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heckyeahponyscans · 4 years

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Found a 2003 article on Toymania.com that I wanted to preserve for posterity, as it talks about the debut of the new My Little Pony line (G3).

Especially interesting, it mentions the 2003-slated My Little Pony movie by Fat Rock Entertainment. For reasons unknown, the movie fell through and was never produced. It was intended to have a limited theatrical release and there were even pamphlets advertising it in some early G3 toys.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Feb. 10, 2003 -- Little girls around the world have reason to celebrate in 2003 as

Hasbro, Inc.

brings the

MY LITTLE PONY

brand to life for a new generation. This treasured brand has been lovingly updated and returns with an extensive line of products that enable little girls everywhere to create their own magical MY LITTLE PONY world where fun and friendship reign.

"There's been great anticipation about the return of the MY LITTLE PONY brand because it has been such a positive influence on little girls everywhere," said Brian Goldner, president, Hasbro Toy Group. "The products offer a wonderfully pure play experience and instill important values like kindness, thoughtfulness and the importance of friendship. We're excited to bring this magic and innocence back to little girls and collectors alike."

"Celebration" is the theme for the MY LITTLE PONY brand this year, and there is truly reason to celebrate. Twelve new ponies and two new playsets will launch in 2003, along with a new MY LITTLE PONY web site. In addition, an extensive line of MY LITTLE PONY products from licensed partners will debut so little girls can live the MY LITTLE PONY life. A collection of storybooks and a MY LITTLE PONY movie round out the 2003 offerings.

"MY LITTLE PONY has all the potential to be a wonderful lifestyle brand. We believe the full line of branded products will be truly engaging and make the MY LITTLE PONY fantasy come to life for little girls," said Jane Ritson-Parsons, president, Hasbro Properties Group.

MY LITTLE PONY 2003 Toy Line

To usher in the return of MY LITTLE PONY in 2003, HASBRO will offer an exciting line of new ponies and special playsets that bring the land of PONYVILLE home to little girls.

The new MY LITTLE PONY RAINBOW CELEBRATION ponies feature beautiful rainbow hair! The four colorful ponies include SUNNY DAZE, WYSTERIA, SWEETBERRY and RAINBOW DASH. The MY LITTLE PONY GLITTER CELEBRATION ponies have special glitter designs in their hair and include PINKIE PIE, SPARKLEWORKS, KIMONO and MINTY. All of the ponies come with a brush to style is their beautiful hair and a special charm for the MY LITTLE PONY charm bracelet. (Age: 3 & up; Available: Fall; Approximate retail price: $4.99 each)

Everyone in PONYVILLE loves parties - and now with the MY LITTLE PONY Celebration Assortments, everyone is invited. Special magnetic effects add to the fun - just by placing the BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION RAZZAROO figure near her birthday cake, it plays a birthday tune. The RAZZAROO figure comes with four slices of toy cake, four forks, four plates, gift box, brush and pony charm. And when MOONDANCER pony touches her portable stereo, it plays either an upbeat party song or a bedtime lullaby. The MY LITTLE PONY figure comes with sleeping bag, teddy bear, four bunny slippers, two cans of soda, bowl of popcorn, candy dish, brush and pony charm. (Age: 3 & up; Available: Fall; Approximate retail price: $9.99)

The ponies love to come to the COTTON CANDY CAFE and meet their friends for a yummy snack. This playset includes COTTON CANDY pony. When COTTON CANDY touches the cash register, it "magically" opens, and the cotton candy spins 'round and 'round. The table flips over to reveal yummy-looking pastries and the oven door opens to reveal a delicious toy pie. Ponies can even place their orders at the take-out window. Playset includes COTTON CANDY pony, cash register, cotton candy tray, two cake slices on plates, two teacups, table, oven, brush, charm and labels. (Age: 3 & up; Available: Fall; Approximate retail price: $14.99)

