Norton Motorcycles Back Under British Ownership
One of the world’s most famous motorcycle brands is back under British ownership. English businessman Stuart Garner plans reviving Norton after buying rights to the name from an American company [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 14:03:34
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Honda CBR1000RR Voted most Loved Bike
Honda Motor Co., the legend of popular magazines kingdom ... of Britain's favorite motorcycle, a motorcycle driver's favorite British magazine "S annual" Power ... use the award. She, as well as motorcycles News" sports bike shootout liter, the amount [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 06:47:57
Summer Schedule Summary
Thanks to Jennifer Goodwin from E!Online for this excellent summary of Summer Schedule Premieres: 2008 Jo in Camp Lejeune, N.C ... to his friends in a motorcycle gang. (Awesome!) Alison in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada ... in September on HBO is True Blood, from Alan Ball. It will be fodder for my favorite part of this job: Watch [more...]
Date: 2008-05-27 19:21:06
125mph Electric Motorcycle
125mph Electric Motorcycle posted by Toni M. in: News Racing Meets/Events Special Engineering ... and designed and built by British engineers for world’s first Emissions-free Grand Prix for motorbikes ... most modern day motorcycles a run for their money in real world riding conditions. The TTX01 runs [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 13:07:05
"Triumph Motor Rebuilding"
Triumph Motor Rebuilding Published by Cyril Huze October 26th, 2008 in Builders, Engines and Movies ... . If you are rebuilding a 650 or 750 cc Triumph motor (helpful too for rebuilding a 500 cc), a 4-hour DVD is available teaching you step by step how to do it correctly. Your teacher will be British motorcycle expert [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 14:12:42
DEARDEN BLOWN VINCENT UPDATE
The supercharged ex-Reg Dearden Vincent Black Lightning was sold at Bonham's Stafford auction for £221,500 ($383,400) ... ), the machine set a new record for a British motorcycle at auction, but didn't reach the heights hoped ... note that the mid-priced and modestly priced motorcycles sold very well at this auction, indicating [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 20:14:52
Triumph Motorcycles names McRae AOR, North America
NEWNAN, GA: Triumph Motorcycles, a British manufacturer, hired McRae as its North American AOR. The firm will assist with creating a communications program, including media outreach to lifestyle [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 18:32:39
THE KAWASAKI W650
The Kawasaki W650 is a different kind of retro bike, a standard easy to mistake at first glance for a late 1960's Triumph Bonneville ... not to compare the W650 to the vintage British motorcycles it resembles, as well [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 13:54:00
North Goa (Days 33-35)
Spent my last weekend in North Goa. Such a beautiful place - I wish I had more time to spend there ... (the weather was, but that’s another story). In fact, the tourists I encountered were 50+ year old British ... to have the third highest number of motorcycles deaths a year in Thailand. I do admit that I got a bit [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 15:19:48
Vespa hater
British journo Jeremy Clarkson hates motorcycles, and the Vespa GTV Navy 125 is no exception. Even as a well-known scooter fan, I have to agree with pretty much everything he says. [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 16:51:23
Running a self hosted Wordpress Blog…
Running a self hosted Wordpress Blog... photo I reckon is a bit like owning a British motorcycle (well, one of the older models anyway)! Going under the hood to tinker is driven firstly [more...]
