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Post Listing Update: This BMW was pulled off of eBay, final sale price unknown. The BMW R69S, produced from 1960 to 1969, was BMW’s sportbike of its day. With 42 horsepower, it was by far the…
These cute Volkspods mini bikes are made from original Volkswagen Beetle parts.
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Nikon FM2 . AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D . Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400
A classic MGB is a portal to a bygone age of sepia-tinted simplicity. But a 300bhp tuned MGB that’ll do 0-62mph in 4.5-seconds? That’s barmy!
1991年SUZUKIとWATERと二社の社名からSW−１と名づけられたモーターバイクが生まれた。テクノロジーが進化することによってデザインは過去にも未来にもヒントを得る自由を得たと語っていたことを思い出した。 またそういう思想の延長にあるのが、オランダ製のレトロなデザインの電動モペッド「モーターマン」レトロなデザインの電動モペッド「モーターマン」が、ヨーロッパで人気を呼んでいる。 オランダ人デザイナー、ロナルド・メイスは、空気を汚さない電動モペッド「モーターマン」をつくった。ファッショナブルかつ環境にやさしい通勤の足として人気を呼んでいる。装備面でも、iPhoneの充電器、死角検知システム、あるいは自律走行モードといったものは一切ない。 優れたインダストリアル・デザインだ。モーターマンのデザインは、太いバルーンタイヤ、フレームから吊り下げられた「ガソリンタンク」、大きめのヘッドライト、スプリング付きの革サドルなどを特徴としている。 米国の20世紀の初め頃の「ボードトラック・レーサー」からデザインのヒントを得ている。デザインは、ハーレーやインディアンのようなクラシック・モーターサイクルに似ていながら、同時にきわめてシンプル。 2kWの電気モーター、UIはスピードメーターと、2つのボタンだけだ。1つはライト、もう1つはホーンを操作する。充電用のプラグも、目立ちにくいようにタンクの下にある。 「燃料タンク」には、リチウムポリマー充電池で航続距離は約70km、最高速度は45km/hで、充電に要する時間は6時間。 http://wired.jp/2015/03/20/meijs-motorman/#!/galleryimage_1
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Cyclecars, or velomobiles, have always fascinated me. No matter how much you like cycling, there's still something magical about the enclosed, womb-like car. A velomobile seems to have the best of both worlds. Also, if you live in a muddy place in a cold and wet climate, you become obsessed with the idea of remaing self propelled without becoming unbelievably dirty. Incredibly, a book has been written to cater to even this interest, Folkhemmets farkoster - Om Cykelbilen Fantom och andra fräsiga hembyggen. It is beautifully written and illustrated. The author, Claes Johansson, even builds the cyclecar "Fantom" himself. In Sweden during WWII times were good compared to almost anywhere else in Europe, but still no joke. All cars were forcibly " borrowed" for the war effort. So people built their own. On the top here is Johansson's modern build of a model called "Fantom". As many as 100 000 plans for this velomobile may have been sold in Scandinavia during thirty years in print. Above is the extremely unfortunately named "Pedobilen". While the Fantom was made of plywood built around a steel tube frame, the Pedobil was built more like a canoe, with wood and canvas. Below is an excerpt of the plans for Fantom. This swedish fad for velomobiles in the war years are what prompted danish CG Rasmussen to start making his modern-day version, the Leitra. All pictures in this post taken from "Folkhemmets farkoster", Byggförlaget. Update: You can still order the plans for Fantom here. In other words they have been in print for 65 years! The drawings do not seem to have changed since WWII. But you can also get the plans for free along with the book mentioned above. Update II: Let me make clear, since this is one of the most popular posts here, that the "Fantom"-plans are extremely rudimentary. And the end result will be a very heavy vehicle. To me it seems the least expensive route to a velomobile is ordering the Alligt Alleweder kit from Dutch Speed Bicycles, or build something around plans at Atomic Zombie. Update III: Well, the plans mentioned in Update I can no longer be ordered as of april 2011. A photograph of some of the plans can be found at Forum Brian. The text on this page states that while maybe 100 000 plans were sold, they were very vague and in the end people had to interpret them in different ways, leading to wildly different approaches and results.
Kids' bikes have always imitated the vehicles of adulthood. In the fifties it was airplanes, due to the excitement of "the jet age". Also, b...
Each of us also has a childhood, hope these found pictures will remind us some old memories. (Photos from Steve Given)
1. Comic Strip Artists Drawing Blindfolded, 1947 In 1947 Life Magazine asked some famous comic strip artists to to draw their famous characters while wearing a blindfold. Found on A Hole in the Head 2. A Miniature Leonardo Da Vinci Pop Up Book See more from this t
1. For those with an appreciation for Striped Awnings A little booklet from 1923, found on the Internet Archive. 2. The 1956 Inter 175A Berline Micro Car The Inter was designed and built by an aircraft company. The French engineers at S.N.C.A.N. (Societe Nationale de Construction AeroNautique) had applied all they knew from plane design…
