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Transportation Sponsored by Hess Marine at the time, this very nice Ducati Diana. Click through to the Hess Marine site for a bitchin’ col­lec­tion of their employ­ee’s hob­bies and oth­er spon­sored rac­ers. Just for the sighs. 1957 Norton Manx. In the news: Promo for the TTXGP series, all the tracks, all the dates. Get your tick­ets soon. … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Feb 17)”

Transportation Speaking TW200s. Here’s a cute lit­tle run-about with the best farkle yet, a surf­board rack. Another sweet (not so) lit­tle bike. Must be util­i­tar­i­an Monday around here. CB750. ————————– Science and Technology Google is launch­ing anoth­er sal­vo in their pre­emp­tive war on ISPs, this YouTube speed tester. I haven’t been able to find a good enough … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Feb 15)”

Transportation In hon­or of the Iceholes hav­ing * all * made it across the bor­der. Piaggio Ape rac­ing. The mad­ness nev­er stops. The 1955 Ariel offer­ing. “The only four cylin­der motor­cy­cle you can buy in America.” Moto jour­nal­ist hyper­bole is not new.  Click to en-biggen. Industry news, changes in own­er­ship and man­age­ment at KTM and … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Feb 12)”

Transportation The lit­tle Honda RC125 is an instant walk down nos­tal­gia lane for many folks. Here’s a pho­to of a fine repli­ca and links to a bunch more fan sites. Moto-porn and camera-porn in one go. Making of… videos for two recent Ducati ads (super­bike and hyper­mo­trad.) And can I just men­tion that not all bike … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Feb 11)”

Transportation WSDOT presents: build­ing the new fer­ry the Chetzemoka. Lovely lit­tle video mon­tage of con­struc­tion pho­tos, includ­ing a month­ly time lapse. (Sound — bad looped music) Okay, these guys look like our kind of bugnutz. The Dumb Way Down. Around the world on a cou­ple of bit­sa bikes from the 30’s. It’s look­ing to be … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Feb 10)”