Date: 2008-07-16 09:08:46
Star performances mark start of Commonwealth Youth Games
The third Commonwealth Youth Games began with a gamut of colours, ... from few countries. While Cameroon saw a contingent of two members, British Virgin Islands had come ... -up acts on motorcycles, followed up by some acrobatic display by Mewar horses. Indian Olympic [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 03:46:26
Honda Stands by British BNP Motocross Champion
Honda motorcycles has announced that they are standing by the UK’s reigning Motocross MX1champion, Billy Mackenzie, whose name was released to the media on the ‘BNP list’ this past week [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 10:45:27
A done deal
Daytime Running Lights are back on the agenda. No one particularly wants them. The British government was opposed to them, the cyclist and motorcycle groups are emphatically against them. Furthermore, the safety benefits are equivocal. Until LED lights are perfected [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 01:01:00
Arabs on Harley Davidson, the burqa molibile and car modesty...trends that move and moving trends
Big hug and a kiss to the Myrtus readers who sent in the following articles: ... Arabia is the perfect place to ride. The wide roads are fantastic for motorcycles, smooth and well ... on your chador. Burkamobile British car Insurance company for women offers tips on modesty. [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 16:58:26
James Cargo Services
James Cargo Services Slough, Berkshire ~ Courier & ... team to take care of this. More recently we have opened our motorcycle shipping, motorbike shipping ... :- * International Air Transport Association (IATA) * British Institute of Freight Forwarders [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 09:13:55
4th BNP Annual Conference
The 4th Annual BNP Conference was held in Blackpool on 14th, 15th and 16th November ... of ritually slaughtered meat, allowing motorcycles access to bus lanes, stricter enforcement of foreign ... , have British insurance and pay British tax and MOTs.Most motions were carried forward as policies [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 13:55:00
Jeremy Clarkson on scooters
British journalist, Top Gear host, and well-known motorcycle-hater Jeremy Clarkson got a lot of stick last week when he was sighted riding a Vespa ... they imagine that having a small motorcycle will be cheap. It isn’t. Sure, the 125cc Vespa I tried ... trousers (£100), shoes (£130), a pair of Kevlar gloves (£90), a coffin (£1,000), a headstone (£750 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 16:13:06
British citizens recruited for US ARMY?
I'm a big motorcycle race fan, as such I go to several web sites for my news and updates. Since 'Motorbike' (as you Euro's like to call it) racing is WAY more popular in Europe than the US, a few sites I visit for this info are based in Great Britain and while I was on this site: MCN Motorcycle News UK | MCN I noticed the big [more...]
Date: 2008-07-14 05:20:05
Scrapheap Challenge motorcycles pit electricity against gasoline
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels, UK We love the British show Scrapheap Challenge ... difficult: no parts originally used on a motorcycle may be used on the scrap-bikes. This made ... and nimble with an electric motor and lead-acid batteries. The other team chose to use the engine [more...]
Date: 2008-05-15 22:07:16
MOTORCYCLE BEDDING
motorcycle bedding comforter bed in a bag sets SEE MORE STYLES HERE! ... motorcycle, an Indian 500, some kind of Italian Lancia scooter and a British Triumph T-110 in addition ... Summer may be over and the temperatures cooling down, but motorcycle bedding is warming [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 16:22:57
Belstaff, Audi, Clooney & Pitt Team Up for Darfur
Filed under: Wheels, Charity Luxe British outerwear company Belstaff, founded in 1924 and known for their distinctive motorcycle jackets, is teaming up with Audi to produce a one-off SUV to benefit [more...]
Date: 2008-08-30 09:02:00
The Fonz Goes Hybrid in British Tour
Aaay “The Fonz” has left his leather jacket and bad boy motorcycle to rest in piece in the past as he’s touring schools across the U.K. in a Lexus RX 400h, in support of the Government’s 2008 [more...]
Date: 2008-07-02 19:51:00
Saturday Run
I woke up to a morning without professional obligations ... arrived co-worker) for a run along the river.With the help of Toro (motorcycle driver, guide, friend ... hung in the air, a pleasant result of the nearby British American Tobacco plant. [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 06:54:00
Call Of Duty 3 $19.99 (amazon.com)
Call of Duty 3 delivers the intensity of World War II combat closer than ever ... with four ordinary Allied soldiers -- American, British, Canadian and Polish -- as they're thrust onto ... -occupancy vehicles like tanks, jeeps & motorcycles [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 23:02:24
The Quick 10: 10 Beetle Bits
On this day five years ago, the last of the old-style VW Beetles rolled off of the assembly line ... , including ski lifts, small airplanes, air compressors, water pump-powerers and motorcycles. 10. The factory at Wolfsburg, Germany, was supposed to be given over to the British after WWII. No British car [more...]
