Transportation Wow, slow day. All I can give you is this. But hey, there are bikes in the background. If you’re more interested in long distance travel this Nat’l Geo info-graphic is a nifty way to track 50 years of awesome trips. CG has it right, go straight to the flickr version for close-ups. ——————- Infrastructure Is this …
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Morning Linkage (Oct 13)
Transportation I was all het up to be able to bring you pictures of the 2010 Ducati Stradaperta. Okay, so now you know what the headlight looks like. Not good. Life magazine brings you a collection of photographs of spacecraft models. From the sweetly adorable NASA wooden lunar module that opens the set to the needle shaped …
Morning Linkage (Oct 12)
Transportation Monday Morning Jump Start. First use of a Lambo to video/chase another Lambo? Turn it up. Sweet little essay on very early racing. A couple of nice pics too. Wrench Monkees is teasing with peepshow pictures of the next couple of projects. Very nice retro restoration of a Honda CB450. Book ending the black Lamborghini, this CBR900 in …
Morning Linkage (Oct 9)
Transportation The first road certified electric motorcycle. $9,950 will get you the Zero S or Zero all nice and street legal. There are some nifty tax breaks as well. The BMW C1 is back. As an electric. Still laughable. Concepts cars you’re likely to see at the Tokyo motor show this year. Lots of little electric urban run-abouts. I’m …
Morning Linkage (Oct 8)
Transportation Tea ceremonies are not something we often associate with custom bikes. Maybe we should. Old illustrations of motorcycle from vintage books. I’ve already got an email in to my fav purveyor of old book pr0n. On auction at Bonhams. A 1954 BSA motorized tandem bicycle. More pedal bike hotness. Belt drive townie. Almost enough to make me …