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Caption This for 07/08/11

Posted July 07, 2011 4:45 PM by Sharkles

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07/07/2011 5:26 PM

Peddle powered awesomness...

Peddling the bike generates electricity which in turn drives the woofers, which then produce sonic vibrations in an order of magnitude capable of propelling the cycle... pop the clutch to engage the drive system, and voila, self powered, perpetual motion auto-cycle.

I'm sure Lyn-door Inc. will pick up this design and take it to mass market... well... as long as that cat and squirrel don't find out.

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07/07/2011 5:57 PM

LynDoor™ Industries will be delaying the release of the AwesomeSonic® ReGenoMatic© Series 2010 vehicles until resolution of the OTC Tire phenomenon. (OTC = Other Than Circular)

Thanks for the free plug!

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07/07/2011 6:12 PM

Peddle faster Winston.

Anyone notice the flat tire.

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07/07/2011 6:14 PM

It's not flat, it's Other Than Circular... we're workin' on it.

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07/07/2011 6:28 PM

Ahh... OTC Other Than Circular... wow... That's classic.

Thanks for a laugh.

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07/07/2011 6:24 PM

After finally getting all the sound equipment Loaded and adjusted. Jackie discovered he had no room for the DVD player.

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07/07/2011 6:50 PM

Some how, reality did not live up to Jose's dream of building his sterophonic bike.

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07/07/2011 6:58 PM

It's obviously a "Blayswidth apature involvement indiffarence"!

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07/07/2011 7:19 PM

"Rollin, in my 5.0 with my ragtop down so my hair can blow."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE

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07/07/2011 7:42 PM

I wonder how many henway's that thing is?

And more important...

Does it have an Ipod2 docking station?

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07/08/2011 7:38 AM

Henway!

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07/07/2011 11:24 PM

Starting in the "early years" Barack relied on a teleprompter to help get his message to any that could hear. He also attempted to make sure his audience would be unable to hear anyone else afterwards.

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07/08/2011 1:43 AM

"early years"

couldn't help myself

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07/07/2011 11:52 PM

I wonder if the guy with the Ice Cream Truck would hire me.

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07/08/2011 12:01 AM

How do I get back from GPS to control my music?

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07/08/2011 1:40 AM

Maybe they will listen during the next hearing. Yep, this should work.

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07/08/2011 3:53 AM

Marvin was particularly pleased with the integral heads-up display and handlebar controls.

Next job was outrigger redesign to make cornering easier. He'd work on that after his next lip-reading lesson.

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07/08/2011 5:17 AM

A double first - the PedalMan personal player converts to a uni-cycle when going up hill.

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07/08/2011 5:34 AM

...and the flip-flops add to the coolness factor 110%!

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07/08/2011 7:27 AM

After successful down hill testing of the AD (acoustic drive) unit, Smokin' Joe Jeffries of Da Hood Testing and Consulting found he needed a little more power. The latest revision now includes a second set of rear drive units along with outboard stabilization. Joe has dubbed the new unit as the ADD (acoustic drive doubled). Even more revisions are on the horizon for the design. The future revision will include FFSR (forward facing speed reduction). The current prototype is pictured above. Not wanting to sound like Harley-Davidson alphabet soup the ADD-FFSR has been renamed the ADHD (acoustic drive Hot Damn). In an interview with Joe he mentioned the name ADHD is not very descriptive of his new concept. He does hope that name recognition will help with sales in his targeted group.

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07/08/2011 7:38 AM

During trials of the new KrisTelTM SoundCycle©, Luis was heard to say, "It's OK, Del. It just needs a bigger dynamo".

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07/08/2011 7:58 AM

I'd really look cool if I could afford some high top sneakers instead of wearing Mom's slippers.

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07/08/2011 8:44 AM

I wish this guy would pimp my ride too.

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07/08/2011 9:22 AM

I wonder what that button labeled "boost" does?

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07/08/2011 9:26 AM

Eat your heart out, Marty McFly!

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07/08/2011 10:02 AM

That does it, I am switching to Bose.

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07/08/2011 10:32 AM

Too bad it's an 8-track.

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07/08/2011 7:18 PM

Homeless man arrested for having a wake-up alarm that was too loud.

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07/09/2011 1:46 AM

Where did I put the hand pump?

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07/09/2011 1:49 AM

If you point ther speakers to the back you can move faster than sound,

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07/09/2011 10:49 AM

now where the hell are those damm handlebars at

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07/09/2011 3:05 PM

Thinking to self, " I wonder if GM's design department is hiring?"

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07/09/2011 3:10 PM

Now if I could just produce the 1.21 gigawatts it needs to work. Then we would see who's laughing.

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07/10/2011 1:27 PM

Who says you can't make your own boom box.

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07/10/2011 2:11 PM

Whoa....we're looking at this all wrong.

Thats not a bike with a stereo strap to it.

Thats actually a stereo with a bike strapped to it.

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07/10/2011 5:00 PM

Now if I only lived some place flat like Fargo ND instead of San Fransisco.

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07/10/2011 5:03 PM

Hmmf, So it not the sound system that makes the vehicle cool but the correct combination of the two that makes me cool, or not...

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07/10/2011 5:06 PM

Mama said there would be days like these.

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07/10/2011 8:01 PM

Papa was rolling stoned!

(kids do some amazing things... like 16 yr old Alison Iraheta)

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07/14/2011 11:00 AM

IBike (with wireless headset)

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