Wow, this commercial just screams the late 70’s! You gotta love the music…
Oh, and if you’re wondering who the H is Erin Gray? She was Wilma in Buck Rogers and the 25th Century and Kate in Silver Spoons. I guess you’d only know those shows if you grew up in the 80’s…
Buck Rogers and the 25th Century
Silver Spoons
As I was perusing my news reader the other day I came across this list on another site and I enjoyed it, so I thought it would fun to share with you guys. I take no credit for the compilation and commentary of this list (the author is Gracie Murano on Oddee.com). Just consider me the vessel of delivery.
That being said, if you know of some other kooky, concept-type motorcycles: share with the group!
Predator motorcycle
Are you a tough guy that likes intimidating people just by passing close to them along the highway? Then, this awesome and scary skull-covered design is just the right one for you! The Predator motorcycle was made as a commission, by Pitstop Motors, a custom bike shop in New Jersey. (Link)
Jaguar concept bike
This cool Jaguar “leaper” cat logo concept bike was created by Barend Massow Hemmes of Massow Concept Cycles along with Polar cycles of Doncaster UK. Professional computer illustrators and even a sculptor contributed to get this truly unique final result. (Link)
Biggest rideable motorcycle
Do good things come in small packages? Not in this case! This massive motorcycle was built by Greg Dunham and is 6,500 pound heavy, 15 feet tall and 20 feet long. The huge design has entered the Guinness World Records, as the world’s tallest rideable motorcycle. It took 3 years to have it finished and its price is $300,000.
Suzuki Biplane concept motorcycle
This futuristic Biplane concept motorcycle was presented in 2007 by Suzuki in Tokyo. Due to the awesome aircraft-inspired design the rider is supposed to have the same feeling as being in an open-canopied biplane. (Link)
Biggest single cylinder motor on a motorcycle
This outrageous motorcycle was built by Franz Langer, a retired German engineer who had his name written in the Guinness Book of Records for building the biggest single cylinder motor on a motorcycle. (Link)
Flying motorcycle
If you are a thrill seeker, you will love this one! A flying bike called the Super Sky Cycle, created by former test pilot Larry Neal of Boyd. This original machine can go as fast as 70 mph in the air and 60 mph on the road. The price? About $ 25,000! (Link)
Fighter jet motorcycle
This oddity is actually an Honda Goldwing motorcycle that has been modified to look like a mini F15 Fighter Jet! Who would have thought?
Uno cycle
Wait a minute… isn’t one of the wheels supposed to be in front of the other? Not when we talk about The Uno. This orange and grey colored machine made its first appearance in the 2008 NationalMotorcycle Show in Toronto. It was invented by 18-year-old Ben J. Poss Gulak, who also gave the unique motorcycle certain interesting features, like running on electricity and being controlled by body language. (Link)
This one’s really a collection piece. The First Motorcycle was created in 1885 in Stuttgart, Germany. It was designed and built by the German inventors Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach. The invention was also the first petroleum-powered vehicle. (Link)
OCC's electric motorcycle
Take a look at The Smart Chopper, an awesome electric motorcycle presented a few months ago by Siemens. It is charged in 5 hours when plugged into any 110-volt socket but this could be reduced to even one hour when plugged into a higher-voltage station, according to Siemens.The Smart Chopper has a countrywide tour scheduled for next year, in order to promote sustainable and green technology. (Link)
Marshall's shoe motorcycle
Now, this is an original one! The orange shoe motorcycle was spotted by Dale Murray around Chicago downtown. The unusual machine was promoting a shoe sale at Marshalls. (Link)
Rat Fink "cartoon" motorcycle
Are you the kind of person that wants all the attention on you? Well, you would love a ride on this one! This crazy cartoon-inspired motorcycle took part in a Motorcycle Rally. The event, that gathers motorcycle enthusiasts from around the world, presents the weirdest of motorbike designs once a year in Sturgis, South Dakota. (Link)
I’ve been pretty down in the dumps lately. We’ve had a ridiculous amount of rain in our area of the country for the month of June (and even heavier rainfall for the first two days of July). It’s left me to do very little riding this month and with all around feeling of ennui.
Finding inspiring things to post about has been downright impossible when all I want to do is sack out on the sofa and watch crime shows all day long. Then it occurred to me. Cake. Cake would make me happy.
With recent television shows like Ace of Cakes and Cake Boss, the mainstream populace has been exposed to the possibilities of incredibly designed and executed confectionery delights. And it’s shows like this that make everyone realize they don’t have to settle on a boring sheet cake with over-sugary flowers to mark a special occasion. More and more people are feeling the creativity when it comes to their birthday | wedding | groom’s cakes.
I recently found some awesome example of cake artistry when I came across these Star Trek cakes and this Nightmare Before Christmas cake, which got me wondering if I could find some good examples of motorcycle cakes.