Girls will find all the magic of PONYVILLE in one beautiful castle - MY LITTLE PONY CELEBRATION CASTLE, which also includes an exclusive baby pony figure - PINK SUNSPARKLE! This playful pony loves to explore all the rooms of her pretty castle and go for a ride in the hot-air balloon. Open the castle door and rainbow stars twinkle to beautiful MY LITTLE PONY music. To become part of the fun, girls can even remove the crown from the tower and wear it! Other fun features include a working elevator and balloon landing. The "magical" magnetic feature of the castle lets the PINK SUNSPARKLE figure open the toy box with a touch and when she touches the stove, the top flips open to reveal a sink. The playset includes the PINK SUNSPARKLE figure, two turrets, crown, hot-air balloon, heart-shaped arch, rounded arch, moat, balcony, staircase, spinning disk, bed, toy box, vanity, comb, brush, wardrobe, hanger, tutu, pony crown, storage drawer, stove, two plates, two tea cups, tea pot, saucepan, label sheet and charm. Requires 3 "AA" batteries (not included). (Age: 3 & up; Available: Fall; Approximate retail price: $39.99 each)

MY LITTLE PONY: The Movie

The MY LITTLE PONY movie, premiering in October, will give fans an entertaining glimpse into the world of MY LITTLE PONY. They'll experience life in PONYVILLE and get to know their favorite ponies through fun adventures and everyday pleasures.

Fat Rock Entertainment, the producer of the film, has signed Loews Cineplex, Cinemark and Carmike Cinemas to a unique broadcast schedule for the film. The theaters will run the MY LITTLE PONY movie only during ideal hours for kids - from early morning to midday. Parents and children looking for some family-friendly entertainment will find the movie a perfect morning destination.

All Things MY LITTLE PONY

Even when away from their Ponies, little girls can always feel a part of the MY LITTLE PONY world. Through the following agreements in principle, MY LITTLE PONY can be a part of nearly every aspect of a little girl's life - from home to school, and everywhere in between.

Harper Collins - color activity and story books

Springs Industries - complete bedding ensemble, comforter, sheet sets

Accessory Network - backpacks, headwear, cold weather accessories, hosiery

Franco Manufacturing - blankets, bath and beach towels

ES Originals - athletic shoes, slippers and sandals

#My Little Pony #G3 #articles #I wish I could find pics of the pony stuff at 2003 Toy Fair

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thekentuckyderbynews-blog · 5 years

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Kentucky Derby Live Stream Free

