Wednesday 31 January 2018

Tokyo Ghost vs. Akira

Tokyo Ghost vs Akira Mashup by Cian Tormey

Illustration by Cian Tormey


#CianTormey #TokyoGhost #Akira #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Tuesday 30 January 2018

Apocalypse Bus

VW T2 Bay Window Apocalypse Bus

Image  Unknown


#VWType2 #RangeAnxiety #VanLife #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Monday 29 January 2018

Ready Player One

Ready Player One

Artist Unknown


#ReadyPlayerOne #BTTF #DeLorean #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Sunday 28 January 2018

Hoverbike

Superconducting Aircraft Illustration by Tan Di

Illustration by Tan Di


#TanDi #HoverBike #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Saturday 27 January 2018

Wookie Squad

Laugh it up, Fuzzball.

Image by Mako Miyamoto

Image by Mako Miyamoto


#MakoMiyamoto #Wookie #Chewbacca #StarWars #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Friday 26 January 2018

Kaneda Power Bike

Akira Kaneda Power Bike by Julian E Cabada (Asgard-Knight)

Akira Kaneda Power Bike by Julian E Cabada (Asgard-Knight)

Akira Kaneda Power Bike by Julian E Cabada (Asgard-Knight)

Images by Julian E Cabada


#AsgardKnight #JulianECabada #Akira #KanedaBike #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Apocalypse Ninja

J Moto Gallery’s Post-Apocalyptic Ninja

Image by J Moto Gallery


#JMoto #JMotoGallery #KawasakiNinja #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Thursday 25 January 2018

Can-Am

Can-Am MX 3 Vintage Motocrosser by Siege Vintage Motocross Models

Photo by Siege Vintage Motocross Models


#SiegeVintageMotocrossModels #Siege #CanAm #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Wednesday 24 January 2018

Harley Quinn

Suicide Squad Harley Quinn Cosplay by Alexandra Kravchenko, Photo by Alexandr Chuprina

Alexandra Kravchenko photographed by Alexandr Chuprina


#AlexandrChuprina #AlexandraKravchenko #SuicideSquad #HarleyQuinn #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Have MiG, Will Travel

MiG-29 Girl Illustration by Back-22-Fire

MiG-29 Girl by Back-22-Fire


#Back22Fire #Mig29 #Fulcrum #HaveMiGWillTravel #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Tuesday 23 January 2018

Marine

Image by Bigballgao

Image by Bigballgao


#Bigballgao #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Barbara

Image Barbara Custom Motorcycles
Image Barbara Custom Motorcycles


#Barbara #BarbaraCustomMotorcycles #Husqvarna #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Monday 22 January 2018

Astro Nova

Astro Nova by Sean P Lenahan

Image by Sean P Lenahan


#AstroNova #SeanPLenahan #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Speeder

Speeder Bike by Cédric Delsaux

Speeder Bike by Cédric Delsaux

Speeder Bike by Cédric Delsaux

Speeder Bike by Cédric Delsaux

Images by Cédric Delsaux


#CedricDelsaux #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Sunday 21 January 2018

MiNu

Modern Combat Versus - MI-NU












































































Image Gameloft


#MiNu #ModernCombat #Gameloft #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Saturday 20 January 2018

Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk Illustration by Michal Suchanek














































Illustration by Michal Suchanek


#MichalSuchanek #Cyberpunk #Mercenary #Garage

Fantic

Fantic Caballero 450 Concept Design by Oberdan Bezzi Design

Concept Illustration by Oberdan Bezzi Design


#OberdanBezziDesign #Fantic #FanticCaballero #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Friday 19 January 2018

Akira

Akira Illustration by SBK187





































Illustration by SBK187


#SBK187 #NeoTokyo #Akira #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Good for Health, Bad for Education

Pink City - Good for Health Bad for Education

Image via Pink City


#PinkCity #NeoTokyo #Akira #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Thursday 18 January 2018

Iron Pirate

Iron Pirate Bosozoku Girl







































Image by Iron Pirate


#IronPirate #Bosozoku #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Kids Playing

Slow Down Kids Playing - Supermoto Wheelie

Image Unknown


#SlowDown #Supermoto #StuntLife #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Wednesday 17 January 2018

Snow

Kill Bill (2003)

Kill Bill (2003)


#KillBill #UmaThurman #Mercenary #MercenaryMotorcycles #MercenaryGarage

Snow Corporation

Image by Dorgmal Snow

Image by Dorgmal Snow


#SnowCorporation #13Project #DorgmalSnow #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Tuesday 16 January 2018

Armourfiend

Armourfiend - Photographer Unknown















































Photographer Unknown


#Cyberpunk #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Silverback

A Brace Of Silverbacks by Tony South

Illustration by Tony South


#TonySouth #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Monday 15 January 2018

