Archive for July, 2005
German MotoGP on TV
31 July 2005The German MotoGP is on today at 11AM eastern on Speed.
Nicky Hayden on pole for German MotoGP
30 July 2005This is more like it. Nicky Hayden has clinched the pole position at Germany’s Sachsenring race course for tomorrow’s MotoGP. We just said a few days ago that doing well at the European tracks has been elusive for Hayden and until he could back up his Laguna Seca win and overall superb performance, everyone would [...]
Yamaha paper motorcycle models
30 July 2005Want your own 50th anniversary edition of the Yamaha MotoGP bike? Yamaha will give you one, sort of, at the Yamaha papercraft site. You can download a paper foldup model and build it yourself. Want a V-Max or an R1? You can have one. These look very cool. You might figure those folks from the [...]
DA42-TDI Twin Star aircraft
29 July 2005With all of our posts on the Star Twin 1200 TDI sportbike you might start thinking we believe turbo diesel is a good idea. More reading on the EAA website shows the DA42-TDI Twin Star twin engine aircraft getting FAA certification. Turbo diesels in an airplane! Lately, diesels have been shattering everyone’s preconceived notions of [...]
Motoart
29 July 2005Several times I’ve pointed out scrap metal art and the like and as I was looking over the EAA website after updating info on the HondaJet, I saw this item on Motoart. This company takes parts and pieces of old airplanes and turns them into furniture, sculpture and all sorts of neat things. How about [...]
Arlen Ness: The King of Choppers book
29 July 2005Review: Arlen Ness is a legendary name in the chopper business but with all of the chopper shows on TV these days, it’s easy to just lump him in with all the rest, a little older and far more successful maybe, but a chopper guy nonetheless. I just read Arlen Ness: The King of Choppers. [...]
Buell XB12X Ulysses
29 July 2005Buell has just introduced their new XB12X Ulysses, what they call an Adventure Sportbike. I have yet to see this bike in person, my exposure is the same as yours on the Internet and in the magazines but I will say it seems to have a lot of good things going for it, enough, in [...]
Aluminum Norton details
29 July 2005When I put up the photos of the aluminum bodied Norton Commando the other day I had no details other than knowing the work was done by Evan Wilcox. I asked Evan for a few details and he explains:
I did the fairing , seat/tail, and front fender. The fuel tank, and side covers [...]