Every day of The Kentucky Derby week bloodstock manager Joe Nevills is investigating the families of four Kentucky Derby contenders and how those families may factor into their capacity to prevail at a mile and a quarter.Were stirring our way up the leaderboard and now breaking the top ten.Since the passing focuses framework was executed for the 2013 Kentucky Derby the posttime wagering most loved has won each year.Given the current years rough street to the roses we may see that change on May 4 at Churchill Downs. Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby Live Kentucky Derby Live Free Kentucky Derby Live Stream Kentucky Derby Live Online Watch Kentucky Derby War Front was a top of the line sprinter amid his ontrack profession featured by a score in the Evaluation 2 Alfred G.Vanderbilt Raisers Container Debilitation at six furlongs.He was likewise G1put at six and seven furlongs.Before hopping up to evaluated stakes rivalry War Front won the nonreviewed Princelet Stakes at a mile and a sixteenth.Moving a fullsibling to War of Will started his hustling vocation in France succeeding at about a mile before being migrated to Southern California where he was pulled up in his presentation and never hit the board again. Kentucky Derby 2019 Kentucky Derby 2019 Live Kentucky Derby 2019 Live Stream Watch Kentucky Derby 2019 In spite of doing the majority of his stakes winning on the soil War Leaders have normally done their best work on the turf and manufactured surfaces with an armada of ponies winning globally for the Coolmore task.Be that as it may he sent Lines of Fight to the 2013 Kentucky Derby off a success in the 1 316mile G2 U.A.E.Derby and he has two sprinters with focuses to keep running in the current years release alongside Omaha Shoreline.His normal descendants winning separation of 7.42 is better than expected for a Derby sire. 2019 Kentucky Derby 2019 Kentucky Derby Live The Kentucky Derby Live The Irishreared Dreams of Clearness by Sadlers Wells won the recorded Prix Bagatelle in France going 1600 meters around a mile.Sadlers Wells was himself a boss miler in France who proceeded to wind up one of Europes most noteworthy sires broadening his line through children including Galileo El Prado and Montjeu. Kentucky Derby Race Kentucky Derby Race Live Kentucky Derby 2019 Race Kentucky Derby odds Kentucky Derby 2019 odds Before War of Will the most outstanding sprinter out of Dreams of Clearness was Pathfork a child of Contorted Diversion who turned into a star in the Irish adolescent positions taking the G1 National Stakes at seven furlongs and the G2 Futurity Stakes both on turf.At the point when crossed with A.P.Indy the female horse created Tacticus who was a stakes champ at 1 58 miles up to 1 ¾ miles both on earth.Market Viewpoint by Lemon Drop Child was stakesput on the turf at a mile and a sixteenth. Kentucky Derby Horses Kentucky Derby Date Kentucky Derby Winner Kentucky Derby 2019 Horses Kentucky Derby Horse Racing Kentucky Derby Racing Kentucky Derby 2019 Horse Racing City Zip was an intelligent sprinter taking the G1 Confident Stakes (seven furlongs) G2 Saratoga Extraordinary Stakes (6 ½ furlongs) and Sanford Stakes (six furlongs) and G3 Tremont Stakes (5 ½ furlongs) as an adolescent.He remained a fruitful sprinter at three with wins in the G2 Amsterdam Stakes (six furlongs) G3 Jersey Shore Reproducers Container Stakes (six furlongs) and a couple of recorded stakes at six boards. Kentucky Derby 2019 Racing Kentucky Derby 2019 Horse Kentucky Derby 2019 Time Kentucky Derby Race Time That snappy fire capacity was passed on to huge numbers of City Compress foals including champion sprinter Work All Week yet he was more than equipped for getting prominent twoturn sprinters.Among them are Canadian Steed of the Year Catch an Impression Raisers Container Filly and Female horse Turf champ Dayatthespa and G1 Pacific Exemplary victor Gathered. Kentucky Derby 2019 Race Time Kentucky Derby 2019 start time 145th Kentucky Derby 145th Kentucky Derby Live Daaher discovered his sweet spot at a mile on the primary track in the fall of his 3yearold season crushing his colleagues in the G2 Jerome Impairment at that point bringing down more seasoned challenge in the G1 Stogie Mile Handicap.His normal descendants winning separation of 6.87 furlongs is ordinary for a Kentucky Derby sire inclining toward underneath normal.Beside Haikal his solitary other reviewed stakes champ is Tramp Robin who is a different G2 victor at seven furlongs. 145th Kentucky Derby 2019 145 Kentucky Derby 145 Kentucky Derby Live Sablah by Mutilated Cleverness never dashed.Twisted Amusingness was an evaluated stakes victor from seven furlongs to a mile however his descendants can take care of business including double exemplary champ Interesting Cide and Belmont Stakes champ Entertaining Side.She is additionally the dam of Takaful by Bernardini who took the G1 Vosburgh Stakes at six furlongs.Takafuls wheelhouse was without a doubt circumventing one turn however he picked up some evaluated dark sort at a mile and an eighth completing third in the G2 Remsen Stakes.

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aftselakhis-shaladin · 6 years

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Some meta

I finally have a lenghty amount of free time so I’ll share some meta.

About Black Panther: What I am most happy about is that the film proved that a production with non-western esthetics can be successful. I honestly have not seen a mainstream movie with experimental designs since The Phantom Mentance almost 20 years ago. Even in alien settings, the designs tend to be repetitive, boring even. I hope the film will open the door to other heavily culture specific scifi/fantasy productions, what I am especially hoping for is a faithful adaptation of Avatar franchise.

