She was told to meet at his parent's house.When she arrived,he had stationed his brother to sit her on the back of a CRV with some headphones on.Instead,there was the world's first Live Lip-Dub Proposal.
Whole time I was thinking where the heck they rehearse this thing.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
When my father asked me what was my goal/dream. I told him that two chicks at the same time. My mother burst out crying next to my father.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Bicycle rear view Camera
This looks okay compared to the itty bitty clip on mirrors that serious cyclists use. All those SUV already have option of having those especially for backing up- reducing the chance of running over tricycle left by kids and all. But with the price tag of $180 USD, I would go for just bunch of mirrors to turn my head.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
SOHC it to me, Baby!
I have seen this panel somewhere but I don't remember where....It is a neat comic panel.
1/4 wars -250cc bikes in the 80's Japan
Have you ever wondered why Japanese company started to make 250cc bunch more in the 80's? Here is the reason.
Around 1980 in Japan, 400cc b
ike
were most popular among youngsters. There are 3 motorcycle license:
small, middle, and unlimited motorcycle license. Small covers up to
125cc and middle is up to 400cc. It was quite hard to obtain unlimited
MC license; majority of them failed over dozen of times and some never
received the license. Needless to say, a lot of them rode 400cc
motorcycles at least till they can pass the unlimited MC test. Smaller
displacement bikes like 250cc class were considered as utility
motorcycles, until Yamaha's RZ250's arrival and started out-performing 400cc class bikes on the street.
There are pretty strict vehicle inspection on over 250cc vehicles. The inspection cost you huge chunk of money (Like over 1000 US dollar worth of Yen just to get it done. If it needs to be fixed, that would be more, needless to say) and as your vehicle gets older, the inspection has to be performed more frequently. So for a
10 years old vehicle, you have to cough up extra money for the
inspection every year, making it cheaper to buy brand new vehicle
sometimes...Yep, keeping old vehicle is luxury in Japan. Or
unpractical... whichever you prefer to call it. That might be one of
the reasons Japanese automotive industry grew so fast.
So 250cc bikes actually being 249cc, they don't have to go through the inspection. Making it way cheaper to maintain. And if its performance was equivalent of 400cc class and being able to get on highway with it, which one would you choose?
In the way, the RZ 250 was as sensational as CB750 in 60's.
RZ250 forced other Japanese companies to build their own sporty 250cc models. Honda made VT250(4 stroke motor , the Honda thing),
Suzuki put out even more sporty RG250 (it was basically a racer replica) and Kawasaki was little late on the game but kept up by releasing GPz250.
Many of them had some type of cowling, which was not allowed on street models in Japan for some reason, so the manufacturers claimed that they were "meter visors". Haha.
Each model kept adding sporty features, VT250 had the first hydraulic clutch lever and RG even had twin disc brakes on front and its tachometer reading started from 3000rpm, just like a racer.
The whole 250cc war was called quarter boom. And pushed the limit of 250cc models.
Around 1980 in Japan, 400cc b
ike
were most popular among youngsters. There are 3 motorcycle license:
small, middle, and unlimited motorcycle license. Small covers up to
125cc and middle is up to 400cc. It was quite hard to obtain unlimited
MC license; majority of them failed over dozen of times and some never
received the license. Needless to say, a lot of them rode 400cc
motorcycles at least till they can pass the unlimited MC test. Smaller
displacement bikes like 250cc class were considered as utility
motorcycles, until Yamaha's RZ250's arrival and started out-performing 400cc class bikes on the street.There are pretty strict vehicle inspection on over 250cc vehicles. The inspection cost you huge chunk of money (Like over 1000 US dollar worth of Yen just to get it done. If it needs to be fixed, that would be more, needless to say) and as your vehicle gets older, the inspection has to be performed more frequently. So for a
10 years old vehicle, you have to cough up extra money for the
inspection every year, making it cheaper to buy brand new vehicle
sometimes...Yep, keeping old vehicle is luxury in Japan. Or
unpractical... whichever you prefer to call it. That might be one of
the reasons Japanese automotive industry grew so fast.So 250cc bikes actually being 249cc, they don't have to go through the inspection. Making it way cheaper to maintain. And if its performance was equivalent of 400cc class and being able to get on highway with it, which one would you choose?
In the way, the RZ 250 was as sensational as CB750 in 60's.
RZ250 forced other Japanese companies to build their own sporty 250cc models. Honda made VT250(4 stroke motor , the Honda thing),
Suzuki put out even more sporty RG250 (it was basically a racer replica) and Kawasaki was little late on the game but kept up by releasing GPz250.
Many of them had some type of cowling, which was not allowed on street models in Japan for some reason, so the manufacturers claimed that they were "meter visors". Haha.
Each model kept adding sporty features, VT250 had the first hydraulic clutch lever and RG even had twin disc brakes on front and its tachometer reading started from 3000rpm, just like a racer.
The whole 250cc war was called quarter boom. And pushed the limit of 250cc models.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Manx Norton
Norton
Manx was developed to win Isle of Man TT by Norton racing team engineer
Joe Craig. And described as one of the most effective racing
motorcycles of all time. It was produced from1946 to 53 with long stroke
and till 63 with short stroke.The most notable part of this bike was the frame which was developed in 1950, called Featherbed frame , giving the Manx a significant competitive advantage through a
low
center of gravity and short wheelbase that was perfectly suited the
challenging island TT course. The all-welded, tubular featherbed frame
was light and trim, without the usual forgings that added unnecessary
weight. The bike's top speed was 150mph and cranked 50bhp @ 7,200 rpm.While I was in school, I was making bikes out of clay and one of my class mates asked me to make him a piece with Norton Manx, which was his favorite bike of all the time. So, I sculpted him like he was braking down cyborg and sculpted the bike nice and neat, put the title,"Beautiful Machine Lives Forever" Like the bike is gonna outlast him. I put a lot of time to the piece and after the semester was over( I was graded on it) , I gave that to him with the cost. The scale is about 1/12, glazes on bike and acrylic paint on the figure and the base.
BMW M5 - "Bullet" - High Performance Art
The world's fastest sedan recreates super slow-motion bullet footage on a much grander scale.
Not into cars but I thought this was neat
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Caturday
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| An optician shop in Amsterdam. I don't know why they got Harley displayed... |
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| Smile! |
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| Mom, I brought some friends for dinner! |
Friday, June 22, 2012
1986 Honda V Formula 500 Cup - Honda VF500
1986 Honda V Formula 500 Cup
This was a new race series to try and promote the 'sporty' pedigree of the new 70bhp Honda VF500F road bike.
Regulations were very strict with very little in the way of modifications allowed to change the bikes other than a Motad exhaust.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
The Art of Michael Ulman
Michael Ulman, a found objects sculptor from outside Boston.
A hot rod made from a mail box.
Ulman's creations have moving parts.
Via Core77
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