| 19 June, 2013 - Idea: Infrared Display On Motorcycles - See Chickens Crossing The Road At Night | #Idea #Quirky #Infrared - Here's one of those ideas that on paper is really good, but in practise will never be applied. The idea can be found on the Quirky site, waiting for votes to bring it into the next phase.
The idea is to attach a special infrared sensor chip to a smartphone. The display on your phone will then show all thermal images it can detect, particularly at night. The idea is that when riding at night, your phone can display "warm bodies" on the road, like pedestrians, cyclists, dogs and even other vehicles (car engines are hot in case you are wondering)...........
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| 19 June, 2013 - A BMW Motorcycle Powered Citroen 2CV Car | #BMW #2CV - The French 2CV car from Citroen has been one of those cars that have marked a generation, maybe even two generations. The car was very light, easy to repair, and could drive on anything, even drive better on snow than purpose built snow cars.
Of course, it was very under powered and very slow, but that was the magic about this car. Hippies and grandparents would drive it, basking in the sound of the 2 HP engine (2CV means 2 HP in French) purring away.
But what if you wanted the car to go a bit faster? Apart from putting burning alcohol or nitro methanol into the engine, there isn't much you can do about it, until Sparrow Automotive decided otherwise.
This British engineering company will remove the original engine and put in a BMW motorcycle engine of your choice. Your choice are between 850 cc and 1200 cc BMW motorcycle engines...........
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| 19 June, 2013 - France: Cop Gets Driving License Torn Up For Motorcycle Speeding | #France #Police #Speeding - I guess not all cops are born equal, some of them will get hit as hard as we civilians do by their brothers-in-arms. A police officer got caught speeding on his personal motorcycle on a road limited to 110 kph. He was "racing" his motorcycle at 186 kph (with the margins used by the police, he was officially clocked at 176 kph).
When he was stopped by his colleagues, he told them that he was riding in a group, and he was trying to catch up with the other bikers.
Later on he left the scene as a passenger/pillion since his license was taken away on the spot. He'll now have a date with a judge.
So it is possible for cops to ticket cops, which is a good thing, but IMHO it rarely happens. But it shows that at times a) cops are honest enough to ticket other cops and b) cops are human and do things they shouldn't be doing.
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| 18 June, 2013 - Ads: Ural Motorcycles - Break Out Of Boredom | #Ural #Advertisement - Even Russian motorcycle manufacturers advertise. Everyone has to advertise, but to be successful, you need to do good, if not great, ads. Russian motorcycle maker Ural has two good print ads.
Both ads say it all, the tag line reads "Routine, boredom, office slavery and chains of marriage – this is not about people who ride bikes. Ural motorcycle sets you free. It helps you get away from all this, and gives you absolute freedom.".
There you go, Ural sets you free. So go little bird, enjoy your freedom.
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| 18 June, 2013 - Video: Unbelievable - Things You Can Do With A Vespa Scooter | #Video #Vespa #Scooter #Weird - We know that motorcycles and scooters are great forms of transportation and even entertainment. We have also seen many cases of motorcycles and scooters used to carry everything, including the kitchen sink.
We have also seen other, often weird, applications for our favorite two wheelers. But this one beats them all. Here is one way of using a Vespa scooter you would never have thought off.
The hint is in the photo. Look at where the arrows are pointing. Know what is going to happen in the video? Have a look.
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| 18 June, 2013 - King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands Supports Motorcycle Support Group | #Netherlands #King - On a surprise visit, the newly crowned King of The Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, showed interest for the Motorcycle Support Nederland (MSN) organization. The MSN is an organization that educates people will small disabilities to work in sectors like motorcycle maintenance.
For the last 3.5 years, the MSN organization has been receiving financial assistance from one of the Royal assistance programs, the Oranje Fonds Groeiprogramma.
Nice to see a newly appointed King showing his face in the motorcycle world.
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