About Neon Genesis Evangelion: I am unsure if dating sims were a thing in mid 90s, but last six episodes of the anime read like a string of bad endings for all four of main character’s love interests, followed by a secret ending unlockable after completing each of the character specific routes. I find it an interesting reading (especially since it further validates my interpretation that the original anime had Shinji be attracted to Misato and Kaworu, not only Rei and Asuka as fandom and later installments of the franchise like to claim).

About Voltron Legendary Defender (or rather, Lotor): I am worried about Lotor, both on in story and out of story level. In story, there is still the business with Narti hanging over him like a sword. Out of story, depending on how his storyline is resolved, it may cause a big fuss, even outshining the overblown fandom wank it is now. Given that Lotor's storyline so far was a metaphor of both an abused/neglected child and a person of mixed ethnicity living in environment hostile to one part of his heritage, if they decide to later make Lotor a villian instead of a well intentioned anti hero he has been portrayed as thus far, that would convey a dubious lesson to children watching the cartoon. The creators said they do not want to follow "being abused makes you evil" storyline from original Voltron, but that does not mean Lotor will not turn out to be evil at all. I loved his interactions with Allura and I want to believe he was being genuine, but I cannot say for sure there won't be a plot twist "surprise! I was actually lying the whole time!"

A theory on why barely above average shows gain cult following: It is pretty simple. The instances we have seen so far, particularly current versions of My Little Pony and Voltron, share two elements: being reboots of shows whose earliest most recent installments had bad reputation (G3 shorts and Voltron Force, respectively) that everybody expected to fail, and being unique in their home markets (magical girl series with talking animals as main characters and a mecha show with an ethnically diverse cast, again, respectively). In the eyes of the audience, this makes them appear much better in comparison than they objectively are.

#black panther #voltron legendary defender #neon genesis evangelion #my little pony friendship is magic #mlp:fim

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headlines-twentyfour · 5 years

