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Video Intermission – McLean Monocycle

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Kerry McLean has made a name for himself with a series of Monocycles – including a 5hp model built to learn on and his piece de resistance, a monocycle with a V-8 stuffed inside of it. Here’s a summary: Segment007 from Ripley’s Believe It or Not! on Vimeo. And here’s a video of an unfortunate crash that happened over a …

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Auction Preview – Mecum Las Vegas

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Just one post today, but it’s a big one. Mecum’s biggest auction of the year is coming up in two weeks, and I already know several of you will be going there. (Maybe you want to drop a comment if you’ll be there and meet up with other readers?) There’s going to be a shit-ton of bikes (my unit of …

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Video Intermission – Not Strong Enough

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If you’re looking to kill several hours over the next few days of the holiday season, you might want to check out the Youtube channel of Rnickeymouse, who’s made a name for himself by capturing video of lots of riders eating it on Edwards Corner, the last turn of “the Snake”. While he has a bunch of videos, I wanted …

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Video Intermission – Lucky Accident

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The Snake is a famous section of Mulholland Highway that’s been a mecca for Southern California motorcyclists for years. In the past, I’ve spent some time talking about Paul Herold, the man behind Rock Store Photos, but now I’m going to share the footage from another guy up at Edwards Corner – many of you know him as Rnickeymouse on …

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100 Motorcycle Collection For Sale

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The last time I featured a collection, you (rightfully) gave me crap about the lack of quality offered. Hopefully this collection will be more to your standards? The listing says that over 100 bikes are available, though only 46 are listed out and it’s unclear in what condition these bikes are in. Still, it looks like the seller is willing …

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Video Intermission – When Lane Splitting Goes Wrong

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If you don’t like seeing a motorcycle crash, turn away now. You can probably guess what happens: Ouch. Personally, I think that while it doesn’t look like the car uses its turn signals, the rider was splitting too fast for condition. Plus, he’s in Georgia (where lane splitting isn’t allowed). Do you agree? Or do you think it’s the car’s …

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Mecum Austin 2014 Auction Preview

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Mecum is closing out its 2014 vehicle auctions in Austin this weekend, which means I went through the list to see if there were any interesting motorcycles. Considering the big daddy of motorcycle auctions is coming up in Vegas in a month, you might expect the answer would be no. And you’d be right.

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Video Intermission – Horse Cop

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Here’s a situation where one horsepower ends up being enough to stop many more. After a rider pulls a wheelie in London, he gets an amusing verbal warning from a policeman who doesn’t fall for the riders shitty excuse, and then asks him to keep the GoPro on so the warning can be shared with others: Originally seen on Road …

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Video Intermission – The Y2K Turbine Motorcycle

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I’ve always been intrigued by this bike since discovering it on Jay Leno’s Garage. Mat Oxley calls it “an exercise in technological masturbation” and “not a complete motorcycle”. Once you listen to the Rolls Royce helicopter engine spool up, you probably won’t care: