Screenshot: Liam Doran There is a fine line between wack and inspired. Liam Doran toes that line with incredible deftness with his most recent monster Mini Cooper pickup. This little guy features a pair of Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300R engines, each pushing high-rev ponies to the tires. This flyweight wonder is built to go fast, do … Read more
Small business owners say they’re being left out in the cold while behemoth companies are propped up by taxpayer dollars. Queensland’s small businesses lashed Premier Steven Miles for comments made about the government stepping in to save Star Entertainment’s Star Brisbane Casino in The Queen’s Wharf precinct. Star pushed back the release of its annual … Read more
Perfect daily driver, if you ask me. Gif: Paton Machines via YouTube The internet is awash with budding mechanics undertaking some audacious builds. There are people like Whistlindiesel building jet-powered merry-go-rounds, another wrencher is working to restore a six-figure one-off Rolls-Royce and now someone is assembling a ridiculous motorcycle from tractor parts in their shed. … Read more
Americans have a real issue with restrictions on their roads, whether it’s speed limits that nobody sticks to, height restrictions that all kinds of tall vehicles miss or weight limits that certain bridges can’t sustain. Case in point, a driver in Maine crashed through a historic crossing last month after attempting to drive over in … Read more
Urban explorers have uncovered all kinds of fascinating finds this year, including an abandoned international airport in Greece and a stash of hidden Volkswagens in the side of a mountain. Now, an aquatic explorer has headed to Staten Island’s ship graveyard to get up close and personal with some of the vessels rusting away off … Read more
You probably only know about the Lister Storm GT1 cars if you were a sports car racing fan in the back half of the 1990s, or you played “Gran Turismo” growing up. These wild front-engine machines were powered by a massive 7-liter Jaguar V12 yoinked directly from the XJR-14 Group C prototypes. That motor gave … Read more
People love claiming that they just don’t make them like they used to. Whether it’s muscle cars, snacks or Britpop bands, there’s always a loud crowd of people on hand to say that things were better back in their day. Now, to see just what made Formula 1 better back in the day, we’ve unearthed … Read more
Photo: Ego When you have your first child, there’s a reason the first thing everybody asks you is when they’re going to get their first dirtbike. Dirtbikes are just awesome. All the fun of riding your bike with friends, only faster and more dangerous? Hell yeah! Whether we’re talking true dirtbikes or mini bikes, if … Read more
I’m not sure I’ve ever felt older and more feeble than I do right now. I’ve just arrived back to my house in Cleveland, Ohio slightly more than 48 hours after I left Los Angeles. It’s been a whirlwind couple of days shooting across this vast and open country, packed with terrible food options, too … Read more
Don’t ask “Are we there yet?” because we’ll all be at our desks again on Monday wishing we were out here in this shit. It’s a mantra I have to continue repeating to myself as raindrops the size and weight of heartbreak tears fall all around us. The sandy clay soil of Utah’s backcountry discovery … Read more