Lawmaster

Lawmaster Bike - Judge Dredd (1995)














Judge Dredd (1995)


#JudgeDredd #2000AD #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Sunday 14 January 2018

NZR

Illustration by Nelson Tai

Illustration by Nelson Tai


#NelsonTai #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Steampunk

Imogen Lehtonen at Shinya Kimura's shop in LA, Photographer Ryan Hackett, directed by David Uhl

Image by Ryan Hackett


#ImogenLehtonen #ShinyaKimura #RyanHackett #DavidUhl #Steampunk #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Saturday 13 January 2018

Can-Am

1977 Can-Am MX 3 Motocrosser

Image Unknown


#CanAm #VintageMotoX #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Husqvarna CR125

Siege Vintage Models - Husqvarna CR15 Motocrosser

Image by Siege Vintage Models 


#SiegeVintageModels #Husqvarna #HusqvarnaCR125 #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Friday 12 January 2018

Range Anxiety

Gas Station by Dlestudio

Illustration by Dlestudio


#Dlestudio #RangeAnxiety #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Thursday 11 January 2018

Sunny Day

Today was a sunny, warm January day in Dublin...

Photo by Noel Feeney

Photo by Noel Feeney


#StealthKLR #KLR250 #Fireblade #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Wednesday 10 January 2018

ER6 Tracker

Kawasaki ER6 Flat Tracker

Image Unknown


#KawasakiER6 #ER6 #FlatTracker #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Annete

Annete by Aedel Fakhrie




Illustration by Aedel Fakhrie


#AedelFakhrie #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Tuesday 9 January 2018

Flynn's

 Tron (2010)


















Tron (2010)


#Tron #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Five

Image by Jose Gallina








































Image by Jose Gallina



#JoseGallina #HarleyDavidson #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Monday 8 January 2018

Rowdy 3

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2017)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency


#DGHDA #DirkGently #Rowdy3 #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Sunday 7 January 2018

Sharktooth

 Image by Nikkasit





































Image by Nikkasit


#SharkTooth #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

War Boys

Mad Max and the War Boys - Fury Road (2015)

















Fury Road (2015)


#MadMax #FuryRoad #WarBoys #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Saturday 6 January 2018

Drillium

This is what 25 grams looks like...
This is what -25 grams looks like...


Generally when I'm building motorcycles I try to make them as light as possible. On a regular bike there is usually low hanging fruit like steel mudguards, heavy clocks and headlights, indicators, passenger pegs and suchlike that can be easily removed or replaced with lighter parts to reduce weight.

The Fantic is already pretty spartan and there isn't really anything that can be removed without affecting the functionality of the machine. So in order to reduce weight I'm planning on replacing some of the steel parts with fabricated aluminium parts and then drilling holes in everything.

So I picked up a pair of cheap Ebay shorty brake and clutch levers to replace the mangled stock ones and I was curious to see how much weight could be removed by drilling them.

The stock levers weighed about 300 grams per pair. The new Ebay levers were shorter and generally less robust and weighed about 250 grams per pair. Drilling the levers and replacing the plated steel cable adjusters with alloy ones reduced the weight to about 200 grams.

So 25 grams per lever isn't very much. But by replacing the stock levers with lighter ones and then taking a little care to lighten those parts further, I was able to achieve an overall weight reduction of about 100 grams.

I'm very happy with this. Am I going to notice 100 grams off an 87 kilogram bike? Probably not. But it's a subtle thing. That 100 grams is high up and far from the centre of gravity so maybe, just maybe it will have an affect on the moment of inertia.

And if I can remove 100 grams here and a 100 grams there, well those 100 grams might just add up to a noticeable difference. And if not, well it's still all good.

Dunno. I started off this drilling thing just out of curiosity but I'm quite pleased with the result.

The 'Before' shot.
The 'Before' shot.

Cheap shorty clutch and brake levers purchased on Ebay.
Cheap shorty clutch and brake levers purchased on Ebay.


#Drillium #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Agent Provocateur

Agent Provocateur - Élise Crombez



















































Agent Provocateur


#AgentProvocateur #EliseCrombez #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Friday 5 January 2018

Neon

Neon by Robert Rejmak

Illustration by Robert Rejmak


#RobertRejmak #Cyberpunk #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Black Slab

Suzuki GSXR 1100 Slab-Side by Paul Funk Design

Paul Funk Design


#PaulFunkDesign #GSXR #SuzukiSlabSide #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Thursday 4 January 2018

Enforcer

Enforcer by Y Nakajima









































Image Y Nakajima


#Enforcer #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage