SC reprieve for sale of TVS Flame

TVS Motor Company Ltd has successfully thwarted rival Bajaj Auto's attempt to stay the sale of its contentious 125 CC motorcycle 'Flame' in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Off-duty deputy injured in East Freeway ramp crash

An off-duty Harris County sheriff's deputy was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital after his motorcycle struck a curb on an entrance ramp on the East Freeway early today.

The people's car coming to India

After years of secret preparation, the world's cheapest car will be unveiled in Delhi this week - delighting millions of Indians as much as it is horrifying environmentalists.

At 100,000 rupees (£1,290), the People's Car, designed and manufactured by Tata, is being marketed as a safer way of travelling for those who until now have had to transport their families balanced on the back of their motorbikes.

Honda set to go retro in '09 with CB1100F?

Filed under: Time Warp, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Motorcycles

Click the pic above for more high-res images.

Retro is fast becoming an accepted design theme industry-wide with vehicles such as the New Beetle, Mini Cooper and Fiat 500 shining as examples of the genre. The same can be said of motorcycles, with such designs as the Ducati SportClassic range as well as half of Triumph's line acting as flag-bearers. Harley could be grouped into that category as well, although they've never really changed since... well, the beginning of time. Anyway, Honda is considering capitalizing on the market trend with a new design inspired by the ground-breaking CB's of the 1970's. When it was first introduced, the CB750 turned the motorcycle world upside-down and went a long way towards making the sporty English bikes of the day obsolete overnight. As an odd turn of events, though, the CB1100F seen above would be anything but revolutionary in the sporting bike game today, considering that the air-cooled engine, skinny "right-side-up" fork and dual shocks are carry-over pieces from the original design. Of course, that's why it looks retro and why many people would likely run to their nearest Honda dealership to place their orders.

Gallery: Honda CB1100F

[Source: Motorcycle Daily]

 

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Terror threats cancel Dakar rally

The Dakar Rally, the epic motorcycle, car and truck race across the Sahara desert, was canceled Friday by organizers citing "direct" threats of terrorism from al-Qaida-linked militants.

Ok, here I am again...Sales, day 1

As usual, on the first day of sales here in Milan it's like a run against time...People running round and round, and so before my head crashed, this morning I decided to visit Balenciaga shop first.
I can remember these bags:
Almost every model in dark green (pine?) and light blue (ocean?) FW07
Twiggy pale magenta
Black weekender
Almost every model in Ivory and White
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BAG I'VE EVER SEEN: A chocolate(or brown, can't recognize the color...) crocodile city:love:
Then matelasses, first in every color (FW07) and some green and pink from SS08, nas I said in another post
GGH red city
GGH ivory (?) or some light color, city and an other model I don't know the name,it is a "new entry"
And on sale: Big Violet matelasse, and two non motorcycles styles bags...really nice, whith a chain...
Sorry, can't remember nothing more, but here Bbags are not common, people don't know them, so you can find many models and colors and hardwares here!!! Just try to phone!!! Or to visit, if you come in Milan!!!:yahoo:
Bye
Vida
P.S. The bag I wanted to buy on Diabro is no more available...sigh...(IVORY FIRST)-300€ than in shop...I'll be waiting...

LEGO Indiana Jones Set Collection Whips Us Into a Frenzy [Lego]

Just when I was looking for the
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LEGO Millennium Falcon, I got sidetracked by another Harrison
Ford minifig, this time with a fedora and a whip: these LEGO
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as massive as the 5,195 pieces of the Falcon, but all together
they are begging for some silly playing and block whipping. The
four sets cover all the (good) movies:

There are five models, from Raiders and Last Crusade, each with their own charm:

• The Indiana Jones and the Lost Tomb set shows the Well of Souls complete with the Ark of the Covenant. Sadly, there's no Marion or Sallah or snakes. Asps. Very dangerous. You go first. For $19.99 you can't ask for more.

• Race for the Stolen Treasure includes the car and truck from Raider's road chase. Also a low price, and not a lot of complexity: $29.99.

• Temple Escape is the best one of the lot and sightly more complex. $59.99 to reproduce the gold idol temple from the beginning of Raiders, even with a mini-Alfred Molina. While all the rest are available now, the Temple will ship in February.

• Indiana Jones Motorcycle Chase gives you all the elements to reproduce the joust in the Last Crusade. And even while it's the cheapest set, at $9.99, the included Henry Jones minifig makes it priceless.

According to our sources, new set will be arriving this year to celebrate the release Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Scrul, the fourth part of the movie (no, we can't wait either.) And if that fails, I will be doing a fifth one called Indiana Jones and the Maze of the Millennium Falcons. [LEGO]