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Bull or Bear? Take your pic. We also have a limited Grey version.

Some more photos of the Kiska designed KTM 125 Stunt and 125 R concept bikes which were shown last year in Milan.

Slightly creepy, but nicely done. Via Behance.net.

Amatoya is a concept reconnaissance and suppression vehicle that gives us a new approach to fire-fighting. This highly advanced and specialized light tanker functions primarily as a reconnaissance vehicle and offers unmatched vehicle and crew safety/survivability. It promises to be the best front line defense during the scene of an emergency.

The thing is 6 Meters Long!

the story behind it here..

A real highlight for me each year at the Munich ISPO is always the Spacejunk exhibition.

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Munich Ispo was as hectic as usual, so many brands and products on display, I tend to get fairly jaded quite quickly as I walk around. It takes a lot to stand out nowdays but there was some really cool stuff as always hidden amongst the noise. You could tell a lot of companies were playing it safer than usual with the quantity of products and the amount of really new stuff. Most was just variations of old products, styles and whatnot and there was little in the way of innovation.

Overall though, there is perhaps no better place than Munich Ispo to see whats what in the world of skiing and snowboarding design and I found the trip really rewarding.

I have about 2 gig of photos, so below is a selection of the ones which stood out as I went through them. Might post some more later this week too.

Lib tech make skis now with the same magnatraction edge as the snowboard I have. Would love to try them out.

More photos below..

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Cairoli, the reigning MX1 World Champion and the latest recruit to the Red Bull Factory Racing squad rode the ground-breaking bike to victory in the first two of three finals and was third in the last race for a clear overall victory. “It was a fantastic start for me and I enjoyed riding the 350 bike. Today I wanted to do some tests to see how it went at the start and everything went well for me. I’m happy with the bike and the results today and its always a terrific atmosphere here at Mantova,” Cairoli said.

The results were a great start to the 2010 racing activity for KTM and the factory riders following the official factory team launch and presentation of the new KTM 350 SX-F bike at a reception on Saturday in Mantova. The latest Orange racer features an all new chassis and frame and a pro lever linkage system for increased controllability and has been developed by the KTM R&D department in close consultation with Stefan Everts, with the design done by Kiska.

KTM teammate Shaun Simpson, who missed much of last year because of injury, made a triumphant start to the season on board the latest KTM 250 SX-F, by being well up with the bigger 450 machines in the race format which combines both MX1 and MX2.

Marvin Musquin, KTM’s MX2 world champion moved up the ranks as the day progressed to finish behind teammate Simpson in second place on the final podium.

Thanks to YannB for the photos

The BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept powertrain provides a top speed limited electronically to 155 mph, 100 km/h in 4.8 seconds. Engine output of 163 hp with peak torque of 214 lb-ft. Average fuel consumption in the EU test cycle is 3.76 liters/100 kilometers, equal to 62.6 mpg. BMW plans to get “M” (Motorsport) performance out of the plug-in hybrid system which works together with a 3-cyl turbo-diesel engine able to charge the battery as you drive.

I guess it wont come cheap but it sounds impressive and it looks wicked. Not sure how well the battery will hold up in the cold either if my cellphone when skiing is anything to go by!

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A colleague of mine at kiska found this car a few years ago and after a small photoshoot we got to talking about it’s history.

Despite looking like a wreck, this is one of the most desired classic 911’s amongst collectors because it’s a ‘72 2.4S, which was the only year with the oil filler cap on the right rear quarter panel.
The story behind it’s demise and rediscovery is a bit of a mystery. In 1976 it was put in a barn with only 48k KM on it. It was left there until 1986 at which point it was moved outside. Soon after this a tree fell on it and crushed it. My colleague found the car in Milan in 2008 in a terrible state along with the passport of this mysterious girl still in the glove box. The girl who owned it was only 18 when she got it and nobody knows what happened to her or why she hid the car away in the garage.

-273 proudly presents, in collaboration with our friends at evilspeculator.com, the outrageous concept Tee depicting the Evil Speculator riding the Black Swan.

More punk than Sid Vicious, most sizes are flying out the door pretty fast, so get em here while you can.

High quality American Apparel T, front, sleeve and back prints.