Shocker Chopper

German crew Team Tentakulus, know what a mean man wants. The ultra cool Shocker Chopper bicycle oozes class and a rebel attitude. Perfect for cruising the mean streets, the shocker even has you covered at night time with a funky single headlamp. With a fixed gear drive, the shocker really is built for cruising and, with lines reminiscent of a Harley Davidson cruiser, style.


To check out more products from the Team Tentakulus crew visit www.team-tentakulus.de

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Posted by OR

Paramount Bar - Tom Dixon

Paramount Bar has now been open in London for a year, and is still one of London's coolest bars. Tom Dixon started life as an industrial designer/artist, and has now branched into interior design, and has forged a very successful career for himself.


But don't go thinking that you can just decide to stroll in on a Saturday night, oh no, you will need to apply for membership and be assessed by a panel to decide if you're worthy. Sounds very proper, and should mean that there are no undesireables to ruin your Saturday night.

images swiped from thecoolhunter.net

Posted by Owen Rodgers

Mean doesn't mean bad

This year's SEMA Show served as a launch pad for the Mavizen TTX02 electric motorcycle, a highly anticipated green bike that will test its mettle at the TTXGP race in May of next year. Azhar Hussain, whose name may be familiar as the founder of TTGXP, is the entrepreneur behind this race-bike. It's still a rumor but it looks like the chassis of the TTX02 is based on the KTM RC8 superbike, a solid platform well known for superior handling at high speeds. As a forgone conclusion, this new dynamo should perform quite well.

The Mavizen TTX02 is powered by two Agni 95 electric motors that output a total of 100 peak horsepower. Torque should be absolutely phenomenal. Three lithium-ion battery packs provide all of the juice required. No word on the mileage yet, but it will at least be capable of running the 38 miles of the TTXGP Isle of Man race course.

One of the coolest aspects of this bike is the fact that it is basically a "laptop on wheels" according to Hussain. The dash-mounted computer runs on Linux and has its own static IP address, on-board web server and wireless connectivity. The price for the Mavizen TTX02 should come in around $40,000.

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images swiped from www.sub5zero.com/ and www.asphaltandrubber.com

Posted by BP

BMW K1000RR

Originally codenamed the K46, BMW released photos to the German press this morning of what is now called the S1000RR. Dates for when the bike will be hitting dealer floors is still unknown, though homologation rules give BMW until December. BMW has also said the road version is to have traction control. We think it looks fantastic with subtle touches of German flourish. That said, we’re curious to see how BMW incorporates its trademark offset headlights. No word on heated grips either. (UPDATE: a transcript from BMW’s General Director has been released, stating that only 1000 S1000RR’s will be built by the end of next year.

Words and images swiped from www.bmw-gallery.cn/

Another city bike

Our project, simplicity in inner city bicycling, was at first glance a fun aesthetic opportunity in new trends, color, and materials. Our target lived / worked in an inner city environment with minimal space. Bicycling at this level can be more about fashion and culture than speed and performance.

After the first few brainstorm sessions we knew there where bigger opportunities. The project ended up rethinking what a “frame” meant, getting ride of basic key components, and creating a new type of compact bicycling. Inspired by the first the "hobby horse" from it's simplicity and secondly the cafe race scene. Each is an exercise in stripping something down to its core.

Design by j.ruiter

All words and images swiped from www.jruiter.com

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Punk Chair - Don't mess with it

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the punk chair by Italian manufacturer Green S.R.L. has attitude, style and variety, a combination on 5 solid base colours and 5 translucent back colours means 25 separate looks can be created. Its hard wearing polypropylene and polycarbonate construction will take all that you, the mean man could throw at it, so really this is an ideal chair for various applications.

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"The collaboration between avant-garde jewelry designer Manuel Bozzi and designers Archirivolto for the occasion of the Salone del Mobile in Milan, the Punk Jewelry Chair is a unique fusion of style between architecture and fashion. A limited edition of 200 Jewelry Chairs have been signed and hand numbered with the silver logo of the Italian artist. The design has been meticulously reproduced using laser techniques from hand drawings."

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