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make it lighter, go faster

found on http://www.ledepassionne.com/article-hot-dock-knuckle-121106663.html

the telephone repairman, in Newmarket England, with a BSA and toolbox sidecar unit

the top of the sidecar is the toolbox area, and the bottom is housing a ladder of 4 sections that went together to make an extension ladder

info from http://www.newmarketlhs.org.uk/telephoneexchange5.html

don't try to imitate this guy, he seems determined to die a suicide by traffic, but he impressively never hits anything in the longest traffic jam I've ever seen

AutoClandestino commented .. (Thanks!)
I used to live close to that tunnel before move to London and unfortunately everyone drives like this. I used to drive thru the "aisle" (as they call the space between lanes) in speeds around 80, 90km/h (not 120 like this guy), and one of the reasons is to avoid thieves. In Sao Paulo, if you have a 600cc or higher motorbike and don't drive like this, your bike WILL be stolen. It is not IF, is just WHEN. You WILL. There is a statistic saying that 60% of the 600cc+ motorbikes sold in Sao Paulo WILL BE STOLEN.

And the video below is a no shit bike robbery in progress. The black van at the top of the screen? Cops! Absolutely good fortune for the bike owner, watch how fast this all turns around from bad to good!

something new on a gas tank finally.. lacquer work like the Japanese wood work

found on http://swissstash.tumblr.com/

chain drive dual overhead cam, on a v twin. Cool

found on http://ottonero.blogspot.com/2011/11/chain-reaction.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OttoneroCafeRacer+%28Ottonero+Cafe+Racer%29

How to impress your potential buyers, truth in advertsing

read the fine print.. I'm impressed.

found on http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com

Rebel Packet is still on the Great Divide Ride with Wayne and Zina (Pirate Monkey Cult, from 2008ish) and his dog Lola, still creating a really good read about his travels

A lot of forest service roads and two ruts through New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming etc

http://www.rebelpacket.net

variety of cool images from Le Container

I can't tell how the front blades aren't hitting the ground, but, obviously they haven't

interestingly some of the very first airplanes that could fly intercontinental were named "spirit of" and "city of"

immediately reminded of http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/05/1983-jawa-ice-motorcycle-only-eastern.html

are they nuts? Han't they been shown the famous photo? Never drive a orange crawler over a crevass!

from Mad Max of course.... I've never seen this screen grab before though

all from lecontainer.blogspot.com

Louis Blériot, inventor of the 1st practical headlight, and 1st to fly over the English Channel, used his fame and fortune to make motorcycles and airplanes

a 1915 Bleriot

His experimentation and development in aircraft led to fame, fortune and one of the world’s first monoplanes (fixed-wing format with one main set of wing surfaces).

In 1909, he was the first to fly across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft (others before had flown across in a balloon).

After 1918, with the demand for aircraft slowing down (end of WWI), Bleriot Aeronautique took on contracts to build fishing boats, a motorcycle and a cyclecar. The motorcycles would be manufactured in Paris, the cyclecars in their England factory. Toward the end of its operation, the company would tackle projects to develop a four-engine floatplane (1929), twin-engine airliner with twin fuselages (1931) and a single-engine amphibian flying boat (1931) among many others.