Fantasia Tatouage Givors

02/11/2026

The yellow coupe. The black Chevy. Wolfman Jack on the radio. American Graffiti could make one night of cruising feel like the best summer of your life. 🚘📻

But some of its best stories happened behind the camera. Here are 11 worth another lap around the block:

1. Toad's scooter mishap wasn't planned. Candy Clark recalled that Charles Martin Smith lost control—and the accident became a perfect introduction to his wonderfully awkward character.

2. Bob Falfa's cowboy hat solved a haircut problem. Harrison Ford said he suggested the white hat because he didn't want a crew cut limiting his chances at other acting jobs.

3. Ford negotiated a $15 raise. He recalled being offered $485 a week, objecting because carpentry paid better, then getting a callback offering $500. That was the new deal.

4. That water balloon really surprised Mackenzie Phillips. Clark confirmed the direct hit to her face was accidental. A little unpredictable chaos made it into the finished movie.

5. R2-D2 has a Graffiti connection. During late-night sound mixing, Walter Murch requested “Reel Two Dialogue Two.” Lucas heard the shorthand and thought it would make a great name.

6. Wolfman Jack brought more than a famous voice. Lucas said he cast him to capture the spirit of the era and its music. The real DJ played himself.

7. It was Lucasfilm's first movie—but George Lucas's second feature. He had already made THX 1138 before bringing his memories of teenage life in Modesto to the screen.

8. Making that one magical night took weeks. The production worked mostly after dark, with 28 days of shooting and long stretches running from around 9 p.m. to sunrise.

9. The music began with Lucas's own records. He planned scenes around his childhood 45s. Elvis was on the wish list, but licensing his recordings proved too expensive.

10. The original Mel's didn't survive. The San Francisco restaurant seen in the movie was demolished in 1976. Mel's official history dates its next-generation revival on Lombard Street to 1985.

11. The little cruising movie earned five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, directing and Candy Clark's supporting performance. Pretty good company for a story built around one last night out.

Some movies make you want to watch them again. This one makes you want to grab the keys.

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28/10/2026

Benelli 750 Sei custom build as CafeRacer "be different" .

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26/10/2026

Classic 1972 Norton Dunstall 810 Roadster 💙🇬🇧💙

The classic 1972 Norton Dunstall 810 Roadster is a legendary high-performance cafe racer created by renowned British tuner and racer Paul Dunstall based on the iconic Norton Commando. By over-boring the parallel-twin engine's displacement to 806cc using a lightweight alloy cylinder block with spun-cast liners, Dunstall significantly reduced engine weight while dialing up output. Fitted with high-compression pistons, revised camshafts, specialized exhaust systems, and distinct fiberglass bodywork like streamlined fenders and custom seating, this machine achieved a remarkable top speed of around 125 mph and could sprint from 0 to 60 mph in roughly 4.7 seconds. Celebrated in period tests by publications like Cycle World for its breathtaking acceleration and track-inspired handling on the open road, the Dunstall 810 remains an exceptionally rare, highly coveted collector’s piece that encapsulates the golden age of British motorcycle tuning.

24/10/2026

Just look at this beauty ❤️ and share your thoughts guys 👇 👇
BSA A65 Lightning: ⚡Malarkey Engineering turns British nostalgia into pure mechanical menace. 🔥

Forget polite restorations, museum-piece classics, and motorcycles built merely to look pretty under showroom lights. Malarkey Engineering’s BSA A65 Lightning is an unapologetic act of mechanical rebellion, dragging a legendary British parallel twin out of the past and rebuilding it into something far more sinister. Created for Bill Gysin, this savage reinterpretation takes the soul of the original BSA Lightning and wraps it in an exquisite, purpose-built bronze-welded chromoly steel frame inspired by the iconic Métisse Mk3. The result is a motorcycle that looks like it escaped from a golden era of British racing, only to return with unfinished business. A modified five-gallon Gold Star aluminium fuel tank dominates the muscular silhouette, while handcrafted alloy bodywork, a custom oil tank, 1968 Lightning-inspired side panels, and a Spitfire-inspired leather-and-suede saddle deliver an intoxicating mix of old-school aggression and bespoke craftsmanship. There is no unnecessary decoration, no pointless nostalgia, and absolutely no attempt to play it safe. This is British engineering with its sleeves rolled up and its knuckles firmly clenched.

And then there’s the engine. What began life as BSA’s legendary A65 parallel twin has been transformed into a thoroughly reworked 750cc mechanical weapon, built with the kind of obsessive attention usually reserved for serious racing machinery. A dynamically balanced, lightened 270-degree crankshaft, Carrillo connecting rods, Megacycle camshaft, Moore Speed steel cam gears, and a Richard Peckett gas-flowed cylinder head turn this vintage powerplant into something considerably more intimidating than its original creators ever imagined. With 10.5:1 compression, twin 34mm Amal Concentric MkII carburettors, Pazon electronic ignition, and a custom ceramic-coated exhaust system, the Lightning has the hardware to back up its ferocious appearance. A Bob Newby belt-drive racing clutch and close-ratio BSA gearbox complete the drivetrain transformation. But raw mechanical aggression is only half the story. Up front, 43mm Triumph Thunderbird forks conceal sophisticated Maxton cartridge internals, while a custom oval-section swingarm and twin Maxton rear shocks keep the chassis under control. Massive ISR six-piston front braking hardware clamps a 320mm floating disc, backed by a 210mm rear disc, while wide 18-inch Morad rims wrapped in Michelin Pilot Road III tyres give this vintage predator a thoroughly modern stance. It may wear the face of a classic, but underneath, this thing means business.

The finishing details are where Malarkey Engineering delivers the final knockout. Motogadget Motoscope instrumentation, an M-Unit electrical system, keyless ignition, ISR switchgear, discreet wiring, and LED lighting bring modern technology into a machine that still looks gloriously analogue. Every weld, bracket, polished surface, and carefully routed component reinforces the same message: nothing here happened by accident. At just 150kg dry, with a razor-compact 1,370mm wheelbase, 24.5-degree steering rake, and 90mm of trail, the Lightning promises the kind of sharp, engaging character that makes heavyweight modern machinery seem unnecessarily complicated. This isn't some vintage motorcycle dressed up for social media, nor is it a soulless modern special hiding behind retro styling. It is a brutally focused, hand-built expression of British motorcycling at its most defiant, where old-world craftsmanship collides with modern performance engineering. Malarkey hasn't simply brought the BSA A65 Lightning back to life. It has given a British legend a second chance to raise hell.

24/10/2026

Five hundred seventy two cubic inches. Nine point four litres. Bore 4.500 inches, stroke 4.500 inches, which makes the Mopar 572 Hemi one of the very few large American V8s that is exactly square.

That displacement was not a choice. It was a ceiling. The Hemi inherited its cylinder spacing from the old RB block, 4.80 inches between bore centres, fixed in the late fifties and never altered since. Open each bore to 4.500 and barely three tenths of an inch of iron survives between centres, nowhere near enough for a water passage. So Mopar Performance cast a siamese block with the bores touching. There was nothing left to give.

Now look at how Mopar finished it. Ten to one compression. A hydraulic camshaft. Aluminium Hemi heads, a S**t forged crank, S**t forged rods, Diamond pistons. Six hundred and fifty horsepower, six hundred and sixty lb ft, all of it on pump gas with no valves to adjust. Mopar did not build a race engine and soften it. It built a street engine at the absolute maximum the Hemi block allows, then stopped. The crate assembly is out of the catalogue now, and a bare Gen II iron block on its own costs over six thousand dollars.