Honda CL 360 - 'Willow' - Pipeburn - Purveyors of Classic Motorcycles, Cafe Racers & Custom motorbikes “So why did you name the bike Willow?” This is the first question we asked Troy Helmick, the builder of this amazing bike. “Willow trees are strong but fluid” he replied. Very zen, sensei Helmick. Troy is a retired photographer who now runs an Alpaca farm in West Virginia. “The natural tendency that I have is to lean toward the organic side of things. “The build took me just over a year to finish. “The velocity stacks were hand built by “Cannuck plumber” who resides in British Columbia. “A close friend walked me through building a fiberglass tank. “The wheels received a lot of work, then were drilled for vents and brass screens. “The coils are Chevy LUV coils fired by a pair of CB750 condensers. I built my own throttle, brake, and clutch cables. “After a year of building, I’m sure that there are many, many details that I have forgotten, and I apologize for that. You can check out the full evolution of ‘Willow’ on the Zen Cafe Master site: DotheTon.com.
Badass of the Week: Anthony Omari Anthony Omari Late on the night of January 23, 2012, a 24 year-old Kenyan uber-hero named Anthony Omari awoke to find three gigantic dudes with machetes standing over his bed. He knew right away that they weren't there to sell Girl Scout cookies or ask him for a jumping mid-air high-five. Omari is the custodian of Faraja Children's Home in Ngong, Kenya – a sanctuary of healing and love that over the past several years has grown from a tin-roofed one-room shack in the slums of Nairobi into a decent-sized facility that has taken in 37 boys and girls who have been abandoned or orphaned from the street. A place of hope and peace for children who have tragically slipped through the cracks of Kenyan society. A Kenyan machete, also known as a panga. The last time Anthony Omari had encountered this gang of home invading douchebags, he'd had the advantage of surprise. The gang had seen enough. The next night they came back looking for revenge. The thugs didn't know what the hell hit them. Links:
Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived - The Oatmeal - Pale Moon Additional notes from the author: If you want to learn more about Tesla, I highly recommend reading Tesla: Man Out of Time Also, this Badass of the week by Ben Thompson is what originally inspired me to write a comic about Tesla. Ben's also got a book out which is packed full of awesome. There's an old movie from the 80s on Netflix Instant Queue right now about Tesla: The Secret of Nikola Tesla. It's corny and full of bad acting, but it paints a fairly accurate depiction of his life. The drunk history of Tesla is quite awesome, too.
‘It’s Great to Be Alive!’ Vintage Safety Manual Favourited 1383 times My husband has one or two of these manual. They weren’t instructive but sure scared the bejesus out of you! Vodka Makes The Perfect Cocktail, But What Else Can It Do? 16 weird and wonderful uses for vodka... and a few drink recipes. At a recent cocktail party, I was surprised to find people favoring brandy and bourbon drinks over vodka drinks. It surprised me because vodka has always seemed to me to be the go-to choice for a good drink. Maybe a Martini, a vodka tonic, a Cosmo, or even a Black Russian, all delicious drinks. I’m a vodka fan, personally. And even though vodka seems to have fallen out of favor over the last few years as a perfect cocktail mixer, I still think the Martini is one of the best cocktails ever invented. With vodka out of favor at the local bar, I started to wonder how else vodka might earn its keep, and found out something pretty interesting. Vodka is versatile . Vodka has many uses. 16. 15. 14. 13. 12. 11. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. And the number one, weirdest use for vodka I can come up with is - drum roll please - using it to make a screwdriver... but hey, that’s just me. Or give The Grape Escape Martini at try. digg
Top 10 Games You Never Played I have a confession to make: I haven't played every game ever made. I also seriously doubt I shall ever accomplish such a task, but I can safely say that my tastes generally skew a little from the norm. As such, the following is a list of my ten favorite games that I seriously feel too few people have played. 10. Let's start things off with a bangin' rhythm game. 9. Shin Megami Tensei is a strange series to start with, but few entries achieve the level of oddity that courses through the Digital Devil Saga games. Advertisement 8. Few beat'em ups so brilliantly convey the simple, visceral thrill of ripping through enemies with a seven-foot sword as well as Sword of the Berserk did. 7. Now, I understand why few people played this game. 6. I rarely finish games the day I get them.
Forever alone whale. Concerned owl is concerned. The most offensive picture ever. New cure for asthma sufferers. Bropunzel... Words. Babe caught me sleeping. Katamari Hack Abandoned Disney, Part 1 "QUANTUM SHOT" #726Link - article by Avi Abrams Abandoned Discovery Island & Other Fantastic Sites of Imagination As part of our Abandoned Places series, we featured many old amusement parks and former playgrounds that acquired that special haunting and quaint quality of decay through years of closure or sheer neglect. (all photos courtesy Nomeus, the founder of Flurbex "The Home Of Florida's Urban Explorers") Our guest today is Nomeus, veteran urban explorer and expert on abandoned places in Florida, the founder of Flurbex "The Home Of Florida's Urban Explorers" site. Abandoned Discovery Island, 1974-1999 Located in the middle of Bay Lake, this island is off-limits to park visitors today (it was closed back in 1999, with the introduction of Animal Kingdom). Before Disney purchased the island in 1965, it was originally called Raz Island, then Isles Bay Island, then Riles Island (while used as a hunting retreat) and finally renamed Blackbeard's Island by Disney. (images credit: Shane Perez)