With the surge in popularity of electric bicycles it’s interesting to note that they were first invented in the 19th century, a number of patents were filed around the same time with this one by H. W. Libbey being the closet approximation to the set up electric bicycles have today.
The Volkswagen Type 2, more commonly known as the “Kombi Van”, was first introduced by VW in 1950. The Type 1, better known as the “Beetle” was used as the chassis with some essential strengthening taking place to support the additional weight, the original prototypes had horrifically bad aerodynamics (0.75 DC) and so the Germans set about revising the design in the wind tunnel at the Technical University of Braunschweig.
When it comes to motorcycle art, there seems to be a chasm between the good and the retina scarringly bad. This is a great specimen of motorcycle art done right, it’s a
This is Print Nº011 by Gianmarco Magnani, a Peruvian artist who works under the moniker Silence Television.
The fire-breathing 6 cylinder Honda RC166 GP Racer was a revelation in it’s day, hell it’d probably still wipe floor with most modes bikes if it was ridden properly.
The B-17 Boeing Flying Fortress was notorious amongst the German Luftwaffe during the second world war, it’s ability to withstand staggering levels of damage and stay airborne still circulate over 70 years later.
This beautiful, historical infographic-of-sorts was designed by NASA in 1967 to give the general public a better idea of what the Apollo 11 mission was actually going to do, from lift off to lunar landing to splash down in the Pacific.
Some say that the T-Shirt is the uniform of the 21st Century billionaire, they may be right, but it’s also the uniform of me so I’m always on the look out for unique, low volume designs to add to my overflowing collection.
A close look at the cutaway section of this BMW 320 Turbo will reveal an almost aerospace sized turbo charger, tucked in under the exhaust headers on the right side of the engine. The engine itself was developed by McLaren, yes that McLaren, in 1978.
Moto art is, more often than not, terrible. I’m speaking in broad strokes here and mostly about the mass-produced pictures of plastic women draped across unrideable chrome choppers.
I think it’s interesting to see people experimenting with the fundamental shape of helmet design, generally speaking all helmets are semi-circular with some variation on a neck and face opening, you never see square or trapezoid helmets (and for very good reason).
Considering the staggering popularity of the Honda CB750 as a platform for custom motorcycle builders, I thought perhaps it would be a good idea to post this great cutaway drawing of the CB750’s engine.
