Category Archives: Rides

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Unreal! A Chopper with a Plane Engine

This is what happens when your motorcycle just isn’t fast enough for you. Bow down and say hello to the Red Baron – a chopper powered by a 150hp nine-cylinder Rotec Radial R3600 aircraft engine…yes aircraft engine. That’s right… Over the course of 18 months, Frank Ohle figured out all of the ridiculously improbable steps

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The Filthy Rich Dubai Police add Lamborghini Aventador to the Force

This would be the one time I wouldn’t mind getting pulled over…unfortunately I would have to travel to Dubai. Times are so good in Dubai, that Police have added a Lamborghini Aventador to the force. The $540,000 muscle car is capable of speeds up to 217mph and is thought to be the most expensive police

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Lamborghini Unveils their Fastest and most Expensive Car – Only $3.9 Million

Even if you had the $3.9 Million dollars to buy the new and wonderful Lamborghini Veneno your SOL! Cause Lambo is only making 3 of them. Looking eerily similar to the Batmobile, the Veneno is built primarily out of carbon fiber and is festooned with spoilers and vents and a small little 750 HP 12

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1966 VW Bulli Snowmobile DJ Bus with Automatic Pop up Sound System

This is a 1966 fully functioning VW Bus Bulli T1 rebuilt on as a snow machine. Flooring this beast will get you about 30mph, all while listening to some Slayer on the 1000 watt subwoofer and 2 x 300 watt tweeters. If you happen to have a DJ around he can craft his/her magic on

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Fully Working DeLorean Taxi Cab

Getting back to the future starts in New York City, but getting up to 88 mph in NY traffic may be a small challenge. As a special promotion, New York based fashion brand Nooka, converted a few DeLorean cars into fully working taxi cabs.   [Cheers nerdcore]

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The Future of Luxury – Hot Tub Tug Boat

You could spend a fortune on a ‘real’ boat, but it will probably never be quite as soothing on the muscles or as ridiculous looking as this hot tub tugboat. Behold, the future of luxury… The six to eight passenger Hottug, is a combination powerboat and hot tub made of wood and glass fiber reinforced

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The $2 Million Luxury Motorhome – Ferrari not Included

This is an example of what you can own if you work hard. What it must be like to be so filthy, stinking rich that your state-of-the-art vacation motor home has its own garage, were you can neatly store your $276,000 Ferrari 458. This 40-foot long Volkner Mobile Performance Bus features a hidden garage tucked

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The Flintstones Bike – Just Strap in and Run

You know what they say, ‘once you learn how to ride a bike, you never forget.’ This is probably because technology really hasn’t changed much in 100 years. So why not spice things up a bit? By spice, I mean lets go back to the Flinstones era of transportation. The Fliz Bike concept from Germany

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The Vietnamese Dark Knight Batpod made from Junk

Where there is a will there is a way and for only $480 bucks, a nearby scrap yard and a little bit of ingenuity, Tùng Lâm, from Vietnam rides around his small town in a wicked-cool looking Batpod. Ok so it is not exactly like the ‘million’ dollar Batpod built by Parker Brothers Choppers, but

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Mach 6 in Seconds – Scramjet will take you from London to New York in One Hour

In a hurry to get to your destination?  The US military is testing an experimental aircraft that uses a revolutionary system to achieve seemingly impossible speeds, and could be the future of long haul flights. The aircraft uses what is known as a “scramjet” engine that pushes it to hypersonic speeds by riding its own