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7 July 2017 / Event, Race / No Comments »

Dance against the rain at Bikers’Classics

Dance against the rain at Bikers'Classics

Rainy weather but big times for Sultans of Sprint at SPA Francorchamps !

Weather was not really good to race this year at Bikers’Classics on the beautiful location of SPA Francorchamps but all the organization crew did a great job to keep the mood of everyone at his best. Sultans of Sprint riders & team members were also in a great athmosphere within the Lifestyle Village organized by Thierry Dricot. All sprint racers were on display next to the bar and many classic racing enthusiasts enjoyed the Sultans of Sprint exhibition.
The visit of Fred Krugger’s workshop wasa real highlight for the Sultans of Sprint contenders and we had the great privilege to visit the 2 times AMD Custombike building World Champion. All enjoyed to discover Fred’s latest project on 4 wheels but especially to share & discuss about fabrication, design & customizing at large.

The Sultans of Sprint 2017 “Style & Engineering” Award results have been unveiled saturday after the race briefing and trophies given by Fred Krugger himself to #46 Krafstoffschmiede “Hercules” & #17 Lucky Cat Garage “Bombinette” for the first place & #3 Libner Racing Motorcycle “Dragonfly” for the third place ! A great moment also with Jens vom Brauck from JvB Motos who was also part of the 2017 jury.

Sultans of Sprint Challenge is more than sprint racing and the contenders have to tackle very special challenges besides the races. Sultans of Sprint is about racing but also pushing the creativity, fun & friendship at their maximum !
For the “Party Monster” bonus we decided to ask the riders to perform a “Dance Against the Rain” on stage sunday noon before leaving to join the starting line. Each rider scored a 10 points bonus thanks to this unexpected exercice …
Sultans of Sprint can’t be too shy !!!

Sultans of Sprint "Dance Against the Rain"

Unfortunately this Sultans of Sprint “Dance Against the Rain” has not been enough and the straight line was still too wet to race in good safe conditions. After some test runs it has been decided to cancel the race but to do show runs instead for the pleasure of visitors & riders ! Smoke & big show with some very fast runs on a drying dragstrip ! It has been really good fun for the riders and a great opportunity to perform some very useful tests with their sprint racers.

Fred Krugger was a special Sultans of Sprint guest with race number #99 for the race on sunday.  Fred Krugger had a big time on the beautiful nine T modified by Workhorse speed shop in Belgium.

Many thanks to Bikers’Classics, DG Sport, Flo Jupsin & Thierry Dricot and many thanks to Roland Groteclaes for the amazing gift and his great artwork painted for Sultans of Sprint during the event !
Many thanks to Marc Holstein, Christine Gabler, Benjamin Givetogod, Benjamin Agence Push, Kati Dalek, Antje Roth for the photos & videos.

Find out all photos in Round #3 photo albums >> HERE ! <<

Video report coming soon … Stay tuned !

Sultans of Sprint 2017 standings after round #3.

28 June 2017 / Event, Race, Team, Vote / No Comments »

2017 Sultans of Sprint “Style & Engineering” Award.

2017 "STYLE & ENGINEERING" AWARD

rewarding technic & style of the 2017 Sultans of Sprint racers !

Judging is by ‘peer-group-review’ in addition to a special jury. That is to say that it is mainly the Sultans of Sprint contenders themselves who choose the winner of this award. For sure it’s not allowed to vote for his own team … but we thought it was a quite fair rule inspired by international bike shows. Votes are evaluating both engineering & technical solutions on one hand but also design & style on the other hand.

The special jury is made up of Fred Krugger​, the famous custom bike builder from Belgium is also 2 times AMD Custom Bike World Champion,  Sacha Lakic​, designer & motorcycle enthusiast also founder of Blacktrack Motors,  Jens Vom Brauck, founder & designer from JvB-moto, and last but not least Jean-Claude Barrois, a great motorfreaker who’s a bit our motorcycle guru and a french Bonneville speed record heroe.
All are also very good friends and Sultans of Sprint challenge strong supporters !

