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…Camera cars are crazy?

Camera Cars

Take a car (or truck, or motorcycle, or Hummer, or R/C car, or whatever), paint it matte black (to reduce glare), add in aftermarket performance upgrades, elaborate electronics, exotic materials, and gyro-stabilizers, and what do you get?

Camera cars, that’s what.

Oobject has put together a list of 12 of the coolest movie industry camera cars to date, including those from Pursuit Systems, AP Cam Cars, Go Stunts and more, and it’s a must see if you’d enjoy a look behind the scenes of some of your favorite on screen automotive moments.

[OObject - 12 Movie Industry Camera Cars]

[Via: Gizmodo]

…Ronnie Renner can fly?

Red Bull Experiment

What’s the highest you can jump a motorcycle out of a quarter pipe?

Ronnie Renner and the Red Bull Experiment decided to find out, and on July 11, in front of thousands of fans on the Santa Monica pier, he sailed some 59’2” trough the air and upside down to set a new world record:

[Red Bull Experiment]

…It’s Tuner Tuesday: The Uno?

The Uno

The Uno is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.

By using gyroscope technology similar to the Segway, it balances on two wheels that sit right next to each other. The Uno goes forward when you push your body weight forward, and backwards when you push your body weight backward. The further you lean, the more the Uno tilts, and the faster it accelerates.

Apparently it’s so simple to operate that there are no controls except for an on-off switch. The gyro tells the ECU how much to accelerate automatically, and the proper amount of power is delivered to the wheels through electric motors, one for each wheel.

The body and frame are both custom designed, with a Yamaha R1 serving as the starting point. After prepping the frame, the molding took just six weeks to complete.

And if that’s not enough for you, then keep in mind that the entire thing was designed by Ben J. Poss Gulak, an 18-year-old who taught himself CAD on a home computer using Google’s free SketchUp tool to create the initial idea.

Could this be the future of motorcycle design?

[The Uno]

[Via: Motorcycle Mojo Magazine]

…Robbie Maddison is a Crusty Demon?

Crusty Demons

At the Crusty Demons Night of World Records, six new records were set, including Robbie Maddison setting the longest distance ever jumped on a motorcycle record with 351 feet.

To put that in perspective, he hit the ramp at over 100 mph, and rose more than 70 feet in the air before heading back towards Earth.

Other records broken include the longest backflip ramp to ramp by Cameron Sinclair at 129 feet, 7 inches, the longest mini bike distance jump by Brent Brady at 104 feet 7 inches, the longest distance jump ramp to ramp by a quad by John Guetter at 176 feet 11 inches, the most swords swallowed by Chayne Hultgren at 17, and the heaviest weight lifted while swallowing a sword by Cheyne again at 20.1kg.

It must have been quite a night!

[Crusty Demons]

[Via: Autoblog]

…The TriRod is one mean tricycle?

TriRod

The TriRod is a “three-wheeled straddle-mount motorcycle with two wheels in front and one in the back”.

Want the thrill of a motorcycle without the danger of dying?

This is it.

The F3 Adrenaline features carbon fiber bodywork, a 120 cubic inch Harley-Davidson V-Twin (120 horsepower), unequal length A-Arm front suspension, power steering, and a large helping of street cred.

Want your own?

Reserve one now for a Q2 2008 release.

[TriRod]

[Via: Autoblog]

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