Bikes in the Fast Lane: Marlon Brando On Motorcycle Photo To Fetch $20 Million plus 2 more

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• Marlon Brando On Motorcycle Photo To Fetch $20 Million
• Video: No Hands Needed
• China: They Call This A Police Motorcycle Patrol? It Is A Parade!

Marlon Brando On Motorcycle Photo To Fetch $20 Million Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:00 AM PDT These are incredible amounts of money. Amounts that are in the stratosphere, beyond comprehension. We're talking about a silkscreen photo of actor Marlon Brando sitting on a motorcycle for the movie The Wild One. This photo is going up for auction in November at Christie's, and is expected to fetch $20 MILLION. $20,000,000??? For a photo that has been reproduced a million times.... Fine, the photo was made by Andy Warhol, and the photo is of Marlon Brando, and yes, there's a motorcycle involved. But still... that is a lot of money for a photo that you can download from the internet and print out for free. ...

Video: No Hands Needed Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT Total squid, but not the kind we're used to seeing. Here's a guy who obviously thinks that riding a motorcycle requires no hands, and sitting on a motorcycle like most sensible riders is for pussies. He prefers sitting on the bike the "amazon" way. It is pretty amazing though when you watch the video. He just sits astride on the motorcycle, not holding the handlebars, while gesturing at the car making the video. Amazing, but crazy... ...

China: They Call This A Police Motorcycle Patrol? It Is A Parade! Posted: 05 Sep 2012 11:00 PM PDT I know they have a lot of people in China, with more bodies than what they know what to do with, but calling this a "police patrol" is even too much for China. In my humble experience a police patrol on motorcycle is a maximum of 2 guys... this is a parade. ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Patent: Interchangeable Motorcycle Helmet Shell plus 2 more

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• Patent: Interchangeable Motorcycle Helmet Shell
• France: Use Smartphone To Get Motorcycle Taxi
• Syria: You Will Want To Ride REAL Careful With This

Patent: Interchangeable Motorcycle Helmet Shell Posted: 05 Sep 2012 09:00 AM PDT For those of you who want to color-match your helmet with your clothes or motorcycle, fear not. Help is on the way....Kirk and Matthew Chung have deposited a patent for helmets that can accommodate different color shells. This means by simply removing the out layer, you can change shells depending on you mood and/or clothes. ...

France: Use Smartphone To Get Motorcycle Taxi Posted: 05 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT It used to be that in the good old days in Paris, you could flag down a taxi by just holding up your hand in the street. But that was a long time ago, and nowadays you need to reserve taxis by using complicated phone-in procedures, or for the more modern companies, a dedicated web service. Even motorcycle taxis don't escape this process. But the smartphone app Uber is changing this. Available for iPhone and Android devices, you can not only reserve a motorcycle taxi (and normal car taxis) in Paris, but also pay for it using the app. So you don't need to bring your money with you to pay the cab........ ..........Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Syria: You Will Want To Ride REAL Careful With This Posted: 04 Sep 2012 11:00 PM PDT As if riding motorcycles isn't dangerous enough on its own. Now these two ride a motorcycle, without ATGATT (but who cares about ATGATT when you are carrying explosives)... ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: Suzuki Rotary Engine Motorcycle plus 2 more

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• Video: Suzuki Rotary Engine Motorcycle
• Dutch Government Against Mandatory Roadworthiness Test
• India: Milk Delivery, The Old Fashion Way - Rain, Snow or Sleet

Video: Suzuki Rotary Engine Motorcycle Posted: 04 Sep 2012 09:00 AM PDT The rotary (or better known as Wankel) engine used by Suzuki for their new motorcycle was short lived. A different type of engine could have been a blessing to many people in 1974, but the new motorcycle engine never took. Despite that, they managed to run a TV commercial back in 1975. Not exactly an advertisement that will get people to flock to buy the bike... ...

Dutch Government Against Mandatory Roadworthiness Test Posted: 04 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT This is a very good sign. The European politicians are planning to make an annual technical roadworthiness inspection for motorcycles mandatory somewhere in the near future. Every motorcycle lobby group is totally against this, but now one government has pronounced against it, that of the Dutch government. The Dutch government has sent out a letter saying that they are against the proposed new law. According to them "The Netherlands is against the expansion of mandatory technical inspections for 2 or 3 wheeled vehicles, resulting in an enormous increase of administration and roadside inspections, since the expected positive effects on road safety and the environment can not be offset by the administrative efforts by its citizens and enterprises.".... ...

India: Milk Delivery, The Old Fashion Way - Rain, Snow or Sleet Posted: 03 Sep 2012 11:00 PM PDT Old fashion milk delivery... not matter what the weather is, and on a motorcycle. How cool is that? ...

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Bikes in the Fast Lane: Italy: Speed Camera Kidnapped and Ransomed - Hilarious plus 2 more

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• Italy: Speed Camera Kidnapped and Ransomed - Hilarious
• Time For Another Motorcycle Riding Superhero - Moto Doom
• The Netherlands: 1%er May No Longer Be Allowed To Escort Funerals

Italy: Speed Camera Kidnapped and Ransomed - Hilarious Posted: 03 Sep 2012 09:00 AM PDT This is so weird & wonderful it got to be true. Last week in Italy, a group calling itself Comitato No Velox (which is Italian for No Speed Camera Committee) has decided that enough is enough, and went out and kidnapped a speed camera. They penetrated a police storage facility and took the speed camera, valued at US$25,000, but to make matters worse (or better, depending on your point of view), sent a ransom note to the police. The ransom note, in true kidnapper style, was made out of letters cut from newspapers. The note said "RETURN THE MONEY"....... Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Time For Another Motorcycle Riding Superhero - Moto Doom Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT We don't really get that many motorcycle riding superheros do we? Yes, granted, there are a couple of good guys who occasionally ride a motorcycle (Captain America springs to mind, or even Batman). But no full fledged biker out to fight crime, and end up in a bar fight or two. That might change, it'll depend on you. Moto Doom is a Kickstarter project, in other words, a crowd-funding project, where Russell Walters is looking for a reasonably small amount of money that will allow him to finish his first cartoon: Moto Doom Vol.1: Satan Rides a Seven Fifty Fastback....... Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

The Netherlands: 1%er May No Longer Be Allowed To Escort Funerals Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:00 PM PDT Talk about double standards. Some parts of the Dutch political parties, in this case the socialist PVDA, want to make illegal the escorting of funerals of 1%er by 1%ers. In other words, when one of their own 1%er gang dies, the other members would not be allowed to escort the deceased to their funeral (if the law is passed, which isn't the case ... yet). The reason cited by the politicians is that the funeral procession has got nothing to do with honoring a fallen comrade but more "flying the flag", or "showing the colors". ...

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