Video of the Worlds Largest Bike

post from Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility on 13 September 2008 10:24:44 PM. © Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility

When it comes to choppers, the bigger the better, right? Well I guess Gregory Dunham has the best. He has the World’s Biggest Motorcycle, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. It took Dunham three years to build this 15-foot high, 25-foot-long, 6,500 pound freakbike, and cost him $300,000. But [...]

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El Lutzbo is At it Again

post from The Truth About Cars on 13 September 2008 10:06:29 PM. © The Truth About Cars

At least this time GM’s Car Czar is sticking to PR Supremo Steve Harris’ talking points. Namely, that The General makes some kick ass cars so give us an effing break (and/or $25b worth of federal loans). On the occasion of 9/11, Maximum Bob Lutz (or his designated spin driver) uses the FastLane Blog to [...]

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Gr8 Landing, Wrong Airport

post from The Truth About Cars on 13 September 2008 09:06:31 PM. © The Truth About Cars

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Bailout Watch 42: Fords Mulally Says It Wazzunt
Us

post from The Truth About Cars on 13 September 2008 08:06:36 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Forbes reports that Ford CEO Alan Mulally may be a Detroit “outsider,” but the former Boeing executive sure knows how to toe the Motown party line– especially when it comes to securing $25 - $50b of low-interest federal loans. “Speaking on the CNBC cable television network Friday, Mulally said Ford built and sold the [...]

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When Your Mobile Talks To Traffic Lights, Do You
Feel Envy

post from The Truth About Cars on 13 September 2008 07:06:37 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Researchers at The Institute of Traffic Engineering and Logistics in Kassel, Germany, don’t like induction loops (those things under the pavement that detect how long a car has been waiting for traffic lights to change). They say the loops are expensive, failure-prone and easily damaged. Simplistic, too: they only say how long a car has [...]

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E85 Boondoggle of the Day: EU Cuts Biofuel Goals,
Blocks U.S. Corn juice

post from The Truth About Cars on 13 September 2008 07:06:37 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Foodstock-based, first-gen biofuels are becoming increasingly unpopular. And so the European Union (EU) has cut– er, “modified” biofuel goals. Last year, the EU committed to increasing biofuel transport usage to ten percent by 2020. The International Herald-Tribune reports that the goal has been ratified, but a number of caveats have been [...]

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Biker Vs Biker

post from The Auto Prophet on 13 September 2008 05:43:00 PM. © The Auto Prophet

An amusing contrast. From UrbanGrounds

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What happens when you sell a GTO

This summer I purchased my GTO from a fellow automotive enthusiast. For the sake of this article[...]

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Chrysler In-Car Wi-Fi: A Born Loser

Many of our Best and Brightest questioned Chrysler’s decision to offer Wi-Fi (for passengers) in its vehicles (a.k.a. Autonet). They balked at the stiff cost for same: $499 to install, $29 a month. Tech toy site Gizmodo asked one of its savvy readers to test out ChryCo’s car o’ the future gizmo on their behalf, [...]

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Democrats Propose Gas Stamps. No, Really.

Infowars.com reveals the startling news that the Democrats are considering adding “gas stamps” to the pre-election last minute pork for votes economic stimulus package. “It?s certainly under consideration,? House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told The Hill on Thursday afternoon. ?It would be like food stamps for those people who need help.? We’re [...]

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