The winner of our “Style & Engineering Award” will be announced during Sultans of Sprint round #3 2017 | Biker’s Classics (BE) on saturday 1st july in the Bikers’ Classics​ Lifestyle Village & released on the web by our friends from Virage8.com.

26 June 2017 / Race / No Comments »

Sultans of Sprint rock the Autodrome !

Hot sunny weather for the second round hosted by Cafe Racer Festival !

Big time with great sprint races & an unforgettable party.

Sultans of Sprint 2017 second round was hosted by Cafe Racer Festival in Monthléry. The beautiful and legendary french autodrome was a great scenery for the french round of our european sprintraces challenge.

Perfect sunny weather and very cool mood were the secrets of an amazing week end for all the contenders. On the track the Sultans of Sprint rock the event with great races. This time Tommy #7 from Schlachtwerk team with his Yamaha “Skinny Beast” was the fastest just in front of Amir #77 from Mellow Motorcycles team & Enzo #12 from Libner Racing team. This is a great result for Amir and Enzo who are entering the Sultans of Sprint challenge for the first time in 2017 with brand new bikes !
Paul Cardy from Shed Hot Customs (UK) was also attending for the first time with his BMW “Velocity Baby” #59 had a great race against Brice Canayer and “the Bee” #34 from Bcan Race (FR) who won it.
Ludo from Crazy Racers team #18 did also his first sprint race on a customer bike as his “Phoenix” Ducati wasn’t ready on time. We had also the pleasure to welcome the Triumph Bobber Turbo from Triumph factory to race with us for this round: Great fast ride even if it wasn’t enough this time against Enzo Libner #12 who finished on the podium then after with the fast & beautiful Ducati “Felino” !
First victory also for Laurence #17 from Lucky Cat Garage team (FR) who managed to take advantage of her “Bombinette” against Tom Libner #3 on Triumph “Dragonfly” and then Sami Panseri #24 on Ducati “ciaparat” from Milano Cafe Racers team (IT).

Saturday night, the party started with a great BBQ organized & offered by Libner Racing team. Then a crazy limbo contest was curated by the Sultans of Sprint “night life management” crew, Young Guns Speed Shop, to give an extra 10 points to the riders who managed to dance & pass under the height of their bike: that was quite a challenge for some of them but overall a very good time and kidsfun for every team !

Now Schlachtwerk #7  & Mellow Motorcycles #77 are tied for the lead after round two followed by Libner Racing #12 and Milano Cafe Racers #24. Philipp Ludwig #46 from Kraftstoffschmiede team willalso be back in the game at the next race and his very fast BMW “Hercules” could change also deeply the rankings …

Many thanks to Sims Garage & H Skull for the trophies, L’Eurelienne for the fresh beers, Patricia for the DJ set & Farah for the flag & help on saturday. Thumbs up to Agence Push & Givetogod for their video work  and also Marc Holstein, Christine Gabler, Laurent Nivalle, Guillaume Ducasse, Cyril Casagrande, Thrill of Speed & Guillaume B. for their beautiful phographies. You can check them in this link : Sultans of Sprint 2017 round 2 photo albums.

See you at the next race in Belgium which is hosted by Bikers’Classics on an other legendary racetrack: SPA Francorchamps.
Sultans of Sprint race is scheduled sunday 2nd july 1:30 pm !

31 May 2017 / Event, partner, Race / No Comments »

Sultans of Sprint 2017 | Race #1 | The Reunion | Monza

Sultans of Sprint in the italian temple of speed !

The first race of the Sultans of Sprint 2017 Challenge was hosted & supported by The Reunion organized on the beautiful location of Monza racetrack. The “Autodromo Nazionale Monza” is really an italian temple of speed. Beautiful location surrounded by trees and historical
Gathering all the best italian worshop & bike builders the Sultans of Sprint contenders had the pleasure to perform a good show while racing on the old straightline of the legendary “autodromo”.
The track was definitely missing grip for most of the bikes but thanks to Paolo & Matteo we found out a safe way to race seriously !

As the season is just starting some new race bikes were just finished right on time. We can mention in particular Christinan from Plan B Motorcycles who built its new “Ugly Duck” in no more than 10 days  !