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Japan’s MUFG Bank ( formerly Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ) has great expectations of India.UPL chief executive Jai Shroff experienced this after Japan’s largest bank jumped right back into the arena when his talks with US’ Arysta LifeScience revived after a year in the summer of 2018.There was a competing consortium of Citi, JP Morgan and ANZ jostling for the mandate. But MUFG offered to underwrite the entire $3 billion of debt at similar terms as before, as Shroff moved in for his boldest move — to make UPL the world’s fifth largest agro-chemicals and crop protection company.He had walked out before over a slender valuation mismatch, though his prudence impressed the MUFG brass at its Mumbai office.Having agreed to bankroll Shroff the entire $4.2-billion deal in debt financing the first time round, MUFG officials were thrilled to again support India Inc’s largest cross-border acquisition since 2008.This time, Shroff had also swung blue-chip backers such as TPG Capital and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, armed with an equity cheque of $1.2 billion.Even then, just before the deal was to close, UPL decided to switch the 18-month bridge loan to a 5-year facility, due to an uncertain bond market. “Technically, it’s a whole new review for long term,” recalls Anand Vora, chief financial officer, UPL. “Still, in less than 48 hours, MUFG were ready to give us the sanction letter. They were very prompt.”Eventually, MUFG and the agrifocused Rabobank were to walk away with the bragging rights.The story is somewhat similar to when Aurobindo Pharma founder Ramprasad Reddy was announcing the biggest cross-border acquisition by any Indian pharmaceuticals company in September 2018 — a $900-million acquisition of the dermatology and oral solids business of Sandoz, generics arm of Swiss big pharma Novartis in the US. Again, MUFG was ready to underwrite the entire amount solo, literally weeks after the UPL deal.RISING SUNIndia Inc clearly has a new financier, and for once, it’s not a Wall Street bank. Neither is it Swiss or a blueblooded British bankroller. For the first time, a Japanese bank that has been present in India for almost as long as the Tatas, has trumped competition to emerge as the premier debt house — G3 bonds and dollar loan syndication — among all foreign lenders on Mint Street in 2018, as per Bloomberg data.To put rankings into perspective, MUFG was not even in the reckoning four years ago (See graphic). Be it a marquee client such as Reliance Industries and Tata Steel or mid-cap champions such as UPL, Bharti and Aurobindo, MUFG is the bank to bank on.Corporate clients sense this strategic shift as India becomes the second most important market for the bank. Industry estimates put MUFG’s India business size at $13-14 billion, just by banking with larger corporates. This would be only second to a Standard Chartered Bank and far higher than a JP Morgan or Citi, say industry insiders.With renewed aggression, competitive rates and a $2.8-trillion global balance sheet to lean on, MUFG is no longer the sleepy outfit it used to be in India. It is flexing muscles, hustling for deals, elbowing out competition and grabbing business in the hyper-competitive corporate banking market. It’s taking business, market and revenue share away from traditional powerhouses such as JP Morgan, Citi or even their investment banking peers, Goldman Sachs. Even the European counterparts such as UBS or Deutsche Bank, who have always leveraged their deep-rooted traditional private wealth linkages with clients to win chunky corporate accounts, are being steamrolled by this juggernaut. 67566179 From offshore bonds, loans, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) or working capital needs, a new rainmaker with a fat cheque book is changing the old order. In any case, there are around 1,400 Japanese companies doing business in India. Servicing this vast pool itself gives MUFG natural business opportunities and growth. But the mandate is to spread far wider. “Speed is what is giving them the ability to grab deals,” says UPL’s Vora.Till recently, Japan’s financial exposure to India was largely confined to extending yen-linked loans to infrastructure ventures. This has often been perceived as extended diplomacy, with traditional rival China emerging as an economic giant. Now, with a new set of assertive lenders like MUFG, ties between two of Asia’s oldest democracies are stronger and deeper.Junsuke (John) Koike, regional executive (India & Sri Lanka), MUFG Bank, says, “Breaking all false perceptions and backed by a strong balance sheet, we have achieved top-ofthe-mind recall and are now among the top global banks on CFOs’ minds. This, to me, has been the real break out moment for us.”“We have a large deposit base in Japan,” says Koike, “But also face the challenge of negative interest rates. However, our global network — including Morgan Stanley and our partner bank network in Asia — is unrivalled. It allows us to better support cross-border flows and investments. Besides, it is our proven diverse expertise in key business sectors that lands us on top of global league tables, and our long-term commitment that is valued by clients.”GLOBALISED MANDATENearly a decade ago, in a bold move towards globalising the franchise, MUFG ponied up $9 billion — weeks after Lehman Brothers collapsed — to support Morgan Stanley at the height of the financial crisis. Buying a fifth of the storied Wall Street institution also helped create a counterweight to the difficulties besetting Japanese finance.Since then, MUFG has expanded strategically across key markets through a string of acquisitions in the US, Thailand, Indonesia and even Vietnam to emerge as a global banking powerhouse.The symbiotic Morgan relationship is also paying rich dividends. “MUFG is a pure play commercial bank, while Morgan Stanley a thoroughbred investment bank. So, there is hardly a conflict,” says a competing banker.If MUFG lends to a client, Morgan Stanley can leverage that by doing an M&A, bond or equity trade for them to win fees, says the head of a European corporate and investment bank. Access to deeper pockets without merging helps Morgan Stanley compete alongside rivals with much bigger balance sheets, while the Japanese lender can finance transactions outside Japan and earn a higher rate of interest than comparable home market credits.