Transportation Purple Helmets, the Isle of Man TT half-time stunt team. Very British — in a Benny Hill, wellies and slickers, kinda way. (Sound) Wrench Monkees begin building a bitsa. Where did that purple frame come from? Updates as they happen. Desmo double front-wheel trike. Very bizarre and headline writers take note, no way in hell is …
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Morning Linkage (Mar 3)
Transportation This is so damned close to a trials bike, an underpowered trials bike. The wheel size difference is odd. But what the heck. There are girls pictured. FX-Mountain Moto. Google earth now has pictures of Pima and the airplane boneyard. Bamboo pedal bike frames. Wicked cool material science and engineering. (Thanks M2) ——————— Science …
Morning Linkage (Mar 2)
Transportation The F1 safety car. M‑B SLS AMG. My very favorite alphabet soup car. The rear lighting is particularly stylish. Vintagent provides another fascinating story from yesteryear. A 1967 “production” bike class at the Isle of Man TT led to the creation of a special Velocette Thruxton. Tales of it’s successes and failures. Loverly. In-car …
Morning Linkage (Mar 1)
Transportation Nimbus, a Danish motorcycle designed by a vacuum cleaner mogul. The strap steel frame is unique and a lot prettier than you’d think. Here’s a nicely restored example by Soren. Chumming the waters. Two sets of numbers comparing the current batch big dual-purpose tourers. Let the debates begin, erm continue. One organized by bike, one organized by …
Morning Linkage (Feb 26)
Transportation Three wheels. The DOT calls it a motorcycle. The manufacturer calls a T‑Rex. I call it covetable. I don’t know what it means for the stereotypical ‘here comes the bad guys’ cues in movie sound tracks but for people living under the traffic copter pattern it means quieter commute times. Eurocopter introduces the Blue …