Morning Linkage (Mar 31)

Transportation Oh sweet baby jee­bus. A 1970 Husky 400 Cross all fet­tled up and ready to go… to the 2010 Baja 500? Mucho gory details on the build-out build-up. (The rest of the site will send cer­tain men I know into nos­tal­gia comas for a week.) KTM’s e‑bike. ——————— Society and Culture All pub­lish­ing eyes are … 

Morning Linkage (Mar 29)

Transportation Awesome. Okay, it’s Photoshop. I don’t care. BTW the orig­i­nal bike pics are shiny too. (Ouch — need shades.) Living here out­side of Seattle, the biggest user of mem­o­ry space in my brain is pot­hole loca­tions. I don’t real­ly dri­ve like a stoned mon­key. I just look like it as I avoid the multitude … 

Morning Linkage (Mar 26)

Transportation Eerie silent video of the valves and fir­ing spark plug of an inter­nal com­bus­tion engine. Erudite dis­cus­sion of the cap­ture tech­nol­o­gy in the com­ments. Or per­haps you’re more inter­est­ed int he valve action inside the new S1000RR? More dis­cus­sion of the video cap­ture tech. The late 60’s CB450s had become rats by the time I … 

Morning Linkage (Mar 25)

Transportation Art Deco meets H‑D. Overwhelmingly beau­ti­ful met­al work. Note that the bike is not unfin­ished. There was no paint planned. I’ll have to agree with the writer on this one. Without a doubt the ugli­est Moto Guzzi ever made. The Mulo. Very cus­tom. There was once a Sportster under Walt Siegl’s MotoBe XLX. Once. —————- Science … 

Morning Linkage (Mar 24)

Transportation From Life mag­a­zine. Daytona in 1948. 22 pics. Take your time. Another CB750, this one from Chicago. I like the rough edges. Or per­haps this one — a tad rougher. —————— Society and Culture (Food) Foodie Trend Watch. Your cup­cakes are no longer cool, hip, and indis­pens­able for (adult) birth­day par­ties. Meet the dough­nuts, the new …