: Super Silhouette replica
Super Silhouette racer replicas have always been a major influence in the kaido racer scene. This rebuilt Silvia S12 is clearly not a 100% accurate replica but it will do the job just fine. 😉
The big wedge shaped front air dam is a lot larger than the original and the roofline is obviously not S110 (the S12 Super Silhouette was actually the previous S110 with the S12 front face) but S12.
Found at cad5200d9k
by banpei with 3 commentsMeeting Monday
The actual description of these videos was “Tournament of Nonsuri” which roughly translates to “No-LSD tournament”…
I think the following three videos will underwrite this translation… (more…)
by banpei with 2 commentsPicture of the Week: Yon running in the 80s
Back in the 80s you could almost get a Yonmeri Skyline for free and modding it to more modern standards was cheap.
I love the way the two tone color-scheme has been applied: it follows both the lines and the style of the Yonmeri Skyline C110.
Found at Pitline
by banpei with 2 comments