Brice from BCAN race struggled with some transmission problems fixed with the help of Ludwig from St Brooklyn Motorcycles some minutes before the race on saturday. Same minor issues for Bombinette freshly finished by Lucky Cat Garage & quickly fixed by the Edelweiss Motorsport crew. The only bike which finally couldn’t race has been the lovely Triumph Dragonfly from Libner Racing which suffered from ignition problem and a broken clutch cable unfortunately just before the race.

After a short qualifyer round within the newcomers, the first race of the 2017 season started and the first impression has been clearly that all teams have worked quite a lot in their workshop. All bikes ready to burn rubber and make their engine scream on the dragstrip of Monza.

Radical Guzzi suffered some traction issues with NOSferatu while Kraftstoffschmiede and VTR Customs broke their transmission … but those bikes have a big potential and will be back for more soon in the rankings !
Thumbs up to Christian Moretti from Plan B motorcycles who tackeled the challenge to build a sprint racer in 10 days to be ready for the Reunion rendez vous. The #13 “Ugly Duck” Ducati did really good for its first runs with Christian as a rider !

Two new teams showed really impressive runs during the free practice but especially for the race. Milano Cafe Racers with their Ducati “ciaparat” ridden by Sami Panseri did really well with the 3rd place won against FCR Original “Crazy Bonnie” !

From zero to hero Amir Brajan on the “Frankenstein” Ducati from Mellow Motorcycles got first place against Tommy Vomhinterrof and his “Skinnybeast” Yamaha. Congratulations Amir & Sami ! It was clearly not easy to get your place on the podium fighting against these experienced & fast competitors !

For the award ceremony, Matteo from the Reunion announced that the winner of the Sultans of Sprint 2017 Challenge will receive a TAG Heuer engraved Monaco watch at the end of the season ! This will probably give an extra motivation to all teams and riders for this season !
Our mates from Atelier Nord did a great work all week end with their printing device to tune plenty of Dickies tee shirts into unique pieces and even manage to taylor print tee shirts for the podium in less than 5 minutes ! Speed is their religion too !
H-Skull kindly offered helmet stands for the 3 fastest Sultans of Monza while the party was going on within the Sultans of Sprint booth until late in the night.

The “Party Monster” bonus has been won by Laurence from Lucky Cat Garage. The challenge was organized by our dear mate & best mascot Andy Baba saturday night. This time it was simply a question of having eyes opened and to count the numbers of fotozino logos on the photocall … simple but not really easy after a long day & a heavy party which started quite early …
Sunday was a calm day for all participants who had the opportunity to visit the beautiful location of Monza and enjoy the sunny weather and all the exhibitors of the Reunion.

The 2017 season sounds really very promissing on the dragstrip with super fast machines & new heroes of 1/8 mile as well as the same great atmosphere within the contenders: gentlemen in the paddock & hard fighters on the track !

Find out more great photos in our photo albums, exclusive insider infos in our fotozino fanzine & the current rankings on this link.
Many thanks to Olivier from Fotozino for giving us his good energy, Andreas “Andy Baba” for this sense of humor and his help, our photographers Christine Gabler, Marc Holstein,  Laurent Nivalle and Cyril Casagrande, the video crew Benjamin Donadieu & Benjamin Guimond … and for sure Matteo & Paolo from the Reunion for helping & hosting our first 2017 race.

See you for the second race at Cafe Racer Festival !

Sultans of Sprint 2017 standings

7 February 2017 / Event, partner, Race, Team / No Comments »

Sultans of Sprint 2016 season video

THANK YOU for an awesome first season & see you soon on the dragstrips !

Many many thanks to

Fotozino | Heidenau Tires | Classic machines | Gentlemen’s Factory | Atelier Nord | La Fabrique 3D | Nolaroads | Bike EXIF | Intersection Magazine | GQ France for their support & to Wheels and Waves | Cafe Racer Festival | Glemseck 101 | INTERMOT Köln for hosting us !

