Henceforth, the hot time of the day is being spent in front of my laptop, and while surfing the net I found something I'd really like to buy... that is, if I had said million bucks:
It seems that BMW is also trying to get their market share in the scrambler department, should this concept bike called Path22 (named after a surf spot on the Atlantic coast somewhere in southern France) ever evolve. It's done quite nicely, but I could certainly do without the surfboard brackets. If this bike would ever make it into serial production... Be still my heart!
And there was this one:
Doesn't this Vespa look like having been steam-punked? Obviously this extravagant design has been the work of Armani, a brand I couldn't care less for, however this 946 dressed up in a suit is a beautiful piece of art.
Not sure, this Vespa should be ridden though, it is a collector's bike, a showroom exhibit, and not one to be taken for the daily commute. But my garage would be big enough to house this scooter... if I had a million Dollars... (Disclaimer: The bike pics are blatantly ripped off the web, because it would be a pity not to share these with you.)
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Wenn ich eine Million hätte...
Puh, den deutschen LeserInnen brauche ich ja nichts über das Wetter zu erzählen... es ist heiß in Deutschland. In unserer Region ist die Luftfeuchtigkeit dankenswerterweise sehr gering, was die Sache etwas erträglicher macht. Allerdings verbringen wir die meiste Zeit drinnen (wo es immerhin auch noch 28°C hat), oder erledigen das, was wir draußen machen wollen (wie unseren morgendlichen Lauf) in den frühen Morgenstunden. Und so verbringe ich die heiße Tageszeit am Laptop und stöbere im Netz nach - wie könnte es anders sein - Motorrad-Themen.
Wenn ich also besagte Million hätte... würde ich mir vielleicht die oben abgebildete Scrambler Studie von BMW leisten. Path22 heißt das gute Stück, benannt nach einem Strandabschnitt am Atlantik in Südfrankreich, an dem es sich gut surfen lassen soll. Nun, auf die Surfbrett-Befestigung könnte ich verzichten, aber wenn das Bike jemals in Serie gehen sollte... seufz! Haben will!
Und dann ist da noch diese Vespa im gemäßigten Steam-Punk Look. Dieses extravagante Design stammt aus der Feder von Armani, eine Marke, die mich ansonsten kalt lässt. Aber dieser Roller im Designer-Outfit hat schon was, auch wenn es kein Mopped zum Fahren ist, sondern eher ein Sammlungs- und Ausstellungsstück. Jedenfalls wäre es mir für den täglichen Weg zur Arbeit zu schade.



I think, with a million dollars burning a hole in your pocket, you could even get a couple of URAL sidecar rigs....His and Hers....or primary and spare. Just saying....
ReplyDeleteFunny you should say that, Dom. If all Urals would be as reliable as your rental steed, believe me, I'd be the first to buy one ;-)
DeleteThe Barenaked Ladies said it best.
ReplyDeletehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nCImrmR63JE
Dan, that's exactly where I got the title from ;-)
DeleteCome to England - we are having thunderstorms every day!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to, Nick. Need to get back on my bike (or my Vespa). Any motorised vehicle would do, really.
DeleteThe BMW looks like a mild customization of the RNineT. Not sure how practical a surfboard mount would be. And I thought the leather box on your Vespa gave it a similar look.
ReplyDeleteRichard, you are probably on the right track, and I also like the RNineT cafe racer version.
DeleteThat surely is a stylish and handsome Vespa. A fine suit or blue jeans would do well. :^)
ReplyDeleteMartha, I stick with blue jeans... suits are not really my cup of tea ;-)
DeleteSo, here's the philosophical question for you, Sonja...
ReplyDeleteIs an exhibit motorcycle a motorcycle at all? For isn't it only through being ridden that a motorcycle becomes--IS--a motorcycle?
"Some philosophers believe that no one is born with a soul, you have to earn one..."
-- Lisa Simpson from The Simpsons' episode #132, Bart Sells His Soul.
(Another priceless moment from that great episode is when the church organist collapses from exhaustion after playing a keyboard solo for In the Garden of Eden by I. Ron Butterfly... Brilliant.)
Ry, there is no doubt about it that a motorcycle needs the turn of the ignition key, for the machine to come alive. A bike that only sits, and has never been awakened is a thing, an exhibit, but not a motorcycle. Lisa S. is a smart girl ;-)
DeleteDa frage ich mich aber, ob das Fahren mit der Surfbrett-Scrambler so komfortabel ist. Aber vielleicht auch nur ein Ausstellungsstück :-)
ReplyDeleteDen Armani-Roller finde ich très chic und würde mit dem tatsächlich auf die Piste gehen.
Das Fahren mit dem Brett stelle ich mir auch schwierig vor, trotzdem, ich stehe einfach auf diese Scrambler...
DeleteIch hatte mir ja auch schon überlegt, wie ich das SUP-Board dann transportieren soll :-)
DeleteI have been hearing about the weather in Germany - crazy. Best thing to do is stay inside. I just mentioned the other day that the temperature here has been perfect though: low 20s and this week has been half sunny as well. Keep cool!
ReplyDelete40 degrees is to hot to be riding in for sure, unless you had say, a million dollars so that you could by yourself an air conditioned suit.
ReplyDeleteYikes! Sounds like we came home just in time. Dom mentioned the hot, and I didn't appreciate how hot it really was until I looked at the numbers. Hang in there, and stay hydrated!
ReplyDeleteWe're getting the same weather in Oregon and it sucks. Too damn hot to do much. We have a thermometer up in the eaves outside our front door and I took a picture of it reading 116˚F (46.6˚C) last week.
ReplyDeleteI think that Vespa looks like an angry steam punk cockatoo.
I love the vespa art! I think I would ride it dressed in steampunk attire. The weather has been excruciatingly hot here and there are 180 fires burning in BC. The ones on the mainland are so bad that smoke from them has covered the island in a brownish-orange haze and there is a fine coating of ash everywhere. Its actually been quite eerie today and unsettling for most people I've spoken to today.
ReplyDeleteDa kannst Du schon mal langsam anfangen die Euros startklar zu machen. Soweit ich weiß, kommt tatsächlich spätestens im nächsten Jahr eine Ninette als Scrambler...
ReplyDelete:) Lotto spielen hat wieder Sinn.