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Evel Knievel passes on to that stunt track in the sky

3. December 2007

An excerpt from his website: Friday, November 30 marked the end of what will forever be remembered as the longest and most courageous battle between one man, a man we all know as the world’s greatest daredevil, and death. Robert Craig “Evel” Knievel died in Clearwater, Florida, finally succumbing after nearly a three-year bout with […]

Rider airbags starting to appear. It’s about time.

3. December 2007

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Here a stunt man takes one for the team, the Dainese team; developers of the Dainese D-Air Racing vest. It’s really looking promising! Tie this to Yamaha’s crotch airbag and scooter wrecks start looking more like a ride on the bouncy castle.

Two wheeled car pooling

3. December 2007

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How do you get 6 grown men to work if you’ve only got a motorcycle? You wouldn’t believe me if I told you. Video quality is kinda crappy, but it gets the point across.

A most expensive way to roast marshmallows

3. December 2007

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So you’re a young kid and want to roast marshmallows but, what do you do when you’ve got more money than sense? Buy an expensive crotch rocket and twist the throttle until something cool happens. Keep watching… it takes about 50 seconds to get to the good stuff.

Rise of the electric – Mitka the electric oddity

1. December 2007

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Vanenbrink is Dutch for “kickassed design” or at least “Out-there design”… don’t believe me check out some of their other projects. Here’s how they describe this little environmental oddity: Mitka: a New Mobility concept for individual transport at short distances. The Mitka is a new environmentally friendly vehicle, which has been developed in a joint […]

Rise of the electric – Japan’s wild EV-X7 and talks of a 2008 product release

1. December 2007

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Our good friend Jo B. wanted to scoop us on some new developments from Japan’s Axle Group. You may remember their electric / magnetic hybrid scooter (above) from back in the day. Looks like a sweeeet electric and I’d love to see it on the road… the question is “will we?”. No word on the […]