Very few motorcycles come across at Barrett Jackson, it is heavily oriented to cars but a custom chopper by Chris Olson just sold for $52,000. Not bad I guess if it's to your taste, not mine, but there's a buyer for everything. … [Read more...]
Cleveland Cycle World Motorcycle Show
Attended the Cleveland Cycle World show yesterday and enjoyed the bikes. I was a little disappointed that the Monster Challenge was not part of this stop on the tour but I had the opportunity to look at a lot of other displays. I had an up close look at the new Harley Davidson Street Rod and it looks like a Harley I could ride. The footpegs are back under the rider where … [Read more...]
$3,000,000 car
For those of you on your computers now and not watching the live Barrett Jackson auction on Speed TV, you missed seeing a 1954 Oldsmobile F88 concept car go for $3,000,000. That's $1,000,000 higher than their record sale in a prior auction. Prices this year are nuts. … [Read more...]
Secure keys cracked
Just yesterday I posted the link to the lock picking championship and said that since mechanical locks were so vulnerable, electronic keys would be much more necessary. Today, we find out the code to those keys has been cracked. Graduate students at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a system, using off the shelf computer equipment and some home brewed software, that … [Read more...]
Lock picking champs
Ever watch the movies where some guy sneaks up to a door at night and pulls out a small leather case filled with picks and opens a door in seconds? Well, this isn't the movies, this is the Dutch Open Lock Picking Championship. These guys are the real deal. Your average suburban home with a Weiser lock, 15 seconds. How about those black Kryptonite U shaped locks for bicycles and … [Read more...]
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