The photos look like they’re from a wide-angle drone camera, which will change the perspectives a bit, but it’s still a very impressive display of basic physics.

The Vincent Black Prince,

This - a great big order of this.

The easiest way is to keep your core warm. Heated gilet or vest and your body won’t feel the need to reduce the heat loss through the extremities (feet & hands). Upshot is that your toes and fingers are still properly fed warm blood (unless you have specific medical issues with circulation).

The main issue with gloves is ‘finger length’. If the fingers of the glove are too short, your fingers are cramped an unable to bend properly. If too long, they overhang and will catch on the levers or switches. Different gloves are all cut differently and the only thing to do is try ALL gloves until you find the pair…

Once* had to wait in the Departures hall at Gatwick from 11pm to 6:30am to catch the first flight out (no public transport gets into Gatwick until about 8am).

They (nearly) got the color right at least....

They are supposed to be good, however I will always prefer to ride with any luggage on the bike, simply because it’s a lot safer, the weight is lower, the weight is not adding to my physical movements, the luggage won’t affect how my body behaves in an off (actually - panniers can be good in a spill because they can…

If you know someone with a Japanese vehicle (especially a motorcycle):

It looks like it’s been wrapped in a plush velvet.

As I understand it, the sound barrier (Mach 1) was initially ‘officially’ broken in the UK by a test pilot in an experimental De Havilland in a steep dive. Yeager and the X1 did it in ‘level flight’. Attempting to break the sound barrier killed a lot of test pilots in the late forties, there’s even a (slightly)…

Microchip.

Never jump ‘straight’ to brute force (pry-bars/mallets), instead take the time to build up the force you’re putting into a stuck fastener: regular spanner > regular spanner with extended leverage > gentle taps with hammer > increasingly heavy taps with hammer etc (you get the idea).

“driving is a privilege, not a right”

“Most states have pretty flexible front license plate mounting height requirements, and I think this would work in any state.”

My first thought was ‘Austin Allegro’

I share your weakness for tidyness.

Long for high speed stability, swoopy for ‘aero’ and lowest possible roofline for ‘aero’ will make for some odd shapes when you’re designing without a wind tunnel. :)

no.

Ah, yeah - ok - makes sense now!