There's No Substitute For A Classic Vespa

If you believe a scooter should be made of lightweight aluminum instead of plastics and have Italian origins instead of Japanese, and Vespas await you out there! Dutch Vespa guru Peter Maas got hooked on these urban champions once he found his grandfather's old bike parts and photos of his...

Apr 23, 2025

Chris Pratt's Awesome Motorcycle In Jurassic World Is A Triumph Scrambler

The latest installment of the Jurassic Park franchise has dropped a few days before it was promised, and aside from some 6x6 Mercedes G-Wagens and odd bubble-shaped transportation pods, we get to see Jurassic World's star riding alongside Raptors in a Triumph Scrambler. Twist my arm and warp my better...

Apr 23, 2025

This Insane Biker Gang Video Is Why Motorcyclists Come Off As Assholes

What's the best way to reinforce the idea that all motorcyclists are childish, lunatic asshats with no regard for the law, personal safety, or basic human decency? Here. Watch this. The video, spliced together from a few cameras mounted to members of an L.A. biker gang, has it all. Wheelies,...

Apr 23, 2025

This Is The Army's New Pocket Drone

The Cargo Pocket Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance program, known also as CP-ISR, is a new nano-drone concept dreamed up by the folks at the Army's Natick Soldier Research Center. Where as most unmanned aircraft look to provide info as to what is going on over the next hill, or far...

Apr 23, 2025

​Honda's 300 Millionth Bike Couldn't Be More Different From Its First

See that simple mechanical beauty above? That's the Dream Type-D, the first mass-produced motorcycle from Honda. It came with a 98cc two-stroke single putting out 3 hp and weighed as much as a malnourished hummingbird. Sixty-five years later, Honda has sold its 300 millionth motorcycle: a 900-pound, 1,832cc behemoth with...

Apr 23, 2025

​Hooning In An Abandoned Russian Kids' Camp Is Both Creepy And Awesome

This video encapsulates one of the reasons I love bikes. Their go-anywhere, do whatever the hell you want nature lend themselves perfectly to random acts of honnage. In this case, it just happens to be a no-holds-barred run through a mildly disturbing deserted kid's camp in Russia. The film –...

Apr 23, 2025

Watch The Incredibly Violent Antares Rocket Explosion From The Pad

An Antares supply rocket headed for the International Space Station blew to just above the launch pad last month, and video of it was pretty crazy. But also, it wasn't quite as subway-mumbling insane as it could've been, because the video was from far away. Here's that huge explosion close...

Apr 23, 2025

10 Su-27SM Flankers & 4 Su-30 Super Flankers Stationed In Crimea

As promised, Moscow is finally beefing up its air combat punch on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia's new fighter regiment at Belbek Air Base, on the western Crimean coast. The base is stated to imminently house 10 highly upgraded Su-27SM and four state of the art Su-30 Super Flankers. Belbek Air...

Apr 23, 2025

You Thought Cooking Your Turkey Was Tough? Try Maintaining An F-14!

Tomcat may have been the F-14's official moniker, but its other nickname was 'Turkey.' Seeing as many of us will be slaving away in an attempt to cook perfect turkey today, it is only proper that we pay homage to the hard working sailors who had to the cook a...

Apr 23, 2025

The First 3D-Printed Object In Space Was Just Made On The ISS

If we're going to venture out into space in a serious way, at some point we're going to need to be able to manufacture stuff. Replacement parts, tools based on needs we don't yet know, novelty Pez dispensers, etc. 3D printing is probably the best way to do this, and...

Apr 23, 2025

Kim Jong Un Visits Female Fighter Pilots, Picks Up Camera For Photo Op

The "Outstanding Leader" visited since his reemergence from a medical treatment on his foot last fall. This time the jets were absolutely archaic MiG-15s and they appeared to be flown by female pilots. Kim seemed anamored with the aviatrixes, giving them flowers, and even picking up the camera himself and...

Apr 23, 2025

Compared: Star Wars & Our Weapons Tech From New Hope To Force Awakens

With what has to be the most exciting teaser trailer of the decade dropping earlier this week, we all got a tiny glimpse into what has changed technologically in a galaxy far-far away since we first visited it in 1977. Seeing as the timeline for The Force Awakens generally follows...

Apr 23, 2025

Lockheed Wants To Take The Man Out Of The USAF's U-2 Dragon Ladies

The Global Hawk vs Dragon Lady debate never ends in Washington. Each aircraft has its and keeping both would be ideal. The problem is that sequestration makes ideal no longer an fiscal option. As a result, Lockheed is now coming to the table with an offer that may be a...

Apr 23, 2025

This Destroyer Is The World's Largest Remote Controlled Vehicle

What does the Navy do when it needs to know for sure that a new weapon system or electronic countermeasure works, not just under stringent lab-like settings or at a land based range, but in its intended operating environment? They put it to sea on a giant remote controlled Destroyer...

Apr 23, 2025

This Amazing World War I Recording Shows What Peace Sounds Like

The fascinating graphic recording shown above depicts artillery sounds from the American front during World War I. It was recorded just moments before and after the ceasefire that would led to the end of the war. On the left of the recording you can see heavy fire occurring right up...

Apr 23, 2025