“We prioritise and approach a lot of big clients together to offer the full suite of advisory and financing solutions across many situations,” adds Aisha De Sequeira, co-country head, Morgan Stanley (India). “It works seamlessly. We are not just connecting at country level, but across borders in multiple jurisdictions, and across different product areas. Clients see us as a team and that’s the biggest external validation one can get.”For example, all loans for Tata Steel Europe have been backed by MUFG, while Morgan Stanley has been the investment bank for bonds and won the advisory mandate for their European joint venture.“One is a pure play commercial bank, the other a pure play investment bank. So there is hardly a conflict except in bonds, where they compete,” highlights another US bank chief executive. 67566185 From 2016, MUFG started getting repeat mandates from clients.“It validated that we were not there just for tokenism. From leading the acquisition of Cipla’s Invagen buyout to providing a very large single commitment to UPL in 2018, we have been at the forefront of most of India Inc’s cross-border M&A funding needs in recent years,” points out Shashank Joshi, head, global corporate banking, MUFG Bank (India).Last April, MUFG helped raise some $500 million for Reliance Jio Infocomm from the Samurai loan market for seven years, the biggest such deal by an Asian corporate borrower and a first for the corporate. Even public sector units such as NTPC have relied on similar 11-year Samurai loans, the longest tenure external commercial borrowing in recent years.“MUFG is one of Reliance’s tier-I relationships and we value it immensely,” says Alok Agarwal, chief financial officer, Reliance Industries. “They work with us across all debt products. I appreciate their professional approach, responsiveness and commitment to building a long-term relationship.”A large part of this is also on account of a conscious diversification of senior talent across geographies. With more feet on the street and senior local talent like Joshi — former Citi and HDFC banker — MUFG’s comfort level has compounded, be it for governance and accounting standards or disclosures.“Don’t underestimate the power and growing equity of Indian corporate houses these days,” says a Mumbai-based promoter, who is also a senior member of the Forbes billionaires club. “You can have relationships and access to senior management much better than China or Brazil and certainly Russia. As a community, our corporates too are far more comfortable dealing with the foreign banking community than before, as they globalise even more.”PHARMA FAMILYIndian pharmaceuticals, especially, has seen the strongest support from the bank. Over the past three years, MUFG has led underwriting of almost all outbound M&A financing in the sector, with aggregate commitments in excess of $10 billion — most on sole basis. The ability to underwrite large tickets is down to its strategic focus on pharma and healthcare, like technology and oil and gas.Bank sources say even Malaysia’s IHH Berhad had approached the bank in 2017 for Fortis, though MUFG declined to comment on specifics, citing client confidentiality.Dedicated teams with deep industry knowledge and a specialised M&A finance practice in the US, Europe and Asia help MUFG. Startups are next on the agenda.“In many outbound M&As, they have been one of the more aggressive banks. If they trust the promoters, they are willing to fund any part of the capital structure. They are Japanese and so, very diligent in their risk assessment. But once they are confident, they will back you to the hilt,” says Sharvil Patel, managing director, Zydus Cadila.With Morgan, the Japanese bank is storming the global M&A sweepstakes as well. The latest success story is Bristol-Myers Squibb’s $74-billion acquisition of Celgene announced this month, where MUFG and Morgan Stanley are underwriting the entire $33.5-billion bridge commitment. This comes on the back of MUFG acting as initial underwriter on recent multi-billion dollar deals such as the Takeda-Shire transaction ($38 billion), Cigna-Express Scripts ($27 billion) and Beckton Dickinson-CR Bard ($24 billion) takeovers.MONEY FOR EVERYTHINGThe competition, however, argues that MUFG — like several Japanese majors — has an undue advantage. Their strategy has been to throw balance sheet. For many, it just does not make sense. “Their cost of funds is cheap because they are sitting on billions of domestic savings. So, they are happy lending even at tight pricing. Their selection of credit is much better but appetite to write larger cheques is much higher,” quips a senior corporate banker from a storied European bank. “Our (European) banks will not allow that if there is no potential of other fee-generating businesses such as M&A or bonds.” 67566309 What he means is that typically, American or European banks try to sell down a loan to a syndicate of lenders from day I, or finalise terms of the loan after gauging market appetite for such a paper. “Japanese banks, after understanding business and associated risks, will underwrite from their own balance sheet. Then, at the opportune moment, they bring in others,” explains a senior auto sector executive.While rubbishing rivals’ theories, Joshi argues that the test in any deal is the distribution of your underwriting position. “Our success in distributing all large deals profitably validates the bigger bets we have taken,” he says. 67566313 MUFG’s corporate banking India chief finds support in several finance professionals, who feel the cost of dollar funding is often higher for Japanese institutions than large traditional banks. Yet, they are winning over market share.“Everyone buys dollars in the global market,” says an executive from a top tier conglomerate. “It’s not that they are throwing their depositors’ money away. It is, at best, the same, or in some cases higher, by a few basis points compared to western banks. Those who hide behind such excuses do not understand global loans or currency markets.” from Economic Times http://bit.ly/2FEvbxd

