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Month: August 2015

Armoured Moto Shirt by Speed and Strength

Ben Branch August 31, 2015
  • American
  • Clothing
  • Gear
  • Safety

The concept of the armored motorcycle shirt was almost unheard of just a few short years ago, but the introduction of easily acquirable Kevlar…

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Going Faster: The Skip Barber Racing School

Ben Branch August 30, 2015
  • American
  • Films
  • Racing

The Skip Barber Racing School is almost certainly the most famous advanced driving school in the world, this is largely thanks to their approachable…

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BMW Poster Series by Manual Designs

Ben Branch August 29, 2015
  • Art
  • BMW
  • Cars
  • Retro

Manual Designs is a boutique automotive poster company run by Christopher Holewski, each of the pieces is created from a stencil created by Holewski…

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For Sale: The Maserati Boomerang

Ben Branch August 28, 2015
  • Cars
  • Concept
  • Design
  • Italian
  • Vintage

The Maserati Boomerang is undoubtably one of the most important concept cars of the 20th century, it’s revolutionary wedge shape would go on to…

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Bizzarrini Strada

Ben Branch August 27, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Italian
  • Luxury
  • Vintage

Giotto Bizzarrini is an engineer and test driver that many have never heard of, and I suspect that Bizzarrini himself prefers it this way….

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The Art Of Michael Kagan

Ben Branch August 27, 2015
  • American
  • Art
  • NASA
  • Space

Michael Kagan is an artist with a unique style that tends to appeal to people who are otherwise not particularly interested in art, especially…

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Kawasaki W650 Superrench by Angry Lane

Ben Branch August 26, 2015
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Kawasaki
  • Motorcycles

Angry Lane is a custom motorcycle workshop and apparel label based out of Hong Kong, surprisingly there are very few custom bike builders in…

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Flatbush Motorcycle Jacket

Ben Branch August 26, 2015
  • Clothing
  • Gear
  • Jackets
  • Safety
  • Style

The Flatbush Vintage Jacket is one of the new 2015 offerings from REV’IT!, the Dutch motorcycle apparel manufacturer that supplies gear to everyone from…

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Dobbertin’s Nova

Ben Branch August 25, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Engineering
  • Vintage

Many of us grew up in an era when car magazines ruled the four-wheeled world, a time when the word “digital” was only used to…

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The Mission Briefcase

Ben Branch August 25, 2015
  • American
  • Bags
  • Gear

The Mission Briefcase by Rugged Material is a bag developed to be an extensible as possible for people who need an executive briefcase to…

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The Thorogood Dodgeville Boot

Ben Branch August 24, 2015
  • American
  • Boots
  • Gear
  • Style

The Thorogood Dodgeville Boot is made by hand in Marshfield, Wisconsin using techniques honed from 123 years of experience. The upper portion of the…

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Camp Century: The City Under Ice

Ben Branch August 23, 2015
  • American
  • Films
  • Military

Project Iceworm was a secret Cold War operation to create subterranean nuclear missile launch sites under the Greenland ice sheet – within close striking…

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