Welcome to Friday Fudge. If it’s weird, funny, or strange motorcycle news, or it just plain won’t fit anywhere else on the site – you’ll find it here.
Hot times
Watch the video, and you’ll notice they missed the most obvious solution – pee on the flames to extinguish them. At least nobody was hurt, although we wouldn’t be surprised if some motocross boots were melted.
The chopper builders ride again
Sigh. We thought we’d seen the last of Paul Teutul Sr. and Co., but such is not the case. Apparently the oddly-proportioned custom bike builder (did he order those arms and the mustache from a catalogue?) has a new show, airing on CMT. One can only hope he is not putting his shop’s woes to music.
Jesse James is also back in business building choppers. Alas, his lack of common sense has apparently trickled down to his shopcraft; he recently paid the price for inattention when his glove got caught in some machinery, resulting in a cut-off pinky.
Considering how he’s treated the women in his life, he’s lucky that’s the only appendage he’s had cut off.
Scooter trouble
Take a Russian. Add vodka and a three-wheeled scooter and a massive hole in the ground. Results are predictable.
Posing problem
Maybe you should get your own.
Excuses, excuses
I used to play hockey with a goalie whose motto was “A poor excuse is better than none.” Perhaps that’s the motto of Koson Hongthong, a motorcycle thief in Phuket City, Thailand.
Apparently this miscreant lifted a motorcycle to go visit his friend, and when he was pinched, he had to come up with an excuse to explain his actions. His reason for stealing the motorcycle? He blamed his theft on the city’s lack of public transportation. Since he couldn’t catch a bus, he stole the cycle. Let’s hope the excuse doesn’t help catch a break, either.
Source: Phuket News
Such a deal
Did you know that you can perform an inspection of your motorcycle, and then clean it, for “less than $16 US dollars!!!”? Such a bargain! And I’d always thought it was such a pricy procedure. Now I’ve got no more excuses.
I was in Phnom Penh and had a welder modify the bracket for the tail trunk on my scooter. It took about 3 hours: charge $7. Canadian rate $80 * 3= $240. (although it does cost 10k to get married in Thailand)