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Maxx Headroom: Gunn Design’s BMW flat tracker

The world of custom motorcycles is full of beautiful machines, but many of them see little mileage. While that doesn’t stop us from admiring them, we’re suckers for bikes that are designed to be ridden in anger.

Right now, we’re hooked on this BMW R nineT flat track weapon, built by Dan Riley. Based in Burnsville, Minnesota, Dan’s a freelance graphic and product designer who operates as Gunn Design.

The project kicked off in April last year, when Ola Stenegärd himself (then BMW Motorrad’s Head of Vehicle Design, now at Indian) reached out to Dan about customizing an R nineT Pure. Dan’s been riding since age four, so building a show pony was never an option.

Since then, this hooligan racer-slash-street tracker—dubbed ‘Maxx Headroom’—has gone through multiple rounds of changes, and spent as much time on display as it has on the race track.

It’s been shown at Sturgis, Wheels & Waves California, The One Show, The Handbuilt Show and Glemseck 101, and raced at almost all of them.

Most of Dan’s changes have been focused on shedding weight, adding performance, and improving ergonomics: all critical elements of flat track racing. He’s done most of the work himself, all from an area in his design studio where he can “build bikes and get messy.”

The R nineT’s stock bodywork has been replaced, and the new fuel tank is from a 1990 Honda CB400. It was a tricky job: Dan had to cut the bottom section off the OEM tank, and weld it to the Honda tank to get it to fit.

He also fitted a Vortex fuel cap, and modded the fuel pump slightly.

Out back, there’s a carbon fiber flat track tail, modeled on a Ron Wood design, but altered to suit Dan’s taste.

It’s clear coated for a gloss finish and topped off with a custom leather seat pad from Saddlemen, complete with an embroidered Gunn logo. Dan tells us he didn’t need to tweak the subframe much, apart from some tab edits.

Lower down, the R nineT now rolls on a set of typical 19” flat track wheels. Woody’s Wheel Works built the set for Dan, using custom orange anodized hubs laced to custom-drilled Sun rims, and shod with Dunlop rubber.

At first, Dan couldn’t get the rear wheel to fit the space available—but then he switched to a 3.5” wide rim, which flattened the tire out just enough to make it work.

The front suspension is stock, but there’s a custom Race Tech G3-S shock doing duty at the rear. Dan’s upgraded the front brake rotor, and added Magura HC3 master cylinders for both the brake and clutch.

Rocket Exhaust helped Dan out on the custom pipework, which consists of twin stainless steel headers running up into MX-style, carbon-tipped mufflers. Dan also removed the airbox and installed a pair of K&N filters—and then realized the BMW didn’t run as great.

So he installed a RapidBike Tuner, in a bid to squeeze more (and smoother) power from the boxer. “I haven’t had it on a dyno with the new setup,” he tells us, but seat-of-the-pants feel from the tune is noticeable.”

“I had to do something, given the totally changed-up intake and exhaust system. BMW people told me at Glemseck that the stock air box makes the most power…and that’s what Nate Kern was running when he beat me.”

Dan’s new cockpit setup is all about maximum control. He’s fitted ProTaper handlebars on adjustable Rox risers, and removed all the switches he doesn’t need. He’s also deleted the stock bike’s ABS system, and uninstalled the heated grips.

The overall wiring changes are minimal though. The speedo’s still in play, and Dan’s fitted a small LED taillight at the back. He’s also got an LED headlight that he can plug in quickly if he wants to take to the streets.

Maxx Headroom is a stellar case study for form following function. There’s nothing precious or fussy about it—it’s a raw machine, built to be thrashed.

Plus we’re pretty sure that if we give Dan enough time, he’ll find more ways to make his R nineT lighter, faster and better.

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