Maybe you aren’t Jay Leno and you can’t afford a Y2K Turbine motorcycle, but you have this crazy desire to listen to the whine and smell the burning Jet A or diesel fuel while you’re cruising down the road, … well, here’s your answer. This is a Boeing T-50 jet turbine powered Honda Magna. It’s [...]
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Alternative thinking
Remember the Uno? That’s the parallel wheel unicycle (dicycle?) built by Canadian, Ben J. Poss Gulak. The young student, now an MIT sophomore, found riding the original a little scary once he began to pick up speed. Like a Segway, the Uno moved forward when he leaned forward, but, though it worked, he knew [...]
A recent study indicates 30 percent of the population has a genetic variant that may contribute to bad driving. Bummer, I guess if you have it, you’re doomed to accidents and tickets for the rest of your life. Don’t become a rider or racer, you can’t possibly hit the big time so learn the bus [...]
Oh, sure, you can get replicas of the riding suits worn by Valentino Rossi or your favorite racer of choice, but if the real you is more super hero than superbike racer, have we got something for you. The Dark Knight motorcycle riding suit from Universal Designs.
The suit is no Halloween costume, … well, [...]
Think about all of those classic images with motorcycles involved, from the movies or advertising, then rethink them with electric power, does the feeling change? Would you come away with different thoughts, would they have the same impact? Brammofan had a little Photoshop contest on his blog and the results were pretty cool, Arnold as [...]
The Hayabusa is probably one of the most modified and customized motorcycles ever produced, sooner or later, if it’s been done to any bike, it will eventually be done to a Hayabusa. So, I wasn’t too surprised when I saw this, but I have to think it could get a little interesting in high speed [...]
Sandy Poglavec and his partner Erick, have been running Poechy’s Classics in Belgium for a number of years. Sandy builds custom Harleys while Erick uses his skills in the automotive area. After 20 years of building customs, Sandy was beginning to see the limits to where he could go so he and Erick decided on [...]
Got a note from Derek about a trip he took to Seattle. He was walking down the street and came across this really interesting home built bicycle conversion locked up in front of a theater in the university district. The owner and/or builder was obviously using it for around town transportation and Derek thought it [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