And so I say, these cakes give a new meaning to “Eat my dust!” (**groan**)
These are only a few photos of some really fun motorcycle themed cakes. Do you have an example of a cool motorcycle themed cake? Share with the rest of the class!
Dammit Jim! I’m a doctor, not a biker!
William Shatner has had a major resurgence in the past few years thanks to those great Priceline commercials and a good run on Boston Legal. But, of course, with a reboot of the Star Trek franchise in theaters this week, die hards will always remember him lovingly as the OG Captain Kirk.
Here is a great story where The Shat reminiscences about his younger days joy riding on his neighbor’s “borrowed” motorcycle.
We’re hunkering down here, waiting for a whammy of a snowstorm due to come in this afternoon in the Boston area. I went to work this morning but the office was a bit sluggish (our holiday party was last night) and knowing that a storm ready to dump 8-12″ of snow on us a lot of people stayed home.
So, I thought I would take my gift of “free time” to kind of slow down and catch up with my bloggy life. I do have a few little bits and nuggets of news to share.
This is hardly new news but the winners of the Harley-Davidson Bikes, Camera, Action! video contest were announced earlier this week. I have to give these ladies credit for taking the time to make these great videos. I think a video contest is a lot to ask of the general public and these ladies rose to the occasion. Congrats to them!
Here are the top three:
Her Need for Speed
Girls Night Out
Here Come the Bride
In additional Harley-Davidson news, it’s been announced that registration for the 2009 Women’s Experience ride in Daytona is now open. The second annual MDA ride will take place on March 3rd and only the first 500 women to register will be eligible to take part in the event. Last year they raised $60K from the event. Here’s hoping they beat that amount this year since it’s for such a good cause.
Here’s a bit of Sons of Anarchy news from writer, producer Kurt Sutter’s blog SutterInk:
“Based on final ratings, FX’s critically acclaimed freshman drama series Sons of Anarchy has proven itself to be a worthy successor to the network’s award-winning drama series The Shield, which completed its historic seven season run last month.
With the Live +7 ratings factored in from Nielsen Media Research on a multi-telecast basis, Sons of Anarchy delivered a weekly average audience of 5.83 million total viewers (jumping 16% vs. the Live numbers) and 3.9 million Adults 18-49 (up 18% vs. the Live numbers), the highest ratings of any new series on FX since the network’s hit series Rescue Me, which debuted in 2004. On a first-run basis the series averaged 2.6 million total viewers and 1.75 million Adults 18-49.
For calendar-year 2008 on a first-run basis, Sons significantly surpassed new and returning basic cable shows on delivery of Adults 18-49 including Saving Grace (1.59 million), Battlestar Galactica (1.58 million), Eureka (1.42 million), Raising the Bar (1.37 million), The Cleaner (1.11 million), Mad Men (879,000) and Breaking Bad (821,000).
Sons of Anarchy showed incredible consistency on a week-to-week basis and actually saw audience growth over the final two episodes, hitting its peak with the season finale (episode 13), which delivered 3 million total viewers on its first run. The second-to-last episode (episode 12) delivered the most Adults 18-49 (2.04 million) in the series entire run. The series premiered on 9/3/08 to 2.87 million total viewers and 1.73 million Adults 18-49.
FX has picked up a second season of Sons of Anarchy, slated to begin in Spring 09.” Not too shabby! There’s also another interesting post going back a few weeks about the new defunct HBO project 1% that got HBO in all that legal hot water with the notorious Sonny Barger.
Recently I’ve joined the collective of microbloggers and have been tweeting away! If you’re on Twitter, aspire to get on Twitter to see what it’s all about, you can find me @rippinkitten. A bunch of my fellow blogger tweeps are there as well as some new friends. Come say hi!
I know that we all read a ton of motorcycle blogs of different form and fashion but I’d like to take a minute to plug a new blog written by my friend: ArtBiker World: Art, Bikes, Bikers, Culture. I’ve known ArtBiker, aka Matt Linton, for over 10 years when he used to live here in Boston. He now resides in Houston, TX with his family and is one dude who lives and breathes motorcycles and the biker culture. Oh yeah, and he’s one hell of a photographer, too. His blog went live only a few short months ago and it is a great read. Go show him some love!
Now I’m going to make some hot chocolate and watch those flakes start to fall.
This Dodge commercial is an oldie, but a goodie!
While this isn’t necessarily “motorcycle” specific, it involves two great tastes that taste great together: beer and swearing.
While I do not condone drinking and riding (or drinking while riding)-there is nothing like a really cold beer after a LONG day of riding in hot summer weather.
