Author Archives: lara

Transportation A lit­tle bas­tard. CB160. omg cute. On the oth­er hand — this is awe­some­ness smack. Fast Kitty Superbike Showdown. (Animation — Sound) More here — and t‑shirts: ——————————– Architecture, Design I try to stay away from the kitchen pr0n. Too many cooks, too few HGTV addicts here­abouts. But these mas­sive kitchens sinks in cute coun­try kitchens… … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Jan 11)”

Transportation First up, the odd­ly sen­su­al Bennett’s cus­tom drag bike. Am I the only one who does­n’t think Maine pine tree green is a col­or that belongs on a bike? I was going to show you the Cyclone Board Track rac­er on Bike EXIF but then I found anoth­er pic­ture of it hang­ing about in fabulous … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Jan 6)”

Transportation The Sunbeam S7 is a dandy bike. The pho­to is bet­ter than dandy. On my ToDo list for this week: Figure out why the dweebs at TopSpeed can’t even tell me where they got the lit­tle bit of info they have about this twist­ed YZ450 to cafe rac­er con­ver­sion. I always thought own­ing an Airstream trailer … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Jan 5)”

I’m flex­ing my fin­gers this morn­ing, get­ting back into the swing for you all. ———————— Transportation I love the lit­tle Piaggio Ape. Here’s a brochure for the 1979 ver­sion. (In Italian on a Japanese site.) The Pacific Northwest tri­als sea­son start­ed yes­ter­day with the Plastered Purple Penguin in Marysville. This ear­ly tri­aler , a Bulldog, looks … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Jan 4)”

Transportation Henrik Toth is weird. His hack is awe­some. Shiny, blocky, inter­est­ing sur­face treat­ments. Yeah the Batman men­tion is unavoid­able, but it’s bad ass none the less. Lamborghini Ankonian con­cept car. Chopper wiring dia­gram. Because we all need a lit­tle help with remem­ber­ing where the coil goes in the cir­cuit. (Page down — stu­pid big header.) ———————————– … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Dec 18)”