Jesse James was fined $271,250 by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for building 50 motorcycles between 1998 and 2005 violating state emissions standards. While some may feel this just shows no one is above the law, looking a little closer makes it appear it was more about the money. Jesse James is not turning [...]
January 2007
About 30 years ago, Evel Knievel kept popping up with one wild motorcycle jump after another, buses, trucks, almost anything you could line up and precede with a ramp and finally, the Snake River Canyon. Many of his jumps were successful, some spectacular failures but you have to admit, he was a showman and promoter. [...]
Ludovic Lazareth made a logical move with the Triazuma, a design based on his Quadrazuma. In the U.S., quads are not street legal but three wheelers are because they’re considered motorcycles. Lazareth built this three wheeler with homologation in mind for France and the United Arab Emirates, as far as I can tell. How about [...]
OK, I’m impressed, … really impressed. Michael Ulman is a “found-object” sculptor, taking things found in the trash, at junkyards and fleamarkets, almost anywhere and then using the parts and pieces to form his mechanical artwork. He’s focused on fantasy motorcycles but turns out the occasional speedboat or hot rod, too. His pieces look like [...]