Swearing, on the other hand, is an activity to be enjoyed on your motorcycle, off of your motorcycle, in the shower, while eating breakfast…
[*grin*]
This is a commercial for Bud Light that just won an Emmy, despite the fact that it has never been aired on television. It has been viewed over 12 million times and won the Emmy for Outstanding Commercial.
My favorite line: “Will the owner of a white station wagon please go f*ck yourself.”
People love the Geico Cavemen. The commercials were fun and quirky and always featured good music.
Their popularity parlayed itself into the creation of a great marketing site ( http://cavemanscrib.com ) where you can tour the Caveman’s home (as well as flip through his photo album, watch the videos on his cell phone and many other easter eggs). It’s a great place to waste some time if you’re bored!
But like all good things, it appeared that people were getting a little sick of the Cavemen and gravitating to the cute lil gecko instead (did you see the picture of the gecko pinned on the dart board in the Party Out of Bounds section?).
Despite the failed attempt at their own tv show “Caveman’s Cribs” (which aired on ABC last fall to dismal reviews and viewers), the Geico Cavemen have recently made a fierce comeback in a new commercial for Geico’s motorcycle insurance.
I’ve been posting videos for video Tuesday for over a year now (I know, I even surprised myself!).
One of the first videos I posted was from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. It was the scene after “Tequila” and the Big Shoe Dance and Pee Wee finally won all of the bikers over. Also to my surprise, in this past year I’ve never posted the actual “Tequila” scene. Until now!
Some people love Pee Wee, some hate him–I still love him!
This was brought to my attention by someone who emailed me. I did a little research online about it and this was the best article I found.
Bikers Bare All, for a Good Cause
article by Olivia Wiznitzer
source:Forward.com
Ken Shapiro has two loves: animals and motorcycles. His new calendar, “Kitty Porn,” combines both. The Maryland native, who founded the Jewish motorcycle group Semites on Bikes, was so disturbed by the actions of Michael Vick — the NFL quarterback who was sentenced to 23 months in prison for his involvement in a dog-fighting ring — that he felt he had to take action, albeit it in a rather unusual way.
Ken Shapiro- as he appears in the calendar “Kitty Porn.”
Shapiro rounded up 11 brave volunteers from Semites on Bikes to pose in “Kitty Porn,” which will be used to raise money for the cat house of the Humane Society of Baltimore County, an animal shelter. The calendar features male models who pose nude on bikes, with cats strategically placed for the sake of modesty.
Inspired by the films “The Full Monty” and “Calendar Girls,” Shapiro, a retired kindergarten teacher, was determined to turn comedy into reality. “I thought it would sell,” Shapiro said. “The club itself has 70 members, so then with friends, family members, I figured we might sell a hundred of them, and that was low.”
They’ve presold 100 calendars so far, and Shapiro anticipates selling 1,000.
At first, Shapiro specifically wanted to help dogs. He approached Tom Dudley, who is a member of Semites on Bikes and also the president of the humane society’s board, only to find that it was not dogs that are in need of help but rather cats, which are currently situated in deplorable living conditions at the shelter.
Warming to the idea, Shapiro recruited his volunteers, all of whom are male. He requested that each man send him a picture of himself that fulfilled three specific criteria: They had to incorporate a bike and a cat, and pose nude.
“Kitty Porn,” which costs $22.95 (RK: this includes shipping-I think), contains everything from a man who “looks like Adonis” posing in the woods to a 74-year-old male who posing in front of his fireplace, holding up the wheel of his bike.
The amateur nature of the photographs adds to the appeal, Shapiro said. “These aren’t models — it’s a grass-roots effort.” (From another article) Despite the “out of shape” disclaimer, Shapiro, 55, looks pretty fit.
“One of the guys actually spent six months working out, tanning,” Shapiro said. “When he took his shot, he went out in the woods or something. He had his girlfriend him spray him with PAM. It’s the only shot that looks like it doesn’t belong there. It looks like the cover of Blueboy magazine or Playgirl.”
But that guy, Mr. July, and Shapiro, Mr. January, seem to be exceptions.
“Wait till you see August,” Shapiro said. “We have one guy who’s 389 pounds.”
The response has been overwhelmingly positive. From collegiate cat-lovers to a man who would like a copy of the calendar in time for his wife’s birthday, Shapiro has been flooded with e-mails.
Shapiro maintains that it’s simple, really: “Send us lots of money so we can rebuild the cat house!”
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If you’re interested in buying a calendar to help the kittehs you can send an email to sobikes@verizon.net to pre-order your calendar today. Proceeds go to the Humane Society of Baltimore.
The goal of the Cat House Project is to raise $30,000 to provide new, safer, and more spacious living quarters for the shelter cats while they await adoption. If you want to donate directly call 410-833-8848, ext. 202, or mail a check to the Humane Society of Baltimore County, Attn: Cat House Project.