Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ad: Weird - Mademsa - Fruit Motorcycle? plus 3 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ad: Weird - Mademsa - Fruit Motorcycle? plus 3 more

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Ad: Weird - Mademsa - Fruit Motorcycle?

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Mademsa Fruit Biker
#Advertisment - Sometimes I just don't get it. Some advertisement agencies try to be so clever they lost me. Here's one from Chile for Mademsa, a company that makes kitchen appliances and white goods like fridges.

The ad has a "biker" couple and motorcycle made out of vegetables & fruit riding out a freezer. Why a motorcycle? Why fruit in a freezer?

I just don't get it.... is this art?

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France: Single Operator For Electric Fast Charging Stations?

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 05:00 AM PDT

Autolib Charging Station
France flag
#Electric #Charging #France - In a move that is not typical for the current French politicians (in other words, thoughtful and creative), the French government announced last May that they are looking into creating a central and single operator for all electric fast charging stations for electric cars and motorcycles. Currently, like in most other countries where there are electric vehicles, the vehicle manufacturer tends to install charging stations. Since often the standards differ, the charging station will only work for that manufacturer or for those that have adopted their standards.

The most obvious example here in France is the difference between Renault and the PSA group (Peugeot/Citroen). Both have electric cars, both have electric charging stations, but one can not use the other's.

By appointing a single operator that installs and operates electric fast charging stations, all must adhere to that standard. The idea is to have 5,000 stations alongside motorways and secondary roads. But this being France, there are a lot of different opinions and to "cure" that, they are all talking, so it might take a while before we see this happen.

In principle, we are going to go back in time, to when there was a single telecom operator, a single electricity company and single gas company. So I guess once the single fast charging station operator has been in place, they'll break it up.

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Paris: No Parking Tickets Today - Strike In progress

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 03:00 AM PDT

Motorcycle cop ticketing a tank
France flag
#France #Strike #Police - I hate strikes, particularly when they make no sense or are political, but this strike will receive 100% of my (and many others) endorsement. The Parisian police officers are on strike today. As if we really need a reason, they are protesting their status change. It has got to do with a change in their civil service status. Not that it matters, just know that today virtually no tickets will be issued, either for parking or at spot checks.

Most of the 1,920 agents are on strike (but watch out of the few strikebreakers). Daily, they issue 10,000 tickets, so the government better pay attention, since it's an enormous revenue loss.

For me, they are allowed to continue their strike.

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Pharaonic Suzuki Hayabusa - Weird?

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:00 PM PDT

Very Customized Hayabusa
#Suzuki #Hayabusa #Weird - Some people have strange ideas what to do with their precious motorcycles. I'll admit taste is personal thing, one thing of beauty might be one thing of ugliness for anther person.

But transforming a Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle into this Pharaoh based theme is a bit OTT for me.

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