Thumbs up to the teams YOUNG GUNS SPEED SHOP | Schlachtwerk | FCR Original | Stucki2Rad – VTR Customs | Krautmotors | Sooner or Later Garage | Plan B Motorcycles | VENOM DESIGN | Blitz Motorcycles | Radical Guzzi | Edelweiss Motorsport | Wrenchmonkees | Krafstoffschmiede | Bcan Race | Kingston Custom | Switch Stance Riding | Hervé Libner / Baloo Patrice Guilleux | St-Brooklyn Motorcycles | The Lucky Cat Garage

soundtrack by ANOREXIC SUMOTORI | video by Roman Haenicke

 

We can’t wait to see you all to race & party in 2017 !

#sultansofsprint  #speedisourreligion

6 December 2016 / Event, Race / No Comments »

Sultans of Sprint 2017 schedule now official !

round #1 The Reunion - 20/21 may 2017

First Sultans of Sprint round in 2017 will be kindly supported & hosted by The Reunion.
The Reunion is the main outdoor cafe racer, lifestyle & classic bike event in Italy taking place on the legendary and beautiful Autodromo Nazionale Monza racetrack. Sultans of Sprint will be one of the highlight of the week end without any doubt !
We can’t wait to spend some really goodtimes and to meet italian motorfreaks there !

find out more infos on thereunion.it

round #2 Cafe Racer Festival - 10/11 june 2017

The second Sultans of Sprint round in 2017 will be hosted by Cafe Racer Festival.
The Cafe Racer Festival is taking place inside the historical french racetrack of Linas Monthléry. One of the oldest speed trials place in Europe. Gathering motorcycle enthusiasts around cafe racers and classic racers the festival also features art performances and exhibitions. Sultans of Sprint racers will show again how fast they can be on the straightline of Linas Monthléry !
The Reunion is the main outdoor cafe racer, lifestyle & classic bike event in Italy taking place on the legendary and beautiful Autodromo Nazionale Monza racetrack. Sultans of Sprint will be one of the highlight of the week end without any doubt !

find out more infos on www.cafe-racer.fr

round #3 Biker's Classics - 30 june, 1 & 2 july 2017

Biker’s Classics is one of the biggest festival dedicated to classic racers hosting demo rides but also real classic bikes races on the legendary racetrack of SPA Francorchamps in Belgium. The third Sultans of Sprint round in 2017 will be hosted by Biker’s Classics and will be one the highlight of the event !

find out more infos on www.bikersclassics.be

round #4 Glemseck 101 - 2/3 september 2017

Glemseck 101 will host the Sultans of Sprint round 4 & finals in september 2017. Glemseck 101 is the biggest festival in Europe when it comes to cafe racer & sprint racing. Organized on the beautiful location of Solitude racetrack the event is also about great live bands, tons of visitors and a wonderful celebration of motorcycle passion !

find out more infos on www.glemseck101.de

Registrations are opened now for Sultans of Sprint 2017 Challenge !

If you want to apply, please check the tech rules to see if your bike can enter & please contact us by email : sultansofsprint@outlook.com

14 October 2016 / Event, partner, Race, Team, Vote / 1 Comment »

Sultans of Sprint finals @ Intermot Customized !

Awesome times & tons of laughs in Cologne !

Intermot in Cologne hosted the Sultans of Sprint challenge 2016 finals and all the Sultans race bikes were presented on a dedicated area of 285 square meters in hall 10.1 “Intermot Customized”. This was a big chance for all the Sultans of Sprint racers to show their crazy fast machines in details and to share their passion with all the visitors of this very important show within the motorcycle industry.
Hand built with 100 wood pallets by Venom Design, Young Guns Speed Shop, St-Brooklyn Motorcycles & Lucky Cat Garage, the booth was enhanced by our friends from Mahr’s Brau who kindly supported by fresh beers. The Sultans of Sprint booth was also great thanks to our partner Instantané which printed great photos for our walls.

Just before the race sunday morning all the Sultans of Sprint were invited to Amadeus Speed Shop for a wonderful party in Cologne. Thumbs up to the Amadeus Speed Shop crew & Jens von JVB Motos for the organization & invitation ! This was a proper party for all the Sultans !

Schlachtwerk's Yamaha "Skinny Beast" faster than ever !

