Transportation Lovely little bits of real art like watercolor of a moped this are for sale in the park outside Santo Domingo in Oaxaca. I buy them when I can. Gravity bike. This is a sport? Which leads to this Flickr set — FreakBikes. That’ll do. ———————- Science Underwater shots of Beluga whales at a sanctuary created …
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Morning Linkage (Feb 3)
Transportation Every body loves a top 10. Okay, so how about a top 19? The 19 most complex and dangerous roads in the world. Complex ?= Dangerous. Tamburini = Brutale ++. That said, there is absolutely no justification for providing a link to this productivity sapping photo gallery. None. The best collection of WTF moto …
Morning Linkage (Feb 1)
Transportation Tamyia catalogs of the 80’s and 90’s and 00’s. For the model builders out there. A handful of the first “official” pictures of the Vyrus. Click for embiggen. Another Triumph, this time a Rocket III built over by SE Service. Click through for video with narration in German and not quite enough actual bike footage …
Morning Linakge (Jan 29)
Transportation A plane mystery solved. This (flying?) derelict in Hanoi was identified by the fine folks at Telstar logistics. And we get a nice overview of the Antonov AN‑2. It’s wicked on skis. Sweet, orange, retro, but brand new. French GIMA 125. Do Want. The news that makes my day! SLS production has started. Last post until …
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