Personally, I’ve never been the touring bike kinda guy, I always thought that tank bags were for people that shouldn’t have a bike to begin with; of course that was before I got a chance to experience the Stack LT Tank Bag from Rapid Transit.  As universal as it is convenient, the Stacked is just flat out cool.  Waterproof orifices for audio and hydration, a cell phone pocket, and a map pouch right up front, only begin to scratch of the surface of this versatile product.     
When you don’t need as much storage space up front, the upper bag can zip completely off of the bottom bag, still leaving you with a map pouch and plenty of space for all those knickknacks.  Though the Rapid Transit Hydration Bladder is sold separately, it does have its very own home in the stack, just like everything else.

*Contrary to what you might think, the bag doesn’t get in your way, even if you yourself are stacked!

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Mission Two- find a better plastic’s fabricator. 

The Mission One EV electric sports bike unveiled this past week at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference by Mission Motors is said to have a 150 MPH top speed and 100 foot-pounds of torque at any point between 0 and 6,500 RPM. 
If you’re like me, the design is just a little too space age-ish.  If you’re not like me, go have fun on your 70 thousand dollar "Blade Runner" bike and make sure to send designer Yves Behar a thank you card for making it flashy enough that everyone worth a damn will know exactly how much you paid.

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I call it, bike ramrod.  Say it.  Just say it.
So the other day I was wondering what the Harley-Davidson V-Rod would look like if I squirted some Deca-Diabolin in the tank, and lo-and-behold H-D already tried it.  Say hello to the 2009 VRSCF V-Rod Muscle. 
The VRSC family also includes the original V-Rod and the Night Rod.  Apparently Harley needed another bike on their only platform powered by a liquid-cooled V-Twin engine, and spicing up a bike happens to be much easier than an all new build, but hey, no complaints here.

With an immensely powerful physique tastefully veiled by a sculpted grace that would make even Michelangelo step back, the V-Rod speaks to a more domesticated Hog.  The Muscle features a super-phat 240mm rear tire, propelled by the Revolution 1250cc V-Twin liquid-cooled engine.  If the Brembo triple-disc brakes aren’t enough to quell your fear of stopping this beast then you might want to throw in the optional ABS.

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Who said being a midget sucks?  Your bed doesn’t take up too much space in your room and you don’t have to pay Jesse James 100K if you want to rip around the neighborhood like Ghost Rider on peyote.  Just paste on the Henna, throw on some chaps, and jump on your 4 Stroke 125cc Diablo II Mini Chopper.  It’s fun for all ages.*
  
*Not appropriate for newborn babies. 

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