For safety reasons the Sultans of Sprint race on sunday was this time against the clock and not side by side. A new way of racing for the contenders but interesting to see how fast each of the racers gan go on 160 meters for this round …

This time Tommy from Schlachtwerk (GER) on his Yamaha “Skinny Beast” was the fastest just in front of Marco Zesiger from Young Guns Speed Shop (CH) on his Moto Guzzi “Ferdinand the Sparrow”. Seb Lorentz from Lucky Cat Garage (FR) and the BMW “Sprintbeemer” completed the podium with the third place.
Hero of the day Ludwig Asher struggled to start his BMW “L’Etonnante” despite the help of other contenders. He never gave up but did not manage to take the start this time.

FCR Original team (FR) with their “Crazy Bonnie” had to face some traction issue and did not manage to do better than eight position despite some really impressive starts ! Same situation for Radical Guzzi (GER) and their insane “NOSferatu” which suffered from their rear tyre grip to get a better result.

Sultans of Sprint round #4 | Intermot Customized

  1. Schlachtwerk (GER) | Yamaha “Skinny Beast”
  2. Young Guns Speed Shop (CH) | Moto Guzzi “Ferdinand the Sparrow”
  3. The Lucky Cat Garage (FR) | BMW “Sprintbeemer”
  4. Kraftstoffschmiede (GER) |BMW “Cat Killer”
  5. VTR Customs (CH) | BMW “Polizia Uno”
  6. Radical Guzzi (GER) | Moto Guzzi “NOSferatu”
  7. Team 101 (GER) | BMW “StarrSinn”
  8. FCR Original (FR) | Triumph “Crazy Bonnie”
  9. Libner Baloo Racing (FR) | Harley Davidson “XR”
  10. Edelweiss Motorsport (GER) | BMW “90S”
  11. Kingston Custom (GER) | BMW “SprintBoxer”
  12. Sooner or Later Garage (FR) | BMW “Flat Punisher”
  13. Venom Design (FR) | Harley Davidson “Sprintster”
  14. Krautmotors (GER) | BMW “Pure&Crafted”
  15. Blitz Motorcycles (FR) | BMW “Black Pearl”
  16. St-Brooklyn Motorcycles (FR) | BMW “L’Etonnante”

Fotozino Challenge One for St-Brooklyn Motorcycles & Young Guns Speed Shop

Fotozino X Sultans of Sprint Challenge One

Ludwig Asher from St Brooklyn Motorcycles (FR) has been more lucky regarding the Fotozino X Sultans of Sprint Challenge One and got the Fotozino award & 500€ price money at Intermot.
Young Guns Speed Shop won the overall Fotozino Challenge and received the trophy and 1000€ price money for their involvment the all year. Congratulations to both teams & many thanks to Fotozino for the kind support !

#useifyourdare #fotozino #challengeone
#makeyourdayanadventure

Scary factor award goes to Radical Guzzi !

Scary Factor online #fanboost was won by Young Guns Speed Shop but the swiss team decided to gave it to their friends from Radical Guzzi (GER) for their efforts to frighten the competitors on the starting grid with their insane Moto Guzzi “NOSferatu” :
That’s Sultants of Sprint fairplay spirit.

Young Guns Speed Shop winning the Sultans of Sprint 2016 !

Congratulations to the youngest rider for an awesome season !

Young Guns Speed Shop team from Switzerland did really well during the all year: clutch blown at Cafe Racer Festival in Monthléry (FR) but they got the #fanboost award for the “Crew Style”. Probably thanks to their hawaian shirts and smiles !
At Glemseck 101 in Leonberg (GER) in september, Marco was flying to the first place on “Ferdinand the Sparrow” which was back in the game and loaded with nitrous oxyde.
For the final round at Intermot in Cologne (GER), the swiss team was ready to battle again and Marco took really impressive starts allowing their Moto Guzzi to take the second place behind the always fast Yamaha “Skinny Beast” from Schlachtwerk (GER). The last round was giving double points to the participants and the 2016 Sultans of Sprint champion title and the pressure was at his maximum for the fastest team. Marco took it easy and kept cool to take the best out of the swiss bird !
Sultans of Sprint 2016 championship final standings.

