Friday, July 19, 2013

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stories - 19 July 2013 plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stories - 19 July 2013 plus 2 more

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Top Internet Stories - 19 July 2013

Posted: 19 Jul 2013 09:00 AM PDT

Top Weekly Web Article
Things are heating up for the summer; hotter sun, no clouds and fantastic riding weather. But there is also time to read interesting motorcycle related articles on the web. Here are some which have appeared over the last week.

- ViaTerra Fly Camera Tank Bag: Review (Zig Wheels)
- Using A Motorcycle To Start A Fire (Moto Lady)
- Gear Ogio Renegade Rss 17 Backpack (Ride Apart)
- Valentino Rossi questions Sachsenring safety (Autosport.Com)
- My Schuberth C3 Helmet: A Year And 10000 Miles Later (Carla King Motorcycle Misadventures)

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Be.e: A True Ecological & Electrical Scooter

Posted: 19 Jul 2013 05:00 AM PDT

Be.e Plant Scooter
Be.e Plant Scooter
#Ecological #Electrical #Scooter #Be.e - Most people equate an electrical scooter or motorcycle to be ecological, and in a sense they are, but not as much as you would think. Obviously the battery is enormously not ecological, but what do you think about the frame and other body parts?

Dutch design firm Waarmakers have released the first ever truly ecological electric scooter, the Be.e. And the reason it is ecological is because it is made out of plants, flax to be more accurate. Flax is what is used to make linen (amongst others), and using the flax seed, Waarmakers have made a glass-fibre composite frame, but without the glass part. The glass has been substituted by the flax seeds. In other words, the scooter is made out of plants...........

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Russia: Beautifully Crafted Wooden Motorcycle - Art

Posted: 18 Jul 2013 11:00 PM PDT

Steampunk Wooden Motorcycle
Steampunk Wooden Motorcycle
#Wood #Art #Motorcycle - Sometimes people can make really beautiful things, and sometimes they can do that little bit more making an already beautiful object into a form of art. Russian Dmitri Goubenko is one of those people. Look at what he made:

This is a motorcycle made out of mostly wood. It is a real motorcycle, so it works. The frame and engine are obviously not made out of wood, but the rest is, and it is hand carved...........

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