Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Ducati Recalls 2008 Desmosedici RR for Tail Guard Fire Hazard
0 comments Posted by car 2011 at 9:16 AMDucati is recalling certain model year 2008 Desmosedici RR motorcycles.
Due to insufficient distance between the tail guard and the exhaust system, the tail guard could overheat.
386 units are affected.
Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.
Gold plated engine
Gold Stroller
Gold-Coated Aquarion Tranforming Figure
Gold Plated Computer Mouse
Gold Plated Ford
Gold Plated Keyboard
Pure Gold pc
Nintendo Wii
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Very serious gamer modified his G25 to become very realistic driving simulator gaming machine.
Open Pod Intake System
Tower Bar
Underbody Panel
Oil Catch Tank
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Lexus GS 450h enters its third model year as still the only hybrid-powered luxury sport sedan in its segment. With its advanced technology, high performance and indulgent luxury, the rear-wheel-drive 2008 GS 450h is the premium model in the GS series.The Lexus GS 450h is not a car, it's a decadent lifestyle. I had it wrong, Lexus drivers aren't bad at all. They're spoiled in a way we all want to be.The GS 450h begins at $56,400 and goes up from there. The hybrid powertrain also enhances performance, but doesn't seem to help much at the pump. I averaged 24 miles per gallon in mixed driving, which is on par with the EPA rating of 22 mpg in the city and 24 mpg on the highway. Naturally, this thoroughbred requires premium fuel. 
Racing in Australia, with the emphasis on Velocette…more photos from bygone times...
0 comments Posted by car 2011 at 3:10 AMAbout a year back I did the blog with some Australian racing Velocette photos...time for some more.
I try to keep records of the pics I've used during this blog, but occasionally I duplicate one...sorry for that, but then they are generally worth a second look....
Acknowledgment to a variety of sources for these photographs...Graham Roberts, Keith Militch, unknown folk, Morton Motorcycle Media Group.
Left click on images to enlarge...
Stanley Woods during his Australian tour late 1936 to early 1937, with two works Dog Kennel SOHC Velos...a 350 and a 500. The 350 is still in OZ, the 500 ended up back in the UK.
Stanley with wife Mildred and the "loaner" car coutesy of Lord Nuffield, likely in South Australia 1936.
Diminutive Sid Willis, Aussie 250 ace in the late 1940s,early 1950s, always had the use of ex factory racing engines, which he used to good effect. Pictured on the start line at the Little River circuit in Victoria.
Sid Willis's 250 DOHC racer, pictured outside his house in 1952, likely before he left for Europe where he finished 5th in IOM 25o TT , after getting a swinging arm from from Doug Beasley to replace the rigid frame as pictured which caused Sid some problems on the cobblestone circuits of Europe.
Bathurst early 1937, Stanley Woods is pictured with some Australian racers and members of the Bathurst Council, surveying where the soon to be built Mt.Panorama road race circuit would be.
Bathurst Easter 1940, the finish of the Junior Australian TT....after 100 miles of close racing, Dave Jenkins, Mk.7 KTT Velo, just defeats Jimmy Madsen 350cc Excelsior Manxman.
Tasmania in the 1980s, the late David Ride finds the ex Sid Willis post war 250cc DOHC Velo engine. Sid had this finally as a 74mm bore and 58mm stroke. In poor condition... it was restored and fitted into a metisse frame.
Don Bain, 350 KTT Velo, after winning the 1932 Australian Junior GP on the Old Vale Circuit ( pre Mt.Panorama) at Bathurst.
Eastern Creek circuit, Sydney, October 2005, Malcolm Sullivan speaks with the late Allen Burt, wheelchair, with Malcolm's nice 250 MOV racer in front.
December 1936, outside Lou Borgelt's Velo shop in Adelaide...the two Stanley Woods factory Velocette racers.
1954, Mt.Druitt circuit, west of Sydney, during the first 24 hour production race held. Ron Kessing, overalls with his MSS Velo, L to R...Don Wilson, Allen Burt, Bobby Brown.
Les Diener with his 250 MOV racer, likely in the late 1940s.