Find out more great shots from Sultans of Sprint round #4 by Marc Holstein, Christine Gabbler, Kati Kayadaek & Antje Roth in our event photo album.

After this first Sultans of Sprint season, we would like to thank for their trust, friendship and great support:
Fotozino, Heidenau, Nude Audio, Classic Machines, Gentlemen’s Factory, Atelier Nord, La Fabrique 3D, Instantané, Nolaroads, Machine 17, Bike Exif, GQ and Intersection Magazine for their trust !

Wheels & Waves, Cafe Racer Festival, Glemseck 101, Intermot Customized for hosting our races !

Marc Holstein, Christine Gabler, Laurent Nivalle, Aurore de Bettignies, Daniel Beres, Antje Roth, Cyril Casagrande, Kevin Renard, Ben Ott, David Marvier, Kati Kayadaek, Claude Fischer, Sabine Falk, Guillaume Ducasse, Frederic Seemann, Laurent Scavone, Doud XIII, Fotografy K, Sascha Feuster, Rémi Desclaux, Aritza Saldibar, MJ Studio, Bikes What Else, EasyrideRocks & David Biene for all the beautiful photos !

Roman Haenicke for filming our races & parties with his camera !

Anorexic Sumotori for the great soundtracks of our videos !

Mahrs Brau for providing us fresh beers at Glemseck 101 & Intermot !

Patricia, Jörn & Jens our fabulous DJ at Monthléry & Glemseck 101 !

SHOEI Europe & Furygan for offering gifts for the fanboost online votes !

All the racers of this first Sultans of Sprint season: Young Guns Speed Shop (CH), Schlachtwerk (GER), VTR Customs (CH), FCR Original (FR), Radical Guzzi (GER), Venom Design (FR), St-Brooklyn Motorcycles (FR), Switch Stance Riding (JPN), Sooner or Later Garage (FR), Wrenchmonkees (DK), Krautmotors (GER), Blitz Motorcycles (FR), Kraftstofschmiede (GER), Plan B Motorcycles (IT), Libner-Baloo Racing (FR), Kingston Custom (GER), Lucky Cat Garage (FR).

Special thanks to Andreas, Claudia, Stefan, Katt, Rémi, Jean-Claude, Gert, Jens, Jörg, Clément, Thomas, Fred, Carsten, Rénia, Laura, Steini, Laurent & Laurence.

Last but not least, many thanks to all the people we met during the all season and who gave us their love & support by following us & sharing our passion for motorcycling, customizing & racing.

#speedisourreligion

Sultans of Sprint 2016 finals video work in progress … stay tuned !

3 October 2016 / Event, Race, Team / No Comments »

See you at Intermot for the grand final !

Intermot Customized | Köln - Germany | 5th > 9th october 2016

Race sunday 9th october 10:30 am !

Sultans of Sprint 2016 championship grand final will be hosted at Intermot (Cologne – Germany) from 5th to 9th october 2016.
All Sultans of Sprint race bikes will be on display on a dedicated area in the hall 10 (stand H-060 & G-060). We will be pleased to meet you there to share our passion for custom bikes & sprintracing. If speed is also your religion please do not hesitate to come & say hi  !

The final race (giving double points to the teams) will be sunday 9th october at 10:30 am.
Sultans of Sprint award ceremony is scheduled sunday at 1:30 pm on hall 10 main stage. Please join to enjoy the race & support your favorite teams ! We will have some surprises for our fans …

The confirmed participating teams for the final at Intermot: Young Guns Speed Shop (CH), Schlachtwerk (GER), Plan B Motorcycles (IT), Krautmotors (GER), Radical Guzzi (GER), St Brooklyn Motorcycles (FR), Kingston Custom (GER), VTR Customs (CH), Sooner or Later Garage (FR), Blitz Motorcycles (FR), Venom Design (FR), FCR Original (FR), Edelweiss Motorsport (GER), Libner-Baloo Racing (FR), Lucky Cat Garage (FR).

All the teams will battle hard to try to win the 2016 championship as everything is still possible !!!

#intermotcustomized #sultansofsprint #speedisourreligion

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