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Stop Tailgaters

British inventor Colin Furze has come up with the ultimate way to stop tailgaters…fire!

Furze turned an innocent looking scooter into a flame-shooting monster. Alas, he’s be forbidden from firing off the flames on public roads. We can’t imagine why.

“It’s a hell of a lot of fun and when I fire the flames it makes me feel like James Bond,” Furze tells the Daily Mirror. “I’ll only use it off-road though. I’d get in a lot of trouble otherwise. I’ve been told that if I fire the flames while riding on the road, it’s equivalent to using a firearm.”

Hydrogen Bike

Innovation isn’t always pretty, as two Pennsylvania college kids have shown with a homemade hydrogen-fuel-cell motorcycle that is ugly and slow but still pretty cool.

Alex Bell and Andres Pacheco, a pair of engineering majors at Swarthmore College, told us they spent two years and about $10,000 cobbling the Frankenbike together for a class project examining the viability of hydrogen-powered transportation.

What they came up with lacks the sex appeal of, say, the hydrogen-fuel-cell Suzuki Crosscage concept, and it’s about as powerful as an electric bicycle. But that doesn’t make it any less impressive.

Bell and Pacheco stripped the guts out of a junked Buell Cyclone and installed a Ballard polymer exchange membrane fuel cell that provides juice to an AC induction motor. The motor produces a whopping 1.6 horsepower and the bike tops out at 20 mph. They concede the motor is woefully underpowered, particularly given that the bike weighs 400 pounds, but they consider the bike a stepping stone.

Organic Bike of Future

Motorcycle called C-Org, which you see in the picture, is an invention of Michael Smolyanova. Naturally, the technology, which the author intends to use in its construction, will be realized not soon, but you can dream. The frame, suspension and steering will be grown from organic substances, followed by implantation of these fasteners. Then all the elements of organics will be processed in a special solution of fluoride, which would give them incredible strength at a very low weight. Interestingly of course, but in the near future these concepts in mass production, we obviously do not see.

Breaking News. Polaris Buys Indian Motorcycle Limited.

To read the full article, go to: http://www.cyrilhuzeblog.com/2011/04/19/breaking-news-polaris-buys-indian-motorcycle-limited/

Tickets will be sold at the Digby Farmers Market on Saturday 9 am till 3 pm...at the Heritage Center.

Some of the Bikes at the 2011 Toronto Intern. Bike Show

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Marine Tribute Bike

Owner: Larry Tremblay
Name Of Bike: Marine Tribute Bike
Home: Newburgh, NY
Builder: RPM Custom Chopper
Year: 2006
Time To Build: Four Months
Powercoater: Powder Tech of NY
Painter: Justin Barnes of JB Grafix
Color: Black
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Paul Jr. Designs

After ten years in the steel business and ten years building custom motorcycles, Paul is taking all he has learned and applying it to his new company, Paul Jr. Designs.

"I've never felt so inspired. Paul Jr. Designs gives me an opportunity to take my creativity to a whole new level. This new company will be the most challenging, but by far the most rewarding."

In 2010, after taking some time off, Paul Jr. will be returning to his "first love", building custom choppers for Paul Jr. Designs.

Check out his stuff at www.pauljrdesings.com

Exile Cycles

What has Russel Mitchel been doing since his last Canadian visit? Well, He has been pushing his new "Harley Add on Parts" and stretching the boundaries of parts apparel. He also got married! Rachel and he tied the knot in Thailand after a years engagement. Here is a HD Crossbones done up the Russel way! Check him out at www.exilecycles.com or his new facebook page.