Date: 2008-07-30 20:06:55
Freedom Machines
We desire freedom, that is to say, we dream for every human being the right and the means of doing whatever pleases him, ... , 1883Batty and Steve were the first schoolmates of mine to ride motorcycles. Steve bought a red Kawasaki ... pushing his Commando down the road a few times. "Fucking British shit," he would mutter. "How [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 19:18:00
Steve McQueen The Essence Of Cool WS PDTV XviD-W4F
This article has been published at RLSLOG.net - visit our site for full content ... and passion for cars and motorcycles as well as general lifestyle make him the coolest person to ever exist. Capped from British channel ITV4, W4F has pre’d this must-see documentary with an in-depth [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 13:34:17
Eastern Creek Raceway proposal revealed
The first preliminary details surrounding the expansion of the Eastern Creek race circuit in Sydney have emerged. [ ... of both car and motorcycles, optimising its future potential in attracting major international events ... This proposal is the work of British-based Apex Circuit Design Ltd, a company responsible for the planned [more...]
Date: 2008-08-07 11:04:37
Naro and CLEVER - City Car Concepts
The British company Prodrive envisioned a new concept for a vehicle with an enclosed body and the width of a motorcycle ... to drive through traffic congestions much in the same way as a motorcycle. The two passengers sit ... has completed a first prototype and is conducting road-tests during 2006. Another enclosed motorcycle [more...]
Date: 2008-05-15 18:45:26
Logo #281: Judas Priest
Designed by Roslav Szaybo for Judas Priest's 1980 "British Steel" LP. Livin' after midnight? Rockin' 'til the dawn? Lovin' 'til the morning? ... songs here and there. Motorcycles, spikes and studs - so to speak - notwithstanding, of course [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 11:30:00
eBay Find of the Day: 1952 Ariel Square Four wooden racer
Filed under: Time Warp, Sports/GTs, Auction Action, Motorcycles Click above for more shots of the custom Ariel-powered wooden car We bet that most ... , though, when the British company was a pioneer in new and exciting technologies, innovating where others [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 20:58:00
Help The Economy, Buy Canadian This Christmas
If you like to shop online for Christmas, one of the best things you can do to support the Canadian economy is to seek out independent Canadian ... - detailing products for cars, trucks, motorcycles, to protect your investment, remove dirt from clearcoats ... a variety of gift items. Murchies Tea and Coffee - owned and operated in British Columbia [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 18:44:14
Here Comes G4's Hurl!
It appears that reality TV is out of ideas. From that slapper Rebecca Loos masturbating a pig on British TV, ... the other day. Wait a minute, gamy burnt-out vagina resembling retread on the side of the freeway ... jumping a motorcycle over a shit load of real buses, but with some inspired camera work coupled [more...]
Date: 2008-06-20 04:38:42
Take Action: Blocking out Borneo’s loggers
Source: guardian.co.uk November 20th 2008 Unggai Ak Gumeh is in charge of the village of Kampung Klauh in Sarawak, ... been here since before there was even a Malaysia, and before the British. It was August 24 2004 ... . Their activities also left our roads cut off, as they banked up earth across them. Even motorcycles couldn’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 18:07:14
Hand Outs Galore
I mentioned last week my belief that Zero Sum economics define Democrats in the most important arena of the political games: the economy ... with government money and failed, they tried to save Triumph motorcycles and failed. The Italian ... the actual playing field..When I was a kid Japanese motorcycles in Italy cost more than Italian bikes which [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 17:16:00
Day-Tripping around Seoul
Here's the story of how my first two days of Seoul-area sightseeing by automobile unfolded.Yesterday, I drove east, to the suburb of Namyangju, where there is a movie studio open to the public. It's actually over a mountain range from Namyangju proper, and a car is the only viable way to get there.I paid 3,000 won to enter; parking is included [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 14:29:00
60 years and the roads are clogged!
India has seen a rapid growth in car population especially after Independence If you stand on high ground and look down to a road, you will see a mass of jelly bean shaped cars – zipping through at some stretches, or crawling bumper to bumper on others. To someone who is a little less initiated in automobiles, all these cars look the same [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 15:57:47
E7^2: Call Sheet Lets Loose Transformers Details
Transformers II: Revenge of the Fallen got another production logo from Michael Bay’s site Shoot For The Edit, ... , there were three wheeled motorcycles, an Ice Cream Truck, Bumblebee (not in Shanghai), Ironhide ... is back.” - The Bethlehem Steel sequence will be the film’s opener, where the Autobots, British SAS [more...]
