Yearly Archives: 2009

Transportation This Cook Custom caught my eye this morn­ing. It is far more to the chop­per side of the cus­tom mar­ket than I am usu­al­ly drawn to but good is good, no mat­ter the genre. The pho­tog­ra­ph­er respon­si­ble for the above shot is Colleen Swartz at Digital Magic BigShots. Her Bikes and Builders port­fo­lios are excel­lent. The Girls … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Nov 23)”

Bonus time-waster Saturday edi­tion. ——————- Transportation Go Karts are the ulti­mate form of rac­ing. But grownups look a lit­tle sil­ly squished into their tiny frames. Just ask Schumacher and Piquet. ———————— The World. Gawker pull quote of the day. Tina on Lisa and Sarah. (Put the cof­fee down.) And those tricky Canadians are men­ac­ing our neigh­bor­hoods again. … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Nov 21)”

Transportation Zagato. A name that makes you think of per­for­mance or ele­gance. But this lit­tle gem? Nope. Not at all. Dang cute e‑v though. Tom Swift is best known around here for lend­ing his name to a vile word game. But he rode some nifty equip­ment as well. At least accord­ing to this book cov­er. From Australia. A … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Nov 19)”

Transportation 1984 — the movie. Did you real­ize those thought police bikes were Vincents? Additional links to the back sto­ry on Cafe Racer Soc. http://ottonero.blogspot.com/2009/11/bbiwy.html Another e‑bike. This one with ped­als. I“m not sure where this more push-bike than moped fits into the hier­ar­chy of vehi­cles but it is sweet look­ing. Keeping you up to date … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Nov 18)”

Transportation Because I just could­n’t help myself. I’ll inflict as many pic­tures of this beast on you all as I can find. This one comes with the price tag though. ~le sigh~ Not even after the manda­to­ry “three years for depre­ci­a­tion” wait am I going to be able to afford one. Slightly more afford­able is … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Nov 17)”