Date: 2008-06-06 17:18:46
Cables, dispatches and memoranda
A brief world news roundup for 5 November 2008. United States & the Americas Washington Post - Obama Sweeps to Victory, Will Become 44th President NOSI - New York Times Magazine - Stuart Levey’s War; How an unassuming Treasury under secretary is implementing innovative sanctions on Iran that could finally [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 06:38:45
HARRY BEANHAM'S OUTBACK ABCs
About 10 years ago, I was offered a collection of photographs, totally out of the blue, by a rare books dealer in Australia ... Baron'), suddenly had no market for their flying wares. It was decided that building a motorcycle ... , with features far more advanced than just about any other motorcycle in the world in 1919. The spec [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 00:25:29
How We Lost the War We Won
This is Nir Rosen’s new article on Afghanistan. It relates his trip with the Taliban south of Kabul. It is rather depressing reading but a unique view of the other side — obtained at great personal risk. Barnett Rubin and Ahmed Rashin also have a thought provoking article in the Nov/Dec Foreign Affairs but I don’t have the electrons [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 14:04:03
Forget Sky-high Gas Prices, Biking Beats Them All!
The number one thing on most carowner’s minds these days is the price of oil. “The popularity of bicycles as gasoline prices hit the roof is on a remarkable rise in many US cities,” observes Kenya correspondant, Sam Aola Ooko. “During the week of 3 June to 9 June,” writes Sam, “in San Fransisco, the price for a gallon of regular is now US$ 4 [more...]
Date: 2008-06-13 12:59:37
Michelle Palmer and Vince Acors ‘Sex on a Beach’ Fiasco in Dubai (Photos)
A British couple were sentenced to three months in prison for having sex on a Dubai beach ... Watches (Photos)Joe Wurzelbacher aka Joe the Plumber Speaks Out After Debate (Video)Melanie Brown's ... BirthCelebrity Divorces (Photos)Desperate Housewives Star Gale Harold Seriously Injured in Motorcycle [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 12:06:26
Take the Test
Though British-based campaign is for the benefit of bicyclists, the same mentality can be applied to motorcyclists. A similar campaign, albeit with much more dramatic effect, has been created specifically for motorcycles by Australia’s government. Obviously these campaigns are made to keep motorists aware [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 18:06:12
Bits and Pieces 7-29
I agree with Megan, we will not do away with some sort of program to provision for the poor. As McQ pounds over and over, we don’t want the government controlling health care. So what to do? I think she is on the right path. Bonus: a nice fair minded analysis from Brad Delong, and even better, a great quote from Adam Smith! [more...]
Date: 2008-07-29 18:27:35
Trident’s 200mph 100mpg Iceni biodiesel sports car nears production
September 2, 2008 British manufacturer Trident Performance Vehicles has produced a remarkable set of figures to go with its new Iceni two-seater ... , and very exclusive... Tags: Diesel, Trident Related Articles: Maserati GranTurismo breaks cover ... runs on diesel or homemade biodiesel Bio-diesel powered motorcycle eclipses 100mpg New York’ [more...]
Date: 2008-09-02 14:19:31
Morgan announces centenary celebrations for 2009
Small-scale British sports car manufacturer Morgan will celebrate its centenary next year with a number of planned events, ... of the Morgan family. The company’s inaugural car, which went on sale in 1909, featured just three wheels so that it could be classified as a motorcycle and avoid Britain’s tax on cars. Morgan Aeromax [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 13:32:00
Of Taylor Swift and Twilight
***Spoiler Alert: I will talk about things that happen in all four novels by Stephenie Meyer (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn)*** There has been a question which has been bothering me for a few weeks: what do “Love Song” by Taylor Swift and the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer have in common? [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 04:37:29
Reign of Fire
Pajiba's Overappreciated Gems London's Burning With Boredom Now Reign of Fire / TK Gentle readers, we are gathered here today because a crime has been committed. A crime that has affected us all, a crime of epic proportions that cost millions of dollars and cheated you out of hours of your life, [more...]
Date: 2008-06-12 18:31:32
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